Tag: Launches

Damien Hirst Launches Chainlink Price Index for NFT Project

When Hirst – the British artist best known for wildly expensive works involving taxidermied sharks and diamond-studded skulls – released “The Currency” last year, the project took most of its cues from other popular NFT collections. Like CryptoPunks or the Bored Ape Yacht Club, “The Currency” consists of 10,000 images with slight variations. And as with those projects, it was valued partly according to its “floor,” or the lowest listed price for a single NFT in the collection. Source

UK launches crackdown on ‘misleading’ cryptocurrency ads

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The crypto ecosystem has expanded significantly in recent years. While institutions such as the IMF are starting to embrace its innovation, they are also calling for investors to exercise caution. Jakub Porzycki | NurPhoto via Getty Images LONDON — The U.K. government says it will bring cryptocurrency ads under tighter scrutiny and crack down on “misleading” claims that may cause investors to lose money. Finance Minister Rishi Sunak plans to bring the ads under the same rules for financial promotions, according to proposals announced Tuesday. The government will introduce legislation…

Ethereum EIP-1559 upgrade launches on Polygon to burn MATIC

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The Ethereum upgrade that introduced a partial network fee burning mechanism in August last year has launched on the layer-two scaling network Polygon.  Ethereum’s EIP-1559 upgrade shipped with its London hard fork last summer and has been a success in terms of gas price predictability and network fee burning. The upgrade has now launched on the layer-two scaling network Polygon in an effort to improve “fee visibility”. It went live about an hour ago at block 23850000. The Polygon team announced the upgrade date on Jan. 17, following its successful deployment…

Dock Launches Ambassador Program – Press release Bitcoin News

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press release PRESS RELEASE. On a mission to increase brand awareness, grow the community, and promote their upcoming projects, Dock has launched an Ambassador program. In return for executing various tasks including creating extra content to promote an update or launch, translating a blog post, or sharing social media posts, Ambassadors will earn rewards in DOCK tokens. Dock is seeking ambassadors from a wide variety of skills backgrounds to join the program, they will play an important role in growing and maintaining Dock’s community, set up local language groups, translate…

Binance CEO’s net worth hits $96B, Jack Dorsey launches BTC defense fund, Bill Miller apes into Bitcoin: Hodler’s Digest, Jan 9-15

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Coming every Saturday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions and much more — a week on Cointelegraph in one link. Top Stories This Week Binance CEO CZ is the richest crypto billionaire at $96B: Bloomberg Bloomberg has estimated Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao — also known as “CZ”— to be the 11th-richest person in the world at a net worth of around $96 billion, making him the wealthiest billionaire in…

FTX Launches $2 Billion Venture Capital Fund Focused on Bolstering Blockchain, Web3 Adoption – Finance Bitcoin News

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The cryptocurrency firm FTX has announced the launch of a $2 billion venture capital fund called FTX Ventures. The fund’s focus will be on advancing blockchain and Web3 technology alongside investments in “social, gaming, fintech, software, and healthcare.” FTX Reveals $2 Billion Venture Capital Fund, Hires Lightspeed Partner Amy Wu FTX Trading Limited has announced the launch of a new venture capital fund aimed at bolstering blockchain and cryptocurrency solutions that are applied to an assortment of different industries. In addition to launching FTX Ventures’ $2 billion venture capital fund,…

Revolut Launches Banking Services in Spain Featuring Deposit Insurance – Fintech Bitcoin News

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Revolut, a leading fintech platform and neobank, has received a special banking license to operate in Spain. User deposits are now insured up to €100K, with the coverage being provided by Deposit and Investment Insurance, a Lithuanian state company. The company, which now has over 800,000 customers in Spain, expects to grow its userbase with this new development. Revolut Customers in Spain Can Upgrade to Revolut Bank Revolut, one of the biggest fintech neobanks in Europe, has received a special banking license in Spain, and can now offer…

Tesla launches Dogecoin payments for merch but there is a catch

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced that Tesla now accepts Dogecoin (DOGE) as payment for the company’s merchandise. DOGE-eligible products in the Tesla store can be purchased by sending DOGE to Tesla’s Dogecoin wallet.  While it’s accepting DOGE, the firm also clarified that they are not taking any other crypto. The company states that it cannot detect other assets but DOGE on its website. The business tells customers that “non-Dogecoin digital assets sent to Tesla will not be returned to the purchaser.” Additionally, items purchased with DOGE “cannot be returned, exchanged…