Ahead of the rapidly approaching Ethereum (ETH) Merge on Sept. 15, Ethermine, the world’s largest Ethereum mining pool has unveiled a new staking pool for users. Notably however, it is not available to U.S. miners The new service offers Ethermine members a chance to collectively stake their ETH and earn interest on top of their deposits. As little as 0.1…
Month: August 2022
ETH products grow in August as BTC products dip: CryptoCompare report
Ethereum investment products increased by 2.36% to $6.81 billion in assets under management (AUM) throughout August, outperforming Bitcoin products which saw a 7.16% drop off to $17.4 billion. The figures were contained in a new report by CryptoCompare. This was also reflected in the Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH)-product trading volumes, with Grayscale’s most notable Bitcoin product, GBTC experiencing a…
Constitutional Court Says Central African Republic’s Sango-Coin-for-Citizenship Scheme Is Illegal – Featured Bitcoin News
A constitutional court in the Central African Republic has reportedly ruled that the Touadéra government’s offer of land and citizenship to buyers of the sango coin is unconstitutional. The court said the sango-coin-for-citizenship scheme must be stopped because the country’s “nationality has no market value.” Offering Land and Minerals to Sango Coin Investors Ruled Unconstitutional In a ruling likely to…
Reddit founder, Galaxy and Genesis execs raise big money
Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian’s venture capital (VC) firm Seven Seven Six (776) is looking to raise a crypto investment fund worth $177.6 million, while current and former executives from Galaxy Digital and Genesis are raising a $500 million fund of their own. 776’s crypto play According to an Aug. 29 report from The Information, 776’s fund “Kryptos” will launch in…
SEC Warns Crypto Investors of Scammers Exploiting Their Fear of Missing Out on Social Media – Regulation Bitcoin News
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has warned about scammers exploiting investors’ fear of missing out (FOMO) on social media. “If a crypto investment ‘opportunity’ sounds too good to be true, it probably is,” the SEC cautioned. SEC Says Scammers Often Use Social Media to Defraud Investors The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published an Investor Alert titled…
Are Restaurant VIP NFTs DOA? Twitter Thinks So
Several Twitter users were left with a bad taste in their mouths after a tweet that has since gone viral showed a Greenwich Village restaurant, Dame, was offering $1,000 NFTs to join its “Affable Hospitality Club,” allowing them to skip the line for a reservation. “I will bravely say it: NYC restaurant reservation culture has gone too far,” tweeted Maya…
The Biggest NFT Crypto MMORPG in 2022 The Legends of Bezogia Launches Globally – Sponsored Bitcoin News
sponsored Dubai, Tuesday, August 30th – Zogi Labs Ltd. officially releases The Legends of Bezogia Beta to global audiences seeking to experience an NFT crypto-based MMORPG like never seen before. The Legends of Bezogia takes the crypto gaming industry to new heights with next-level graphics, a rich and deep backstory, countless quirky characters & villains and a massive open world.…
Moonbirds will store NFT art ‘in chain’ — Raises $50M in Series A funding
PROOF, the private community behind the Moonbirds NFT collection, has announced it is shifting its blue-chip collection completely “in chain” — allowing images to be fully contained within the underlying smart contract. In a community live stream named “Future PROOF” on Aug. 30, Harri Thomas, director of products at PROOF explained that the new approach will mean that in the…
Biden’s Student Debt Relief Plan And Bitcoin – Bitcoin Magazine
This is an opinion editorial by Robert Hall, a content creator and small business owner. President Biden on Wednesday announced a student loan relief package designed to lower the debt of millions of Americans across the country. Current and former students with student loans are poised to have $10,000-$20,000 in debt wiped out, depending on the loan type. It is…
JPMorgan Advises Investors to Sell Crypto, Buy Value Stocks — Says the Fed Overestimates Strength of US Economy – Markets and Prices Bitcoin News
The chief global strategist of JPMorgan Asset Management has advised investors to focus on valuations, invest in value stocks, sell crypto, and steer clear of bitcoin. “The Federal Reserve is overestimating the strength of the U.S. economy as it feels guilty about the fact that inflation went up under their watch,” he said. JPMorgan Strategist’s Recommendations JPMorgan Asset Management’s chief…