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This week's Nifty News round up follows a weekend full of Yuga Labs announcements, the start of Austin's SXSW conference and added NFT support for 1inch Wallet users.Yuga Labs acquires CryptoPunks and MeebitsYuga Labs, creator of Bored Ape Yacht Club, or BAYC, announced its acquisition of the Intellectual Property, or IP, of the CryptoPunks and Meebits…

Anti-Money Laundering and Combatting the Financing of Terrorism regulations demand that financial companies follow strict guidelines in order to curb and track illicit activity. Staying in compliance with these laws can often be difficult, especially for small cryptocurrency companies. The amount of money and staffing needed to enforce these rules can add up fast and…

Proof-of-work (PoW) crypto mining won’t be banned in the European Union — not this year at least. That’s the conclusion from last week’s closely watched committee vote in the European Parliament (EP). A last-minute amendment presented by an ad hoc coalition of social democrats and Greens would have established a de facto ban on proof-of-work mining…

Major Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck launched its own NFT marketplace back in March 2021. 13 Total views 2 Total shares At least one out of four cryptocurrency investors in Japan had an experience of holding nonfungible tokens (NFTs), according to a new survey.Major Japanese crypto exchange BitBank conducted an online survey diving into the NFT…

Coinbase plans to base some of its “IT services” in India, including engineering, software development, and customer support. 1844 Total views 17 Total shares Leading U.S. cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has announced it is “establishing a business presence in India” despite uncertain regulatory headwinds for crypto in the country.In a March 25 blog post, Coinbase revealed…

Norway has acting to end electricity subsidies for Bitcoin (BTC) mining facilities, Norway’s largest printed newspaper Aftenposten reported Nov. 21.Until now, mining farms — in keeping with other power-intensive industries — paid a low rate of 0.48 øre ($0.05) per kilowatt. This will now rise to 16.58 øre per kilowatt as of January 2019, following…

Wednesday, June 12 — Top cryptocurrencies bitcoin (BTC), ether (ETH), and ripple (XRP) are all in the green. Cryptocurrencies on the whole are trending up today, according to data provided by Coin360.Market visualization courtesy of Coin360After peaking around $9,000 in May, BTC crashed down to under $8,000 but seems to be slowly recovering. BTC was…

The social media accounts of famous traders, rappers and even Caitlyn Jenner are shilling tokens in what many believe is part of an orchestrated string of hacks.