Day: March 28, 2022

A Brief Introduction to the Rapid Expansion of the Gaming Industry

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Very few modern industries can claim a year-on-year growth rate of over 30%, especially with the global impacts of the pandemic, which stalled progress within many fields. However, one industry that’s seen incredible growth over the past 20 years and continues to do so is gaming – which currently has a total value of nearly 200 billion USD. But, when you take a step back and realize that there are 3.2 billion gamers worldwide, 2.2 billion of which actively play through their mobile devices, it’s no surprise that this industry…

EU Parliament can outlaw transacting with ‘unhosted’ wallets, crypto advocate warns

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Less than a week after a potential ban on Proof-of-Work (PoW) digital assets was dropped from the EU’s prospective MiCA framework, a new threat to the crypto industry could be emerging in the European Union. This time, it is non-custodial, or unhosted, wallets that are in regulators’ crosshairs. On Thursday, March 31, the European Parliament Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs will vote on an anti-money laundering (AML) regulatory package that seeks to revise the current Transfer of Funds Regulation (TFR) in a way that extends the requirement of financial…

New Central Bank Document Outlines Key Motivations for Issuing the Digital Currency – Emerging Markets Bitcoin News

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In a recently released document, the Bank of Ghana (BOG) outlines some of its key reasons for developing the central bank digital currency (CBDC). Also, in the document, the bank’s governor insists the institution is open to suggestions that will help it to successfully launch the digital currency. Benefits of a CBDC The Ghanaian central bank recently released a document that outlines the key motivations behind its plan to issue a central bank digital currency (CBDC). The document also touches on the digital currency’s design as well as the benefits…

S. Korea’s SK Square Will Spend $1.6B on Semiconductors, Blockchain

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Coinbase Wallet – Your key to what’s next

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Krafton Partners with Solana Labs to Develop blockchain-based Games

Game developer for PC and mobile devices Krafton partners with Solana Labs to develop blockchain-based games and services in the Metaverse world. Krafton, stylized as KRAFTON which was formerly known as Bluehole, is a South Korean company that develops and distributes video games based in Bundang-gu, Seongnam. The South Korean gaming giant hopes to boost its position in the market by developing a Metaverse “money-making” game using blockchain technology. The company even made its wildly popular PUBG game free last year. PUBG is ranked among the top downloaded games on…

Is cryptocurrency the future of money?

▶ Coinbase Website: Coinbase.com ▶ CEX Website: cex.io Bitcoin, the best-known cryptocurrency, is reeling from a two-month freefall. Despite this, many still see crypto as the future of money. While Bitcoin may be part of our future, many of us don’t fully understand it. Brook Silva-Braga has more. “CBS Saturday Morning” co-hosts Jeff Glor, Michelle Miller and Dana Jacobson deliver two hours of original reporting and breaking news, as well as profiles of leading figures in culture and the arts. Subscribe to “CBS Mornings” on YouTube: Watch CBSN live: Download…

The World Isn’t Body Positive But the Metaverse Can Be

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It is no secret that the world we live in is not very accepting of all body types. The body positivity movement has been one of the most popular in the last decade because of our increased awareness of this phenomenon. The last decade has also seen a lot of technological advances, specifically the increased use of decentralized technologies like blockchain. Now, the metaverse is the hot tech buzzword as we’re all looking to interact in a virtual world. But with a lack of body positivity running rampant in the…