Author: Donald Munn
The well-known crypto exchange Okcoin has launched an initiative to support the development of Bitcoin-based projects. We're partnering with @StacksStartups & venture partners to form the next chapter of #Bitcoin. We call this effort the Bitcoin Odyssey. Together we're pledging $165M towards projects developing decentralized apps on $BTC & @Stacks. Learn more: https://t.co/iMg88i6zBS — Okcoin (@Okcoin) March 11, 2022 Stacks partners with Bitcoin Odyssey The initiative is called Bitcoin Odyssey, and is being implemented in collaboration with Stacks Accelerator, Stacks Foundation and other partners. The goal is to support the next chapter of Bitcoin‘s evolution, with e.g. DeFi and DAO. …
This week’s guest on the Cardano SPO Column is a stake pool launched with the desire to better engage with the Cardano Community and try to gain a foothold on the path to financial freedom: stakeTREK.io [TREK]. Last week’s guest was a stake pool launched at the end of February to help refugees from Ukraine. This initiative is a point of reference for everything Cardano and every week or two we will invite a Stake Pool Operator (SPO) to answer some questions and give us an update directly from within the Cardano community. Considering that many of our readers are…
Warner Bros. Consumer Products and Cartamundi have announced the launch of hybrid DC NFT trading cards, combining the physical and digital worlds. Among the first available cards of DC superheroes and supervillains are characters from “The Batman,” whose film debuted earlier this month. Warner Bros and Cartamundi release hybrid NFT cards of DC characters Yesterday, Cartamundi shared the announcement of the launch of the new hybrid NFT trading cards to its followers: Today, together with @warnerbros, we are launching DC Hybrid Trading Cards by @hro. Read more in our release: https://t.co/yehs94l1to pic.twitter.com/jMT00URezF — Cartamundi (@CartamundiCards) March 10, 2022 “Today, together…
PRESS RELEASE After a launch NFT collab with The Fabricant and Neuno recently, DIESEL’s place in the metaverse is expanding: in the next and only 55 hours, in honor of the iconic DIESEL number, in their site nft.diesel.com, the company launches D:VERSE, a new NFT (non-fungible token) Collection that spans multiple boundaries between the I in real life experiences and the virtual. D:VERSE, Diesel’s NFT project D:VERSE is a hyper-engaging sphere that includes IRL experiences, unique runway showpiece, limited edition garments, sneakers and accessories, but not only, gain access to the exclusive D:VERSE Family reserved to the NFT holders…
Today Deloitte published a press release on its official website warning that its retail metaverse is going online. Deloitte’s metaverse The company says it is building a metaverse environment for the shop of the future, aimed at the Middle East region. Through virtual commerce, consumer and retail companies will move to next-generation online sales, using augmented and virtual reality solutions. Consumer and Retail Leader at Deloitte Middle East, Hosein Moghaddas, reveals that with the pandemic, retailers in the Middle East and around the world have had to adapt and change their strategies to remain competitive. He added: “The surge in…
The Bitcoin address of a whale from 2010 was reactivated yesterday. A dormant address containing 489 #BTC (20,242,263 USD) has just been activated after 11.4 years (worth 50 USD in 2010)!https://t.co/iMaawgLGXd — Whale Alert (@whale_alert) March 10, 2022 The address of the dormant Bitcoin whale from 2010 This is the address 17QBWJCGV4QbQhLbhcS7d9yB2S7DPLf4N9, whose first transaction dates back to 28 October 2010. Prior to yesterday’s transaction, the address had never sent any BTC. In fact, it had only received BTC until June last year, although the only transaction of note was the first one, when it received 489.09 BTC. Yesterday, just…
South Korea’s new president, Yoon Suk-Yeol, will take office on 10 May. He beat the democratic candidate Lee Jae-myung by around 240,000 votes, winning 48.56% of the vote, compared to 47.83% for his opponent. South Korea’s new crypto-friendly president This news immediately excited the crypto community, because based on campaign statements, the new president promised very favourable laws for crypto companies and those holding digital assets. HUGE: South Korea just elected a #Bitcoin friendly President overnight! — Bitcoin Archive (@BTC_Archive) March 10, 2022 The 61-year-old Yoon became famous for his investigations as a prosecutor, which got two former presidents in…
eBay has unveiled a digital wallet and this has rekindled rumours about the possible introduction of cryptocurrencies as a means of payment. eBay’s digital wallet eBay’s digital wallet was unveiled directly by CEO Jamie Iannone during a meeting with investors. During this Investor Day, the CEO presented long-term strategies for growth and unveiled new eBay products and features. Among them is the digital wallet, but this does not currently involve cryptocurrencies. According to what has been explained, it will be a digital wallet where the proceeds of sales will be kept to invest in the next purchase or with which…
The number of ETH staked on Ethereum 2.0’s new Beacon Chain has exceeded 9.9 million. Already 300,000 validators on ETH 2.0 According to data from Beaconcha.in, there are currently more than 300,000 validators on Ethereum’s new Proof-of-Stake-based blockchain, each with an average of 33.5 ETH being staked. The new Beacon Chain is not yet really in use, so normal transactions in ETH and ERC-20 tokens continue to be carried out on Ethereum’s traditional Proof-of-Work blockchain. However, the new blockchain, which in the future will incorporate the current one, already has more than 3 million blocks. Since it is necessary to…
Following calls to this effect by Ukrainian Vice-President and Minister of Technological Innovation Mykhailo Fedorov, for the first time ever, a Prime Minister of Estonia has specifically called for restrictions on cryptocurrencies to prevent them from being used by Russia to circumvent sanctions. Estonia, cryptocurrencies and Russia sanctions Estonia’s Prime Minister Kaja Kallas, in talks with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, called for restrictions to be placed on cryptocurrency transfers to prevent Russians from circumventing financial sanctions the international community has imposed after the attack on Ukraine. “Our focus must be on full isolation of Russia from the free…