NHL enters the NFT space partnering with Marketplace Sweet

The National Hockey League on Thursday announced its partnership with NFT Marketplace Sweet. The post NHL enters the NFT space partnering with Marketplace Sweet appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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Emirates Airlines explores NFTs

Emirates airlines continue to trailblaze in the aviation sector by flying deeper into the digital economy. Their latest flight is headed into the Metaverse The First Flights Into the Metaverse The United Arab Emirates national carrier, Emirates Airways, is the latest big name to delve into the NFT and Metaverse space.

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The National Women’s Soccer League Secures Multi-Year Deal With Voyager

The National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) has signed a multi-year deal with crypto platform Voyager Digital to become the latest league to step into the space. What This Deal Means For All Those Involved One of the fastest growing crypto platforms, Voyager, has now entered the soccer world for the first time at this level, and this is big news for those who are keeping an eye on the Voyager platform and token.

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Bulls and Bears Lock Stares on ETF Approval

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India: NASSCOM Report Predicts Multifold Rise in Crypto Adoption by 2030

The crypto industry in India is estimated to flourish massively in the coming years. NASSCOM Report on Crypto Adoption in India According to a recent report by the Indian non-profit association — The National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM), the cryptocurrency space in the country is expected to grow exponentially this decade. Specifically,Read More

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BlockFi Signs NBA #1 Draft Pick Cade Cunningham As An Ambassador

It’s another impressive integration between the crypto space and the National Basketball Association (NBA). This week, cryptocurrency lender BlockFi announced a partnership with Cade Cunningham, one of the basketball league’s shining young stars.

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Bitcoin is a War Deterrent and in the Interest of US National Security Says Space Force Engineer

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ETH Crosses $3,000 as Crypto Bill Goes to the Wire

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Regulate Not Legalize: Paraguay Clarifies Bitcoin Move

Weeks after El-Salvador set a national record as the first nation to slap a highly-revered legal tender status on Bitcoin, rumors flooded the crypto space after an announcement from the national lawmaker, that Paraguay is next in line to follow suit.

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ING Bank Says DeFi Could Be More Disruptive Than Bitcoin To The Financial Sector

CNBC recently reported that more American banks will be adopting Bitcoin, allowing their customers to buy, sell, and HODL through their bank accounts. This is according to Cryptocurrency custody firm NYDIG, whose recent partnership with Fidelity National information services could merge banks and Bitcoin into one space.

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Bank of Canada CBDC Insight: Zero-Knowledge Proof Are Insufficient for National Scale Integration

A recent analytical staff note by the Bank of Canada on CBDC's has highlighted that higher privacy levels may come at a cost. The bank summarized possible privacy CBDC frameworks as it looks to advance research and development in this space.

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China is forging ahead with national crypto project: leaked screenshots

If you’ve been in the Bitcoin market for any period of time, you likely know that China has long been a hub for crypto assets as a whole. Yes, the trading of BTC and other cryptocurrencies is vehemently banned and restricted, but the Beijing government has continued to maintain heavy involvement in the broader space, […] The post China is forging ahead with national crypto project: leaked screenshots appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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Ukraine Mandates Citizens to Declare Bitcoin (BTC) Holdings for Tax Purposes

In a bid to regulate its cryptocurrency space, Ukraine‘s National Agency for Prevention of Corruption (NAPC) has defined clear rules for declaring cryptocurrencies as intangible assets. As such, taxpayers in the country have been mandated to report their crypto holdings following these guidelines, according to a Forklog report on March 3, 2020.

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New Ukrainian Law Says ‘Virtual Assets’ Can Be Used for Payments

The Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine’s legislature, has approved amendments that introduce legal terms and definitions pertaining to the crypto space. The new legislation, which aims to transpose the FATF standards into national law, also identifies who is to take responsibility for the oversight of cryptocurrencies in the country.

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Nations must double down on AI R&D — or risk falling behind

Artificial intelligence technology is waiting for its Sputnik moment. The Soviet Union put its infamous unmanned probe into orbit around our planet in 1957. Though Sputnik resembled a two-foot wide beach ball and barely weighed 200 pounds, it was a shot heard around the world.

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Crypto Scammers Defraud UAE Residents Using Fake Crown Prince Endorsement

Adding to the number of false schemes and scams in the cryptocurrency space, a scheme reportedly run from Argentina and Ukraine has been outed for falsely claiming their investment product was endorsed by Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, guaranteeing to “make you rich in seven days”, as reported by The National, June 30, 2019.

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Scientists teleported quantum data into the flawed heart of a diamond

A team of scientists from Yokohama National University recently became the first researchers to teleport a photon into the vacuous space inside of a flaw within a diamond. In other words: physicists just invented quantum bling.

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‘Nuke it From Space!’: National Review Pundit Slams FB's Cryptocurrency

Facebook’s cryptocurrency project has long been one of Silicon Valley’s worst-kept secrets. Even so, Libra’s formal announcement elicited a number of incendiary reactions from chattering heads across the political spectrum.

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Belarus Could Get a Nuclear-Powered Bitcoin Mining Center

Aleksandr Lukashenko, the president of Belarus, met with the country’s IT community to discuss the growth of its native tech industry, according to the state-owned national news agency, the Belarusian Telegraph Agency.

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Top 3 Blockchain-Based Companies Making a Difference in The Gaming Space

Video games have been a source of amusement since 1958 when William Higinbotham created “Tennis for Two”. Using just a knob and a button, this game provided a new form of entertainment for the lucky few to have visited the Brooklyn National Laboratory open house, the venue of the game’s initial release.

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Grim Stories of Ethical, Privacy Abuses Emerge About Coinbase’s New Partners

When Coinbase acquired Neutrino for an unspecified amount in February 2019, the news looked like business as usual: A cryptocurrency juggernaut had made another acquisition.

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China’s scientific achievements are surrounded by secrecy – but this could change

China’s recent scientific achievements – including its embryo gene-editing research and historic moon landing – appear to be surrounded by secrecy. The global scientific community first learned about its experiments modifying the DNA of human embryos through rumors in 2015.

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NASA Plans to Boost Data Security With Blockchain Technology

The National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA), plans to advance its technology by adding blockchain, to secure air traffic services and support. To achieve this new objective, NASA will work with Hiperledger Fabric Certificate Authority.

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NASA Looking to Adopt Blockchain Technology for Air Traffic Management

In a bid to fix the privacy loopholes inherent in the proposed Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) system scheduled to get integrated by 2020, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)  is looking to adopt distributed ledger technology (DLT), according to a paper published on January 7, 2019.

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Canada’s First All-Crypto Legal Firm Opens Its Doors to Global Clientele

Technology lawyer Addison Cameron-Huff launched his new, Toronto-based, all-crypto legal firm on January 3, 2019, Bitcoin’s 10th anniversary, as a statement of his commitment to working for and promoting Bitcoin and cryptocurrency-based businesses.

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Why Ohio’s State Treasurer Backs Decision to Accept BTC For Tax Payments

As tax season is rapidly approaching, some states, like Ohio, have decided to set a new standard for the rest of the country to follow. Back in November, Ohio became the first state in the U.

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French National Assembly Rejects Plan to Loosen Crypto Taxes

The National Assembly in France has recently shot down proposals to ease up the pressure on tax regulations in the crypto space. As reported by Bitcoin.

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Switzerland’s National Postal Service and Telecoms Provider to Create a Blockchain using Hyperledger Fabric

In a new annoucement on Thursday, Switzerland seems to be working on their progression in the blockchain space. The national postal service, Swiss Post, has decided to collaborate with Swisscom, which is the telecoms provider that the state supports.

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Nydia Zhang of the Social Alpha Foundation: Using the Blockchain for Good

As chairman and co-founder of the Social Alpha Foundation (SAF), Nydia Zhang has left a solid mark on the blockchain and cryptocurrency space, though, as a young art student at the University of Washington in 2011, blockchain was far from the direction she saw her life taking.

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UK Regulators Warn Investors Against Crypto Derivatives… again

After a comprehensive study of the crypto space, UK Cryptoassets Taskforce has released its conclusions and painted the regulatory prospects for the national crypto industry.

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Venezuela: Petro Can Be Converted Into Any Cryptocurrency If Bought This Year

The Venezuelan government has announced that its national digital currency, the petro, can be exchanged into any cryptocurrency if purchased this year. However, the wallet for the petro is still not available and petro buyers receive certificates of purchase.

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Revolutions and Counter Revolutions: Andreas Antonopoulos Reflects on 10 Years of Bitcoin

As Bitcoin approaches its 10th anniversary, its community, old and new, has begun taking stock of how a decade has come to alter or define the cryptocurrency — and what Bitcoin has done to alter or define the decade.

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Venezuela’s Supreme Court Orders Payment in National Cryptocurrency

Venezuela’s Supreme Tribunal of Justice has ordered a compensation payment of 266 petros, the country’s national cryptocurrency, in a workplace injury case. Meanwhile, the Venezuelan government has launched the petro savings plan, backed by 4 million of the digital currency.

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Venezuela Authorizes 6 Exchanges to Start Selling National Cryptocurrency Petro

Venezuela has authorized six cryptocurrency exchanges to start selling its national cryptocurrency, the petro, according to the government’s website. The petro, which recently became a Venezuelan national currency, can now be purchased at the six exchanges, local media report.

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China’s two new satellites are a step towards completion of its Space Silk Road

China has successfully launched another two satellites that will be part of its native BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) – the country’s competitor to the American GPS system. The satellites will bolster China’s ambitious Space Silk Road project – the country’s programme to boost its global revenue from positioning and navigation systems.

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SEC Obtains Emergency Court Order to Halt Questionable ICO

The U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has obtained an emergency court order issuing the stoppage of a recently planned initial coin offering (ICO) by Blockvest LLC and its founder Reginald Buddy Ringgold III, who falsely advertised that the token sale was approved by the SEC.

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Global Financial Stability Board: “Vigilant Monitoring” of Crypto Assets Needed

The global Financial Stability Board has released a report focusing on cryptocurrencies such a Bitcoin and Ether earlier today. During the document, the group stated that the fintech phenomenon does not yet pose a risk to financial stability, but careful monitoring of the space is required.

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In Search of Stability: An Overview of the Budding Stablecoin Ecosystem

Stability. The word seems to be at complete odds with the current nature of the crypto market. With its flagship coin having “died” on hundreds of occasions, volatility and meteoric price swings have come to define cryptocurrencies, as price stability, ever-elusive, is in short supply.

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New Impact Ledger to Raise Awareness of Blockchain Projects for Social Good

The Blockchain Trust Accelerator (BTA) has received a six-figure grant from the Social Alpha Foundation (SAF) to build its latest project known as The Impact Ledger, an online registry of blockchain projects designed to assist in the public, nonprofit and for-profit sectors.

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NCB Joins RippleNet

Thursday 13th September 2018 was when Ripple announced on their website that NCB (National Commercial Bank) of the Kingdom Saudi Arabia (KSA) has become the latest enterprise customer and joined up with RippleNet and Ripple’s fast growing network of payment providers, virtual asset exchanges, banks etc.

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Japan’s National Police Installing Crypto Transaction Tracking System

The Japanese National Police Agency is reportedly installing a system to track the flow of crypto transactions in order to aid investigations of cryptocurrency-related cybercrime. The system is expected to be limited to major cryptocurrencies, according to local media.

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Details of Iran’s National Cryptocurrency Unveiled

Iran has been developing a national cryptocurrency, a move that could allow them to evade US economic sanctions. Informatics Services Corporations, the country’s leading provider of banking systems, has reportedly been designing and developing the cryptocurrency and has now revealed its features.

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Venezuela’s Constituent Assembly Drafts Law to Create Central Bank for Crypto

A member of the Venezuelan National Constituent Assembly has reportedly revealed that the assembly is preparing a reform to the country’s Constitution that includes a central bank for cryptocurrencies.

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A "Good Start": U.S. Introduces Office of Innovation and Sandbox for Fintech

Fintech businesses struggling to stay inbounds of government rules may soon receive a dose of much-needed guidance via the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).

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South Korean Regulator Presses Lawmakers to Pass Crypto Bill Urgently

South Korea’s top financial regulator has urged lawmakers to pass the country’s first crypto bill quickly, citing the urgent need from rising incidents at crypto exchanges. There are currently several crypto-related laws pending at the National Assembly.

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“Economic Sovereignty” Through Bitcoin: Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert

When it comes to cryptocurrency, it seems that there are always two sides of the (bit)coin. On the negative side, there’s everything that can go wrong.

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Swiss Stock Exchange Operator Plans to Launch Crypto Exchange

SIX, the firm that operates and owns the Swiss stock exchange, has announced plans to launch a fully regulated digital cryptocurrency exchange. The firm says it plans to launch "the first market infrastructure in the world” which will “offer a fully integrated end-to-end trading" while providing a safe environment where digital assets can be issued and existing securities and non-bankable assets can be tokenized.

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License Needed for Crypto Trading, Circulation, and Settlement in Cambodia

Three Cambodian government bodies have jointly announced that the propagation, circulation, buying, selling, trading, and settlement of cryptocurrencies without obtaining a license are illegal activities.

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“No Grounding In Reality”: BIS Report Tells A Strange Crypto Story

Earlier this week, the Bank of International Settlements (BIS) in Switzerland issued a new document as part of its annual economic report that warns citizens of the dangers of digital currencies.

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Chain Accelerator Opens Its Doors to Blockchain, Crypto Startups in France

\Chain Accelerator has launched in France. It is the first startup acceleratordedicated to the blockchain that can call Europe its home. Among the organization’s chief operators are Hyperloop Transportation Technologies chairman Bibop G.

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