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Baanx Acquires Stake in Major US Fintech Bank

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Time Stamp: September 6, 2021 6:04 AM - Modified On: September 6, 2021 - Published By:
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LONDON, Sept 6, 2021 - (ACN Newswire) - Baanx, the fast-growing B2B2C "Better than a Banking Platform" specialising in fintech services & lending, becomes the third-largest shareholder in the United States regulated Maxwell State Bank in a multi-million-dollar deal to enhance cybersecurity and banking access to communities throughout America.Maxwell State Bank is a fintech bank and VISA Principal Member established circa 1943 in Iowa. With total assets of $29,655,000 and deposits of $25,058,000 Maxwell has been FDIC certified since 1943 for insured deposits. Maxwell was acquired by serial fintech entrepreneur Ronald Ingram, founder of

Gold, Stocks, and Bitcoin: Weekly Overview — September 3

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Time Stamp: September 3, 2021 2:54 AM - Modified On: September 3, 2021 - Published By:
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This week’s price movements for Bitcoin (BTC), gold, and our stock picks, Visa and Coinbase.Sponsored Sponsored BTC Bitcoin seems to have fared middling-well over the past two weeks, as it achieved $50,000 again for the first time since May but seems to have met resistance at this point since then.  Trading around $45,000 on August 19, BTC then rose to $47,000 by the next day, $49,000 the day after that, finally surpassing the $50,000 mark on August 23. Having hit a target price point, BTC naturally met with selling pressure

Ethereum Issuance Drops Below Bitcoin’s For the First Time, Why This May Lead to a New Rally

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Time Stamp: August 28, 2021 2:00 PM - Modified On: August 28, 2021 - Published By:
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Ethereum has been on a rally for the past week, moving from a two-month low at $1,700 to its current level at $3,223. Several factors have pushed the crypto market into a new rally, but most seem to gravitate around ETH and its ecosystem. ETH moves sideways into the weekend on the 24-hour chart. Source: ETHUSD Tradingview After the implementation of EIP-1559, Ethereum’s native token became a deflationary asset due to the change in its fee mechanism. To validate transactions on the network a portion of ETH is “burn”, meaning

Study Finds NFT Industry Shows Some Undesirable Signs

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Time Stamp: August 27, 2021 3:15 PM - Modified On: August 27, 2021 - Published By:
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A new report finds activity in the NFT community is organic, though there are undesirable signs among investors. Sponsored Sponsored Recently, Nansen, a blockchain analytic platform released a report with new findings on the emerging non-fungible token space. According to the reports there is a large amount of healthy, “organic” growth in the NFT industry.  However, despite the good signs of progress, there were also some undesirable findings. According to the report, the NFT space “remains spotted by certain profit-seeking practices.” This determination comes from transaction patterns. Token founders might be

48,000% Returns? Popping the Hood on NFT Mania

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Time Stamp: August 27, 2021 6:17 AM - Modified On: August 27, 2021 - Published By:
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On-Chain Markets Update by Lucas Outumuro, IntoTheBlockNFT mania continues to grow, with new drops popping up everyday and Ethereum’s gas prices consistently back above triple digits. The recent wave into NFTs was further amplified by Visa’s acquisition of a CryptoPunk and Budweiser’s buy of the beer.eth domain. Prices of notable NFT collections such as CryptoPunks and Bored Ape Yacht club had already been climbing throughout the past month and accelerated this week amidst the institutional interest coming into the space. This has led to impressive growth in volumes trading at OpenSea

Visa invests $150,000 in NFT CryptoPunk Asset

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Time Stamp: August 23, 2021 9:26 AM - Modified On: August 23, 2021 - Published By:
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Credit card giant Visa has made a substantial splash on its emergence into the nonfungible token (NFT) space with a $150,000 acquisition of a CryptoPunk, the collective of digital artworks that pioneered the mainstream culture of the space back in 2017.In a blog post announcement released on Monday, Cuy Sheffield, head of crypto at Visa and self-proclaimed NFT enthusiast, shared his views on the value of purchasing NFT assets in the digital economy, the vast growth of the market in the past few years, as well as Visa’s commercial incentives in this

Leading Smart Product Retailer Wellbots Now Accepting Bitcoin Payments

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Time Stamp: July 12, 2021 2:05 PM - Modified On: July 12, 2021 - Published By:
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Wellbots, a U.S.-based smart product online retailer, has announced that its customers can now make payments for goods at checkout using six cryptocurrencies.  Wellbots Now Accepts BTC  Announcing the development in a press release today, Wellbots said it will now accept Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Litecoin (LTC), Bitcoin Cash (BCH), and popular stablecoins Dai and USD Coin (USDC) for its smart products.  Before this time, the online store only accepts traditional payment methods such as Shop Pay, Google Pay, PayPal, Amazon Pay, Credit Card, and Affirm.   However, with the integration