El Salvador’s leader and Bitcoin advocate Nayib Bukele traveled to Ankara, the capital of Turkey, to meet the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The meeting could impact how Turkey’s government views cryptocurrencies. The two countries have had very different stances on cryptocurrencies: last year, El Salvador adopted Bitcoin as aContinue Reading
Sky Mavis, the developer studio behind the well-known crypto game Axie Infinity announced great news for the community: the start of the Builder Program. So far, they tried such an experiment once. The community even created several mini-games, including Flappy Axie and Axie Sushi. However, after the launch of Ronin, some policies changed so the games had to be closed. Now, the developers return the possibility to create mini-projects inside Axie Infinity world forContinue Reading
Twin Science & Robotics is partnering with Verofax to sponsor Polar Explorer Antony Jinman, the twelfth Briton to have skied to the geographic North Pole and solo skied to the geographic South Pole, on his new polar expedition with the aim of inspiring children to take climate action. Within thisContinue Reading
The alliance between Binance and Davivienda seeks to provide legal financial support to cryptocurrency operations in Colombia. The pilot plan coordinated by the Colombian regulator hopes to quickly capture some 7,000 clients, who will be able to make bank deposits and withdrawals in authorized cryptocurrencies. Binance and Davivienda, the largestContinue Reading
Script3, a decentralized finance (DeFi) studio focused on strategic building, today announced the launch of YieldBlox, a Stellar-based decentralized lending protocol. YieldBlox enables users and services to lend and borrow directly from one another without the need for third parties. Alexander Mootz, Script3 Co-Founder and CTO, commented on the news,Continue Reading
The world’s biggest Bitcoin fund, Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC), closed at the record discount lows on January 18. The discount, or the percentage by which GBTC share price is lower than the price of Trust’s underlying Bitcoin, dropped down by 28.29% according to investment research provider YCharts. The number marksContinue Reading
Alphabet Inc.’s Google, which began dipping its toes into the crypto space in 2020, has continued its push into the crypto industry, announcing the hire of former PayPal executive Arnold Goldberg. Arnold Goldberg, who previously served as the chief product architect and general manager at PayPal, would head the paymentContinue Reading
Three legends of women’s sport will headline the official launch of the Parity NFT Marketplace (powered by Aventus Network), the first non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace exclusively dedicated to women athletes. This revolutionary venture led by Parity offers athletes and artists a combined 90% of net revenue from initial NFT sales, as well as royaltiesContinue Reading
Since the Meta reveal, the metaverse has been one of the most talked-about concepts in the crypto industry. Cardano joins the growing number of projects looking to claim their share of the multi-trillion dollar metaverse industry. Months after its smart contracts activation, Cardano has made its debut in the metaverse.Continue Reading
Read in the Digest; Google Pushes Deeper Into Blockchain and Crypto – Partners with Coinbase, Hires Paypal Vet Grayscale Bitcoin Fund is Down 30%, Whales Add 40k BTC in Last 2 Days Ethereum Surpasses Visa’s Value Moved in 2021, JPMorgan Calls High Gas Fee A Big Problem for ETH CardanoContinue Reading