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According to the recent blog post published by the Cardano Foundation, the foundation recently entered a 3-year collaboration with the University of Zurich. The collaboration will increase the level of academic research on blockchain technology and DLT. Cardano and BDLT Group Team Up to Research...

Kava’s community members recently participated in a vote to allocate a significant portion of money to a new developer incentive program, aiming to aid new projects with a $750 million grant. The move will not only empower projects that are already in development, but it...

Today, former Playboy Playmates are about to set the world on fire with the ultimate pinup collectible. The most badass women-led project is about to hit the NFT space and give you exclusive access to exciting new worlds in the metaverse. These Playmates have come...

Meanwhile, until the situation gets sorted, Treasure insisted that its users delist their NFTs. Treasure marketplace, the biggest NFT marketplace currently operating on Arbitrum’s blockchain, recently suffered a major exploit. The incident was confirmed by the platform’s co-founder, John Patten, who announced it on Twitter...

McDonald's has already established their virtual presence in the metaverse. The company has filed for ten trademark applications and even plans to sell virtual goods. Not only that, but metaverse participants will be able to visit a virtual McDonald’s, place an order, and have actual...

BitConnect Founder's Whereabouts UnknownThe United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said in a court filing that the Commission has been unable to detect Kumbhani's exact location. For some time now, authorities have believed Kumbhani to be residing in a foreign country. As stated by...

Ukraine Seeks to Cut Off Crypto Access for Russians and BelarusiansThe Ukrainian official called for the widespread restrictions in a statement via Twitter on February 27, following Russia's invasion of Ukraine a few days earlier. According to Fedorov "It's crucial to freeze not only the...

Gala Music is now home to Death Row Records, owned by legendary hip hop artist Snoop Dogg. Snoop was named the official owner of the major record label earlier this month, marking a significant addition for Gala and an important move for the artist whose...

They are the world’s first cryptocurrency and NFT-mining platform for Clubhouse, Twitter Spaces, Discord, Telegram, Meta, and Spotify Greenroom. But what does that mean for the crypto market? Decibel states that they’ve found the solution to one of the biggest problems in cryptocurrency. Since blockchains...

According to Forbes, Sam Bankman-Fried is the wealthiest person in crypto. With a net worth of $24.5 billion at the young age of 29, he is one of the youngest billionaires in the world. That’s billion with a B. So where did he get his...

The leak revealed that the bank had aided numerous international criminals. Credit Suisse suffered a massive data leak that divulged over 18,000 bank accounts details. However, the security breach also brought to light decades of shady activity hidden because of Swiss bank secrecy laws. Blockchain...

We also watched some interesting drama over artist compensation, while the top upcoming play-to-earn games (Cool Cats and Raid Party) got delayed…again.Overall the market has been remarkably resilient in the face of another significant dip in the price of ETH, while we had a free...

Climbing to the top of a skyscraper in a pair of sneakers and peering over the edge while the wind whips through your hair isn't what most people would like to do for work. For artist Isaac Wright, it is precisely where he wants to...

She currently hosts a crypto/blockchain podcast and video series, Unchained, receiving over 15 million downloads and views. She has spoken about cryptocurrency at TEDx San Francisco and been interviewed for documentaries such as Cryptopia: Bitcoin, Blockchains, and the Future of the Internet, which debuted in...

The move met with criticism and was deemed unjustified, with some claiming the PM overstepped his authority. Justin Trudeau, the Prime Minister of Canada, recently invoked the Emergencies Act as his latest tactical maneuver against the Freedom Convoy protesters. The move will grant him the...

Football and Toads?The Super Bowl, the most-watched annual broadcast in the world, went down on Sunday but American Football fans were not the only ones excited. Because of its massive viewership, the Superbowl is the premier advertising event of the year, with many viewers tuning...

While many reported technical issues, users were generally pleased with the event and the company’s innovative decision. Samsung recently revealed a new range of Galaxy S22 premium smartphones. However, unlike previous presentations of new products, the company tried a new approach–turning to Decentraland and its...

The NFT market has been reeling following an all-time daily trading volume record. (We hit almost $250 million on OpenSea, not including the other big NFT platforms like LooksRare and Rarible.) Frankly, the market was growing at an unsustainable rate. However, small but significant corrections...

DoJ Seizes More Than Half of Stolen BTC from 2016 Bitfinex HackAccording to a press release by the Department of Justice (DoJ) on Tuesday (February 8, 2022), U.S. authorities arrested a New York couple, Ilya Lichtenstein, and his wife Heather Morgan. They were accused of...

Follow the HypeOne of the most exciting drops of the upcoming week is Cool Pets, a companion collection to the bluechip NFT collection Cool Cats. Originally, it was slated to release on January 28th but has been pushed back multiple times. 20,000 Cool Pets will...

The Sandbox, a blockchain project that created a metaverse dedicated to the creation of building, buying, and selling game-related digital assets, recently announced a partnership with crypto services provider, Coincheck. The two companies have teamed up to create a new metaverse city called Oasis TOKYO....

While we gear up for the launch of this week’s most exciting NFT drop on Friday, Cool Pets, let’s take a look at what happened the past few days. (If you want to learn about Cool Pets before it launches, don’t worry, it won't fit...

One of the most significant developments in the metaverse has been the creation of digital spaces for artists who wish to show their work to a global community of collectors and admirers. Art galleries are quickly becoming the cornerstone of the metaverse, where artists create...

In November 1961, he began his breakout masterpiece, using a projector, and tracing images before painting. It took him until March of 1962 to complete the project. His now iconic 32-canvas set of Campbell’s Soup Cans hangs in the Museum of Modern Art in New...

Today’s topic? Well, it’s another acronym. Are you surprised? Don’t be, there are about a million others we haven’t even touched on yet. The topic of the day is the world of NFTs. What is an NFT, you ask? Well, NFT stands for non-fungible token....

…but not many know how to get them early for a few hundred dollars. The answer is whitelists. Lucky investors who bought Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs at launch this April only paid about $300 in Ether. Now you can’t buy one for less than...

What is Pudgy Penguins NFT Collection?Launched in July 2021, Pudgy Penguin is a series of 8,888 unique collectible penguins created as an ERC-721 standard token with proof of ownership stored on the Ethereum blockchain. The collection's items were minted for 0.03 ETH each and sold...

After his time at the firm, he founded a private trading platform SecondMarket, that he eventually sold to NASDQ. The funds from that sale spurred him into building much of the crypto infrastructure that exists today. An early large-scale investor in Blockchain technology, Barry founded...

The retail giant Walmart recently submitted a total of seven patent filings related to the NFT sector and the metaverse. The move has led the crypto community to suspect that the company may soon make a move to enter this space, or at least announce...

However, meme coins are sometimes treated as crypto investments whose value rises with popularity. They are mostly traded by those who wish to become part of the meme joke. We have talked about meme coins, but have we deeply analyzed what meme is or “the...

As it turns out, NFTs are not a fad. There are solid numbers behind these unique assets. Let me throw in some interesting statistics: Did you know that OpenSea's trading volumes soared past $10 billion in November three months after crossing the one-yard ($1 billion)...

What started as a motley experiment to create a market for digital art on the blockchain, became one of the biggest success stories in blockchain evolution. It also expanded the importance of smart contracts and proves that any industry can be disrupted. Although many critics...

NFT Collection Now Worth Millions of DollarsGhozali Ghozalu began taking daily selfies from when he was 18 years old in 2017 to 22 years old in 2021. The Indonesian later went ahead to create an NFT collection on OpenSea called "Ghozali Everyday." According to a...

2021 saw the world trying to recover from the travails of the COVID pandemic. With most people still working from home, social media became even more important as a hub for interaction and communication, and Elon Musk turned it into his playground. For the last...

The Indian Prime Minister called for other countries to ensure that emerging technologies like crypto are used to support democracies and not undermine them. The Modi-led government is reportedly working on a bill that would include a blanket ban on private cryptocurrencies. India's Crypto BillThe...

There is no such thing as a perfect code, which is why it is more important than ever for crypto projects that deal with large amounts of money to constantly comb through their systems in search of vulnerabilities and bugs. A recent development with Polygon...

As a result of the massive growth experienced in the sector, it has led to the rise of many negative trends. The number of scam projects and scammers in the cryptocurrency space has increased massively over the past few months. Fake Crypto Apps and Wallets...

Data storage continues to be one of the most challenging issues in the tech world. The growth of cloud-based internet servers like Amazon Web Services (AWS) shows the immense opportunities in data storage. This cloud storage industry is projected to reach $222.25 billion in 2027,...

Global Crypto Adoption SoarsGlobal crypto adoption has undergone exponential growth this year. While the last months of 2020 saw a humble growth of less than 1%, crypto adoption surged by over 15% in January alone. By early 2021, the total number of crypto users worldwide...

One of the crypto projects that has continued to thrive despite the ban on play-to-earn (P2E) games in South Korea is MIR4. The P2E game was designed and built by developers at one of the biggest game companies in Korea, Wemade Co. It launched in...

Crypto.com Purchases Super Bowl CommercialAccording to the Wall Street Journal, Crypto.com recently bought a spot for a Super Bowl commercial. The report noted that Super Bowl advertisements cost over $5 million for 30 seconds, with some sponsors seeking as much as $6.5 million for the...

Despite the positive agenda upon which cryptocurrency and digital money were established, many people have conducted scams that use cryptocurrency to deceive the less enlightened. Is HEX the Most Salient Scam to be Reviewed?The scam is one of the significant challenges and reasons why newbies...

ASA Bans Arsenal's Fan Token PromotionArsenal promoted its fan token $AFC both on Facebook and the club's official website. The football club earlier partnered with Socios to launch their fan tokens and give fans the opportunity to get involved in and influence club decisions. However,...

Ever since it became popular, the crypto industry has been seeing major amounts of money go through it. Not quite at the level of traditional finance, of course, but still pretty large. And, since it remains unregulated, that money is sometimes not properly secured, and...

Expect More of the Same or Worse Things to ComeTwitter has become one of the main censors of online speech, and it all happened under Jack Dorsey’s watch, and Republicans, who are the ones getting censored, did nothing about it, despite Donald Trump giving them...

This feeling created a strong sense of the online community, as those who shared things with others usually didn’t get to gain anything for doing so. However, they kept doing it, and they continue to do so to this day. Of course, sharing things like...

High transaction fees and excessive energy consumption are major complications on the DeFi system as it keeps affecting transactions on decentralized platforms. The Energyfi platform is designed to accelerate the adoption of green networks and more reliable and friendly decentralized finance platforms. It’s no surprise...

After lots of speculation, Facebook, the parent company to Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp, was finally rebranded as Meta on 28th October. In 2015, Google also rebranded entirely to a company known as Alphabet, which partly showed that it was a search engine and a growing...

With this move, Silicon Valley is losing one of its most eccentric entrepreneurs. Given the fact that Silicon Valley can easily be described as “weird” even on its best day, this is certainly saying something. Indeed, Silicon Valley has companies whose CEOs can be described...

The figures couldn't paint a grimmer picture. According to the Global Carbon Project, we'll have emitted 36.4 billion tonnes of carbon to the atmosphere by the year's end. Coming at a time when global temperatures are rising, this is a worrying revelation. Accordingly, climate-conscious individuals...

An Advisory Service to Aid Better Understanding of CryptoAccording to a press release, published on Wednesday (Dec. 8, 2021), Visa announced the establishment of a Global Crypto Advisory Practice, an arm of its Visa Consulting Analytics (VCA). The new cryptocurrency advisory service seeks to aid...

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have been making such a boom this year, and the latest popular platform to join the NFT craze is Wikipedia. The co-founder of Wikipedia, Jimmy Wales, has announced that he will be selling the first edit ever made on the site as...

BitMart Loses $196 Million BitMart suffered a security breach on Sunday (Dec. 5, 2021), with hackers stealing close to $200 million from the platform. Investigation revealed that hot wallets on the Ethereum Binance Smart Chain (BSC) blockchains were both compromised. Blockchain security company PeckShield, was...

And, while on paper, the rule may look like something minor, it should be pointed out that its consequences will be far-reaching. When asked as to why such a weird tax reform was being introduced all of a sudden, Yellen noted that the requirement will...

Step 1: Insisting on Crypto PaymentThe first red flag is when the seller or vendor insists that they only accept payment in crypto. While some may be legit, others are not. Cryptocurrencies are a growing asset class. For this reason, most credible vendors will not...

New investors are the ones who are most culpable for such scams. New investors are always looking for a way that they can start enjoying returns from their crypto investments. However, most of these new investors view the crypto market as complex; hence, they go...

Adidas has announced that it would move into the metaverse with different partnerships with non-fungible tokens (NFTs). The German multinational corporation has announced that it will be teaming up with Bored Ape Yacht Club, Gmoney, and the comic series Punks Comic. This is a major...

This time, Mark Zuckerberg, the company’s CEO, and co-founder, has come up with the idea of the Metaverse, a virtual world where people can freely replicate their daily activities like working and shopping, exercising and socializing, or whatever. At first glance, it may indeed look...

When I was working at an auto parts restaurant in Dallas, I went to a Burger King drive-thru window to get a quick bite to eat. Unbeknownst to me, my Navy Federal card fell out of my hand and landed in the drive-thru lane. On...

Critics of blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies latch on to one particular theme in their arguments— the use of digital assets in frauds, scams, and all forms of financial crime. The nigh-anonymous nature of crypto transactions makes them a go-to option for scammers who want to...

GMO Internet GroupGMO Internet Group is a leading fintech firm headquartered in Japan. The company offers a wide range of services including internet services, online marketing, media, cryptocurrency services, and internet finance. In 2020, this company announced that it would start paying 4000 employees based...

The rise of cryptocurrencies has been one of the talking points in the past few years. Cryptocurrencies have transformed how we view finance bringing cheap, fast, and secure cross-border transactions. However, the success of crypto has not been without its criticism from the traditional finance...

The new feature is similar to Prediction markets which allow players to bet real money or crypto on real-world outcomes. For Reddit’s Predictions, users stake tokens on certain results in moderator-created tournaments. The Prediction feature which was tested in at least two popular subreddits involved...

Brave Browser, the leading blockchain-based browser that offers greater anonymity and control over how users manage their data, has made another step to improve its service. According to its latest announcement, Brave browser added a built-in cryptocurrency wallet with its Tuesday update. The wallet will...

I think one of my problems is that I bat around these stupid letter salads without properly explaining what they are and why I hate them so bloody much. Take for instance the NSA, NASA, FBI, DOJ, NHL, MLB, CBE, ITV - I think you...

Separating Church and StateFor all we know, cryptocurrencies were an inevitable innovation. After years of errors and miscues, this novel creation eventually diffused power to the holder. The goal was to separate government from money. Money without politics and meetings provided one is connected to...

If there is anything I took out of sociology at Navarro Community College in Waxahachie, it is that all things exist for a purpose; when they no longer serve that purpose, they cease to exist. It is hard to see what purpose Western civilization currently...

MetaMask DominanceWhile MetaMask has enjoyed the status of being the go-to web-based crypto wallet since the early days of the industry, of late, it has been facing both strong criticism and competition. To begin, MetaMask has been on the receiving end of dissatisfied users who...

In recent times, cryptocurrency has gained widespread adoption as a store of value and payment option due to its decentralized technology. They make use of a decentralized method of data storage – a shared database that is transparent and secure commonly referred to as blockchain....

Epic Games Set to Adopt Crypto and NFTsThe well-known game distribution platform, Epic Games has, as of late reported that they are open to supporting games that utilize digital money or blockchain resources on its game store. In the announcement, they additionally expressed that they...

Gaming culture previously supported a spend-to-play model, and players sometimes needed to buy lives or in-game assets with real money. The reward was satisfaction, and players viewed these games as entertaining luxuries, not investments. The play-to-earn models of most blockchain games led to increased interest...

Crypto for Luxury Holiday and TravelLuxury holidays and travel can be quite an ordeal, especially for the average middle-class who has to save towards these events. However, crypto has made it easier for almost anyone to enjoy luxury holidays. One of the strategies that people...

Cream Finance is a DeFi lending and borrowing protocol that runs on the Ethereum blockchain. Cream Finance Suffers Major HackConfirming this hack, Cream Finance tweeted that, “With the help of friends from @iearnfinance and others in the community, we were able to identify the vulnerabilities...

Such benefits create room for more innovations and global acceptance of digital assets. At the time of writing, the crypto ecosystem supportsmore than 12,000 coins. The number is set to increase as the demand for advanced financial solutions rises. In the following article, we explore...

Stablecoins are blockchain-based digital currencies with their value pegged to fiat currencies like the US dollar. Since stablecoins lack volatility, unlike their cryptocurrency counterparts that can gain or fall double-digit percentages in a matter of hours, they are deemed crucial for crypto adoption. Indeed, stablecoins...

Yet, other celebrities have taken up the mantle to stir up the crypto space in his absence. Tweeting and commenting on social media, they manipulate the prices of cryptocurrencies. These celebrities include Jason Derulo, Snoop Do, Mark Cuban, Naomi Oscar, and Tom Brad. By joining...

Leading venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, also known as a16z, has taken in top engineers of Facebook's Novi wallet, to work for the company's cryptocurrency arm. A16z Adds Two Leading Engineers From Novi WalletThe Chief Operating Officer of az16 crypto, Anthony Albanese, announced the newest...

Many people buy Bitcoin expecting quick profit and if they can't, they look for trading strategies to achieve insane profits in the short term. People look for these strategies because it is difficult to think about the long term when you’re not sure about the...

Through the ages, royalty and elites were spending huge amounts of whatever currency had been circulating at the time on paintings and other rare items. Sometimes the art of collecting took rather strange turns as in The Collector by John Fowles where a psychotic youth...

Taking place between October 18 and 22 in London, Digital Assets Week is a fully hybrid event with a combination of live on-stage interactions, virtual speakers, and a physical audience in the United Kingdom's capital. The conference focuses on two separate overriding subject areas across...

The information space, however, is full of subjective opinions and misinformation – so, to get the full picture, we need to know how to do our own research. Is it as easy as reading a few opinions, though? Nope. The great news is, that it’s...

As a new user in the crypto world, you might have encountered much jargon on blogs and forums when talking about crypto. This article gives you all the DeFinitions of the terms you were afraid to ask users on the forums! What is DeFi? DeFi...