The Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) NFT project team announced that they had donated more than $1 million in Ethereum to Ukraine. According to Etherscan, 388,999 ETH has been sent to the official wallet of the government of the country. At the time of writing, the value of the cryptocurrency is $1.062...
At the end of last year, the Central Bank announced the launch of the digital rupee (CBDC). The regulator analyzed the consequences of integrating the token into the state financial system and concluded that CBDC will become one of the drivers for its modernization. Indian Finance Minister Nirmala...
Recently, the world of digital assets was shaken by the news that Forbes journalist Laura Shin published the book “Cryptopians: Idealism, Greed, Lies and the Creation of the First Big Crypto Craze”. In this book, a woman tells readers about the founding of a certain cryptocurrency platform that...
1xBit is glad to announce that the BIG 5 event is still ongoing, including additional prizes. Participants in the first prize draw have received their awards and now is your chance to be among the luckiest as the tournament continues. There is currently a diverse choice of events accessible to...
It’s International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month! Phemex is always hosting exciting campaigns and events to give back to its community. This time, Phemex is organizing the Trade Like Her Campaign to celebrate the amazing women in our lives as well as the countless women who have made...
HIVE Blockchain Technologies has agreed with Intel to purchase BTC mining equipment based on an ASIC chip developed by the corporation. A batch of miners will be made to order by HIVE. Deliveries are expected to begin in the second half of 2022 and be completed within 12 months. The company did not...
An unknown person donated an NFT from the CryptoPunks collection to the Ukrainian crypto fund. The token is valued at over $200,000. Deputy Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine for IT Development Oleksandr Bornyakov valued the token at 56 ETH (~$148,000). He likely refers to the cost of...
Against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine, the Czech company Satoshi Labs has suspended the supply of Trezor hardware crypto wallets to the Russian Federation. It is reported by NBC News. “We do not deliver to Russia,” said company representative Christina Mazankov. According to her, the...
Cryptocurrency exchange FTX will expand its global presence through the development of the European market. The company created a division of FTX Europe, having received a license from the financial regulator of Cyprus. “As we continue to grow, we are constantly looking for opportunities to...
The bitcoin hashrate in mid-February reached an all-time high. Computing power exceeded 215.5 exahash per second (EH/s). Over the past six months, they have increased by about 45%. Then the activity of the miners began to fall, and already on February 28, the hashrate fell to 190.6 EH / s, but then...
At the end of last week, crypto exchanges announced their withdrawal from the Russian market. The American platform Coinbase was also on this list. Last Tuesday, the press service of this company explained its situation. It reassured the Russians and stressed that the exchange would not block all...
The Bank of Russia still advocates a complete ban on the circulation and mining of cryptos. This was stated by the head of the expert group of the Department of Financial Technologies of the CB of the Russian Federation Maria Telegina. The sanctions did not force the regulator to reconsider its...
This week, many cryptocurrency exchanges have announced that they are no longer serving Russian users. Only the Binance platform has stated that it will not leave the Russian market but plans to comply with the sanctions imposed on the country. At the end of this week, it became known that the...
The volume of BTC transactions in China has fallen to a minimum, thanks to the restrictive policy of the Central Bank. The regulator made a corresponding statement in the middle of the week. Recall that the Chinese authorities began last spring to oust not only miners from the market but also...
Bitcoin (BTC) continues to trade in a narrow range from $43,000 to $45,000. On Thursday, March 3, the BTC rate sank to $43,176, but many analysts predict that the coin will be able to win back losses very soon. Optimistic, for example, the CEO of deVere Group Nigel Green. In his opinion, an...
The world's largest cryptocurrency exchange Binance faced big problems last year. It was forced to curtail the service of traders in several countries at once under pressure from supervisory authorities. This year, Binance suspended operations in Israel as local authorities demanded that it comply...
North American countries continue to lead the world in terms of installed bitcoin ATMs. According to CoinATMRadar, 32,150 and 2,359 terminals are ready to serve digital currency holders in the US and Canada, respectively. The top five countries also include Spain, El Salvador, and Poland. The...
According to Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse, the Russian authorities will not be able to use digital currencies to circumvent financial sanctions. Talks about the use of such tools in states under sanctions pressure have been going on over the past few years. For example, Iran has repeatedly stated...