Cryptocurrency

Bitcoin Press Release: Former President of Mastercard International, CEO of the construction company FCC, and director of operations at Santander Baldomero Falcones will now assist in growing the Bit2Me card division.  26th August, 2021, Madrid —  Bit2Me continues to add talent to its project. Baldomero Falcones, a Spanish executive with a long and recognized track record of professional achievement, will become part of the cryptocurrency platform’s team as Senior Advisor. His mission will be to expand Bit2Me Card, the company’s debit card service. Baldomero Falcones Experience Among other management positions, Falcones was President of Mastercard International between 2002 and 2006, chairman of FCC, a construction company listed on the Ibex 35, and chairman of insurance area...

Singapore, Singapore, 26th August, 2021, APENFT, the premier foundation, and fund for the collection of top-tier NFTs, has announced the appointment of Barrett Wissman as its Chief Investment Advisor. APENFT’s mission is to register world-class artworks as NFTs on the blockchain and build the art world’s most respected and diversified NFT collection to serve as a bridge between traditional and native crypto artists and the blockchain. APENFT has commissioned and acquired works by Beeple, Picasso, Warhol, Basquiat, Pak, Fewowcious, and Kaws, to name a few. APENFT is already the largest investor in NFTs to date in furthering its mission of bringing the blockchain to the art world. APENFT has previously formed partnerships with leading artists and institutions such as Christie’s...

SINGAPORE, Singapore, 26th August, 2021, Chainwire Beam 6.1 Desktop Wallet is a major release and is delivering essential features for Beam Decentralized Applications. After the activation of Beam Smart contracts following a hard fork two months ago, Beam has been hard at work developing its Confidential DeFi ecosystem. 6.1 Desktop wallet is an important milestone on a road towards Beam Confidential DeFi platform.  Users can install and access DAPPs locally compared to accessing them from the web browser. Local DAPPs allow maximum censorship resistance compared to web DAPPs such as Uniswap that still remain vulnerable to censorship. Developers can create permissionless DAPPs and publish them without requiring any authorization from centralized entities.  The Beam Wallet onbo...

You are now able to pay for drinks, food and much more, with cryptocurrency. This is thanks to a new partnership between Bitcoin Latinum and global hospitality players, The h.wood Group. According to a statement announcing the deal, this partnership includes “cross-promotional marketing initiatives, event sponsorships, endorsements, and the acceptance of Bitcoin Latinum for services, products, and amenities across The h.wood Group’s diversified portfolio of upscale nightlife and restaurant venues.” The h.wood Group is known for their worldwide portfolio of hotels and upscale nightlife and restaurant venues. Set up by entrepreneurs, John Terzian and Brian Toll, this partnership is viewed as a progressive step by the brand. Mr Terzian discussed this, stating: “As entrepreneurs, Br...

Crypto has just become more instant, with fiat-to-crypto exchanges now available. Nimiq Oasis, together with German TEN31 Bank, allows for these exchanges, using SEPA transfers, from any European bank that allows instant transactions. According to a press release detailing the launch, this is “designed to provide a secure and decentralized experience for its users, Nimiq built Oasis to be the perfect non-custodial bridge between fiat and crypto.” Launched in 2017, Nimiq was designed to improve blockchain’s ease of use and accessibility. Philipp von Styp-Rekowsky, tech lead and co-founder of Nimiq, discussed their ambition. He said: “We started the Nimiq project to make cryptocurrency accessible, usable and secure for everyone. It was clear to us that without a technology with w...

The “Digital Asset Market Structure and Investor Protection Bill” makes a comprehensive regulation of the crypto industry.  It is inevitable.  There is much to complain about.  However, what it does signal is that distributed ledger technology has come of age.  It is no longer the domain of geeks, anarchists or those thumbing their nose to bank oligopolies.  It is mainstream, and the US Government is telling the world, “Governments want in” on the action. The Federal Reserve Act is proposed to be amended to provide the Federal Reserve System “is authorised to use distributed ledger technology for the creation, distribution and recordation of all transactions involving digital Federal reserve notes”.   Yes, this means US Fed Coin.  But it implies so much more.  We no longer are rel...

Bitcoin Press Release: 1xBit is inviting its users to become part of an exciting experience at Endorphina and take part in Endorphina’s Splash, a competitive tournament that will leave even the most serious and high-stake slot players in awe. 17th August 2021, Limassol, Cyprus — Endorphina is an online casino that believes in both luck and strategy, by offering one of the most enjoyable, rewarding platforms in the digital space. Endorphina’s Innovative Standards  Being one of the most reputable slot providers in the industry, players can expect slot games to be innovative, accurate, and satisfying. The slots are made using the latest technologies, rich graphics, and optimized gameplay so that games operate well across all devices. The games developers also take the time...

Bitcoin Press Release: ZooKeeper has launched a new staking pool called Satoshi’s Oasis Paradise, which allows users to now earn BTC, instead of XRP.  17th August 2021, GENEVA, Switzerland — Built on Wanchain, the Yield farming platform ZooKeeper has announced the launch of its new staking pool, Satoshi’s Oasis Paradise. The staking pool now offers its users BTC rewards instead of XRP rewards following a vote by the community. The new pool began on the 13th of August and will continue for exactly four weeks. Satoshi’s Oasis Paradise Satoshi’s Oasis Paradise is the latest addition to the ZooKeeper platform. Following a vote by the ZooKeeper community, all users will now have the opportunity to stake their $ZOO tokens to earn the wrapped $BTC (known as wanBTC on Wanchain) a...

On August 6th, Mercado Bitcoin, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in South America, announced the bought of Portal do Bitcoin, a news portal focused on cryptocurrencies and technology-related topics. https://cointelegraph.com.br/news/mercado-bitcoin-holding-buys-bitcoin-portal Despite the Brazilian exchange, in a paid advertisement considering this activity as beneficial to the cryptocurrency market, some cryptocurrency market activists do not welcome this purchase, as the news portal, in addition to communicating, alerts users about possible Ponzi schemes, the portal also manipulated information about competitors and even questioned investments in blockchain and cryptocurrencies made by the Brazilian government in 2018, where the state sought employee training, convey...

SWEEEPING REFORMS AND EFFECT ON STABLE COINS (The Digital Assets Market Structure and Investor Protection Bill.) The sweeping legal reforms and the down-under solution The “Digital Asset Market Structure and Investor Protection Bill” seeks to prohibit stable coins.    Proposed US Code section 5104(a) provides that “no person may issue, use or permit to be used a digital asset fiat-based stablecoin that is not approved by the Secretary of the Treasury”.   Section 5104(4) makes clear that there will be “no grandfathering of existing digital asset fiat-based stablecoins”.  Unless some approval is given to USDC or USDT, these crypto assets are prohibited.  Stablecoins have been an important contribution to the liquidity of crypto markets and the impact is profound.  Stable ...