Author: Donald Munn
The Fed, following its first interest rate hike of 25 basis points, intervened more aggressively again on Wednesday with a 50 basis point increase. The Fed and its interest rate hike plan First interest rate hike of 50 basis points by the Fed Like clockwork, the Fed’s second rate hike arrived on Wednesday. After days of full immersion, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) decided to raise interest rates yet again, and this time they chose to be more incisive than usual. The FOMC opted for an aggressive intervention of 50 basis points (0.50%). The increase follows the first one…
The anonymous collective NB65 (Network Battalion 65′) has announced that it has hacked the Russian payment service Qiwi (qiwi.ru). Hi Qiwi (they have a twitter account lol lets see how long it takes). We rolled up and smoked ~10.5TB of backups.Your company has been dealt with by Network Battalion 65. We recommend you contact us if you want to survive this… You guys are super fucked.#SlavaUkraini #FCKPTN pic.twitter.com/OWI6r8hn1P — NB65 (@xxNB65) May 1, 2022 Qiwi hacked, investigation underway The database of Qiwi, the most used Russian payment service, has been hacked In the tweet announcing the hack, the hackers claim…
Coca-Cola Zero Sugar Byte, the drink of the metaverse, is available for purchase from 2 May 2022. Following the launch of the pixel-flavoured drink on a new island created in Fortnite, now the global drinks giant is announcing that it is possible to buy a two-pack for $14.77, with a maximum of three boxes per customer. Coca-Cola Zero Sugar Byte, on sale from 2 May Coca-Cola informs its followers that from 2 May the physical sale of Coca-Cola Zero Sugar Byte, the first taste of Coca-Cola born in the metaverse, is available on the dedicated website. Welcome to cybertaste. Byte…
Today the US central bank, the Federal Reserve, will announce its decision on a hypothetical interest rate hike. Federal Reserve fights inflation The market expects interest rates to rise by 50 basis points Usually these increases are 25 basis points at a time, but this time it is assumed to be 50 basis points. If so, it would in fact be the largest such adjustment in 20 years. Indeed, there are those who speculate that it could even be as much as 75 basis points, although this latter assumption is not shared by many. The key point is high inflation,…
NASA MarsXR Challenge is the new challenge launched by the US space agency in collaboration with Epic Games and Buendea to search for developers who want to contribute to create the Martian metaverse. NASA and Epic Games launch a challenge to create Martian metaverse experiences According to reports from Herox, a crowdsourcing platform for problem-solving, NASA along with Epic Games and Buendea, have launched the NASA MarsXR Challenge, a task dedicated to developers who want to help create experiences in the Mars metaverse, using Virtual Reality (XR). Specifically, developers are asked to create new assets and scenarios for the new…
Arianee, a popular platform that helps big brands to tokenize all forms of assets and leverage the potential of NFTs, closed its latest $21 million fundraising round in recent days. The reason for the success of Arianee’s latest fundraising round Arianee is a lending NFT platform that helps big brands to enter the Web 3.0 world. Arianee emerges as a real bridge, a perfect mediator that allows big companies to embrace the new opportunities that blockchain offers because, as many say, this is the biggest opportunity since the arrival of the internet. It shows big companies the new rules of…
In this article we are interviewing Matteo Cappola from FluidTokens, a project on Cardano working to unlock the use of NFTs as collateral for loans in a decentralized and peer-to-peer way. In other words, users will be able to take out loans by placing their valuable NFTs in a smart contract and paying an interest to the lender, if they fail to repay the loan, the lender will receive the NFT put as collateral. Cardano NFTs as collateral for lending FluidTokens allows to use Cardano NFTs as collateral for loans Hi Matteo, thanks for your time. Please introduce yourself and…
The Poseidon Group, the Swiss holding company responsible for several crypto projects, including cryptodailynews24.com and the hybrid wallet and exchange Eidoo, has chosen The Nemesis as its flagship project for the gaming and metaverse sector. Poseidon Group enters the metaverse, investing in The Nemesis project The Poseidon Group expands into the metaverse In recent months, The Nemesis, the entertainment platform that offers innovative experiences in virtual reality, has gained increasing visibility and authority internationally. Many brands and influencers have chosen The Nemesis to increase the engagement of their communities with fun gameplay, challenges with prizes and live events set in…
Madonna and Beeple have announced that their new collection of 3 NFTs titled “Mother of Creation” will go on sale on 11 May 2022 on SuperRare. Proceeds from the sale will be donated to charity. Madonna and Beeple and the launch of the 3 NFTs for sale on SuperRare Madonna’s NFT collection: “Mother of Creation” Madonna and Beeple have announced the launch of their new 3 NFT collection titled Mother of Creation, which will go on sale exclusively on SuperRare on 11 May 2022. INSANELY HONORED to have collaborated with @Madonna on this project. Excited for the world to see…
The Jeffrey The Dude NFT collection The innovative NFT Jeffrey The Dude collection Jeffrey The Dude is actually a giraffe. Or more accurately, it is a decentralized brand symbolized by the image of a giraffe, whose ownership is represented by 5,432 Jeffrey NFTs on the Ethereum blockchain. Thus, anyone who owns a Jeffrey NFT is also, de facto, the owner of a part of the brand. In this way, by being a co-owner of the brand one earns from the brand’s revenues, playing an active role in its growth. In fact, owners will be able to vote on the investment…