Cryptocoins News / Blockchain - 2 years ago
The on Russian oligarchs has pushed Roman Abramovich to offer his Premier League club, Chelsea FC, for sale.
Since the news made the rounds about two weeks ago, many bids have been flowing in, and per a Reuters , one of such was from Changpeng Zha...
Cryptocoins News / Blockchain - 2 years ago
The Argentinian offshoot of Spanish multinational financial services company Banco Santander is on track to a loan product to farmers, which will be based on tokenised agricultural products.
The proposed product offering will be floated in conjunc...
Cryptocoins News / Blockchain - 2 years ago
Digital Currency infrastructure services provider, WalletConnect has raised the sum of $11 million in a Series A funding round from venture capital investors.
While the startup’s valuation was undisclosed, the funding round was led by Union Square...
Cryptocoins News / Blockchain - 2 years ago
India’s Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, has hailed the (CBDC) being developed by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). at the India Global Forum’s annual summit, the minister said the decision to develop the Digital Rupee project was based on co...
Cryptocoins News / Blockchain - 2 years ago
Space Runners, a major metaverse fashion brand focused on NFTs, announced on Monday that it raised $10 million in a funding round co-led by Polychain and Pantera Capital.
In this round, other firms, including Accel and Jump Crypto as well as other...
Cryptocoins News / Blockchain - 2 years ago
Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase Global Inc. it has blocked 25,000 wallet addresses of Russian individuals or entities linked to illegal activities.
Paul Grewal, chief legal officer from Coinbase, said that the exchange use blockchain technology t...
Cryptocoins News / Blockchain - 2 years ago
UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), a popular financial regulatory body in the United Kingdom, has expressed concerns about Binance’s latest partnership with the Nasdaq-listed crypto firm Eqonex.
The deal appears to give Binance control of Eqo...
Cryptocoins News / Blockchain - 2 years ago
Bit.com, a Singapore-based crypto exchange, has with TON, which stands for “The Open Network,” to expand, enhance, and develop its ecosystem.
Upon listing TON’s native token in January 2022, Bit.com has seen significant strides, and this is one fa...
Cryptocoins News / Blockchain - 2 years ago
Following the service cut from American payment giants Mastercard and Visa, the Central Bank of Russia (CBR) has informed its citizens that credit and debit cards issued by these service providers will stop functioning overseas from March 9.
In a...
Cryptocoins News / Blockchain - 2 years ago
Following Mastercard and Visa suspension of Russian credit cards abroad based on international sanctions, Thailand is looking at accepting cryptocurrency payments to help Ukrainian, and Russian tourists transact, to local outlet Thai Enquirer.
Bh...
Cryptocoins News / Blockchain - 2 years ago
Immutable X, an Ethereum-based layer-2 Non-Fungible Token () token platform, has announced the completion of its Series C funding round. It raised the sum of $200 million from leading investors in the space.
As by the startup, the funding round wa...
Cryptocoins News / Blockchain - 2 years ago
Andre Cronje, the renowned blockchain developer who came to the limelight with Yearn.finance, is allegedly going to stop contributing to (DeFi) and cryptocurrencies in general.
Anton Nell made the revelation a Fantom Foundation developer who took...
Cryptocoins News / Blockchain - 2 years ago
On Monday, Espresso Systems, a rapidly rising scaling and privacy system for Web 3 applications, announced that it raised $32 million in a funding round led by Greylock Partners and Electric Capital.
Other firms, including Sequoia Capital, Blockch...
Cryptocoins News / Blockchain - 2 years ago
FTX, a major cryptocurrency exchange, announced on Monday it is launching a new European affiliate- FTX Europe, as part of efforts to establish its business in the continent.
The exchange made such an announcement after securing approval from Cypr...
Cryptocoins News / Blockchain - 2 years ago
With 80% of racing teams in the 2022 Formula 1 (F1) grid featuring at least one crypto sponsor, Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff that are part of modern technology that cannot be ignored.
Wolff pointed out:
“I think when we are looking ba...
Cryptocoins News / Blockchain - 2 years ago
Meanwhile, as the war between Russia and Ukraine ravages, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong that are emerging as the lifeline for Russians as the nation faces heavy sanctions.
Armstrong said:
“Some ordinary Russians are using crypto as a lifeli...
Cryptocoins News / Blockchain - 2 years ago
Healthcare giant CVS Pharmacy has for a new trademark to offer Non-Fungible Token (NFT) related products or what it described as “Downloadable Virtual Goods” in the metaverse.
Per the filing, prescription drugs, beauty, and personal care products...
Cryptocoins News / Blockchain - 2 years ago
More payment operators follow the orders of sanctions issued by the U.S., American Express, Visa, Mastercard, and announced on Saturday that they are all suspending their operations in Russia in protest of the country's ongoing invasion of Ukraine....
Cryptocoins News / Blockchain - 2 years ago
With just a signature away, banks operating in the United States of Virginia will soon be able to offer cryptocurrency custody services.
Based on the unanimous vote from the Virginia Senate, the proposed introduced on January 22 this year by Deleg...
Cryptocoins News / Blockchain - 2 years ago
Coinbase’s Chief Executive Officer, Brian Armstrong, has expressed his thoughts on the calls from the public that should ban Russian users from utilizing their services.
As detailed in a which has become one of the primary ways Armstrong communic...
Cryptocoins News / Blockchain - 2 years ago
The digital currency ecosystem had wild price swings this past week, with the global cryptocurrency market capitalization recording a low valuation of $1.71 trillion in the trailing seven-day period.
The volatility has helped the digital assets eco...
Cryptocoins News / Blockchain - 2 years ago
Mawson Infrastructure Group, an Australian Bitcoin miner, announced on Friday that it signed a 12 megawatt (MW) hosting co-location deal with the U.S. crypto mining services provider Foundry Digital.
The deal will bring Mawson’s crypto mining hosti...
Cryptocoins News / Blockchain - 2 years ago
Circle, a major crypto payments infrastructure provider and stablecoin issuer, on Friday announced that it postponed the launch of its anticipated decentralized finance (DeFi) application programming interface (API) product, citing the need for more...
Cryptocoins News / Blockchain - 2 years ago
On Friday, the federal government of Switzerland announced plans to freeze all crypto assets held within its borders that are owned by Russian citizens and businesses sanctioned by the European Union.
On Friday, the federal council stated it plans...