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Binance Introduces Upgrade to Staking and New Reward Hub
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Binance Introduces Upgrade to Staking and New Reward Hub

Wrapped Beacon ETH presents new staking opportunities to the customers of the crypto exchange Binance, while the new Reward Hub will be a one-stop portal for different promotional activities and reward redemption

OpenAI CEO Raises $100M for Iris-Scanning Crypto
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OpenAI CEO Raises $100M for Iris-Scanning Crypto

Worldcoin will use iris-scanning technology for a worldwide identification system that would let people securely and simply access crypto services

Web3 Initiative to Train AI in Chat-To-Earn Style
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Web3 Initiative to Train AI in Chat-To-Earn Style

BlockGPT aims to create a ChatGPT-style artificial intelligence ecosystem on the blockchain, introducing “chat to earn” reward opportunities alongside the tokens

The Crypto of Future with Jack Jia
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The Crypto of Future with Jack Jia

Jack Jia has been in the tech avant garde for over a decade. With rationality always in mind (based on a very sensible and rich resume), Jia’s qualities and insights make him the perfect person to ask about crypto and its future. His near-immediate decision to get into crypto after discovering Bitcoin was a perfectly […]

Visa Designed CBDC-Based Finance Platform for Farmers
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Visa Designed CBDC-Based Finance Platform for Farmers

Identifying new use cases for Brazil’s central bank digital currency (CBDC), Visa created a programmable finance platform for SMEs, particularly farmers, using tokenized farm contracts to access global capital markets

Estonia Shuts Down Hundreds Local Crypto Firms Under New Legislation
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Estonia Shuts Down Hundreds Local Crypto Firms Under New Legislation

About 400 virtual asset service providers have either lost their licences or voluntarily shut down in Estonia after the government enhanced TFP and AML laws with stricter rules for the crypto industry players

Sam Bankman-Fried Wants His Case Thrown Out of Court
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Sam Bankman-Fried Wants His Case Thrown Out of Court

The lawyers of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried last Monday, May 8, filed petitions to dismiss the charges brought against him by the US government, of involvement in fraud.

Zimbabwe Unveils Gold-Backed CBDC
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Zimbabwe Unveils Gold-Backed CBDC

Zimbabwe has presented a digital currency that is backed by gold.

Kenya Proposes Crypto Transfer Tax
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Kenya Proposes Crypto Transfer Tax

The Kenyan national budget, which will be presented on June 8, proposes a 3% tax on the transfer of digital crypto assets

Brazil Pilots CBDC in Stores
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Brazil Pilots CBDC in Stores

Central Bank of Brazil is ready to start trials of its proposed CBDC across various use cases including in-store and offline NFC payments

Bitdeer and Bhutan Investment Arm Launch Sustainable Digital Asset Mining
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Bitdeer and Bhutan Investment Arm Launch Sustainable Digital Asset Mining

The upcoming carbon-free digital asset mining operations in Bhutan complement Bitdeer’s international expansion, with existing data centers in Northern Europe and North America

Coinbase Gives Up On Bitcoin-Backed Loans
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Coinbase Gives Up On Bitcoin-Backed Loans

Coinbase stopped issuing new Bitcoin-backed loans through its Borrow service, which allowed users to borrow up to $1 million with no credit check The crypto exchange Coinbase informed its customers that starting May 10, 2023, the company terminates its Coinbase Borrow service which allowed US users to receive fiat loans with crypto collateral. The lending feature […]

Coinbase Debuts Offshore Exchange
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Coinbase Debuts Offshore Exchange

Coinbase announced the launch of an international cryptocurrency exchange.

Blur Introduces NFT Financing Loans
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Blur Introduces NFT Financing Loans

Blend which stands for Blur Lending is a new peer-to-peer lending option enabling collectors to buy blue-chip NFTs on the Blur NFT marketplace with a smaller upfront payment

Sotheby’s Metaverse Launches P2P Secondary NFT Marketplace
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Sotheby’s Metaverse Launches P2P Secondary NFT Marketplace

The Web3 arm of the famous auction house Sotheby’s has introduced another platform for trading digital art in the form of NFT

Nigerian SEC Considers Tokenized Assets Not Crypto
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Nigerian SEC Considers Tokenized Assets Not Crypto

Preparing new industry regulations for digital asset platforms, Nigeria doesn’t plan to include cryptocurrencies According to Bloomberg, the Nigerian Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is considering allowing licensed digital exchanges to list tokens backed by certain assets. However, the regulator clarified it didn’t concern cryptocurrencies. Despite the previous reports that the government of Nigeria is preparing to […]

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