Bitcoin-related artwork marketplace Scarce City has launched a collection of BTC tokenized T-shirts to support Aarika Rhodes’ congressional campaign against Brad Sherman, a vocal critic of Bitcoin, according to a press release shared with Bitcoin Magazine. “Brad Sherman is Bitcoin’s worst villain and he has significant power as a senior member of the Financial Services Committee,” said Scarce City’s chief…
The National Football League (NFL) has announced the American football organization plans to give fans virtual commemorative tickets in the form of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) for the upcoming Super Bowl LVI in Los Angeles. The NFL has partnered with Ticketmaster to issue the commemorative NFT tickets allowing fans to hold “a digital keepsake from their Super Bowl experience.” NFL and…
In brief Ray Dalio is the founder of hedge fund firm Bridgewater Associates and one of the world’s richest people. He remains fairly skeptical of cryptocurrency as an investment. He’s at it again. Ray Dalio, arguably the most famous hedge fund manager in the world, indicated he’s not putting too much faith in cryptocurrency as a hedge for anything. In…
In brief The DAO’s first goal is to bid on a one-of-a-kind NFT produced by celebrated digital artist Pak. Pak collaborated with Julian Assange on the “Censored” collection. Decentralized autonomous organizations, or DAOs, have many reasons for coming together, such as buying NFTs, bidding on rare items, or purchasing failed brands. A new group, AssangeDAO, aims to free jailed WikiLeaks…
Today’s Nifty News rounds up NFT projects centered around the Winter Olympics, which began Friday in Beijing, China. The following are initiatives taken by the International Olympic Committee, or IOC, The British Olympic Association, and an independent artist leading up the 2022 games. IOC celebrates Olympic history Since June 2021, the IOC has collaborated with nWayPlay, an NFT marketplace and blockchain…
Welcome to the latest edition of Cointelegraph’s decentralized finance newsletter. It’s been a tumultuous week of doxxing, hacks, bailouts and new highs in the decentralized finance space. Read on to recap the most impactful stories of the last seven days. This article represents a conspectus of the full email newsletter. For the full edition, sign up via the box below.…
The Bank of England (BOE) raised the country’s benchmark bank rate from 0.25% to 0.5% this week in order to curb rampant inflation. “We face a trade-off between strong inflation and weakening growth,” the British central bank’s governor Andrew Bailey told the press. Furthermore, when asked by a BBC reporter if BOE members were urging British citizens not to ask…
In brief GameStop has made over $47 million this week selling IMX tokens that were granted to it by Immutable as part of its partnership agreement. IMX jumped in price after yesterday’s partnership news, but now is down 23% over the last 24 hours. Video game retailer GameStop took a major step forward with its planned Ethereum NFT marketplace this…
Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) are attempting to build upon their recent recovery as the U.S. equity markets try to resume their relief rally, backed by strong results by Amazon. Bollinger Bands creator John Bollinger recently tweeted that Ether looked to be in a good spot to be added to his existing long positions. The Purpose Bitcoin exchange-traded fund also…
China’s crackdown on mining has led miners to search for other countries to continue their operations. Promises of reduced costs led some to Argentina. However, the country’s government has now applied new rates for crypto miners in the province of Tierra del Fuego. Argentina’s Energy Secretary of the Ministry of Economy published and announced resolution 40/2022, eliminating the energy government subsidies…
