Deadmau5 and Portugal The Man release single as 1M NFTs in bid to go platinum
The award-willing artists want their new release “This is Fine” to become the first NFT single ever to go platinum,...
Day: December 2, 2021
Academic research claims ETH is a ‘superior’ store of value to Bitcoin
The report highlights the merits of EIP-1559 as a tool for making ETH a deflationary cryptocurrency and potentially better store...
Cabinet note suggests India will regulate, rather than ban, crypto
Indian crypto investors will reportedly be given a certain time frame to declare their crypto holdings, and must then hold...
5 year study looks at if token rewards can improve HIV patient outcomes in Africa
A Kenyan university and a blockchain healthcare provider will join forces to study whether Africa’s HIV crisis can be helped...
DeFi disasters: $31M drained from MonoX and BadgerDAO losses top $120M
A disappointing week of exploits has put a temporary grim cloud over the end of 2021, with BadgerDAO and Huobi-listed...
BadgerDAO reportedly suffers security breach, losing $120M
All smart contracts have been paused but users are urged to revoke permissions to the compromised smart contract to avoid...
Shanghai Man: CZ is wealthiest Chinese person with $90B, NFT yachts, and MonoX hacked
This weekly roundup of news from Mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong attempts to curate the industrys most important news,...
Increased utility in DeFi, NFTs back Ethereum’s 3-year high in its ETH/BTC pair
Ethereum price hit a new all-time high in its ETH/BTC pair and a classic technical analysis pattern suggests the altcoin...
Jurors in Billion-Dollar Bitcoin Trial Deadlocked for Days — Hung Jury Could Lead to Mistrial
Jurors in the Kleiman v. Wright trial are currently unable to come to a decision on the high-profile billion-dollar bitcoin...
Gaimin․io Developed a PC-Based Platform to Create a Global, Decentralized Data Processing Network
UK and Swiss based gaming and blockchain company, GAIMIN.IO Ltd has developed a PC-based platform to create a global, decentralised...
Payments Company Square Rebrands to ‘Block Inc.,’ Crypto Service Will Be Called ‘Spiral’
Following Jack Dorsey’s resignation announcement on Monday, two days later Dorsey’s payments company, Square Inc., disclosed that it was rebranding...
Monster-Sized Bitcoin Whale Transfers: Blockchain Parser Catches Significant Amounts of ‘Cold BTC’ Moved to Active Exchanges
Two days ago on November 30, the price of bitcoin (BTC) tapped a high that day reaching $59,250 per unit,...
Okcoin hires former Facebook spokesperson Randi Zuckerberg to grow female user base
With the hiring, Okcoin has many women in key leadership positions, including CEO Hong Fang as well as head of...
Regulatory fears put a damper on Ethereum traders’ $5,000 target
This week, ETH price came within 2% of a new all-time high before U.S. lawmakers announced a hearing to discuss...
MercadoLibre plans to accept BTC and cryptocurrencies as payment for all products
The Latin American e-commerce platform selected Brazil to kick-off crypto payments via its MercadoPago application. MercadoPago, the fintech arm of...
