“Steam’s point of view is that items have value and they don’t allow items that can have real-world value on their platform,” claimed one game developer. Video game corporation Valve has informed users no content related to cryptocurrencies or nonfungible tokens will be allowed through its Steam marketplace. As reported by game developer SpacePirate on…
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Bloomberg analyst James Seyffart reported that the crypto futures ETF would be listed with the ticker symbol BITO, possibly as early as Oct. 18. The United States Securities and Exchange Commission has accepted the registration request for ProShares’ Bitcoin Strategy ETF, with the shares to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange’s Arca. According…
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According to the exchange, it plans to retain 16 cards from the blockchain-based game Spells of Genesis to sell before 2022 and give the remaining 16 to its DAO. Non-custodial cryptocurrency exchange ShapeShift has burned hundreds of themed collectable “cards” from the blockchain-based mobile game, Spells of Genesis. The team said that the remaining cards…
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The recovered energy will be used to heat 100 residential and commercial buildings in North Vancouver, with a population of roughly 155,000. MintGreen, a Canada-based cleantech cryptocurrency miner, will be partnering with the Lonsdale Energy Corporation to supply heat to residents of North Vancouver in British Columbia starting in 2022. In a Thursday announcement, MintGreen…
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The investment firm withdrew its application for a physically-backed Bitcoin ETF in 2020, but has already received approval for a fund offering investors exposure to companies in the blockchain and crypto industry. After almost two years, Bitwise Asset Management has once again applied with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to create a Bitcoin exchange-traded…
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The tour will begin in Zanzibar on Oct. 23 before continuing on to Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and Tanzania. The African arm of the company behind the Ignis, Nxt and Ardor blockchains will be launching a multi-country tour to provide blockchain education in the public and private sectors. According to information provided…
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With 68 million verified users and 8.8 million monthly active users as of Q2 2021, Coinbase’s entry to the NFT industry could provide competition for established marketplaces like OpenSea. Major crypto exchange Coinbase has announced it will be opening a waitlist for a nonfungible marketplace it plans to launch later this year. In an Oct.…
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Millions of retailers currently accept Google Pay as a form of payment, potentially giving Bakkt users the ability to pay in crypto at a variety of stores and online markets. Users who hold debit cards issued by cryptocurrency exchange Bakkt will be able to convert their crypto balances to make fiat payments using Google Pay.…
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According to Pomp, he had not violated YouTube’s community guidelines and his most recent video didn’t have any questionable content. Video sharing platform YouTube removed the 251,000-subscriber channel of Anthony ‘Pomp’ Pompliano, co-founder of Morgan Creek Digital and host of The Pomp Podcast, before later restoring it. In an Oct. 11 update on his Twitter…
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Sri Lanka’s leading online retailer, Kapruka, has unveiled plans to introduce support for cryptocurrency payments. The news comes as the South Asian country intensifies efforts to adopt legislation tailored to regulate its blockchain space and attract investments from the crypto industry. Kapruka to Launch Cryptocurrency Payments Within Weeks Kapruka (Kapruka.com), a major e-commerce platform in…
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