Can you ‘own’ a goal? Collectible NFTs rolling into elite soccer
It might have seemed a long shot a year ago when a company built a digital platform for basketball fans to buy and trade video...
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Robinhood to begin testing crypto wallets, with broader launch in early 2022
Robinhood Markets Inc (HOOD.O) said on Wednesday it plans to begin testing cryptocurrency wallets next month, with a broader rollout in early 2022, allowing its...
Cryptocurrencies post fifth straight week of inflows
Cryptocurrency investment products and funds saw inflows for a fifth consecutive week as market sentiment on the sector continued to improve, data from digital asset...
Cinema chain will accept other cryptocurrencies along with Bitcoin
AMC Entertainment (AMC.N) CEO Adam Aron said on Wednesday AMC Theatres will accept Bitcoin for online ticket and concession payments, and similarly accept other cryptocurrencies...
NatWest chair sees digital pound piloted within five years
Britain will be piloting a digital version of the pound within a few years to cut the cost of money transfers, NatWest bank chairman Howard...
Coinbase upsizes debt offering to $2 bln
US cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase Global Inc (COIN.O) said on Tuesday it increased the size of its debt offering to about $2 billion from previously announced...
CySEC issues missive on crypto assets
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) has released a policy statement on cryptocurrency assets, calling on service providers to comply with regulations and warning...
Set of “Bored Ape” NFTs sells for $24.4 mln in Sotheby’s online auction
A set of 107 non-fungible tokens (NFTs) representing images of cartoon apes sold for $24.4 million in an online sale at Sotheby’s auction house on...
Crypto platform Poly Network rewards hacker with $500,000 ‘bug bounty’
Poly Network, the cryptocurrency platform which lost $610 million in a hack earlier this week, confirmed on Friday it had offered the hacker or hackers...
Crypto fashion: why people pay real money for virtual clothes
People care what their avatars are wearing. When the virtual world Decentraland said in June users could make and sell their own clothing for avatars...
Messi joins crypto craze, taking part of PSG fee in fan tokens
Soccer star Lionel Messi’s signing on fee at Paris St Germain includes some of the French club’s cryptocurrency fan tokens, in the latest big name...
UNic’s online blockchain MSc now available on campus
University of Nicosia, the first university in the world to offer a degree in blockchain and digital currency, has announced that the previously online master’s...
Why Chia isn’t as green a coin it claims to be
Chia, a newcomer into the cryptocurrency market, has tried to differentiate itself from Bitcoin by flaunting its green credentials. But what exactly is Chia and...
Crypto is ‘rat poison’, a third of mainstream investment firms tell JPM
Only 10 per cent of institutional investment firms surveyed by JPMorgan trade cryptocurrencies, with nearly half labelling the emerging asset class as “rat poison” or...
Fans divided on football clubs’ adoption of cryptocurrency
A growing number of major soccer clubs are launching digital coins that allow fans to vote on a variety of minor decisions as the sport...
Major cryptocurrency exchanges mulling India entry despite risks
Global digital currency exchanges are exploring ways to set up in India, following in the footsteps of market leader Binance, industry sources told Reuters, while...