Rakuten launches NFT marketplace to capitalize on growing adoption in Japan
The explosion of NFT popularity in 2021 is continuing apace in the new year. Major Japanese e-commerce firm Rakuten has...
Day: 25 February 2022
Penalties and extra time: The scoreboard for soccer club crypto deals
Despite Turkish government regulations having hamstrung Bitci’s soccer sponsorship deals, footballing crypto companies already have home-field advantage.
BNY Mellon plans to launch digital asset custody platform later this year
The investment bank reportedly said it will begin with the United States and then expand worldwide based on market demand....
OpenSea disables features temporarily as contract migration completes
Bids and purchases are made unavailable to ensure that listings are protected until the migration completes. The week-long period that...
Senator Ted Cruz invokes Canadian unrest to advocate for Bitcoin again
Cruz has joined the growing list of American politicians who have been advocating for Bitcoin adoption in the United States....
Ukraine Bitcoin exchange volume spikes 200% as Russia war sparks currency concerns
Kuna, a long-running native crypto exchange, sees a swift change in client activity amid currency controls and the hryvnia at...
Officials Attend First Lecture on NFTs at Major Turkish University
Ankara University has become the first higher education institution in Turkey to organize a course on non-fungible tokens (NFTs). The...
Sotheby’s Cancels Cryptopunks NFT Auction After Consignor ‘Decided to Hodl’ Collectibles
On February 8, the multinational luxury auction company Sotheby’s announced the firm would be auctioning 104 Cryptopunk non-fungible token (NFT)...
NoVa Battles: A Play to Earn Mobile Game That’s Building It’s Own Universe
PRESS RELEASE. NoVa Battles is a PlayToEarn mobile MOBA game developed with the core focus on implementing blockchain technology. The...
Bitrue fostering Cardano ecosystem growth with ADA base-pair listing
Bitrue, one of the fastest-growing cryptocurrency exchanges, has revealed the listing of ADA as a base currency on its trading...
Block nets $1.18B Q4 gross profit marking a 47% YoY increase
In total, Block generated $4.42 billion worth of gross profit in 2021 marking a total YoY growth of 62%, however,...
BitMEX founders plead guilty to Bank Secrecy Act violations
Arthur Hayes and Benjamin Delo will each have to pay a fine for their part in flouting the Bank Secrecy...
Snow Crash’s Metaverse was filled with ads in 1992, and the real one will be too
“Just making sh*t up” — Neal Stevenson’s science fiction novel, Snow Crash, long foretold the rise of a techno-marketing dystopia.
BitsCrunch raises $3.6M in funding for NFT analytics tools
Several high-profile investment firms contributed to the funding round, suggesting interest in the space is far from waning any time...
Gemini joins Coinbase and Block at the Crypto Council for Innovation
The crypto exchange declared it spent $120,000 on lobbying activities in the U.S. in the third and fourth quarters of...
