Crypto-native travel platform Travala integrates with Skyscanner for 2.2M hotels

There are good reasons why pension funds should not invest in the crypto and blockchain space. The industry is too new, too volatile, and stultifyingly technical. Moreover, the rules and regulations to govern the sector have yet to be settled. But the fixed-income financial instruments that pension funds typically favor — like long-term government bonds —…

British financial watchdog, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), is preparing a potential ban on the sale of crypto derivatives to retail investors, according to an official document released on July 1.In the document, titled “Restricting contract for difference products sold to retail clients,” the FCA revealed that the regulator will soon publish a consultation paper…

If you thought remote work was game-changing, wait until video game work gains traction. Blockchain-based NFT games such as Axie Infinity and Splinterlands have demonstrated that a play-to-earn business model has the potential to revolutionize the gaming industry.Pandora’s box has been opened, so to speak, and play-to-earn is here to stay. There are already people…

AMC CEO Adam Aron has stated that the cinema giant will look to support Dogecoin movie ticket payments by the end of 2021, and real estate tokenization platform RedSwan is accepting DOGE too. 284 Total views 13 Total shares The power of the Dogecoin meme is strong despite transaction levels of DOGE hitting the lowest…

Mining new Bitcoin keeps getting harder, but the current difficulty is still far from its record highs. 303 Total views 3 Total shares As the Bitcoin (BTC) network hashrate continues recovering amid global miners accumulating more capacity, the cryptocurrency is getting increasingly difficult to mine.On Sept. 21, the Bitcoin network posted another mining difficulty adjustment,…

The U.S. Federal Reserve updated their inflation expectations for this year from 2.4% in March to 3.4% in their latest meeting that concluded on June 16. To tame inflation, the Fed plans to undertake two rate hikes before the end of 2023.This news has boosted the U.S. dollar index DXY to its best level since…

The presidential hopeful gave Bitcoin eloquent praise as a future support for the US economy and way to fix broken American money and society.

It seems as though the potential benefits of cryptocurrency are often overshadowed by the technology’s inherent vulnerability to exploitation. And it’s true, crypto adoption does come with risks. Over the past year, governments from around the world have raised concerns that crypto could be used to finance terrorism or other illicit activity like money laundering. There…

Investments in the first quarter were influenced by innovation in areas like restaking, modularity, Bitcoin layer-2 solutions, and macroeconomic factors.