Bitt Inks Blockchain Deal With Another Caribbean Central Bank

Dec 24, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. UTC(aislan13/iStock via Getty Images Plus)‘Bitcoin and Ethereum Have Gone Completely Separate Directions,’ Feat. Bully Esq.One of crypto twitter’s best-known personalities discusses DeFi, bitcoin and how 2020 was and wasn’t like 2017.For more episodes and free early access before our regular 3 p.m. Eastern time releases, subscribe with Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocketcasts,…

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Ordinals, the protocol that allows non-fungible tokens (NFTs) to be added to the Bitcoin blockchain, is establishing a non-profit organization to fund its open-source development.Inscriptions on Bitcoin’s mainnet were first introduced by programmer Casey Rodarmor in January and paved the way for Ordinals NFTs. Previously, the Ordinals team was funded privately by Rodarmor himself, as…

news CoinDesk’s Christine Kim sat down with Dalma Capital Management CEO Zachary Cefaratti, Director of Digital Assets at R3 Antony Lewis, and Philip Pang, the Associate Director at Colliers International this past week for a panel discussion entitled the “State of Security Tokens in Asia.” R3’s Lewis kicked off the event, speaking to the Invest: Asia…

The S&P 500 and Nasdaq tumbled over 1% and closed the day near their lows, possibly pushing down crypto prices, which shed much of their earlier gains. Over $215 million in leveraged crypto positions were liquidated during the day, hitting longs and shorts equally. MicroStrategy (MSTR) surged 5.5%, its possible overvaluation to bitcoin rising even

news Polish police have arrested Ivan Manuel Molina Lee, president of Crypto Capital, on accusations of money laundering. According to reports in Polish newspaper W Polityce and news portal RMF24, the crypto entrepreneur was extradited to Warsaw, Poland under police escort. Polish authorities claim that Molina Lee is wanted in Poland for laundering up to 1.5…

The crypto-meets-virtual reality (VR) developer Victoria VR says it's working to release the first metaverse app from a blockchain-related company on the Apple headset "Vision Pro."The project's metaverse consists of "ultra-realistic graphics and immersive gameplay," which will be able to supplement Vision Pro's technologies, the company said in a statement on Friday.The app is expected

The cryptocurrency's latest pop pushes 2021 gains to 69%. (Stefan Schurr/Shutterstock)Feb 16, 2021 at 12:30 p.m. UTCUpdated Feb 16, 2021 at 12:37 p.m. UTCBitcoin Sets Fresh Record Above $50K Pushing Yearly Gains to 69%Bitcoin reached a new all-time high of $50,001.35 Tuesday morning, just days after breaking above $48,000 for the first time.The cryptocurrency's latest…

news Two Ethereum Improvement Proposals (EIPs) have been approved for inclusion in ethereum’s next major upgrade, Istanbul. These are the first two code changes to be officially approved for the Istanbul upgrade, which is tentatively targeted to activate on ethereum mainnet in October. In today’s bi-weekly call, developers discussed which of the nearly 30 EIPs…