Month: January 2022

Russian protest group Pussy Riot seeks to tackle gender inequality in the NFT space

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Russian punk rock collective Pussy Riot is planning to launch a DAO for LBTQ+ and women artists. As the group’s co-founder Nadya Tolokonnikova told Cointelegraph, The DAO will be working on reducing the gender inequality that still marks the NFT space and, more broadly, the crypto industry. Despite the large gender gap in crypto — around 60% of US crypto investors are white men according to a survey from August 2021 — Nadya is convinced that it is still early enough for Pussy Riot to make an impact. “The NFT space…

Simplify Files Application With SEC for Web 3 ETF

Simplify Asset Management has filed an application with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for an exchange-traded fund (ETF) focused on Web 3. In a filing Wednesday, Simplify said the “Simplify Volt Web 3 ETF” would trade under the ticker symbol “WIII” and track Web 3 companies that are expected to benefit from technology infrastructure. The fund would not invest directly in cryptocurrencies but will allocate up to 10% of its total assets in the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust. Grayscale is a unit of Digital Currency Group, which is also…

Anyswap, Keep3rV1, WEMIX follow Bitcoin’s move to $44K with double-digit rallies

The cryptocurrency community is back in high spirits on Jan. 12 after a majority of tokens in the top 200 flashed green following Bitcoin’s (BTC) spike to $44,000. The return of bullish momentum has come as a boon to several altcoin projects, with multiple tokens seeing gains in excess of 20%. Top 7 coins with the highest 24-hour price change. Source: Cointelegraph Markets Pro Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView shows that the biggest gainers over the past 24-hours were Anyswap (ANY), Keep3rV1 (KP3R) and WEMIX (WEMIX). Anyswap expands its…

Jack Dorsey Introduces Bitcoin Legal Defense Fund to Protect Open Source Developers – Bitcoin News

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A recent letter published to the Bitcoin developers mailing list written by Square founder Jack Dorsey indicates that a legal defense fund has been created for open source developers in order to protect them “from lawsuits regarding their activities in the Bitcoin ecosystem.” Dorsey’s letter is also signed by Alex Morcos of Chaincode Labs and Martin White, the co-founder of Hudson River Trading. Jack Dorsey’s Open Letter to the Bitcoin Developers Mailing List Reveals Bitcoin Legal Defense Fund According to an open letter from Jack Dorsey, Alex Morcos, and Martin…

Checkout.com, Backend Firm for Crypto Giants, Raises $1B, Eyes Web 3 Push

CryptoX – Cryptocurrency Analysis and News Portal London-based global payments processor Checkout.com has raised $1 billion in Series D funding at a $40 billion valuation. The funding will help drive three key initiatives: U.S. market growth, continued evolution of the technology platform and Web 3 efforts. Source The post Checkout.com, Backend Firm for Crypto Giants, Raises $1B, Eyes Web 3 Push appeared first on CryptoX. CryptoX Portal

What You Need To Know About The Signal

All across crypto, fear is in the air. Not only is the market shaken from the recent downtrend, but there’s an extra layer of doom and gloom due to an impending “death cross” in Bitcoin. Learn all about the ominous sounding crossover of two commonly watched moving averages, what the signal could mean, and how Bitcoin price has reacted in the past. The “death cross” is nigh | Source: BTCUSD on TradingView.com Does The Bitcoin Death Cross Mean Doom And Gloom For Crypto? Bitcoin price on daily BTCUSD charts is…

Bitcoin, Inflation and the Expectations Game

Stocks didn’t crash for a reason so simple it can be easily overlooked by market newbies: the role of expectations. The professional traders who dominate equity markets are not, by and large, frantically trading in response to CPI numbers the morning they’re released. Instead, they’ve been trying to predict the CPI numbers for weeks and trading on those projections ahead of the actual numbers. By the same token, the Fed has already announced its plans to raise interest rates and cut its bond balance sheet this year, tightening the money…

Checkout.com Raises $1B, Eyes Web 3 Push

London-based global payments processor Checkout.com has raised $1 billion in Series D funding at a $40 billion valuation. The funding will help drive U.S. market growth, continued evolution of the technology platform and Web 3 efforts. “We have long-faced substantial demand to serve the U.S. market, and with our Series D, we’re doubling down on our commitment to scaling our platform, partnerships and products for customers here,” Checkout.com Chief Financial Officer Céline Dufétel said in the announcement post. “Much like our approach in EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa), we…

From Bachelor to Crypto Bull: The Matt James Story

TV personality Matt James is used to putting his head, heart and resources on the line, whether it’s on the romantic reality TV show “The Bachelor” or investing in crypto. A self-described risk-taker, James wasn’t afraid to jump into the deep waters of crypto and start investing in bitcoin. Since his first investment, he’s become an all-out Bitcoiner, as he sports the emblematic laser eyes and the all-important #Bitcoin callout in his bio. Source