Author: Donald Munn
Visa is looking for entrepreneurs in the fashion, arts and entertainment fields to get them involved in its new NFT-related project. Visa in the NFT world Two days ago, Visa unveiled the Visa Creator Program, a new offering that could help digital artists, musicians, fashion designers and filmmakers build their businesses through Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs). According to a statement from the US credit card company, this is a very interesting slice of business, considering that it counts around 50 million artists of various kinds, with a total turnover of $100 billion. Cuy Sheffield, head of Visa’s cryptocurrency business development division,…
Coca-Cola, thanks to its collaboration with Riot Games, has become a founding partner of League of Legends: Wild Rift and Wild Rift Esports, the two fast-growing mobile gaming franchises. Coca-Cola and mobile gaming with League of Legends: Wild Rift and Wild Rift Esports Global beverage giant Coca-Cola has reportedly become a founding partner of the League of Legends: Wild Rift and Wild Rift Esports mobile games. Here’s the announcement on Twitter: We're excited to welcome @CocaColaCo as a worldwide founding partner of Wild Rift Esports! pic.twitter.com/Cda9INrkLw — Wild Rift Esports (@WildRiftEsports) March 24, 2022 “We’re excited to welcome @CocaColaCo as…
Football club AS Monaco has signed an agreement with consultancy firm Capital Block to work together on an exciting new NFT project. AS Monaco ready to enter the NFT world With great surprise, the Monaco-based multi-sport club has decided to enter this interesting and futuristic dimension called Web 3.0. The football club, based in Monaco, has announced that it intends to capture the club’s most important and famous moments using precious Non-Fungible Tokens. This collaboration between AS Monaco and Capital Block aims to further engage the club’s most passionate and loyal fans in a whole new way. This new use…
Bitcoin Analysis Bitcoin’s price finally snapped a streak of eight straight consecutive closes in green figures on Wednesday and concluded its daily session -$389. The bitcoin network is just hours away now from the 19 millionth bitcoin being mined. The bitcoin network went live January 3rd, 2009 [4,835 days ago]. The Clark Moody Dashboard lists various data that traders might find useful regarding the BTC network. Data regarding the BTC network The first chart we’re analyzing today is the BTC/USD 1D chart below from gorkemaydogan. It shows BTC’s price trading between the 0.382 fib level [$46,655.78] and 0.5 [$50,883.97],…
In Texas, crypto miners must now seek approval for the state’s electricity supply, due to a sharp rise in demand. Members of Ercot, the state’s main grid operator, voted to create a task force with the aim of protecting the grid from being overwhelmed. Texas and the approval to supply power to crypto miners According to reports, cryptocurrency miners in Texas must now apply for permission to connect to the state’s power grid, in anticipation of a surge in demand that is expected to increase demand for electricity. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas Inc. (or Ercot) has already stepped…
Michael Saylor’s company MicroStrategy uses BTC as collateral for a loan to buy more Bitcoin. MicroStrategy’s Bitcoin buying strategy Yesterday, MicroStrategy announced that MacroStrategy has obtained a three-year $205 million loan to purchase Bitcoin, to pay fees, interest and expenses related to the loan transaction and for general corporate purposes of MacroStrategy or MicroStrategy. MacroStrategy LLC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Michael Saylor‘s company, MicroStrategy Incorporated. The loan was provided by Silvergate Bank, a subsidiary of Silvergate Capital Corporation, a company listed on the NYSE under the ticker SI. Silvergate is a provider of innovative financial infrastructure solutions and services…
The second most capitalized cryptocurrency, Ethereum, surpasses Bank of America. Ethereum’s capitalization up against Bank of America After a brief uninspiring period that saw it settle at $2700, Ethereum is back at $3000 with a week gaining 10%. Trading has increased and so has its capitalization. On 24 March, Ethereum reached a capitalization of $366.13 billion, surpassing the giants of the financial world. The virtual currency’s massive leap in capitalization has allowed it to overtake BoA (Bank of America) at $347.51 billion and Mastercard at $337.12 billion. However, this does not apply to one of the Big Four banks, JP…
The European Parliament’s two committees, ECON and LIBE, are working on European crypto regulation The European Parliament’s committees and the vote on crypto regulation Yesterday, 30 March, the final text of the regulation on the transfer of funds (TFR) was distributed to MEPs from the ECON (Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee) and LIBE (Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) committees of the European Parliament. The text will be voted on today, Thursday 31 March 2022. The intentions are noble, with this system, Europe aims to safeguard payment systems by preventing fraud and the use of Blockchain for terrorist…
Google has filed a patent for “Non-Fungible Planet”. While the name’s similarity might indicate the presence of NFTs, in reality, the internet giant wants to take action on environmental issues, not referring to the use of NFTs. Google and the “Non-Fungible Planet” patent for environmental activism A few days ago, Google filed a patent for “Non-Fungible Planet”, a name that recalls the famous Non-Fungible Tokens but actually goes in the direction of environmental activism on the part of the Internet giant. It is in fact an educational campaign that aims to: “Providing information in the areas of environmental protection, conservation,…
Meta Platform has integrated VNTANA to allow brands to upload interactive ads to Facebook and Instagram. Meta and VNTANA to bring 3D ads to Facebook and Instagram Meta has reportedly integrated VNTANA, the industry leader in 3D eCommerce technology, to bring 3D ads to Facebook and Instagram. Essentially, VNTANA has gained alpha access directly from Meta Platform to Meta’s AR Publishing API to automate the creation and publishing of 3D ad assets. This means that, through the combination of Meta and VNTANA, brands can take advantage of a new, interactive model to bring their ads to Meta’s apps and connect…