Watch This Episode on YouTube Listen To This Episode: [0:07] CK: Andrew, welcome to your first Twitter Spaces. Thanks for hustling to figure it out. Really excited and honored to have you talking with us. [0:16] Andrew Bogut: Yeah, appreciate it. Thanks for having me. [0:18] CK: So, I guess really quick, why don’t we just start off with what’s…
Month: December 2021
Digital dollar needs broad consensus among authorities, says US Treasury Secretary
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has given her opinions on the potential of a digital dollar but is hesitant to come to any conclusions at this stage in proceedings. Yellen said on Thursday that she had not formed a view on whether the Federal Reserve should create a digital version of the dollar, but such a move would require broad…
Marathon Expands Miner Deployment Deal With Compute North, Aims to Power 100K+ Miners With Renewables – Bitcoin News
Marathon Digital Holdings, a Nasdaq-listed bitcoin mining-based company, has announced a new deal with Compute North, a data center service provider, to host more than 100,000 mining machines in its data centers. The deal is an expansion of an earlier deal that secured positioning for 73,000 mining machines in Texas. Now, the new partnership secures hosting for all of these…
NFT music platforms to disrupt Spotify in 2022, Saxo Bank predicts
As popular music streaming services like Spotify cut much of musicians’ revenues, new technologies like nonfungible tokens (NFTs) are likely to help artists grab back their fair share, Saxo Bank predicted. According to one of Saxo Bank’s Outrageous Predictions 2022: Revolution, music creators would benefit from NFT-based streaming platforms as they allow distributing music directly to listeners without centralized middlemen…
Empire NFT Marketplace Now Supports Ethereum; Plans to Expand to Solana and Major Exchange Listing – Press release Bitcoin News
press release PRESS RELEASE. Abu Dhabi, UAE – Empire Token’s flagship utility, the Empire NFT Marketplace, is now live on the Ethereum mainnet. The Ethereum Blockchain is a global computing platform and operating system which can be used to create decentralized services and applications. Fortunately, the bright future of this blockchain now has Empire on its side. NFT creators and…
Ethereum ‘about to go parabolic’ against Bitcoin as analysts weigh BTC bear case
Ethereum’s Ether token (ETH) is due to launch a “parabolic” attack on BTC to beat all-time highs, one analyst believes. 2-week predicts “crazy” ETH move ETH/BTC 1-month candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView shows ETH/BTC sitting near three-year highs — but its next move should be even stronger. Ethereum against Bitcoin is one of the few…
Korean Incubator Hashed Raises $200 Million for Web 3.0 Investments – Bitcoin News
Hashed, a Korean blockchain VC firm, has announced the launch of Hashed Venture Fund II, a new fund that will focus on investing in Web 3.0-based startups. The fund raised $200 million for these investments, and while the company did not disclose those who participated, it did announce it will be scaling operations to have a more global impact. …
Ulbricht’s NFT bids top 261 ETH, Irishman producer funds movies with NFTs
Silk Roads lead to nonfungile tokens Bidding for a 1/1 NFT auction created by imprisoned Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht has surpassed 261 Ether (ETH), $1.17 million at the time of writing. The NFT depicts a hand-drawn illustration from Ulbricht of a psychedelic eye, and is part of a collection of writings and nine other artworks he created, some while…
Renowned Poker Star Doug Polk Becomes Coinflex’s First Global Brand Ambassador – Press release Bitcoin News
press release PRESS RELEASE. On the back of a big year for CoinFLEX, the crypto derivatives exchange that now powers the Bitcoin.com exchange, has just launched its brand ambassador initiative to expand its global community. CoinFLEX’s first brand ambassador is world-renowned poker star, Doug Polk. Doug Polk is one of poker’s most well-known superstars, having won over $9.5 million in…
Star Trek creator’s signature goes where no NFT has gone before: DNA
The signature of Star Trek producer Gene Roddenberry has gone boldly where no NFT has gone before — into the code for life itself. Back in 1965, Roddenberry signed a contract with Lucille Ball’s Desilu Productions to finance Star Trek. On Nov. 30, that signature was turned into a nonfungible token (NFT) and implanted into the DNA code of a…