The race for blockchain adoption is on in South Korea. South Korea’s well-known chat application, Kakao, bolsters its presence in blockchain and crypto with its partnership with a non-fungible token-powered trading platform and its new crypto wallet Klip. According to Hanguk Kyungjae, the trading company Angel League will receive support from Kakao’s Klip platform for…
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Wibbly wobbly, timey wimey stuff is about to become non-fungible. BBC Studios has officially entered the blockchain gaming space after partnering with Reality Gaming Group to develop a digital trading game for the popular TV series, Doctor Who. This marks the first time that the British public service broadcaster has used blockchain technology to market…
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The final token sale for NEAR Protocol was postponed after CoinList exchange was overwhelmed by traffic. The highly anticipated tokensale for decentralized application (DApp) platform NEAR Protocol was postponed by 24 hours after CoinList — the exchange hosting the offering — went down around the scheduled launch time. Originally scheduled for 10 am ET on…
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With Nifty Gateway recently auctioning a digital artwork and NFT for a record $55,555.55, the art world is on alert. Nifty Gateway, a leading marketplace for nonfungible tokens with the backing of the Winklevoss brothers, recorded its largest-valued auction to-date on July 23 when the digital artwork and NFT “Picasso’s Bull” sold for $55,555.55. The…
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The new Russian “crypto” law provides a regulatory regime for tokenized securities and has no regulation for cryptocurrencies. Russian legislators have passed the nation’s first crypto law after discussing crypto regulation for the last five years. The bill, titled “On Digital Financial Assets,” has had dozens of versions that have varied from one another massively.…
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Real estate blockchain platform developer Ubitquity partners with Rainier Title to build a tokenized title application. Real estate blockchain platform developer Ubitquity will build a platform for creating tokenized property titles with Rainier Title, a news report said. The platform will also log records of conveyance for the Washington-based Rainier Title. It will integrate with…
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A new analysis suggests the token supplies for most DeFi projects are not widely distributed, with up to 99% held by the top 500 addresses. Token supplies for most decentralized finance (DeFi) projects are not widely distributed according to an analysis by the co-founder of DeFi Italy and Head of CryptoLab’s Digital Assets Investments Simone…
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Trevor Jones, the artist who composed Picasso’s Bull — an NFT that sold for a record $55,555 on NIfty — originally thought that NFTs were destined to fail. The Winklevoss-backed marketplace for non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and digital art Nifty Gateway recorded its largest-valued NFT transaction to-date during an auction two weeks ago. On July 23,…
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The digital art scene is becoming a hotbed of activity for non-fungible tokens. Digital art marketplace ‘SuperRare’ has surpassed $1.6 million in cumulative trade volume as buyers become more comfortable with the concept of art sold as non-fungible tokens. The marketplace started the year with $344,000 in platform sales volume, but has seen that figure…
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This time around, for however long it lasts, Bitcon’s run and the altcoin season are going to be very different. Bitcoin has finally woken from its two-month slumber, as well as interest in the number-one cryptocurrency along with it. Bitcoin futures trading is bustling again, with both volume and aggregated interest at their highest since…
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