Blockchain Commons, a not-for-profit benefit corporation focused on Bitcoin and decentralized architectures, announced this year’s edition of its annual internship program to be held remotely during the summer months. The program’s focuses include Bitcoin and blockchain technology, human-rights privacy and advocacy, and decentralized identity. “We are looking for interns with a wide range of expertise including not just software engineers…
Radio Caca (RACA) is a decentralized autonomous organization, or DAO, that has partnered with top global universities to build a metaverse for students to study and play. Its blockchain ecosystem, powered by its native token RACA, consists of the United States of Mars (USM) metaverse, a nonfungible token, or NFT, marketplace and a play-to-earn, or P2E, game called Metamon. Cointelegraph…
Economy and finance ministers representing nations in the European Union have said they will address Russia’s potential use of cryptocurrencies to evade sanctions imposed on it following its operations in Ukraine. Speaking to reporters through an interpreter following an informal video conference of EU economy and finance ministers on Wednesday, France’s finance minister, Bruno Le Maire, said lawmakers had already worked…
In brief The Ukraine government said it will airdrop tokens to encourage further crypto donations. Justin Sun complained that the government has excluded TRON community members. Sometimes, before speaking (or tweeting), it’s best to read the room. That’s the gist of the advice being flung Justin Sun’s way after the TRON founder tweeted his disappointment that Ukraine isn’t sending free…
Bonfida, a multifunctional infrastructure built around Solana blockchain, has announced that their Solana Name Service, or SNS, will be integrated into cryptocurrency exchange FTX, in a bid to expand the former’s digital footprint and adoption rate. Alongside the SNS, Bonfida are recognized within the industry their for deployment of the inaugural decentralized exchange, or DEX, on Serum in September 2020, as…
In brief Game publisher Square Enix will bring its Dungeon Siege franchise into the metaverse game world of The Sandbox. Rival publisher Ubisoft recently announced similar plans to bring Rabbids IP into the Ethereum-based metaverse game world. Final Fantasy publisher Square Enix is one of the largest traditional gaming giants with plans to make crypto games, much to the chagrin…
On May 18, the auction house Phillips will be hosting an evening sale featuring the work of the American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat. Phillips’ Evening Sale of 20th Century & Contemporary Art will auction Basquiat’s “Untitled, 1982” piece worth an estimated $70 million. According to the announcement, Phillips has revealed the auction will accept ethereum or bitcoin for the artwork. Phillips…
The speculation regarding the U.S. Federal Reserve’s tightening cycle and recent geopolitical developments may have resulted in panic selling by short-term traders. Analysis from Glassnode suggested that traders who had purchased Bitcoin (BTC) near the November 2021 high liquidated their positions in the past two and half months. This supply was absorbed by high conviction investors, which resulted in a…
Fantom was trading by almost 10% higher during Wednesday’s session, as the crypto market was marginally up. Despite this, there were a few notable bears, THETA being one of them and was down by as much as 5% earlier in the session. Biggest Gainers Fantom was one of Wednesday’s biggest bulls, and was up close to 10% earlier in today’s…
January was a turbulent month for the crypto space as market participants saw a broad sell-off. Continued uncertainty about the proposed U.S. Fed rate hikes in March and growing tensions in Eastern Europe plagued the market for most of February, though prices rebounded at the month’s end. While such macroeconomic skepticism makes it difficult to separate the signal from the…
