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SSD manufacturer Crucial threatened to void the guarantees for the devices that were used to mine the Chia cryptocurrency but later denied this statement. Last week, the company revised its warranty policy to include a clause stating that "using Crucial SSDs for crypto mining will void the...

On June 19, Dapp platform Near announced launching an auction of 103 NFTs in honor of Hip-Hop stars. The date of the release was chosen as it's a federal holiday marking the end of slavery. We just launched the auction of 100+ Legendary #HipHopHeads #NFTs! 🔥#NEAR is super excited about this...

Leading news platform CNN is releasing a series of NFTs on the Flow blockchain. People can acquire them by paying in fiat. On June 1, CNN celebrated its 41st anniversary. Later this month the company is launching an NFT collection with the name “Vault by CNN”. The collectibles will present...

Interest in Dogecoin remains to be high. There are a series of NFTs with the image of Shiba Inu presented on the website very.auction. One of them was required for 1696 Ether valued at $4 M. The buyer was PleasrDAO, a club interested in buying blockchain-based collectibles. The photo of the Shiba...

Ripple CTO David Schwartz has posted a proposal to launch federated sidechains powered by XRP Ledger. The solution will allow you to connect smart contracts and create decentralized applications using the native network token. According to Schwartz, smart contracts are one of the most requested...

Major crypto services provider FTX platform released a sector for NFTs. The network already has a number of collectibles that are listed on FTX's main exchange and also on the FTX. US. The owner of one of the NFTs called "SBF Launch" will get a half-hour launch with FTX Chief Executive...

GameStop, an American retailer that sells games, consoles, and other electronics is on the way to present its NFT platform. The company is carrying out design and development processes. There is already a lending page on the website. GameStop announced building a team and therefore hiring...

Nebraska Senator Carol Blood has backed a bill to explore the potential for blockchain use in agriculture. According to the document, they plan to use distributed ledger technology to track the origin of products: from farms to store shelves. The author of the bill proposes to control production...

Famous humorist, TV show host Steve Harvey is introducing a new set of NFTs with the purpose to direct the sum to Steve & Marjorie Harvey Foundation. He also announced holding Bitcoin and Ether. The star presented his first 3 NFTs on the platform Rarible on May 14. They were in the form of...

Ripple, the blockchain company that developed XRP cryptocurrency revealed a collaboration with the National Bank of Egypt. As stated in a paper published on May 18, the cooperation between Ripple, NBE, and the remittance firm based in the United Arab Emirates, LuLu Exchange aims to deliver...

The American television network Fox Broadcasting together with Rick & Morty co-author Dan Harmon revealed developing the first animated series in history curated completely on the blockchain. On May 17, the company's press release site Fox Flash issued a new post, introducing an Upfront...

Microsoft will close its cloud blockchain platform Azure Blockchain Service on September 10, 2021. The service does not support the deployment of new projects from May 10. The clients of the platform are JPMorgan financial holding, Starbucks coffee chain, and Singapore Airlines. Users were asked to...

Supermodel, movie star and singer Cara Delevingne have worked together with unknown artist Chemical X to represent her first NFT. The token is called "Mine" and it is in the form of a video. Delevingne said, the collectible aims to point out that everybody is unique and beautiful. ...

Finnish major tech entity Nokia Corporation revealed the issuance of the Nokia Data Marketplace to make data and AI algorithms transacting simpler. That provides digital and data modernization for businesses. Along with increasing input extent, the role of AI and machine learning is crucial. The...

On April 20, Input Output, the firm that founded the Cardano blockchain, shared the news of cooperation with countries of Africa and starting the Cardano Africa program. The latest partnership was built between Tanzania and IOG to improve mobile internet quality, digital verification and the...

Regulated blockchain infrastructure Paxos, the developer of the stablecoin PAX Gold and PAX Standard announced raising $300 million in its Series D funding round headed by Oak Technology. In total, the company raised $500 M. Its valuation stands at around $2.4 B. Paxos is going to use the capital...

BTC mining firm Genesis has ordered machines valued at $93.63 from computer hardware manufacturer Canaan. Particularly, Genesis is going to receive Canaan's most recent AvalonMiner A1246 model, which has a hashrate capacity of 90 tera hashes per second (TH/s). Currently, the BTC computing potential...

NFTs representing the last photo session of the immortal rock group Nirvana and lead singer Kurt Cobain will be launched next week. (1/9) Today I’m proud to announce my first NFT drop of iconic images from my photoshoot of Kurt Cobain in 1993. The images, some of which have never before been...