Month: April 2022

The cryptocurrency market is nearly completely red on April 6 after hawkish comments from multiple members of the Federal Reserve highlighted their opinion that aggressively raising interest rates and cutting bond purchases would need to happen in order to combat inflation. Members did concede that this would result in negative pressure being placed on financial markets
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Major sports cable network ESPN has signed a deal with Web3 startup Autograph The agreement will see ESPN launch its first NFT collection with NFL Superstar Tom Brady ESPN’s reach is considerably large with over 140 million subscribers worldwide ESPN has teamed up with Web3 brand Autograph for a multi-year deal geared towards launching an
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Central bank digital currencies — digital currencies backed by a central bank — have received renewed interest with the United States President Joe Biden’s Executive Order on Ensuring Responsible Development of Digital Assets. Proponents of CBDCs argue that widespread adoption will promote financial inclusion, expand public access to safe money, improve the efficiency of payments
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We recently surveyed over 1,600 financial leaders across 22 countries and discovered that 37% of senior financial institution executives around the globe consider both “financial inclusion” and “greater access to credit” as the largest potential breakthroughs for Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs). This echoes the stated goals of many countries and central banks that are
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OpenSea has finally onboarded Solana-powered NFTs to its marketplace Users can trade their favorite digital collectible using SOL denominated bids and auctions Solana joins other Layer 1 blockchains Ethereum, Klatyn, and Polygon Non fungible tokens (NFTs) leveraging the Solana blockchain network have gone live on the leading digital marketplace OpenSea. The news follows a prior
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Starbucks will soon enter the metaverse, as confirmed by its CEO Howard Schultz The company’s CEO further announced that Starbucks will soon introduce its newest NFT/Metaverse venture by the end of this year.  In a recent announcement made by Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, the multi-million dollar beverage brand is all set to enter the world
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Bitcoin (BTC) fell into the Wall Street open on April 5 after briefly passing $47,000. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView Trader shows importance of 200DMA for Bitcoin Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD encountering downward pressure as financial markets opened Tuesday. The pair was thus more or less at the same
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Three market catalysts suggest that Ethereum’s native token Ether (ETH) is well-positioned to reach $4,000 this month. Google searches for “Ethereum merge” spike  Internet users’ interest in Ethereum’s upcoming network upgrade, dubbed “the Merge,” surged substantially in the week ending April 2, Google Trends’ data shows. Searches for the keyword “Ethereum Merge” reached a perfect
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Skybridge Capital founder Anthony Scaramucci believes the blockchain industry has a very bright future, but he is concerned about the “very weak leadership” in American politics. Scaramucci is a former Director of Communications at the White House and Skybridge Capital manages the $7 billion Skybridge Bitcoin Fund. He spoke candidly at the Australian Financial Review
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The chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Gary Gensler, has asked SEC staff to collaborate with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to develop a new plan to regulate cryptocurrency trading platforms. SEC Wants to Work With CFTC on Regulating Crypto Exchanges The chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC),
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