Video sharing giant YouTube says its planning to integrate non-fungible tokens (NFTs) into its business model. In a new interview with BlockWorks, YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki says NFTs would make it ea...
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Banking Giant JPMorgan Considers Using Blockchain Technology To Tokenize Equities: Report
Financial services behemoth JPMorgan is contemplating tokenizing equities and other traditional securities using blockchain technology. According to a new report by Bloomberg, the banking giant is exp...
Banking Giant JPMorgan Says Crypto Has Replaced Real Estate As ‘Preferred Alternative Asset Class’: Report
Financial services giant JPMorgan says crypto assets have now surpassed real estate in terms of growth potential. According to a new report by Fortune, JPMorgan strategists guided by Nikolaos Panigirt...
DeFi Giant Lido Votes Against Supporting Terra 2.0
Lido Finance, the largest liquidity staking pool platform, said on Wednesday it will not launch the Lido staking pool on Terra 2.0. The proposal to support Terra’s reboot received 94.57% votes in agai...
Volkswagen Boss Predicts that German Auto Giant Will Surpass Tesla on EV Sales by 2025
Volkswagen CEO Herbert Diess stated at the WEF that the company’s EV sales will overtake Tesla numbers in three years. Volkswagen (ETR: VOW3) looks to supplant Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) as the world’s larg...
Burning gas to produce electricity is ‘stupid,’ the CEO of power giant Enel says
Enel CEO Francesco Starace photographed in 2019. In an interview with CNBC on May 24, 2022, Starace said “you can produce electricity better, cheaper, without using gas.” Giulio Napolitano...
Brazilian Real Estate Giant ‘Gafisa’ Can Now Engage Shiba Inu As Payment Method, Here’s How
– Advertisement – You Might Be Able To Use Shiba Inu (SHIB) to Purchase Real Estate Properties From Brazilian Home Builder Gafisa. Shiba Inu’s utility can be increased once again as people...
Restaurant software giant Lavu enables crypto payments in more than 65 countries
Global restaurant software provider Lavu announced on May 19, that they’re now in cooperation with Verifone a global FinTech payment solution provider. The partnership will offer smooth integration o...
Giant Artillery Opens Fire As Russia Goes On The Attack In Donbas
A Russian 2S4 mortar in Donbas. Telegram user @epoddubny capture Fighting has sharply escalated in eastern Ukraine’s Donbas region. Both sides are bringing in more and heavier artillery, adding to the...
The Sleeping Giant Finally Learning From Its Mistakes
during the Sky Bet Championship play-off semi-final, second leg match at the City Ground, … [+] Nottingham. Picture date: Tuesday May 17, 2022. (Photo by Zac Goodwin/PA Images via Getty Images) ...
Will DeFi Giant Lido Support The Terra Reboot?
Lido, one of the largest Ethereum-based DeFi protocols, opened a community debate on whether to support Terra after its hard fork. A community proposal endorsed by the main Lido team presents four sce...
Australian Banking Giant Halts Crypto Trading Pilot Amid Regulatory Uncertainty
Commonwealth Bank (CommBank), the largest bank in Australia, has reportedly suspended its planned in-app cryptocurrency trading pilot without setting a new timeframe for when it would resume the servi...
Crypto Exchange Giant Coinbase Announces Launch of New Crypto-Focused Think Tank
The leading US-based crypto exchange is announcing the launch of the Coinbase Institute, a new global think tank created to debate and advance the future of crypto and Web 3.0 protocols. According to ...
Following Crypto Market Meltdown, Wall Street Giant Forecasts NFT Prices
Over the past week, major cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin and Ethereum, experienced a massive downturn. The collapse of Terra is being considered partially responsible for it. The price of the fl...
Two Ethereum Rivals Are Far Outperforming ETH in Pair of Key Metrics, Says Venture Capital Giant Andreessen Horowitz
Two altcoins are crushing Ethereum (ETH) in terms of active addresses and daily transactions, according to a new report from venture capital giant Andreessen Horowitz (a16z). The venture capital firm ...
Japan’s banking giant Nomura set to launch crypto division
Financial Times, in their latest announcement, said that Japanese investment bank Nomura will start a new firm focusing on cryptocurrencies, decentralized financing (Defi), and non-fungible tokens (NF...
Venture Capital Giant a16z Does Not Consider Cardano Competitor of Ethereum
One of the largest and most prominent crypto venture capital funds published its own extensive study of the crypto world as of 2022. The study boiled down to highlighting five key points that define t...
Web2 giant Cloudflare to run Ethereum 2.0 validator nodes
Almost 20% of all internet traffic on the planet runs through Cloudflare’s infrastructure, and they are now going to be running an Ethereum Consensus Layer node by staking ETH. For those who are unawa...
Gain giant returns of 1000% with Quitriam Finance, Vechain, and Internet Computer
The total supply of the Quitriam Finance coin is fixed at 500 billion and 30% has been reserved for the presale period 1000% returns may be unheard of in some traditional investment spheres but such p...
Investment banking giant Nomura to launch crypto services for institutions
Investment banking giant Nomura Holdings, Inc. (“NHI”) today announced the creation of a new digital asset company that will offer institutional clients a comprehensive suite of trading, investor prod...
Bitcoin & Energy Merge In Texas: 3 Giant Companies Announce New Mining Facility
The bitcoinization of Texas is one step closer. The Texas Pacific Land Corporation, Mawson Infrastructure, and JAI Energy partnered to build a facility that guarantees “60 megawatts of bitcoin mining ...
Is Guitar giant Fender quietly gearing up to enter the NFT space?
Famous guitar manufacturer Fender has filed three NFT-related patents to the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The patents would indicate an intent to make or protect its brand when it comes...
Is Crypto Lending Giant Celsius Planning An IPO?
An announcement from crypto lender Celsius Network on Monday suggests that the company or its unit could be looking at a possible initial public offering. Celsius said in a press release that its unit...
How will McDonald’s stock react after the fast food giant pulls out of Russia?
After being in Russia for more than 30 years, McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE: MCD) announced on May 16 that it is exiting the Russian market after the nation’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine. The fast-foo...
Bitcoin investment giant Grayscale debuts ETF in Europe
Crypto investment giant Grayscale is expanding operations by launching a new crypto-linked exchange-traded fund (ETF) in Europe. Grayscale officially announced its first European ETF, called Grayscale...
Brokerage giant Nomura starts offering Asian clients BTC derivatives
Japanese financial services company Nomura Holdings has rolled out Bitcoin (BTC) derivatives for Asian institutional clients. A report unveiled this news earlier today, noting that the leading brokera...
Taiwan’s No. 2 Chip Maker Teams Up With Car Parts Giant To Make Semiconductors In Japan
A 300mm silicon wafer. Liesa Johannssen-Koppitz/Bloomberg UMC, Taiwan’s No. 2 contract chip maker after TSMC, is pairing up with Toyota-backed car-parts supplier Denso to make semiconductors in Japan ...
Brazil’s Brokerage Giant XP to Launch Crypto Trading Platform
XTAGE will go live at the end of June. Initially, XP will launch crypto trading services only for Bitcoin. Customers will have a wallet that is capable of holding their BTC, however, the ability to tr...