Monster Energy files NFT and metaverse trademark applications
According to recent filings with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), Monster Energy has four pending trademark applications...
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Cointelegraph’s Brazilian version unveils top 10 people in crypto and blockchain
In 2021, the Brazilian cryptocurrency market gained more investors, reached the Brazilian stock exchange and “punctured the bubble” of the...
Luna Foundation Guard raises $1B to form UST reserve denominated in Bitcoin
The nonprofit organization focused on the open-source stablecoin network behind Terra USD, Luna Foundation Guard, has closed on a $1...
FriesDAO scoops up fast food franchises as part of its crypto governance experiment
A new proof of concept decentralized autonomous organization, or DAO, called FriesDAO wants to democratize access to the fast food industry. Cointelegraph...
Crypto in Latin America in 2021
In 2021, Latin America saw a soaring rise in crypto adoption among the 20 countries and 14 dependencies that make...
OpenSea smart contract upgrade to delist inactive NFTs on Ethereum
OpenSea, one of the most popular nonfungible token (NFT) marketplace, has rolled out an upgrade to its smart contract, a...
JPMorgan enters the Metaverse, Marshall Islands legalizes DAOs, Feb. 10–16
Last week’s Crypto Biz newsletter explained how Wall Street is essentially marketing Bitcoin (BTC) for us after Wells Fargo said...
DCG leads $205M growth fund for The Graph
Blockchain data indexing protocol The Graph has launched a $205 million ecosystem fund to lure new developers to its platform,...
Fidelity International launches Bitcoin ETP on Deutsche Boerse
Major financial services firm Fidelity International will be listing a Bitcoin exchange-traded product on the SIX Swiss Exchange and Germany’s...
OpenSea customer service migrating from Discord to Metalink to more adequately protect its community
On Tuesday, nonfungible token, or NFT, platform OpenSea launched a server on Metalink to give the verified owners of its...
Are we misguided about Bitcoin mining’s environmental impacts? Slush Pool’s CMO Kristian Csepcsar explains
It's a controversial topic in the blockchain community that comes up from time to time — just how much impact...
4 factors to consider when choosing an industrial-scale Bitcoin mining location
Large-scale miners are the dominant players in Bitcoin (BTC) mining — we should know because we are one. Having scaled...
P2P payments spurred crypto adoption across Venezuela in 2021
For Venezuela, 2021 has been a year of considerable changes at the microeconomic level, where even more than in 2020,...
Intel to enter crypto space with blockchain accelerator shipping later this year
On Friday, Raja M. Koduri, senior vice president of accelerated computing systems and graphics group at Intel, declared their intent...
Top Latin American exchange Bitso officially expands to Colombia
Bitso, a major Latin American cryptocurrency exchange and El Salvador’s crypto wallet assistant firm, has announced its formal launch in...
Irish Central Bank Scuppers Plans for Retail Crypto Trading
It may be rumored to be the destination for Binance’s new headquarters, but Ireland remains unlikely to give the go-ahead...
FTX Has Integrated Arbitrum. As for Coinbase? Pet Coins
Key Takeaways FTX has added support for the Ethereum Layer 2 solution Arbitrum. The exchange will let users make direct...
Meloot To Hold a Seed Sale on Kick.IO
The world of e-commerce is rapidly transitioning to that of social commerce, where demand for products is driven by videos...
Moon — Lunar Metaverse Launches Revenue Generating NFT Land Sale
Moon is a brand new economic, and social metaverse inspired by lunar exploration. Players have the opportunity to acquire NFT...
US Treasury targets NFTs for potential high-value art money laundering
The U.S. Department of the Treasury released a study on the high-value art market, highlighting the potential in the nonfungible...
GameStop Dumps IMX Tokens Amid Partnership Announcement
Key Takeaways GameStop has sold nearly 15 million IMX tokens in the past few days. Immutable, the developer of Immutable...
AdaQuest Public Sale on KICK․IO
It is surprising how many NFT enthusiasts are also into role-playing games. In retrospect, it was only really a matter...
