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eBay acquires KnownOrigin, expanding its foray into NFTs and blockchain

The company enables artists and collectors to create, purchase and resell NFTs via blockchain-enabled transactions.

Shopify unveils tokengated commerce as part of new connect-to-consumer experience

Select merchant partners will be able to rollout exclusive goods for NFT tokenholders.

Meet the Snoop Dogg impersonator who walked around NFT​.NYC

Doop Snogg, the impersonator, was hired to “drum up excitement” at the NFT.NYC conference.

Roxe Holding in talks for listing on Nasdaq via $3.6B SPAC deal

The firm has entered an agreement with special purpose acquisition company Goldenstone Acquisition Ltd, through which it will pursue the listing.

Crypto resonates better with BIS’ vision of ideal monetary system

The report awarded points to the fiat ecosystem for the safety and stability policy while highlighting that “Public oversight has helped achieve safe and robust payment systems.”

Solana whale moves $25M of USDC debt from Solend to Mango Markets

The move reduces the utilization of USDC within the Solend platform and allows users to withdraw their assets once more.

Tether to launch GBPT stablecoin pegged to British pound sterling

Tether expects to be part of industry innovation in the United Kingdom as the country is planning to adopt stablecoins as a means of payment.

Blockchain isn’t as decentralized as you think: Defense agency report

The report published Tuesday highlights several scenarios in which various actors can garner excessive, centralized control of a blockchain system.

‘Disappointing:’ Cardano devs delay Vasil hard fork by a month

While IOHK admitted the news was disappointing, the firm stated it is taking an “abundance of caution” to ensure the Vasil upgrade is implemented correctly.

BIS compares projects to transfer central bank digital currencies across borders

The international bank found high technical feasibility among the projects, but significant work on legal and governance frameworks still remains to be done.

Why cross-chain interoperability matters for DeFi

With hundreds of cryptocurrency exchanges available for users to transact on, the question becomes centralized or decentralized, neither of which offers an efficient solution.

Bank of Israel experiments with central bank digital currency smart contracts and privacy

The Israeli central bank looked at trust issues and policy decisions implied in a potential digital shekel, as well as some of the technical aspects of digital currency.

GameFi continues to grow despite crypto winter: DappRadar report

The report seems to show that turbulence in the crypto markets has failed to rattle investments and forward movement of several GameFi and metaverse projects.

Solana NFT marketplace Magic Eden closes $130M Series B round at $1.6B valuation

Magic Eden accounts for over 90% of NFT trading volume on Solana.

BIS: 90% of Central Banks are researching the utility of CBDCs

The institution's future monetary vision includes exploring innovations grounded in trust in central banks' stable sovereign currencies and safe payment systems.

Japanese film studio announces the production of a series based on crypto

Animator Haruna Gohzu, who worked in popular anime like Pokémon and the Demon Slayer movie, will lead the animation in the films.

Crypto exchange BlockFi secures $250M credit from FTX amid bear market

At a time when a significant number of crypto platforms are struggling to remain afloat, BlockFi hopes the new credit line would help them secure user’s funds

What is Vulcan Forged (PYR) and how to make money playing it?

Vulcan Forged is a play-to-earn game that allows players to earn cryptocurrency by winning, selling, and upgrading their in-game assets.

Celsius warns community about fake accounts, pauses Twitter spaces and AMAs

Celsius Network announced that there is an increase in fake accounts on social media and warned users to be more vigilant.

Cloudflare outage affects multiple crypto exchanges

Users attempting to visit certain websites were met with a “500 Internal Server Error” notice due to a Cloudflare outage.

Bitfrost releases upgraded SALP 2.0 after protocol helped secure $450M via parachain auctions

The move comes after 18 Polkadot parachain auctions were secured on the original SALP protocol.

High-profile BAYC collector denies allegations of wrongdoing brought by DeFi detective

At the time of publication, it is not clear how the DeFi detective allegedly connected wallets with questionable activities to Jeff Huang.

Resistance is futile! 3 reasons why Bitcoin mining will never go away

Numerous governments have tried to ban Bitcoin mining, but data and insights from those in the mining industry suggest that this is easier said than done.

Swiss luxury watchmaker TAG Heuer introduces NFT-enabled smartwatch

Watches, blockchain and NFTs combine with the launch of TAG Heuer’s new luxury wearable.

This oracle data provider platform has surpassed 4 million nodes since inception

The protocol has weathered multiple bear markets and has nearly 250 million data payloads and counting.

Blockchain's potential: How AI can change the decentralized ledger

Artificial intelligence’s transformative power in relation to blockchain technology is being severely overlooked, say experts.

US Air Force taps SIMBA Chain to develop budgeting and accounting system

They said the purpose of DiBaT is to convert all dollars in the USAF supply chain budget into tokens and monitor fund movement across billing centers, purchasing centers and suppliers.

Banking uses 56 times more energy than Bitcoin: Valuechain report

Analysis of Bitcoin’s proof-of-work and the Lightning Network exposes the banking system as energy-hungry, demonstrating that Bitcoin is better for the planet.

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