Polygon Acquires Mir Protocol in $400M Deal in Order to Bolster ‘Groundbreaking ZK Rollup Tech’
On December 9, Polygon co-founder Mihailo Bjelic announced that the project has acquired the Ethereum scaling startup Mir in a...
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Russia’s Federation Council to Set Up Working Group on Crypto Regulations
The Federation Council of the Russian legislature is forming a working group expected to propose comprehensive regulations for cryptocurrencies. Officials...
Thailand Doesn’t Prohibit Crypto Use for Payments but Warns of Price Fluctuation
Bank of Thailand’s officials say that using cryptocurrency as a means of payment is not illegal. However, they added that...
Rich Dad Poor Dad’s Robert Kiyosaki Insists Depression Is Coming – Predicts ‘Gold, Silver, Bitcoin, Real Estate Will Crash Too’
The author of the best-selling book Rich Dad Poor Dad, Robert Kiyosaki, says a crash and a depression are coming,...
Institutional Investors Expect Major Correction in Crypto Market Next Year
Many institutional investors are predicting a major correction in the cryptocurrency market next year, a survey published by Natixis Investment...
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Proposes Creating a Cryptocurrency Payment System for State Fees
The American politician and attorney serving as the 46th governor of Florida, Ron DeSantis, announced the state’s 2022-23 budget proposal...
E-Commerce Giant Amazon Backs Wax Blockchain-Based Fractional Trading Card Market Dibbs: Report
According to reports, the e-commerce giant Amazon has recently invested in a fractional sports trading card marketplace called Dibbs. The...
Miami Mayor Francis Suarez Plans to Take a Fraction of His 401k in Bitcoin
During the first week of November, the reelected Miami mayor Francis Suarez explained that he would receive part of his...
IMF Advises How Crypto Should Be Regulated Citing ‘Urgent Need for Cross-Border Collaboration’
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has outlined some recommendations of how cryptocurrency should be regulated, noting that there is an...
Indian Prime Minister Modi Tells President Biden’s Summit: Cryptocurrency Should Be Used to Empower Democracy
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi talked about cryptocurrency at a recent Summit for Democracy hosted by U.S. President Joe Biden....
Inflation Plagues American Economy: US Consumer Prices See Fastest Rise in Close to 40 Years
The consumer price index (CPI) data released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics show prices in the United...
Bitcoin Mining Company Cleanspark to Kick-Start 20 MW Immersion Cooling Initiative
Cleanspark, a sustainability-focused bitcoin mining company, has announced it will kick-start a 20 MW initiative in its Norcross bitcoin mining...
Regulator Claims South Africa Set to Unveil Cryptocurrency Regulatory Framework in Early 2022
In early 2022, South Africa will have a new regulatory framework that covers cryptocurrencies, a commissioner with a regulatory body...
Chainalysis to Offer Lightning Network Monitoring Service to VASPs in 2022
On December 10, the blockchain intelligence firm Chainalysis revealed that the company has added support for Bitcoin’s second-layer protocol the...
Ethereum Co-Founder Vitalik Buterin Publishes ‘Plausible Roadmap’ Addressing Scalability
In recent times the Ethereum network has received a lot of criticism about the protocol’s data transfer fees and scalability....
