NYDFS appoints new deputy head of virtual currency division
The New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) has hired a former director of digital asset strategy at IBM-owned Promontory Financial Group as its new chief of the crypto…
Tencent’s WeChat Pay to support payments in Digital Yuan
Chinese tech giant Tencent’s messaging and payment app WeChat is bringing support for digital yuan to its more than a billion users, local news outlet China Daily reported Thursday. On…
Melania Trump Congratulates Bitcoin On 13th Anniversary Of Bitcoin Genesis Block
Cryptocurrency and Bitcoin investors spread to almost every sector and among different personalities. With the increase in the adoption of digital assets, most people are joining the investment train… ]…
Kosovo Says “No” to Crypto Mining, Follows in China’s Footsteps
The European nation of Kosovo has banned all bitcoin and crypto mining as a means of saving electricity. The country is currently facing one of the worst energy crises it’s…
Matt Hougan: The Government Won’t Harm Bitcoin
Matt Hougan – the CIO of Bitwise Asset Management – has stated in an interview that the U.S. government is likely seeing bitcoin as a threat to the dollar, which…
SEC indicts Crowd Machine founder for selling unregistered securities
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced in a Thursday press release that it has indicted two cryptocurrency startups and their founder for the unregistered and fraudulent sale of……
Dapper Labs registers as Lobbyist, to make policy recommendations on NFTs
Blockchain-based NFT company Dapper Labs is attempting to guide US Congress on policies surrounding NFTs as the burgeoning industry continues to remain an alien concept amongst lawmakers. The Flow… ]…
Tezos strikes multi-year deal with esports team Vitality
Another day, another big crypto name enters the sports industry. Tezos, an open-source decentralized blockchain, has struck a multi-year sponsorship deal with French esports organization Team… ] Go to Source…
Drone Racing League, Playground Labs partners to develop P2E games on Algorand
Drone Racing League (DRL), a professional drone racing competition, announced Wednesday that it has partnered with New York-based Web 3 game developer Playground Labs to launch its own… ] Go…
Meta debunks rumors, says it hasn’t dropped VR/AR OS project: Bloomberg
Meta (formerly Facebook) has debunked rumors of halting its awaited AR/VR Operating System project, Bloomberg was the first one to report Wednesday. As per a previous report by The Information,…