Ukraine’s New Fundraising Platform Accepts Crypto, Allows Donors to Allocate Funds – Bitcoin News

United24, a new fundraising platform announced recently by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, accepts a number of cryptocurrencies, alongside traditional payment methods. The initiative also permits donors to choose how their money will be spent. Kyiv Launches New Platform for Donations Amid Ongoing War With Russia Ukraine, which has been increasingly relying on foreign donations to support its defense efforts and overcome humanitarian challenges following Russia’s invasion, now offers those who want to help an integrated platform that streamlines the process and allocates financial support in accordance with the donor’s will.…

Top Diamond Producer De Beers Deploys Blockchain-Based Platform at Scale – Blockchain Bitcoin News

De Beers, one of the leading diamond-producing companies globally, recently announced the deployment of its blockchain-based diamond source platform at scale. The platform will “enable the provision of provenance information from source to Sightholder to store on a secure blockchain.” Immutable Record of a Diamond’s Provenance One of the world’s top diamond miners, De Beers, recently said it had deployed a blockchain-based diamond source platform at scale. The platform, which is known as Tracr, gives the so-called sightholders the ability “to provide an immutable record of a diamond’s provenance, and…

Game Space Releases Merge Bird on Its GameFi-as-a-Service (GaaS) Platform – Press release Bitcoin News

press release PRESS RELEASE. Singapore – Game Space is proud to announce the release of Merge Bird on its GameFi-as-a-Service (GaaS) platform. Merge Bird is an on-chain version of the once-popular game ‘Flappy Bird’. Game Space has chosen it as the first on-chain version to pay tribute to the tenth anniversary of ‘Flappy Bird’. Game Space will also AirDrop 500 bird NFTs to the community from May 9th to May 12th. Users can participate in the Merge Bird NFT airdrop event as well as receive huge prizes from being in…

US Court Fines Bitmex’s Founders $30 Million for Operating Illegal Crypto Platform – Regulation Bitcoin News

The founders of Bitmex have been ordered to pay $30 million “for illegally operating a cryptocurrency derivatives trading platform and anti-money laundering violations.” Arthur Hayes, Benjamin Delo, and Samuel Reed must pay $10 million each. Bitmex’s Founders Fined $30 Million The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced Thursday that the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York has ordered Bitmex’s founders to pay a total of $30 million dollars “for illegally operating a cryptocurrency derivatives trading platform and anti-money laundering violations.” Noting that the three Bitmex co-founders…

Paradigm, A16z Back $12M Round for Blockchain Game Platform LootRush

Popular play-to-earn game Axie Infinity is currently the only game available to play on LootRush. Users can create an account quickly with a username and password, select the playing program that best suits their needs and then pay a small entry fee and, if desired, the NFT rental fee using a payment card. The platform plans to roll out additional titles throughout the year, including CryptoKitties and NBA Top Shot. Source link

Chainlink set to power Latin American real estate platform

The tokenization of global property markets has been an ambitious goal of the blockchain space and decentralized finance (DeFi) could offer a novel solution for the sector to pick up pace. Decentralized oracle network Chainlink (LINK) is set to power a tokenized real estate platform serving the Latin American property market. LaProp will allow investors to buy tokenized shares in various real-world properties, which will yield a percentage of income from rental payments. LaProp will look to leverage Chainlink Keepers’ node operators’ track record in securing billions of dollars invested…

Argentinian Digital Bank Brubank Includes Crypto Purchases in Its Platform – Bitcoin News

Brubank, one of the first Argentinian digital banks approved by the central bank of the country, is getting into the cryptocurrency business. The company announced it is now allowing customers to make cryptocurrency investments via its platform, giving them the ability to purchase crypto assets in its app. This is reportedly the second financial institution that is providing these services in the country. Brubank Introduces Cryptocurrency Services Private Banks in Argentina are starting to see the value of offering cryptocurrency services to their customers amidst a crypto boom in the…