press release PRESS RELEASE. Venture capitalists, founders, and eminent crypto investors graced the event to meet and connect. While the event was insightful, it was also a moment of unwinding for the attendees after weeks of back-to-back cryptocurrency and blockchain summits in Dubai. The host, Patrick Aljord, opened the floor for the speaker Ryan Coordinator, the Head of Operations at…
Month: April 2022
Commonwealth Bank’s plans to expand crypto services to 6.5M delayed by red tape
Financial regulators are standing in the way of expanded crypto services on Commonwealth Bank of Australia’s (CBA) mobile app. In an Australian first, the bank aims to grant all of its 6.5 million users access to cryptocurrency services. The CBA’s crypto products started a pilot of the services late last year after which it hoped to open up to all…
Indian Parliament Member Insists Crypto Is Like Gambling — Wants to Tax at 50% – Regulation Bitcoin News
An Indian parliament member says crypto is like gambling and must be taxed at a very high rate, such as 50%. “We need to discourage and disincentivize” trading and investing in the asset class, he stressed. Indian Parliament Member Wants to Tax Crypto at 50% Indian parliament member Sushil Kumar Modi shared his view on cryptocurrency in an interview with…
Sushi and Synthetix get the boot in Grayscale DeFi fund rebalancing
Digital asset management firm Grayscale, has added three new cryptocurrency assets across three main investment funds, while removing two other assets from its Decentralized Finance Fund as part of this year’s first quarterly rebalance. Grayscale removed tokens from crypto-derivatives decentralized exchange Synthetix (SNX), and decentralized exchange SushiSwap (SUSHI), from its DeFi fund after the two crypto assets failed to meet…
Why the Bitcoin ‘mid-halving’ price slump will play out differently this time
Some analysts believe the four-year market cycle is changing and that the halving schedule may no longer determine cyclical conditions as Bitcoin closes in on the mid point between halvings. The halving is when the amount of Bitcoin (BTC) rewards issued per new block mined is reduced by half. The next halving will happen around May 5, 2024, andl reduce…
Gemini, Chainalysis and 11 others join Crypto Market Integrity Coalition
The Crypto Market Integrity Coalition, an organization founded two months ago by 17 cryptocurrency exchanges, firms and industry associations worldwide, announced 13 new members have joined. The group is centered around a pledge endorsed by members’ CEOs or chief compliance officers that (among other things): “We will integrate principles that uphold Market Integrity and Market Efficiency into our operations and…
Heroes of Arcan Announces Community-Driven Heroic Fantasy Play-to-Earn Game – Press release Bitcoin News
press release PRESS RELEASE. Heroes of Arcan aims to create a play-to-earn game that offers players engaging, challenging peer-to-peer strategic gameplay backed by ethical, carbon-neutral blockchain technology. The play-to-earn revolution has catalyzed global change in blockchain and cryptocurrency markets, with over 750,000 individual blockchain wallets now participating in play-to-earn and NFT-based games on a daily basis. With over $4 billion…
Meta Discussing Creating Tokens for Facebook’s Metaverse: Report
Although Meta (the parent company of Facebook) recently gave up on its plans to create the Diem stablecoin, it’s reportedly still interested in creating tokens for use within the metaverse. The Financial Times reports that Meta is exploring a centralized in-app token similar to ROBUX for the game Roblox. In other words, this likely wouldn’t be a cryptocurrency. According to…
Bank of England Governor Says Crypto Creates ‘Opportunity for the Downright Criminal’ – Regulation Bitcoin News
The governor of the Bank of England, Andrew Bailey, has warned that crypto creates an “opportunity for the downright criminal.” The central bank chief described: “You only have to ask the question ‘What do people committing ransom attacks usually demand payment in?’ The answer is crypto.” Bank of England’s Governor Warns About Cryptocurrency Bank of England (BOE) Governor Andrew Bailey…
Solana NFTs Can Now Be Traded on OpenSea
In brief Solana NFTs have been added to OpenSea, the largest overall NFT marketplace. The launch comes amid recent Solana network issues, particularly today. Following last week’s official teaser that support was coming, NFTs minted on the Solana blockchain network are now available to trade on OpenSea, the largest NFT marketplace by volume. OpenSea is primarily based around Ethereum and…