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Team Great Britain to Serve Olympics With a Side of NFTs

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Time Stamp: July 24, 2021 7:45 AM - Modified On: July 24, 2021 - Published By:
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NFT News Team Great Britain has become the first Olympic team to launch its NFT collection. The project is a collab with designer Ben Sherman and Commerce provider Tokns. The first NFT minted will commemorate Max Whitlock’s performance in Rio in 2016. Great Britain’s Team is all set for the Olympics and comes with its own set of Non-Fungible Tokens. That’s right, the great nation’s team will become the first to launch its own NFT collection. Working alongside Ben Sherman, the team is launching its own non-fungible token collection. They

Institutional investors — the future of crypto is in their hands. Or is it not?

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Time Stamp: December 30, 2020 6:02 AM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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Institutional investors are believed to drive the cryptocurrency market’s adoption and growth. Their involvement promises to make crypto widely recognized and accepted as a truly global currency. Bitcoin is supposed to gradually become an alternative to gold and skyrocket to unprecedented crypto prices.  But is this really how institutional investors work? In which direction are they actually driving the crypto market — and, after all, who are they? In this article, we will bring you the latest examples of huge whales’ interest in crypto, discover the reasons for that, and

US Treasury Proposal Applies Travel Rule to Crypto

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Time Stamp: December 20, 2020 2:57 PM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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On Dec. 18, an office within the US Treasury Department released a set of proposals regarding cross-border transfers of digital assets. The US Treasury Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) released a proposal that aims to close loopholes regarding the movement of digital assets. In the announcement on the release, FinCEN also requested input from the public. The measure, called the Travel Rule, affects cross-border transfers. Know thyself The major thrust of the proposal is a change regarding privately owned digital wallets. Virtual Asset Service Providers will now have to require

Coinbase Report Affirms ‘Killing Ethereum’ will Be Challenging

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Time Stamp: December 14, 2020 1:54 AM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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The DeFi ‘food farming’ frenzy this past Summer took its toll on the Ethereum network in terms of demand. As a result, a slew of rival platforms emerged and a new report from Coinbase has taken a deep dive into some of them. In its latest report in the ‘Round the Block’ series titled “ETH Killers and New Chains” published on Dec. 12, the U.S.-based crypto exchange Coinbase has taken a closer look at rising competitors to Ethereum in the smart contract space. A number of new DeFi-focused blockchains have

As Bitcoin’s Rally Accelerates, Analysts Expect Altcoins to Get Crushed

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Time Stamp: August 18, 2020 7:00 PM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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Bitcoin’s price has remained stable above $12,000 following the strong uptrend it was able to post yesterday The cryptocurrency is now consolidating as bulls attempt to garner greater support It also appears that BTC is trying to test and confirm $12,000 as support. Any dip below this level in the near-term will be grave The stable uptrend seen by BTC in recent weeks has provided altcoins with an ideal backdrop to rally against One analyst, however, is noting that he now expects Bitcoin’s rally to start accelerating – and this

Five Signs The 30% Band Protocol (BAND) Correction Is Just Starting

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Time Stamp: August 11, 2020 11:00 AM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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Band Protocol is one of August’s best-performing crypto assets, right behind the showstopping Chainlink and other hot tokens. The altcoin is up over 300% month to date, but a 15% correction began overnight. Is this just a healthy pullback, or will the asset retrace further than most investors are prepared for? Here are five bearish signals that the Band crash may only be beginning.  DeFi And Decentralized Oracles Spark Mini-Crypto Bubble, 300% Returns Month-to-Date The cryptocurrency market is on fire, with nearly every asset posting major gains over the last

South Korean Beachgoers Can Now Use Bitcoin to Pay for Services

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Time Stamp: August 8, 2020 9:00 PM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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A pilot project run by Bitbeat-affiliate company CIC Enterprise wants to provide crypto payment solutions at two of the busiest beaches of the country for tourists to use.According to ZDNet Korea, the firm partnered with card and cash payments provider Innotech for the token-powered payments solution in the Haeundae Beach System on the beaches of Busan in South Korea famous with tourists.The program will allow people to pay for water sports-related activities, life jackets, and even parasol rentals, among others, with Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), along with MCI and WAY

Why Analysts are Bullish on Bitcoin Despite Close Beneath Key $11,700 Level

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Time Stamp: August 3, 2020 2:00 PM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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Bitcoin has been flashing some mixed signs to investors as of late Despite seeing intense bullishness throughout the past week as it rallied from the lower-$10,000 region to highs of $12,000, analysts still remain cautious regarding where it may trend next Their present lack of bullishness is rooted in the cryptocurrency’s inability to close its weekly candle above $11,700 This is a historically important level that analysts were closely watching over the past couple of days That being said, it has still maintained above its crucial macro support of $10,600

Bitcoin Reddit Roundup – July 2020

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Time Stamp: August 1, 2020 12:07 PM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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Welcome to the second edition of Reddit Roundup by Nik and Flip of Bitcoin Magazine! This roundup contains 45 links to the best quality content that was uploaded to Bitcoin Reddit this month. Most links come from the popular r/bitcoin, but we also retrieved posts from other forums as well, such as r/BitcoinMining. In this roundup there are 10 different categories of links: Privacy, Adoption, Development, Security, Mining, Business, Education, Regulation & Politics, Archaeology (Financial Incumbents) and, last but not least, Memes, Fun, And Other. Big shoutout to Sam Wouter,

NFT Floodgates Open With Impressive Lineup of Blockchain Games in 2020

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Time Stamp: April 7, 2020 10:50 AM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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Blockchain in the gaming industry is one of the space’s hot topics of 2019. This year is catching the interest of both young independent developers and large corporations. Conferences and hackathons are periodically held around the world for developers to search for new ideas for integrating blockchain into games.The main advantages of blockchain are its decentralization and open-source nature, which can significantly change the gaming market. The technology is taking trust between developers and players to a new level, and users can now own and freely exchange in-game assets without