Category: Blockchain

Cryptocurrency listing platform CoinList has completed a $100 million Series A funding round, a fundraising exercise that gives the firm a total valuation of $1.5 billion and achieves unicorn status. CoinList, a trading app for new digital assets, which launched in 2017, announced on Tuesday, October 26, that cash fundraising will assist the firm to

Following the social investment platform, Kikitrade’s plan to widen its participation in the blockchain gaming (GameFi) and non-fungible token (NFT) market, a Hong Kong-based startup company Animoca Brands has increased its shareholding in the firm to become the second-largest shareholder. GameFi, also known as play-to-earn (P2E) games, has seen a recent upsurge enough to dominate

Crypto lending company BlockFi has partnered with New York-based private investment management firm Neuberger Berman to create a new business entity that would develop and offer a new cryptocurrency management product, including Exchange-Traded Funds. BlockFi announced on Monday, October 25, that the new joint business entity called ‘BlockFi nb’ expects to “launch crypto asset management

Alien Worlds has emerged as the leading blockchain game with nearly 11 million daily transactions undertaken by more than 700,000 monthly active users. DappRadar, a leading portal for decentralized applications, undertook this study by tracking on-chain smart contract activity.  Max Infeld, an NFT artist, praised Alien Worlds for taking off in less than 12 months

Nigeria has become the first African country to officially roll out a CBDC. Nigeria’s CBCD (Central Bank Digital Currency) is now live following the announcement made by Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday, October 25. Buhari led the launch of the country’s Central Bank Digital Currency, popularly known as “eNaira”. President Buhari stated during the official

On Monday, October 25, Payment giant Mastercard announced cooperation with U.S. Institutional Exchange Bakkt to expand integrated cryptocurrency solutions and payment services. The announcement stated that this cooperation would accelerate consumers’ access to the digital asset ecosystem. Consumers will be allowed to buy, sell and hold digital assets on the custodial wallet platform supported by Bakkt to

The world’s largest digital currency exchange of trading volume, Binance has announced that companies can now apply to be featured on its marketplace in order to reach millions of users worldwide. As announced by the exchange, company developers can now apply to be listed on its marketplace with an opportunity for them to receive payments

El Salvador’s digital Bitcoin wallet Chivo removed a pricing feature that allowed users to make quick profits on trades. The Latin American nation’s Chivo wallet had planned to remove a feature that freezes Bitcoin’s price for one minute before confirming a trade. The feature allows users to check pricing on other cryptocurrency exchanges and decide

Missouri-based energy generation company Ameren Corp has unveiled its secret Bitcoin mining operations near the Sioux Energy Center in the state.  As announced by the Data Center Dynamics, Ameren set up the data centre back in April but did not disclose it until today, after it noted it has mined about 20 Bitcoin thus far. Per the

Anthony Scaramucci, the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Skybridge Capital, shared his thoughts on the turnaround where most open-minded Bitcoin sceptics always have upon studying the cryptocurrency. Speaking in an interview with CNBC, Scaramucci pointed out that those who do their homework by studying cryptocurrency are always fascinated by its potentials, using BTC sceptic