KEY POINTS Russia has repeatedly stated it’s against NATO’s enlargement and it has named this as was one of the reasons for its invasion of Ukraine. It is unclear how the Kremlin would react if both Sweden and Finland join the alliance. NATO’s Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has previously said both nations would be warmly …
The real value of NFTs lies in empowering artists, creators and collectors to enforce their rights to distribute, resell and collect. There’s been a tremendous amount of hype and misinformation about nonfungible tokens (NFTs) since they appeared on the scene in 2014, particularly since the total market for them passed $24 billion. You can’t open …
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The social media powerhouse won’t charge users for showcasing their crypto art. NFTs from some of the most popular blockchain networks for crypto art are coming to Instagram with the announcement of a pilot as soon as Monday. The social media powerhouse owned by Meta is planning non-fungible token (NFT) integrations for Ethereum, Polygon, Solana …
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An apartment in Portugal has changed hands, with the buyer paying directly in cryptocurrency in a reported first for the country. The home was purchased for 3 bitcoins without conversion to euros, under a new regulation permitting real estate deals with digital currencies. Buyer Pays With Bitcoin for Apartment in Braga, Portugal A three-room (two-bedroom) …
Bitcoin and cryptocurrency mixing service, Blender.io has been added to the sanctions list by the United States Treasury Department. The startup which helps facilitate private cryptocurrency transactions was added to the list as investigations showed that it was used by the North Korea-based hacking group, Lazarus who stole $620 million from the Ronin Network. As detailed by the US Treasury …
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KEY POINTS Ford Motor is selling 8 million of its Rivian Automotive shares as the insider lockup for the stock expires on Sunday, sources told CNBC’s David Faber. Ford will be selling the shares through Goldman Sachs, sources said. JPMorgan Chase also plans to sell a Rivian share block of between 13 million and 15 …
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Failure to align with the wider financial services industry by enforcing sanctions against Russia will come at a high cost for the crypto sector. One of the first punitive measures leveled against Russia in response to the military invasion of Ukraine was the implementation of economic sanctions aimed at isolating the country from the international …
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Staked ETH tokens are still showing signs of investor confidence. The most searched keyword for all crypto searchers in the last 24 hours has been “crypto crash,” and yet shrewd cryptocurrency traders are still making big-brain moves. Data from blockchain analytics firm Nansen shows the daily net profit and loss for all smart money addresses …
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Much discussion has centered around the implications of decreasing fee revenue for bitcoin miners — why is it happening and what does it mean? INTRODUCTION Revenue for bitcoin miners from transaction fees is dropping to record lows, and fierce debates over the importance and long-term effects of this data are raging online. Current fee revenue …
To set the ball rolling in Web3, Google is assembling a team to create services for developers in this ecosystem through its cloud unit, according to CNBC. Through an email, Amit Zavery, the vice president at Google Cloud, noted that the objective was to make the Google Cloud Platform the most preferred by developers in …
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