Year: 2021
Youtuber Builds a Bitcoin Miner Out of a 31-year old Nintendo Game Boy
On Saturday, a popular Youtuber named Stacksmashing published a video that shows him hacking a 1989 Nintendo Game Boy in...
Travel Giant Webjet (WEB:ASX) Enters Crypto through an Unprecedented $4.1M Deal with LockTrip.com
Australia-based superbrand Webjet recognizes the value potential of the blockchain startup LockTrip and joins its mission by securing the rights...
Payment Giant Visa Integrates USDC Stablecoin Support for Settlement
On Monday, the American multinational financial services corporation Visa announced that digital currency payments have arrived on Visa’s settlement platform....
South African Regulator Zeroes in on Scams and Unregulated Firms in Its Second Crypto ‘Health Warning’
South African regulator the Financial Sector Conduct Authority recently issued its second crypto “health warning” after it noticed increased reports...
South Korea’s ‘Kimchi premium’ is back: Is the Bitcoin rally starting to heat up?
Demand for Bitcoin in South Korea is heating up as the country's BTC premium rises over 5%. The "Kimchi premium"...
Aleph introduces DApp to ‘back up’ NFT art pieces
NFT "rug pulls" can be a serious risk when the file is stored on a centralized platform. Aleph.im, a decentralized...
Latvian airline airBaltic adds Dogecoin and Ether as payment options
The national carrier began accepting crypto payments in 2014. Passengers flying with Latvian airline airBaltic now have more cryptocurrency payment...
Visa plans to allow partners to settle fiat transactions with crypto
Visa’s partners will be able to exchange USDC over the payment network to clear transactions made in fiat currency. Major...
Bahamas’ Sand Dollar nears commercial rollout as interoperability completed
Following cybersecurity assessments, commercial institutions are being cleared to issue the world's first CBDC — the Bahamas' Sand Dollar.
Miami Mayor Sheds Concerns on Bitcoin Mining using Dirty Energy
Miami Mayor, Francis Suarez, stated that more Bitcoin mining should be done in the US because of national security concerns....
Stablecoin reserves on crypto exchanges hit new historic high of $10B
Cryptocurrency exchanges continue accumulating massive amounts of stablecoins like Tether and USDC Coin.
Kakao’s Klaytn expands NFT offerings to OpenSea following 800% quarterly growth
The platform created by Kakao's blockchain wing will reportedly look to extend its NFT functionality with an upcoming OpenSea integration.
Crypto mergers and acquisitions doubled to $1.1B in 2020, PwC reports
The average deal size in the crypto industry surged from $19 million last year to nearly $53 million in 2020,...
