Tortola, British Virgin Islands, 29th April, 2022, –As the Polkadot parachain auctions enter auction number 16, Polkadex is closer than ever before securing a parachain spot once and for all. Auction #16 strating today (April 29) and will last for one week (May 6), will pit the Polkadex Crowdloan against late newcomer, Bifrost Finance. Within […]
Venly, Belgium-based crypto and NFT-based service provider, announced Thursday that it has raised $23 million in a Series A funding round led by Courtside Ventures. Additionally, Transcend Fund, Coinbase Ventures, Tioga Capital, High-Tech Gründerfonds, Fortino, Plug and Play, Leadblock Partners, Imec Istart, and Alpaca VC also participated in the round. Founded in 2018, Venly is
Taipei, Taiwan, 28th April, 2022, Chainwire YGG SEA has formed a new partnership with Solana Ventures, the investment arm of Solana Labs, that will bolster the Yield Guild Games subDAO’s operations in Southeast Asia. This exclusive strategic agreement will lead to the provision of resources to the region’s game developers and broader gaming community. The
Eric Adams, mayor of New York City and a known crypto proponent, revealed his stance on the state’s BitLicense system during the FT Crypto and Digital Assets Summit held by the Financial Times on April 26-27. Several major establishments, as well as politicians, took the stage at the summit hosted in London, England. However, Eric
San Francisco, United States, 28th April, 2022, Chainwire Portal, a self-hosted wallet and true cross-chain Layer-2 DEX built on Bitcoin, officially announces its collaboration with Mintlayer, a Bitcoin sidechain protocol that aims to bring decentralized financial markets to the masses. The partnership will bring Portal’s uncensorable cross-chain DEX functionality to Mintlayer, giving new impetus to
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), the central bank of the Philippines, announced Wednesday that it will launch a wholesale central bank digital currency (CBDC) pilot program to advance the country’s payment system. Called Project CBDCPh, the program will include trials conducted by a limited number of financial institutions transacting large sums of payment 24 hours
0x Labs, a decentralized exchange infrastructure provider, has secured a substantial $70 million funding in a Series B funding round led by Greylock Partners, Forbes reported Tuesday, as the source of the news. Per the report, participants in the round included NFT marketplace OpenSea, Pantera Capital, Jump Crypto, and Jared Leto. The present valuation of
Fabio Panetta, Managing Director of the European Central Bank (ECB), compared cryptocurrencies to the ‘Wild West’ as well as a ‘Ponzi Scheme’ during a speech at the University of Columbia held on April 25. Harshly criticizing the current rise of the cryptocurrency market, Panetta compared the emerging industry to the archetypal era of the United
Fidelity Investments, one of the world’s renowned asset managers, has decided to allow its clients to include a certain amount of Bitcoin into their 401(k) plans. In an announcement made Tuesday, Fidelity said its clients can invest a portion of their retirement savings in bitcoin as early as the middle of this year. 401(k) plan
The popular NFT collection Bored Ape Yacht Club is making headlines again, not for good reasons though. Bored Ape NFTs, allegedly worth $3 million, were stolen after hackers gained access to the collection’s Instagram and Discord accounts. “This morning, the official BAYC Instagram account was hacked. The hacker posted a fraudulent link to a copycat
Lugano, Switzerland, 26th April, 2022, Jelurida, the team behind the Nxt, Ardor, and IGNIS blockchain ecosystem is pleased to announce its partnership with the Ticino Blockchain Technologies Association. The think tank, located in Lugano, Switzerland, will bring Jelurida’s technology and expertise to local crypto organizations and universities. Jelurida continues to turn heads in the field
업비트는 트래블 룰 시행 이후 베리파이바스프(VerifyVASP, 이하 VV) 트래블 룰 솔루션 연동 VASP, VV 계정주 확인 서비스 연동 VASP, 등록된 메타마스크 주소를 통해 디지털 자산 입출금이 가능하며 위험평가 통과 해외 VASP는 디지털 자산 입금만 가능함을 안내드린 바 있습니다. 위 안내드린 사례를 제외한 거래소, 마이닝풀 허브 등 입금 반영 지원 거래소 이외의 입금의 경우 입금 반영이
The United States Department of Justice announced Monday that it has indicted two Europeans on grounds that they were, along with Ethereum developer Virgil Griffith, helping North Korea in evading sanctions using crypto assets. Per the press release issued by the Office of Public Affairs, Spanish citizen Alejandro Cao de Benos (Aged 47), and British
Banking on the latest popularity of non-fungible tokens (NFTs), Li Ning, a popular Chinese sports apparel brand, has announced that it plans to release a Bored Ape Yacht Club-themed apparel line that would boast Bored Ape #4102 on its merchandise. The company announced the new strategy on China’s social media platform Weibo where it revealed
After making a very public business proposal, the world’s biggest billionaire Elon Musk may actually acquire social media giant Twitter, several media outlets reported Monday. Citing two sources familiar with the matter, The New York Times reported that both parties have been negotiating the $46.5 billion buyout Musk offered Twitter in exchange for buying 100%
Lakewood, United States, 25th April, 2022, Chainwire The decentralized social media landscape is changing rapidly as Elon Musk closes in on his bid to buy Twitter. More and more people are looking for a change as they are tired of 5 companies owning the world’s information. These big tech incumbents dictate what content we consume,
The central African Republic, a country in central Africa, has become the latest to adopt friendly rules to regulate the crypto industry in the nation. In addition, the country has also adopted Bitcoin as its legal tender to prompt economic recovery, Forbes reported Saturday. According to the report, the minister of the digital economy, post
Decentralized Ethereum scaling platform Polygon announced today that it has launched a $100 million fund that would invest in Web3 developers looking to develop projects on its newly-launched ‘Supernets’ blockchains. Polygon’s new project ‘Supernets’ is a customizable tool where developers can create tailor-made blockchain networks with respect to their projects’ requirements without additional operational or
The US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency issued a consent order against Anchorage digital, crypto platform, and infrastructure provider, for failing to meet certain Bank Secrecy Act and anti-money laundering requirements as demanded by the banking regulator. The order has noted that Anchorage Digital has neither admitted nor denied the allegations of violating
MTR Corporation, a Hong Kong-based public transport operator, is stepping into the metaverse in partnership with The Sandbox, the metaverse gaming subsidiary of gaming and VC giant Animoca Brands. With the latest deal, MTR has become the first transport operator to join The Sandbox metaverse, where it plans to offer immersive experiences through a railway-themed
