Disney Moves Toward the Metaverse With Approved US Patent to Create a ‘Virtual-World Simulator’ – Metaverse Bitcoin News

A recently discovered patent shows the American multinational entertainment and media conglomerate, Walt Disney Company, was approved by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for a “virtual-world simulator” patent. The simulator is composed of a “three-dimensional (3D) map of the geometry of the real-world venue.” Disney’s Virtual-World Simulator Patent Follows Bob Chapek’s Discussion About the Disney Metaverse Disney’s interest in the metaverse and blockchain technology has been showing recently as a recent patent approved at the end of December reveals the entertainment giant filed for a “virtual-world simulator”…

Uniswap v3 contracts deployment on Polygon approved with 99.3% consensus

The Uniswap community has approved the governance proposal that sought deployment of Uniswap v3 contracts over the Polygon PoS Chain. The approval comes in the form of an on-chain vote that saw the participation of over 72.6 million users from the community. Uniswap Labs announced to deploy Uniswap v3 contracts based on the votes that reflected over 99.3% approval consensus and will be supported by a $20 million fund — $15 million for long-term liquidity mining campaign and $5 million for the overall adoption of Uniswap on Polygon (MATIC). The…

WonderFi Announces Strategic Investment in Bitbuy, First Approved Crypto Marketplace in Canada

Vancouver, British Columbia – December 3, 2021 – WonderFi Technologies Inc. (NEO: WNDR)(OTC:WONDF) (the “Company” or “WonderFi”) today announced that it has made a strategic investment into First Ledger Corp., the parent company of Bitbuy Technologies Inc. (“Bitbuy”), Canada’s first approved crypto marketplace. “WonderFi Technologies Inc. (NEO: WNDR)(OTC:WONDF)‘s strategic investment in Bitbuy, one of the first regulated crypto marketplaces globally, is a significant step as we continue on our mission of democratizing finance through easy and secure access to decentralized finance and crypto,” said Ben Samaroo, CEO of WonderFi…

Mt. Gox Rehabilitation Plan Worth Billions in Compensation Approved; Finalization to Follow

The end of a long journey is finally in sight for the thousands of creditors who lost billions in funds in the infamous Mt. Gox hack. In that hack, more than 600,000 bitcoins were siphoned off between 2011 and 2013, forcing the cryptocurrency exchange into bankruptcy in 2014. Rehabilitation Trustee Nobuaki Kobayashi issued a statement Wednesday acknowledging the plan to reimburse victims has been accepted by the requisite number of voting participants. The Civil Rehabilitation plan was first proposed in February. It laid out a scheme by which victims would…

New SEC Filings Give the Impression US Regulators Approved a Bitcoin Futures ETF – Bitcoin News

The price of bitcoin jumped over 8% during the last 24 hours after a number of documents stemming from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) web portal indicated that the Proshares Trust exchange-traded fund (ETF) could be listed as soon as next week. Proshares filed a post-effective amended prospectus on Friday that shows the firm’s intention to launch on Monday, October 18 on NYSE Arca. Bitcoin’s Price Spikes as Strong Signals Suggest Bitcoin Futures ETF Could Launch Next Week The crypto community watched the price of bitcoin (BTC) jump…

Why We Could See The First Approved U.S. Bitcoin ETF In October

Various investment funds have applied for Bitcoin ETFs in the U.S. The number has grown as interest in crypto has been on the rise in recent months. A couple of countries so far have approved some crypto ETFs and investors can trade on these. However, the United States is yet to see the approval of its very first bitcoin ETF. Speculations around the approval of a bitcoin ETF have been on the rise lately. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) was expected to make a ruling on various Bitcoin ETFs…

What will happen if a Bitcoin ETF is approved? Find out on ‘The Market Report’ with Mati Greenspan

Join Cointelegraph host and analyst Benton Yaun alongside resident market experts Jordan Finneseth and Marcel Pechman on “The Market Report” — which is live right now! Here’s what to expect in this week’s markets news breakdown: $820 million worth of Bitcoin (BTC) options are set to expire on Friday. The bulls are ready to celebrate as they target prices above $58,000. Billionaires are backing Bitcoin over gold as governments in the West print more and more money. What does this mean for the crypto market? Could we soon be able…

First cryptocurrency fund approved in Switzerland

Cryptocurrency adoption continues gaining momentum in Switzerland as local financial authorities grant more regulatory approvals for crypto investment instruments. The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) has approved the Crypto Market Index Fund as the “first crypto fund according to Swiss law,” the authority officially announced Sept. 29. The fund is launched by Swiss asset manager Crypto Finance and is administered by investment management firm PvB Pernet von Ballmoos AG with custody by regulated custodian SEBA Bank AG. FINMA noted that the newly approved fund is restricted to qualified investors,…

Bitcoin Sidechain–Based STO Approved by German Regulator — CoinDesk

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