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Cryptocurrency exchange, Kraken, has announced its acquisition of Staked, a crypto staking and lending platform, for an undisclosed amount, describing the deal as “one of the largest crypto industry acquisitions to date”.
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On Saturday, Adidas launched its “Into the Metaverse” NFT collection in collaboration with other popular creators in the NFT space: the Bored Ape Yacht Club, Gmoney, and Punks. 30,000 NFTs were made available, with owners of Bored Ape Yacht Club, Pixel Vault, and Gmoney NFTs able to participate in the early-access mint, followed by a […]
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No matter your stance on crypto, there have been some major developments in the space in 2021. It’s officially hit the mainstream in terms of awareness and adoption, “NFT” was even word of the year, this has seen calls for tighter regulations, industry rules, and crackdowns on crypto mining operations in nations such as China […]
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Terra has overtaken Binance Smart Chain to claim the number two position for largest smart contract platform by total value locked (TVL), second only to Ethereum. The data, from DeFi Llama, shows Terra’s total value locked as having reached US$16.57 billion, and has grown almost 16 per cent over the past 24 hours. Terra has […]
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It’s been another bearish week for the top 5, currently all sit in the red, with most hitting their lows for the week early this morning, Sydney time. There is still uncertainty in the market over the COVID-19 Omicron variant, and the U.S. Federal Reserve’s decision to hike interest rates three times next year will […]
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VaynerFund, the investment company for Gary Vaynerchuk, along with several other companies and individuals, have raised US$7 million for Danvas in a seed funding round. In a press release, Danvas announced its brand launch along with the closing of the US$7 million seed round. The startup plans to “bring NFTs and digital art into the […]
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The exiled government of Myanmar, which was overthrown by a military junta in early 2021, has recognised the stablecoin Tether as an official currency, according to Bloomberg. NUG Finance Minister, Tin Tun Naing, wrote in a Facebook post on Sunday that the adoption of the US dollar-pegged cryptocurrency was for “domestic use to make it […]
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AscendEX, a cryptocurrency exchange, had a security breach that compromised its hot wallet, allowing hackers to transfer the funds out. Estimates by PeckShield, a blockchain security and data analytics company, show that the stolen funds amount to almost US$78 million. AscendEX confirmed that a number of Ethereum, Binance Smart Chain, and Polygon tokens were transferred […]
Continue reading It’s been another week of lows across the cryptosphere, the markets are still lagging from the news of the Omicron COVID-19 variant, causing uncertainty about more speculative assets like crypto. The U.S. Fed is set to release its Consumer Price Index Friday morning local time showing inflation data, with a meeting to be held on […]
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Australian Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has backed regulatory proposals for crypto, saying they will “will firmly place Australia among a handful of lead countries in the world”. “Australia has an opportunity to be among the leading countries in the world in leveraging this new technology,” he said. Frydenberg announced the “reform plan” during an address to […]
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