In brief Dapper Labs’ new NFL-based NFT marketplace will be called NFL All Day. NFL All Day will feature collectible video highlights sold as NFTs, much like NBA Top Shot. In September, Dapper Labs announced that it had struck a deal to translate its mega-successful NBA Top Shot formula to pro football, teaming with the National Football League and NFL…
OneRepublic became the first major U.S. band to be paid in bitcoin for a live gig.It was “the next logical step,” the group’s lead vocalist said.The band accepted BTC in full payment for an acoustic show in a historic theater outside Vienna. OneRepublic has become the first major-label U.S. act to get paid fully in bitcoin for a show, Variety…
beginner Changelly introduces the CHESS token, which is now available on the platform. Thereby, users can quickly and easily exchange CHESS tokens at floating rates. CHESS is a governance token of the Tranchess community. Tranchess is a yield-enhancing asset tracker protocol with varied risk-return solutions. Tranchess’s vision is to empower DeFi users with asset allocation flexibility. The project aims to…
How and Why Crypto Supports Small Business We have a huge admiration for small businesses because they play an essential role in both our economy and our culture. Infused with the unique personalities and perspectives of both owners and patrons alike, small businesses are integral to shaping the identity of communities far and wide. They’re also built from the ground up by people…
A consortium of roughly 70 Japanese companies, including the country’s biggest financial institutions, have joined forces to trial and launch a new yen-based digital currency in fiscal 2022, sending a strong signal that the private sector was embracing blockchain-based payment systems. The new digital currency, dubbed “DCJPY,” will be backstopped by bank deposits and rely on a common platform to…
Part three in the “Bitcoin: The Big Bang To End All Cycles” series. Today, we will observe Bitcoin through the lens of an emergent technology being adopted by a world that’s rapidly transitioning from the Industrial Age into the Information Age. In our modern environment, each successive technological innovation is being adopted at an ever-increasing rate. Frankly, no one knows…
A major children’s hospital in El Salvador has received more than one bitcoin as a donation from a U.S.-based nonprofit.The Benjamin Bloom National Childrens’ Hospital provides essential care for children in need of intensive treatment in the Central American country.The donor, Liberland Aid Foundation, was founded by supporters of the Free Republic of Liberland. The Benjamin Bloom National Childrens’ Hospital…
Sherrod Brown, the chair of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, has called on several crypto firms to release information related to consumer and investor protection on stablecoins. According to a Nov. 23 announcement, Brown sent notices to Coinbase, Gemini, Paxos, TrustToken, Binance.US, Circle, Centre, and Tether requesting information on stablecoins by Dec. 3, suggesting that he…
The government of India has listed a cryptocurrency bill to be taken up in the upcoming session of parliament that starts next week. The bill seeks to prohibit cryptocurrencies with some exceptions. It will also create a facilitative framework for a digital rupee to be issued by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Indian Government Pushes for Crypto Legislation Before…
India is in the spotlight again as Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government said on Tuesday that it was preparing to introduce a bill prohibiting “all private cryptocurrencies” in the country. Included in the legislative agenda for the winter session beginning on November 29, the Cryptocurrency & Regulation of Official Digital Currency Bill 2021 is also seeking to establish a framework…
