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Major EDM record label Monstercat sees NFTs as a new way to provide alternative revenue streams. 1791 Total views 11 Total shares Major EDM record label Monstercat has highlighted how non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, can be a successful new revenue stream for artists and the music industry, generating $180,000 in the first two minutes of…

United States Senators Mike Crapo and Sherrod Brown, respectively the Senate Banking Committee chair and ranking member, shared their views on crypto regulations. Both appear to want comprehensive policy for big tech companies.The senators made their remarks while speaking with the press following the Senate Banking Hearing on Facebook’s Libra on July 16.Senator Crapo stressed…

A United States citizen has been charged with heroin and methamphetamine distribution in exchange for Bitcoin (BTC).According to a Jan. 3 press release published by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York, Joanna De Alba allegedly promoted and sold illegal narcotics on a dark web marketplace dubbed the “Wall Street Market,”…

EOSIO explorer Bloks.io now belongs to another firm. Blockchain-based payment platform Metal Pay has acquired the multifunctional EOSIO platform, Bloks.io.The binding letter for the acquisition was signed earlier this week, Metal Pay representatives told Cointelegraph on Aug. 21. The final amount of the deal was not disclosed.Originally launched as a simple block explorer for EOS…

This week, as a $2 trillion economic stimulus package was put forth by U.S. lawmakers, the performance of major market indexes improved and the Dow registered its best day since 1933, gaining 11% after the major pullback of the last few weeks. In the meantime, gold increased slightly over 5%. The recent market fall-out gave rise to Bitcoin…

"There are many reasons why the price of Bitcoin can rise or fall, but S2F is not one of them”, contends report author. 1064 Total views 13 Total shares A report authored by the research team of ByteTree purports to debunk one of the most popular Bitcoin (BTC) valuation models — Stock-to-Flow. The model provides…

South Korea’s Hashed has established a new fund to finance emerging blockchain startups 642 Total views 4 Total shares Hashed, one of South Korea’s largest crypto asset fund managers, has raised 120 billion won ($110 million) to fund new blockchain ventures in the so-called “protocol economy.”The funds were raised via Hashed Ventures Inc., a new…

The Inter-American Development Bank has launched a competition that invites projects to propose blockchain-based solutions for preventing violence against women, children and the elderly. Companies, entrepreneurs, startups and NGOs are all invited to submit their ideas.The challenge, called "Blockchangel," was proposed in a joint alliance between the LACChain group's innovation laboratory and the Everis Foundation. Incorporating a blockchain…

This week’s headlines from Japan include crypto exchange Zaif reopening account registrations, government agencies meeting on crypto, the Federation of Economic Affairs submitting a national Blockchain proposal, Coincheck adding Qtum, and Rakuten Wallet opening leverage trading account registration.Check out some of this week’s crypto and blockchain headlines, originally reported by Cointelegraph Japan.Zaif crypto exchange reopens…