Kenya drafts legislation to regulate cryptocurrencies

McDonald's, Nestlé and Virgin Media have joined a new blockchain pilot seeking to increase transparency in advertising online.Developed by the Joint Industry Committee for Web Standards (Jicwebs) — a British United digital ad trading standards body — the new initiative aims to assess the potential of blockchain in the digital ad supply chain, as business…

Emirates is embracing new technologies such as the metaverse and NFTs to expand its reach, according to chief operating officer Adel Ahmed Al-Redha. 2059 Total views 68 Total shares Emirates, the largest airline in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), announced that it has plans to implement Bitcoin (BTC) payments and launch nonfungible tokens (NFTs) to…

The price of Bitcoin (BTC) is continuing to reject the $35,000 resistance level, falling below $30,000 briefly overnight on Jan. 22. BTC has pared some losses since, bouncing above $31,500. At these prices, however, BTC/USD is headed for its worst week ever, losing over $5,000 in the past four days, as the bulls attempt to establish…

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The leverage used in the Bitcoin (BTC) futures market has fallen significantly in the past several days. This indicates that traders are generally uncertain about where BTC is heading in the near term.Estimated leverage on Binance. Source: CryptoQuantWhat is leverage and why is this metric crucial for Bitcoin market sentiment?In the Bitcoin futures market, traders…

As oil overtakes Bitcoin for price volatility, FTX has launched oil future contracts pegged to the West Texas Intermediate, plus $100. The Binance-owned crypto derivatives exchange, FTX, has introduced oil futures following the recent record crash in U.S. oil prices — which fell as low as minus-$40 on April 20.FTX’s contracts will expire at the…

Censorship resistance is the foundation of crypto, so for many cryptocurrency purists, the Nov. 23 announcement by ConsenSys, the New York-based company behind the leading Ethereum browser wallet, informing its 20 million MetaMask users that their IP and wallet addresses would be collected was simply a gross violation of the crypto spirit.In the weeks that…

The UN wants to address AI-generated fake news and information as the organization looks to bring in voluntary guidelines for the technology. 70 Total views 24 Total shares The United Nations has called artificial intelligence-generated media a “serious and urgent” threat to information integrity, particularly on social media.In a June 12 report, the UN claimed…