For years, electronics retailer RadioShack used the slogan, “You’ve got questions, we’ve got answers.” After the moribund chain’s latest move, people have a lot of questions. Over the weekend, the company confirmed a pivot into decentralized finance (DeFi), the name for blockchain-based protocols that allow people to send, receive, trade, lend, and borrow funds without intermediaries. RadioShack DeFi, the website…
Binance has formed a joint venture with a consortium led by Telkom Indonesia’s $830-million venture capital arm. Binance aims “to expand the blockchain ecosystem in Indonesia with the development of a new Indonesian-based digital asset exchange.” Binance Building Cryptocurrency Exchange in Indonesia Blockchain and cryptocurrency infrastructure provider Binance announced Wednesday that it has established a joint venture with a consortium…
The greatest trick the government ever pulled was convincing the world that inflation was a good thing. Over the course of history, dozens of once-prosperous nations have collapsed under the pressure of hyperinflation. Today, the U.S government is $29 trillion dollars in debt and inflation is at its highest rate in over 30 years. Now, more than ever, is a…
The chief economist at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) says that regulation is “absolutely important” for the crypto sector. She added that banning cryptocurrencies, like what India could be considering doing, would pose practical challenges given their decentralized nature. IMF’s Chief Economist on Cryptocurrency and Its Regulation International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief economist Gita Gopinath reportedly discussed cryptocurrency Wednesday at…
Upon reading the opinion piece in the San Francisco Chronicle penned by Steve Westly, we are reminded of Brandolini’s Law, which we paraphrase here: “The amount of energy needed to refute misinformation is an order of magnitude larger than is needed to produce it.” In order to prevent wasting our own or our readers’ time, we will rebut the claims made by…
Since hitting an all-time high at $4,870 on Nov. 10, Ether (ETH) price has been posting lower lows over the past 50 days. If this downtrend continues, the lower trendline support suggests that the altcoin will bottom at $3,600. Still, derivatives data is signaling that pro traders are not concerned about the seemingly bearish market structure. Ether/USD price on FTX.…
Mexico’s Grupo Elektra, a leading retailer in Latin America, is accepting bitcoin for payments. The chain belongs to conglomerate Grupo Salinas, which is owned by Mexico’s third-richest billionaire, the pro-bitcoin Ricardo Salinas Pliego. Ricardo Salinas Pliego’s Retail Chain, Grupo Elektra, Now Accepts Bitcoin Elektra is a supermarket and banking chain belonging to conglomerate Grupo Salinas, which is owned by Mexico’s…
Coming every Saturday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions and much more — a week on Cointelegraph in one link. Top Stories This Week Russia to decide between blanket crypto ban and legalizing exchanges in 2022 A recent report…
Sportswear giant Adidas made $23.4 million in a single afternoon from its debut “Into the Metaverse” NFT drop yesterday. The collection’s phenomenal sales volume over the last 24 hours propelled it to the very top of the leaderboard as the hottest NFT project in the world right now, according to CryptoSlam. The drop was a collaboration with Bored Ape Yacht…
Rising from its modest minting price of 0.08 Ether (ETH), Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) has climbed to nonfungible-token (NFT) stardom, competing with one of the earliest examples of Larva Labs CryptoPunk NFT. Given its steady but amplified growth, BAYC has many crypto natives speculating that its collection will eventually “flip” CryptoPunks, and there are several reasons to back it.…
