Airbnb confirms that it is looking to support cryptocurrency. The company has also offered to provide housing for up to 100,000 Ukrainian refugees. According to the European Union, about four million people may try to leave Ukraine because of the Russian invasion. Airbnb’s CEO Discusses Cryptocurrency and the Refugee Crisis in Ukraine The CEO of Airbnb, Brian Chesky, talked about…
In brief Parler is looking to attract a broader crypto audience to its platform using NFTs. The first drop on the Parler-powered NFT marketplace DeepRedSky features Donald Trump. Social media platform Parler announced today the launch of its new Solana NFT marketplace, DeepRedSky. The first collection, called “Official CryptoTrump Club,” is dedicated to the 45th president. According to DeepRedSky, each…
It’s been almost four months since Bitcoin nearly touched $69,000—an all-time high—and, according to a new report, it now appears that most top-of-the-market buyers have since unloaded their coins. According to on-chain analytics provider Glassnode, more than half of the coins once bought for about $60,000 have since been resold for about $35,000 to $38,000. Meanwhile, multiple indicators showed remarkably…
In brief Shibuya is a Web3 video platform built around Ethereum NFTs and tokens. The NFTs help fund projects and also let holders vote on story decisions. Web3 gives creators an opportunity to rethink old business models and adopt new ways of bringing projects to life. Artist Emily “pplpleasr” Yang has already tapped NFTs for a number of high-profile projects,…
According to reports and data stemming from ruble-denominated crypto trading pairs, Russian citizens are flocking toward cryptocurrencies amid the conflict in Ukraine. Analytical data indicates that the ruble is the sixth most traded pair with tether and tether’s fourth most traded fiat-denominated pair globally excluding two crypto assets. Report Highlights Russian Rubles Pouring Into Tether, Data Shows Binance RUB-Denominated Crypto…
Bitcoin (BTC) entered an upward channel in early January and despite the sideways trading near $40,000, order book analysts cited “significant buying pressure” and noted that the overall negative sentiment might be heading towards exhaustion. Bitcoin/USD price at FTX. Source: TradingView Independent analyst Johal Miles noted that BTC’s price formed a bullish hammer candlestick on its daily chart on Jan. 24 and…
Country music star Dolly Parton is jumping into the metaverse, and bestselling author James Patterson is along for the ride. Parton today announced that her “Dollyverse” is kicking off with the release of a co-branded book, album, NFTs, and a livestreamed musical performance at South by Southwest (SXSW) in Austin, Texas. Patterson and Parton co-wrote the novel called “Run, Rose,…
Quotes beneath headers are attributed to Mohandas K. Gandhi. My goal in writing this piece is not simply to provide the reader with a small window into Mohandas Gandhi as a thinker, teacher, guru and mortal man, but to see how we might extrapolate Gandhi’s teachings into this moment in which we are bearing witness to the birth of a…
Braiins has opened a hashrate donation mining pool for Ukrainian non-governmental organization Return Alive Foundation. 10 BTC and 2.5 petahashes of hashrate were donated by Braiins to the initiative. $5.8 million in BTC has been donated to Return Alive Foundation’s bitcoin wallet. Braiins, the bitcoin software company behind Slush Pool, the world’s first bitcoin mining pool, has started Hashrate for…
The State of Wyoming has approved California-based crypto broker SFOX for a trust charter, allowing the firm to provide custodial and other crypto-related services to institutional clients. In a Tuesday announcement, SFOX said the Wyoming trust charter will allow the firm to operate in the state as the SAFE Trust Company, offering services to institutional clients, private clients, and advisers.…
