Remittance payments, fiat fears, and profit-chasing have been the three most significant drivers of crypto adoption in Latin America, according to a new report. The seventh-largest crypto market in the world saw the value of cryptocurrencies received by individuals rocket 40% between July 2021 to June 2022, reaching $562 billion, according to an Oct. 20 report from Chainalysis. Part of the…
JPMorgan Chase & Co. has hired bankrupt crypto lender Celsius Network’s former head of policy and regulatory affairs as its new head of digital assets regulatory policy. The move followed JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon telling U.S. Congress that crypto tokens, like bitcoin, are “decentralized Ponzi schemes.” JPMorgan Chase Hires Head of Digital Assets Regulatory Policy JPMorgan Chase & Co. has…
This is an opinion editorial by Nozomi Hayase Ph.D., who has a background in psychology and human development. “We don’t need no education. We don’t need no thought control … Teacher, leave them kids alone!” Pink Floyd’s 1979 rock opera hit “Another Brick in the Wall,” challenged authoritarianism and the rigidity of modern education. The dysfunction of the school system…
This is an opinion editorial by Federico Rivi, an independent journalist and author of the Bitcoin Train newsletter. Disclaimer: BTC Inc. is the parent company of Bitcoin Magazine, and the Bitcoin Conference. Bitcoin Amsterdam was a popular event in a symbolic city. For a long time the European Bitcoin community had hoped for an inclusive event that addressed Bitcoin without…
Tether announced Thursday that it plans to make its USDT cryptocurrency—the world’s dominant stablecoin by market capitalization—available at over 24,000 ATMs across Brazil. “The difficulties and limitations imposed by inflation and a less-than-inclusive financial system have excluded many of Brazil’s citizens from being able to participate in the country’s growing economy,” Paolo Ardoino, Tether’s CTO, said in a statement. “Adding…
The famous author of the best-selling book Rich Dad Poor Dad, Robert Kiyosaki, says the U.S. dollar is toast, citing Saudi Arabia’s request to join the BRICS nations that comprise Russia, China, India, Brazil, and South Africa. Robert Kiyosaki’s Latest US Dollar Warning The author of Rich Dad Poor Dad, Robert Kiyosaki, is back with another dire warning about the…
This is an opinion editorial by Ram, a twenty year old student, soldier and storyteller. Image Credits: samchills on Flickr under a CC BY 2.0 license. To understand why the New York Times could have made so much more money last year, it’s worth appreciating micropayments in the context of the Lightning Network. We usually think of Lightning as a…
Hoping to amplify competition across multiple communities, the creators of the play-and-earn NFT game Alien Worlds today announced the launch of in-game DAOs—or decentralized autonomous organizations—under a new Planetary Syndicates model. Alien Worlds is an NFT-driven game in which users collect and trade unique digital items minted primarily on the WAX blockchain. Players compete to earn Alien Worlds’ in-game token,…
In the Alien Worlds Metaverse Game, DAOs Are Game Pieces Stacy Neale of Dacoco, producer of Alien Worlds, tells Decrypt’s Jason Nelson at NFT Expoverse 2022 how Alien Worlds has a “DAO ecosystem” inside its game, and says it’s “more than a game, more than DAOs, more than a metaverse.” Source: https://decrypt.co/videos/interviews/Fc5Wabrj/in-the-alien-worlds-metaverse-game-daos-are-game-pieces
In brief Aptos, a new layer-1 blockchain, already has a growing NFT scene just days after its mainnet launch. Popular NFT launches could put the new network to the test amid concerns over its scalability. The newest crypto on the block, Aptos, launched its mainnet this week to considerable buzz around its token airdrop to early users, but also questions…
