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NYC restaurant claims it will open for NFT holders only
VCR Group, the hospitality company founded by entrepreneur Gary Vaynerchuk, announced the live token sale of its latest members-only private dining club in New York City, called Flyfish Club. Prospective seafood-restaurant-goers must purchase their membership on the blockchain, s...
Chia Network Launches Native Peer-to-Peer Trading Services for Wallet Holders
Chia Network, the energy-efficient, blockchain and smart transaction platform created by BitTorrent founder Bram Cohen, is launching native, peer-to-peer exchange services for Chia wallet holders, the company said Tuesday. To support the product, called Offers, the company sai...
Billionaire Investor Bill Miller Now Has 50% of His Personal Wealth in Bitcoin
Market-beating fund manager and billionaire Bill Miller is so bullish on bitcoin that it and investments tied closely to the crypto now represent 50% of his personal assets, he revealed in a video interview with WealthTrack published on Friday. Miller, who gained fame fo...
India’s Central Bank Creates Fintech Department as Challenges Posed by Crypto, CBDC Grow
India’s central bank has created a dedicated department for fintech challenges, which includes a pair at their doorstep: framing cryptocurrency regulations and a central bank digital currency (CBDC). The move by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) comes a fortnight aft...
Bitcoin could outperform stocks in 2022 amid Fed tightening — Bloomberg analyst
The Federal Reserve’s signaling for tighter monetary policy in 2022 could provide short-term headwinds for risk assets such as stocks and cryptocurrency, but there’s a good chance that Bitcoin (BTC) still comes out on top as investors recognize its value as a digital...
Ethereum dominates among developers but competitors growing faster
The Ethereum ecosystem still has far more developers than rival networks, but they are catching up with a faster rate of growth. Ethereum competitors such as Polkadot, Solana, and Binance Smart Chain are growing faster in terms of development activity according to crypto research...
China’s central bank releases pilot version of digital yuan wallet
As China’s central bank steps up its effort to create a digital currency, the country has released a pilot edition of its digital yuan wallet application on mobile phone app stores. The People’s Bank of China (PBoC) digital currency research institute develop...
Cardano became the most developed crypto project on GitHub in 2021 — Santiment
It's has been a little over three months since Cardano’s Alonzo fork was implemented, but the blockchain is already gaining significant traction among developers. According to data compiled by CryptoRank and Santiment, Cardano was the most developed crypto project...
El Salvador to Build New National Stadium in Collaboration With China, Bukele Says in ‘Surprise’ New Year’s Eve Tweet
El Salvador will build a new national stadium in a collaboration with China, President Nayib Bukele said in a Spanish-language Twitter post on Friday. “This is a collaboration granted directly by President Xi and a sample of the friendship between the peoples of...
Bitcoin dominance falls under 40%
Bitcoin’s market dominance has continued to fall, bottoming out below 40% this week. That’s very close to the all-time low of 36.7% in January 2018, according to data from TradingView. Bitcoin (BTC) market dominance refers to the ratio between BTC’s market capit...