Bitcoin falls 6.1 per cent to $47,607
Bitcoin dropped 6.13 per cent to $47,606.92 on Tuesday, losing $3,111.19 from its previous close. Bitcoin, the world’s biggest and best-known cryptocurrency, is down 31...
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Boost for blockchain in China as Xinhua to issue photos as NFTs
The official Xinhua news agency said on Wednesday it will issue a digital media photo collection via non-fungible tokens (NFTs), a first for China and...
Crypto exchange Binance signs Dubai World Trade Centre deal
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance said on Tuesday it had signed a cooperation deal with Dubai World Trade Centre Authority, which is working to set up an...
Bitcoin rises 2.1 per cent to reclaim $50,000
Bitcoin rose on Sunday to reclaim levels above $50,000. The world’s biggest and best-known cryptocurrency gained 2.11 per cent to $50,445.34 at 1803 GMT on...
Visa launches crypto advisory service for financial institutions, merchants
Visa Inc (V.N), the world’s largest payment processor, on Wednesday launched a global crypto advisory service for clients such as banks and also merchants, as...
Amid Bukele’s bitcoin hype, not all Salvadorans ‘Feel the Bit’
El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele took the stage last weekend at the end of “Bitcoin Week” to the cheers of fans delighted his Central American...
Nicosia restaurant to accept crypto currencies
A Nicosia restaurant announced it will be accepting payments with cryptocurrencies, the first such business to introduce this, it said on Thursday. Think 30, located...
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...
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...
