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Pakistani crypto industry at crucial inflection point as High Court asks for final recommendations

A Pakistani high court has asked the law and finance ministry officials to submit final recommendations on how cryptocurrencies should be treated in the country.

Assad Jafri · 1 month ago · 2 min read

Number of female crypto investors up 172% in 2021

BTC Markets' recent report showed that the number of female investors nearly doubled last year. The steep increase in risk-averse females in the crypto market shows not all crypto investors are risk-lovers.

Zeynep Geylan · 1 month ago · 2 min read

TiTi Protocol secures $3.5 million to build the first use-to-earn algorithm stablecoin

TiTi protocol announces a successful fundraising round of $3.5 million

Galaxy Digital Trading co-head plays down the threat of CBDCs on liberty

Jason Urban, co-head of Galaxy Digital Trading, states CBDCs will be a positive development for private cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin.

Samuel Wan · 1 month ago · 2 min read

Coinbase announces animated film series inspired by Bored Ape NFTs

Coinbase is trying out its new media arm with the production of "The Degen Trilogy" film series.

Jinia Shawdagor · 1 month ago · 2 min read

Could Politics be replaced by Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs)?

Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAO) are becoming increasingly popular within the Web3 space but are they set to revolutionize politics as well as economics? DAOs are commonly used within the DeFi space to run a project in a truly decentralized manner.

Liam 'Akiba' Wright · 1 month ago · 5 min read

UPS to enter the metaverse with virtual retail shipping services

UPS filed five patent applications covering various metaverse and NFT-related products and services.

Jinia Shawdagor · 1 month ago · 2 min read

60 Minutes reports on how Bitcoin is building a circular economy in El Zonte

Mainstream media comes to El Salvador interviewing locals about Bitcoin. How did they do?

Samuel Wan · 1 month ago · 2 min read

Extraordinarily elevated inflation expected today, April 12. Will Bitcoin react?

Bitcoin may be pricing in high inflation numbers expected to be released April 12. The top cryptocurrency dropped 6% on the day as fears inflation will surpass 10%

Liam 'Akiba' Wright · 1 month ago · 2 min read

Fashion brand Zara launches first solo collection in the metaverse

With a brand new collection for the online and offline world, Zara will let users dress themselves in the metaverse.

Lisa Gibbons · 1 month ago · 2 min read

Crypto may thrive amid economic fallout from Russia-Ukraine conflict, says billionaire

David Rubenstein warned that the Russia-Ukraine conflict weighs on the US and European economies resulting in high inflation. As a result, people are turning towards crypto.

Zeynep Geylan · 1 month ago · 2 min read

Former SEC Director accused of corruption, how might this affect the Ripple case?

Empower Oversight release emails which show former Director William Hinman had a relationship with Ethereum, casting further doubt on the agency's credibility to as an impartial organization.

Samuel Wan · 1 month ago · 2 min read

Binance gets in principle approval to operate in Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi has become the third Middle Eastern jurisdiction to grant Binance regulatory approval after Dubai and Bahrain.

Jinia Shawdagor · 1 month ago · 2 min read

Mallers’ Bitcoin payment demo was staged but Chicago store will accept crypto soon

We can exclusively reveal that the store used in Mallers' Bitcoin 2022 demo video is planning to accept Bitcoin but is not currently able to process crypto transactions.

Liam 'Akiba' Wright · 1 month ago · 3 min read

SEGA backtracks on NFTs, calls them part of gaming’s ‘future’

SEGA’s Masayoshi Kikuchi claims gaming will evolve to include new areas like cloud gaming and NFTs.

Jinia Shawdagor · 1 month ago · 2 min read

Bitcoin, Ethereum correlation to big tech stock increases

Bitcoin and Ethereum's recent price performance correlates with the performance of tech stocks.

Oluwapelumi Adejumo · 1 month ago · 2 min read

Report: 40% of African-Americans say they use crypto

In a recent poll, 42% of all Americans between 18 and 34 years old said they have traded or used crypto, while 40% of all African-Americans do the same.

Laszlo Dobos · 1 month ago · 2 min read