The rising number of social impact projects using digital art to fundraise for charitable causes marks a powerful development in the nonfungible token (NFT) space. One such project leveraging technology for social good is Orica, an ethical funding platform supporting artists and social impact organisations, or SIOs, to create and sell NFTs. Orica launched Thursday at the Malta AI &…
Fingerprint authentication is a convenient alternative to passwords and PIN codes. Who wants to spend time typing in a lengthy string of numbers, letters and characters when a simple tap will suffice? Unfortunately, that convenience comes at a cost. Because, unlike a regular password, you leave your fingerprint on taxi doors, iPhone screens, and glasses of wine at your local…
India is reportedly considering allowing only preapproved cryptocurrencies to be listed and traded on exchanges. In addition, the government aims to both introduce and pass a cryptocurrency law by year-end. Indian Crypto Regulation and Preapproved Cryptocurrencies India is considering allowing only cryptocurrencies that have been “preapproved by the government” to be listed and traded on exchanges, Reuters reported Thursday, citing…
Trading volumes across various verticals of nonfungible tokens (NFTs) have been on a tear this year. Combined sales for collectible and art NFTs have reached $7.4 billion as of Q4 2021. The art NFT market has grown from $17.8 million on January 1 to $1.8 billion in total sales as of Nov. 5, 2021. At the beginning of 2021, the…
press release PRESS RELEASE. Liquid Craft – is bringing a new concept to the NFT space by using collectible handcrafted bottles of Liquor to add value to their digital art pieces. Their first series Dragons and Bourbon is launching for pre-sale on Nov 20th at 12 PM PST with the public sale going live on Nov 23rd at 12 PM…
The explosion of innovation in decentralized finance (DeFi) has come at a price. The growing complexity of many DeFi products presents a barrier to broader mainstream adoption and thus a danger to the sectors’ continued growth, Ilia Maksimenka, founder and CEO of protocol aggregator Plasma Finance (PPAY), told Decrypt. Since 2020’s “DeFi Summer,” peer-to-peer financial services, such as yield farming…
intermediate Dash is an open-source cryptocurrency that was forked from the Bitcoin blockchain. It solved a lot of problems that its big brother suffers from: Dash was designed to have a swift governance structure and to enable cheap instant transactions. Although it’s currently not at the level of popularity it used to be in 2018 and 2019, Dash is still…
Bitcoin (BTC) diving nearly 20% from all-time highs has finally taken its toll on market sentiment — investors are now “afraid.” According to the Crypto Fear & Greed Index, overnight losses on Nov. 19 removed the last traces of “greed” away from traders’ minds. From “greed” to “fear” in two days As BTC price action headed lower this week, sentiment…
intermediate Litecoin was the third cryptocurrency by market capitalization for a long time. This crypto coin has been active for over nine years now and has managed to be successful for most of this period. However, recent market fluctuations and the DeFi market hype strongly damaged the price of Litecoin. We, at Changelly, respect one of the first cryptocurrencies no…
Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao revealed that the United States branch of worldwide crypto exchange, Binance.US, is expected to complete a funding round to raise a “couple hundred million.” Speaking at the Bloomberg New Economy Forum, CZ claimed that he was unaware of the precise amount. However, the official confirmation of the financing round may come in “about a month or two.”…
