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Alphabet’s Google Explores Blockchain Technology, Forms Distributed Computing Division
Alphabet Inc.’s, (NASDAQ: GOOGL) Google is exploring blockchain and distributed ledger technology. Efforts for this latest venture will be done through Google Labs, its business division housing a var...
Fed Says Digital Dollar Could ‘Fundamentally Change’ The U.S. Financial System—But It’s Not Ready To Issue One Yet
Topline The Federal Reserve on Thursday released its highly anticipated report on the prospect of minting a central bank digital currency, or CBDC—outlining potential benefits and drawbacks of what co...
Peloton shares just crashed 25% in 20 minutes: what happened?
Shares of Peloton Interactive Inc (NASDAQ: PTON) tanked 25% on Thursday after reports it was suspending production of its exercise equipment due to fading consumer demand. Production halt to affect al...
CryptoCom Says No Users Suffered a Loss Despite the $34 Million Stolen
The digital asset exchange – CryptoCom – came up with an official statement regarding the latest attack on its platform. The company revealed that the incident affected nearly 500 people, but they wer...
Late Rout in Tech Sends Nasdaq 100 Into Correction: Markets Wrap
(Bloomberg) — The volatility that’s gripped financial markets this year tightened its hold on American stocks, with a late-session plunge sending the Nasdaq 100 Index into a correction. Most Rea...
UST: This latest initiative by Terra’s ecosystem is reshaping algorithmic stablecoins
Decentralized stablecoin issuer Terra issued a proposal to expand the interchain deployment of its TerraUSD (UST) stablecoin. Namely across five projects on Ethereum, Polygon and Solana. Terra would p...
adidas Originals and Prada Announce a user-generated NFT Project
advertisement Adidas Originals is working with Prada on an NFT collaboration that will feature user-generated content and creator-owned art. The project will bring together people across fashion, desi...
TraderWagon Upgrades Lead Trader Benefits
Minimum Deposit Requirements for Lead Trader Portfolio Reduced to $1,000 Seychelles, 20 January 2022 — TraderWagon, a social and copy trading platform with over 100 trading pairs from Binance Futures,...
Decentralized Betting Protocol, Azuro Raises $3.5 Million Led By Top Crypto VCs
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Crypto Analyst Nicholas Merten Predicts Dramatic Volatility for Bitcoin – Here’s His Target
A popular crypto analyst says that Bitcoin (BTC) is likely to experience a significant price drop, but such a sell-off might be the catalyst that finally sends the leading crypto past $100,000. In a n...
London Is Seeing Far More Crypto Ads as of Late
London is now home to a record number of bitcoin and crypto-related advertisements, and many are calling for a ban on such promotions as they feel the crypto space is far too risky. London Is Seeing a...
Twitter Integrated NFTs As Profile Pictures But There’s A Catch
Moments ago, social media giant Twitter, announced that it was rolling out NFT profile pictures for IOS users. The announcement is in line with an earlier one in September 2021, stating that the platf...
Peloton’s market value drops by $2.5 billion as shares close below IPO price
A monitor displays Peloton Interactive Inc. signage during the company’s initial public offering (IPO) across from the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York, U.S., on Thursday, Sept. 26, 2019. Michael N...
Joe Biden Claims Inflationary Pressure ‘Rests With the Federal Reserve,’ Praises the Fed’s ‘Extraordinary Support’ – Economics Bitcoin News
On Wednesday, U.S. president Joe Biden explained that the country’s central bank was dealing with a large share of the inflationary pressures the American economy is dealing with today. Biden welcomes...
Millennials Are Driving Force Behind Wordle’s Success, Poll Suggests
Topline The success of Wordle, the popular five-letter word guessing game that’s taken social media by storm over the last month, has largely been driven by millennials, according to a Morning Consult...
Changpeng Zhao says clampdowns on crypto ads won’t affect demand significantly
Changpeng Zhao (CZ), the CEO of leading cryptocurrency exchange Binance, believes restrictions on crypto ads will not impact the demand for digital assets significantly. He said this earlier today dur...
World’s Largest Islamic Country, Indonesia Forbids Crypto Trading
It doesn’t come as a surprise to many as Islamic societies are known to label cryptocurrency trading as a form of “Haram”. Many Islamic organisations in the past have condemned the trading of digital ...
Finalto Announces Appointment of Chris Cotterell as Managing Director
On January 20, Finalto, the award-winning global multi-asset liquidity Liquidity Liquidity is at the core of every broker’s offering. It is a basic characteristic of every financial asset – ...
Moonbeam (GLMR) launch brings EVM interoperability closer to the Polkadot network
Cross-chain compatibility with the Ethereum (ETH) network has become a necessary component for any layer-one protocol looking to remain relevant because a majority of projects and funds locked in smar...
Stock market news live updates: January 20, 2022
U.S. stocks struggled in the final hour of trading Thursday after staging a comeback from a turbulent previous session as investors weighed a series of upbeat earnings and a fresh read on weekly joble...
Is Russia Trying to Ban Bitcoin?
This episode is sponsored by Nexo, Abra and FTX US. Download this episode NLW covers stories that show the full breadth of the crypto industry in 2022. In the first, he looks at a ...
Key Highlights from Fed’s Report on Digital Dollar
Alex Dovbnya The Fed says that a US CBDC might help preserve the dollar’s hegemony The U.S. Federal Reserve has released its much-awaited research paper that explores the viability of launching a cent...
EOS Wants to Fulfill 2017 Promises With Dan Larimer
Key Takeaways The EOS Network Foundation has taken a major step in bolstering its independence from Block.one by enlisting the network’s architect, Dan Larimer. Larimer and his team will fork th...
Bud Light Owns a Nouns Ethereum NFT—And May Use It in Super Bowl Ad
In brief Beer brand Bud Light is now using a Nouns NFT image as its Twitter profile picture. The Nouns Foundation gave the NFT to Bud Light as part of a proposed agreement that includes Nouns imagery ...
Banking Giant BNY Mellon Expects Significant Revenue From Its Crypto Services: Report
America’s oldest bank is eager to capitalize on the cryptocurrency revolution but remains concerned that the government still has not provided regulatory clarity. According to a new Bloomberg report, ...