Decentralized networks such as Bitcoin’s don’t know national allegiance, they only know math. And when you’re trying to get your savings out of an ATM, or send a payment to relatives in a war-torn env...
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API-Based NFT Startup Rarify Raises $10M Funding Round, Led by Pantera Capital
Rarify, an application programming interface (API) platform, announced on Thursday that it raised $10 million in a Series A funding round led by crypto investment firm Pantera Capital. Rarify said tha...
Russia Might Resort to Bitcoin Mining as Sanctions Continue to Bite
Based on the ripple effect of sanctions slapped on Russia because of its ongoing invasion of Ukraine, Russia continues to be starving for foreign currency. It might make Bitcoin mining an alternative ...
Billboard and Universal Music Group Partner to Launch Flow-Based NFT Collectibles – News Bitcoin News
On March 2, the global music media brand Billboard announced the firm has partnered with Universal Music Group (UMG) in order to launch a non-fungible token (NFT) project called Chartstars. According ...
Celestials Stellar Club Announces NFT Collection Minting Date March 14 2022 – Press release Bitcoin News
press release PRESS RELEASE. Looking for an exciting new NFT collection to be a part of? Look no further than Celestials Stellar Club. We are pleased to announce the public mint date of our first coll...
Why Did Mortgage Rates Fall Again? How Ukraine and Russia Affect Housing.
Text size The average rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage rate fell to 3.76% this week. Dreamstime.com Mortgage rates fell for a second consecutive week after Russia’s invasions of Ukraine triggered a fl...
Bitcoin Becoming Global Digital Collateral due to Russia-Ukraine War, says Analysts
Bitcoin (BTC) is playing a very important role in the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine, and residents of these two nations have taken to the digital currency to complete most offshore transactio...
Crypto Allows Ukraine to ‘Operate Internationally,’ Official Says – Bitcoin News
Amid ongoing hostilities with advancing Russian forces, Ukraine has been increasingly relying on cryptocurrency donations to solve humanitarian problems and finance its defense efforts. Crypto helps t...
Japanese Asset Manager Nomura to Launch New Digital Company
Mainstream Japanese asset manager, Nomura Holdings Inc, has announced its plans to transform its Future Innovation Company into a full-fledged Digital Company. According to the firm, the timeline pegg...
UK Regulator FCA Places 50 Crypto Firms Under Investigation
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the United Kingdom’s apex market regulator, is taking a proactive approach to curbing scams as they are inherent in the fast-growing crypto world. Per a report ...
Crypto Not Suitable as Means of Payment or Store of Value – Regulation Bitcoin News
Malaysia’s deputy finance minister says that cryptocurrencies, such as bitcoin and ethereum, are not suitable as a means of payment or a store of value. While digital assets are not recognized as lega...
Ukraine Cancells Crypto Airdrop Program, Instead Embraces NFTs Plan
Ukraine’s government announced on Thursday that it cancelled its plan of a crypto airdrop for receiving donations towards its fight against last week’s Russian invasion. The authorities ha...
‘It’s Very Bullish for Bitcoin’ – Markets and Prices Bitcoin News
Veteran investor and fund manager Bill Miller explains why he thinks that it is currently “very bullish for bitcoin.” Miller noted that Russia has almost 50% of its reserves in currencies that are con...
Swiss City Lugano Partners with Tether to Adopt Crypto Tax Payments
The City of Lugano in Switzerland has entered into a partnership with Tether Operations Limited to drive its technological advancement while enabling its capabilities to allow its residents to pay the...
US Treasury Monitoring Crypto Use to Evade Sanctions, Says Treasury Secretary Yellen – Regulation Bitcoin News
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says the Treasury Department is monitoring Russian efforts to evade sanctions using cryptocurrency. Four U.S. senators have written to Yellen raising concerns abou...
News And Information From Ukraine
Stanislav, 40, says goodbye to his son David, 2, and his wife Anna, 35, on a train to Lviv at the … [+] Kyiv station, Ukraine, Thursday, March 3. 2022. AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti ASSOCIATED PRESS...
Brooke Shields, MAKE International, Casper Association and WISeKey Unveil First Secure NFT Minted From Space Featuring Shields’ Digital Imagery – Press release Bitcoin News
press release PRESS RELEASE. NASDAQ and Times Square, New York – March 3, 2022: Brooke Shields, Make International and CasperAssociation have joined forces with leading global cybersecurity, AI, Block...
News, Notes As Vince Will Induct The Undertaker
Pat McAfee interviewed Vince McMahon on his podcast ahead of a rumored WrestleMania 38 feud. Credit: WWE.com Vince McMahon appeared as a guest on the “Pat McAfee Show” Thursday morning. McAfee announc...
Ukraine’s Cyberpolice Force Starts Accepting Cryptocurrency Donations – Bitcoin News
As Ukraine is increasingly relying on crypto donations, its Cyberpolice force has also decided to seek help from the crypto community in the country and abroad. The unit now takes various cryptocurren...
Leaked Images Suggest Opensea Plans to Add Solana-Based NFT Support – Bitcoin News
Leaked images that allegedly derive from the leading non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace Opensea indicate that the platform may soon introduce Solana-based NFTs. The images were discovered by the tec...
Auditchain Announces Mainnet Deployment of its Staking Contracts for its Pacioli Validating Nodes – Press release Bitcoin News
press release PRESS RELEASE. Auditchain will deploy its Pacioli validating node staking contracts to Polygon Mainnet on 7 March, 2022 as it prepares to decentralize the $600 Billion global accounting,...
While the Fed Monitors the ‘Ukraine Situation Closely,’ Powell Still Expects a Series of Quarter-Point Rate Hikes – Economics Bitcoin News
Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell still expects to see interest rate hikes starting in March, but the Fed chief further stressed that the central bank will “need to be nimble.” In remarks prepare...
LocalBitcoins Cuts Fees to Zero for Ukrainians Both Locally and Abroad
To ease transactions amongst Ukrainians as they face the Russian Army Invasion in their nation, the world’s leading peer-to-peer Bitcoin marketplace, LocalBitcoins, has removed all fees for them both ...
Gaming Giant Animoca Brands Reveals Ban Against Russian Users, Co-Founder Compares Russia to North Korea – Bitcoin News
Blockchain gaming firm Animoca Brands has revealed the company is breaking ties with Russian users following the Ukraine invasion that started seven days ago. Animoca Brands co-founder Yat Siu noted i...
Federal Reserve Chair Powell Sees Interest Rate Hike this Month
US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell announced on Wednesday that the central bank is set to begin raising interest rates this month as part of efforts to combat high inflation, strong economic de...
Jordan Belfort Joins OneTo11 Blockchain Gaming Ecosystem as an Investor – Press release Bitcoin News
press release PRESS RELEASE. SINGAPORE, March. 3, 2022 / DN News Desk / — Jordan Belfort, also known as the Wolf of Wall Street, has joined the pioneering blockchain gaming platform OneTo11 as an inve...
Crypto Market Cap Returns to $2 Trillion
Global cryptocurrency markets have rallied strongly in recent days in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, with Bitcoin’s rising to $44,188 on Wednesday after falling to $36,370 last wee...
Rwanda May Not Reach Decision on CBDC Issuance Until End of 2022 — Central Bank Official – Fintech Bitcoin News
The Rwandan central bank may not know whether it can issue a digital currency until December 2022, when it completes a study that looks at the benefits and risks that come with such a currency, the ba...
EU Ensures Russia Cannot Bypass Sanctions thorugh Crypto, Says French Finance Minister Le Maire
French Finance Minister Bruno le Maire said on Wednesday that the European Union (EU) is looking for ways other than cryptocurrencies to impose EU sanctions on Russia, Reuters reported. The EU is curr...
Proof-of-Work Ban Removed From Europe’s Proposed Crypto Regulation – Regulation Bitcoin News
A text threatening to prohibit cryptocurrencies relying on energy-intensive proof-of-work mining has been deleted from the draft legislation aimed at regulating the European crypto space. The move com...