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Rarible

Rarible integrates NFT on the Polygon platform

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The Rarible NFT marketplace has added support for assets issued on the Polygon second-tier network. The integration brought the number of platforms used by the protocol to four, along with Ethereum, Tezos, and Flow. Rarible said that as part of the partnership, the NFT and gaming division of...

Do Kwon

Terra founder to replenish reserves of his project with billions of dollars

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The founder of the Terra cryptocurrency project, Do Kwon, has officially announced his intention to replenish the reserves of bitcoins, which are collateral for UST stablecoins. According to reports, the startup intends to carry out almost the largest purchase of military-technical cooperation in...

Novogratz

Mike Novogratz Predicts Bitcoin to Rise to $500,000

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Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz represents the so-called bitcoin bull camp. He periodically predicts that in the long term, the value of bitcoin will reach unprecedented heights. This week, the billionaire announced the rise of cryptocurrency to $500,000. Moreover, in his opinion, this will...

Canaan

Canaan commits up to $100M to share buybacks

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The Chinese company Canaan has announced a share buyback from the market. For these purposes, the manufacturer of mining equipment will spend up to $100 million. During the year, the company's shares sank by 85%. The company attributed such dynamics to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic and...

Crypto whales

Bitcoin whale activity drops to yearly low

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The Bitcoin network has seen a weakening of whale activity over the past few days. According to the Santiment team, the number of transactions worth more than $100,000 fell to the lowest level in a year. A similar situation is observed on Ethereum. Researchers believe that most of the largest...

FCA

FCA is looking for a specialist in cryptocurrencies

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The British Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has repeatedly expressed concern about the growth of citizens' investment in digital currencies. The regulator periodically urges the inhabitants of the kingdom not to invest in bitcoin and other virtual coins. For example, last summer the head of the...

USA

Law enforcement officers will return stolen BTCs worth $450K to a US citizen

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American law enforcement officers seized about $ 450,000 worth of bitcoins, which phone scammers stole from an elderly US citizen. This is stated in a statement by the District Attorney of the State of North Carolina Dena King. In August 2021, attackers, presumably from abroad, called a resident of...

Russia

DEX aggregator Matcha blocked transactions from Russian IP addresses

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The aggregator of decentralized exchanges Matcha has deprived users with IP addresses from Russia of the opportunity to make transactions. The original message "trading from Russia is not supported" was later changed to "region is not supported". A similar message can be seen by...

Matic

MATIC withdrawals and deposits are temporarily suspended on Binance

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The popular cryptocurrency exchange Binance announced last night that the deposit and withdrawal of coins from the Polygon - MATIC project will be temporarily suspended. This information was also confirmed by the developers of the digital asset directly. The prehistory of the current situation lies...

CryptoBlades

CryptoBlades’ Partnerships Multiply on the Release of Special Weapons

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In late 2021, CryptoBlades opened its doors to its partners to collaborate in an initiative they called "The Knighthood Program." The Knighthood Program is a partnership agreement between CryptoBlades and their partners to help each other in an ingenious exchange of marketing services and...

Bitcoin

Trend is changing: Bitcoin above $40,000

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During the Asian session on March 16, Bitcoin (BTC) rose above $40,000 several times. However, resistance increased again in this area, and the coin retreated to its previous positions. During European trading, BTC again jumped to $40,350, adding about 4.4% per day. The stock market turned out to...

Saylor

Michael Saylor compared Bitcoin to real estate in New York

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MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor is widely known as a bitcoin fanatic. He periodically states that BTC will rise in price as this asset forms a new financial system. During a speech at the Economic Club of New York, he compared cryptocurrencies to real estate that an investor purchases in an...

Mexico

Mexican drug cartels legalize income through bitcoin

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At the end of last week, the International Narcotics Control Board released a report expressing concern that Mexico's drug cartels were using bitcoin. The researchers found that criminal communities from Jalisco and Sinaloa are increasingly using cryptocurrency in their financial schemes....

Wasabi

Wasabi will start blocking "illegal transactions"

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On March 14, information appeared on the Web that the Wasabi cryptocurrency wallet will begin blocking user transactions that it considers “illegal”. Wasabi Wallet developers announced this on their official Twitter account. According to reports, the direct blocking of crypto transfers will be...

Russia

Japanese crypto exchanges and services will stop serving Russians

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Against the backdrop of increased sanctions pressure and limited access to dollars and euros, the interest of citizens and companies in cryptocurrencies has sharply increased in Russia. Bitcoin exchanges have recorded an increase in investment in both Bitcoin and stablecoins. At the beginning of...

Stripe

Stripe will allow users to buy crypto with fiat money

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One of the founders of the financial technology company Stripe, John Collinson, wrote on his Twitter account about the launch of a new online service. This is a platform that will allow users to buy digital assets and NFT collections for fiat money. Collinson drew the subscribers' attention to the...

USA

US prepares bill against digital yuan

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Many in the US political and business establishment see the digital yuan as a threat to the dollar. That is why the Senate has prepared a bill designed to limit the ability of companies to use the Chinese token (CBDC). Congressmen fear that the digital yuan will not only undermine the dominance of...

Terra

Terra breaks into the top five altcoins

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Cryptocurrency Terra (LUNA) was able to perform very well this week amid the retreat of Bitcoin and Ethereum. After reaching the bottom at $80.5, the token rebounded to a local peak at $99.5. LUNA climbed to sixth place in the ranking of the largest digital currencies. At the end of the week, its...

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