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Activision Blizzard stock jumps 36% on Microsoft takeover news
Activision Blizzard (ATVI) shares jumped in pre-market after Microsoft (MSFT) announced it will acquire the video game publisher for $95 per share. The deal, valued at $68.7 billion is Microsoft’...
England Soccer Manager Enmeshed in Crypto Scam
Alex Dovbnya England soccer manager Gareth Southgate is lawyering up after his name became unwillingly embroiled in a crypto scam According to a report published by The Times, Gareth Southgate, the ma...
OpenSea confirms acquisition of Dharma, sets sights on fiat onramps
NFT marketplace OpenSea confirmed its acquisition of Dharma Labs on Tuesday, a deal that could help the $13 billion crypto firm expand its technological prowess. The announcement comes just weeks aft...
Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary plans to open his own mining operations this year
The chairman of O’Shares and Beanstox, Kevin O’Leary, aka Mr. Wonderful, best known as a panelist on the reality series Shark Tank, revealed his interest in opening his own Bitcoin mining operations i...
Stablecoin Infrastructure Provider Stably Raises Pre-Series A Round Led by VeChain’s CEO and Morgan Creek Capital
Seattle, United States, 18th January, 2022, Chainwire Stably, a US venture-backed stablecoin and asset tokenization infrastructure provider, announced it has secured an undisclosed amount of funding i...
FTX the Fastest-Growing Crypto Exchange in 2021: Report
Key Takeaways FTX has released an impressive end-of-year report for 2021. The report concludes that FTX was the fastest-growing cryptocurrency exchange in 2021. FTX’s success is likely attributa...
70% of Jamaicans to soon adopt CBDC
CBDC will be adopted by 70% of Jamaicans by 2025 according to its Prime Minister The end of the first quarter of 2022 could see the rollout of the nationwide CBDC 230 million Jamaican dollars have b...
Crypto Regulatory Ecosystem Is ‘Balanced on a Knife’s Edge’: Sam Bankman-Fried
Sam Bankman-Fried, CEO of crypto derivatives giant FTX, says the crypto regulatory ecosystem is on a knife’s edge right now. “It’s been really interesting being at the forefront of crypto regulatory t...
‘VeNomics’ Taking Over DeFi as New Model for Earning More Rewards
Vote escrowed tokens (VeTKN) are fast becoming a popular economic model for earning double the reward while securing more voting rights in decentralized finance (DeFi), according to Juan Pellicer, a r...
NYC Mayor says city is winning the war against omicron as cases dip
Mayor Eric Adams makes an announcement and holds media availability at Elmhurst hospital. Mayor announced three-point plan to support hospitals as Omicron variant cases of COVID-19 continue to surge. ...
Crypto job offers, + 400% in 2021
According to LinkedIn, the most popular business-related social network, crypto-related job vacancies have seen dramatic growth in 2021. Crypto job ads, data from LinkedIn In the US, job openings wit...
KC-46 Cleared For Refueling 70% Of Joint Air Fleet As Next Round Of Tanker Competition Looms
With 53 aircraft in service, Boeing’s BA KC-46 Pegasus tanker is now approved for supporting over two-thirds of the aircraft in the joint air fleet that are capable of receiving fuel in flight. The ta...
Polygon (MATIC) or Cardano (ADA) ? Which Altcoin Can Rally Hard In Coming Days? – Coinpedia – Fintech & Cryptocurreny News Media
While the coin market remains in a very volatile state, there have been some significant changes in the price of coins like Polygon (MATIC) and Cardano (ADA). According to Coin Bureau, on January 17,...
There’s something missing in Exxon’s net-zero target for 2050
Exxon Mobil Corp (NYSE: XOM) on Tuesday said it was targeting net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Shareholders responded well to the announcement, resulting in a close to 3.0% gain in the stock...
Polygon Welcomes London Hardfork Upgrade
The Polygon blockchain is finally launching the latest EIP 1559 upgrade, which will enable the burning of the native MATIC token and improve fee visibility. MATIC Token Now Deflationary News of the i...
FXSpotStream Releases Financial Review of 2021 Average Daily Volume
On January 18, FXSpotStream, a popular multibank FX streamline aggregation and a matching service provider, released a financial review of its FX average daily trading volume of 2021. The company disc...
Bukele Doesn’t Care About El Salvador’s Downgraded Sovereign Debt
Moody’s Investors Service recently claimed that El Salvador’s Bitcoin trading activity is boosting the nation’s risk of default. Like most other groups to speak out against the experiment, President N...
I only make $41K a year, but owe $189K in student loans. What should I do?
Advice for paying down student loans Getty Images/iStockphoto Question: “I will owe about $189,000 on my student loans when repayment starts. I’m so stressed. I got let go from my job and lost my apar...
Self-Sovereign Identity, Decentralized Identifiers, and Verifiable Credentials
January 18, 2022, 11:27AM EST • 12 min read Quick Take In the “Web3 Building Blocks” (W3BB) series, we dive into the mechanics and developments behind major areas of Web3 as part of a larger effort to...
BCH drops below crucial support, here’s how much farther it can fall
Bitcoin Cash has not looked particularly strong in the past two months. Since November, the price has been in a bearish trend and had some support at the $416 level. That level was decisively lost ear...
CardaMart Private Sale Begins On 18th January 2022 ⋆ ZyCrypto
Advertisement     CardaMart team is thrilled to announce the launch of its private sale for the $Cmart Token. The Private Sale which begins on January 18th, 2022 pres...
U.S government to hold a hearing on cryptocurrency consequences
The U.S has been organized to investigate the implications of cryptocurrency mining operations’ energy use. “Clearing Cryptocurrency: The Energy Implications of Blockchains,” with an objective to know...
Terra (LUNA) Price Seeks Upside Of 10% Near 61.8% Fibonacci Retracement
Terra’s price falls continue for three sessions after making an interim high of $90.00. The downside risk could be intensified if the weekly support of $65.28 is broken. However, the price could swi...
Blossom Capital’s Newly Launched $432 Million Fund to Focus on Crypto Startups – Finance Bitcoin News
Blossom Capital, the London-based venture capital firm founded by Candice Lo, Imran Ghory, Mike Hudack, and Ophelia Brown plans to dedicate more funds to the growing cryptocurrency ecosystem. On Janua...
The Biden administration says it’s in talks to prevent flight disruptions over 5G rollout
A commercial aircraft approaches to land at San Diego International Airport as U.S. telecom companies, airlines and the FAA continue to discuss the potential impact of 5G wireless services on aircraft...
Beijing Olympics App Could Expose Athletes’ Personal Data, Researchers Warn
Topline An app that athletes, spectators and media attending the Beijing Olympic Games must download and use for daily Covid-19 monitoring has security flaws that could expose users’ personal informat...
Arabic Cash: UAE Oil in the past – Long live Crypto!
While many countries tend to simply ban Bitcoin (BTC) and virtual assets, regulators in the United Arab Emirates are taking a different approach. The country is consistently building the groundwork fo...