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Blockchain.com cryptocurrency exchange announced the move of its US headquarters from New York to Miami and the expansion of the state. As part of its scaling plan, the company expects to hire 100 employees by the end of the year and another 200 in 2022. They noted that the reason for the move was...

P2P platform Paxful has launched a service that allows businesses around the world to accept BTC. Their customers can choose from over 400 payment methods. Paxful Pay converts the money received from the customer into digital gold and sends it to the merchant's wallet. Clients of the service can...

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...

Nasdaq-listed company The9 has signed an agreement to take over green mining company Montcrypto. The9 will invest C $ 7.6 million ($ 6.26 million) in two phases. The partners will build a 20 MW carbon-neutral mining center in Calgary,...

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk referred to Bitcoin once again in his tweet. On June 4, he posted a meme-like tweet about a breakup citing the words of Linkin Park's song "So, in the end, it didn't even matter?". In the description, Musk put Bitcoin's hashtag and the broken heart emoji. ...

The preponderance owner of Marilyn Monroe's intellectual property, Authentic Brands Group (ABG) has put up for sale a collection of NFTs inspired by the legendary American actress. The collection titled "Metamorphosis of Marilyn Monroe" includes works by 3D artists Vasya Kolotusha,...

The Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey presented a report to parliament detailing its views on cryptocurrencies. The document, which fell into the hands of journalists, lists the inherent risks of digital assets. In particular, the Central Bank drew attention to environmental problems....

Internet giant Google reviews its ad approach concerning the crypto industry. In a released post related to policy change on finance goods and services, the entity informs that from August 3, ad issuers suggesting crypto exchanges and wallets focused on the US may advertise products and operations...

The creator of the Internet meme “Pepe the Frog” Matt Fury will release a limited collection of non-fungible tokens (NFT). The artist told Decrypt about this. The PEGZ collection includes NFT portraits of characters created by the author in 2D, 3D, and animation. For every ten collected tokens,...

In early April, the Bank of Thailand proclaimed its intention to begin testing the national digital currency (CBDC) as early as 2022. Media reported this week that the Central Bank has attracted a German tech company to develop its token. Giesecke + Devrient (G + D) will participate in the creation...

Ron Paul, former U.S. Representative for Texas's 22nd congressional district, said in a recent interview that he finds Bitcoin is a form of money and should be treated like that. There were discussed topics as inflation and issues with money printing and supply. Dr. Paul has always been a...

The activation of the Taproot update in the network of the first crypto was supported by 98% of the Bitcoin mining pools. This is evidenced by data from the Taproot Watch service. Upgradeable miners include special signal bits in the mined blocks. The developers implemented such a mechanism in the...

UK-based neobank Starling Bank will bring back its deposit feature to crypto exchanges according to the company representative. The restrictions will be lifted on June 23 after testing a new financial crime blocking system, he says. On May 31, Starling Bank suspended transfers due to concerns about...

Ethereum 2.0 deposit contract now holds over 5 million Eth worth around $13.6 B. The Ethereum environment is in the process of moving from a Proof-of-Work consensus mechanism to a Proof-of-Stake as a step of the system's development. The difference between these two is that PoW requires a lot of...

Events in May 2021 led to a decrease in bitcoin on-chain activity. The 7-day moving average of active addresses has dropped to its lowest since November 2020. The peak of the indicator fell in January of this year, the maximum value in May (1.235 million) almost reached it. Analysts stressed that...

On June 1, leading crypto exchange Coinbase published a blog post informing about the addition of DOGE to its platform for professional traders. The option to purchase Dogecoin will be unlocked for Coinbase Pro users from 9 AM June 3 if liquidity requirements are preserved. The launch will take...

American crypto exchange Coinbase announced the addition of a Visa debit card to Apple Pay and Google Pay throughout the United States (excluding Hawaii). In March 2020, the company added Google Pay support for Coinbase Card in European markets. A debit card converts Coinbase users'...

Financial holding Bank of New York Mellon (BNY Mellon) with $ 2.2 trillion in assets under management announced the creation of the Digital Innovation Hub. The structure will allow clients to store, transfer and issue digital assets, writes the Business Post. The division will become the custodian...