Mastercard's crypto credentials P2P pilot program goes live

Key figures from the wider cryptocurrency space painted a picture of increased dialogue and collaboration at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos.Cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology remained but a small part of the projects and initiatives discussed and workshopped at the annual WEF conference high in the Swiss Alps. However, an increased number of…

Airdrops are back in fashion as ParaSwap drops 5,200 to 10,400 PSP tokens to active users while also disqualifying airdrop hunters from gaming the system. 848 Total views 6 Total shares Airdrops are once again back in style following the recent five-figure token drop from the Ethereum Name Service protocol that kicked off a flurry…

Dapper Labs, the company behind CryptoKitties, has announced a partnership with leading mixed martial arts promotion Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).According to a press release on Feb. 25, the partnership will see the development of “a new digital experience” for UFC fans, including opportunities to own, maintain, and trade UFC-branded collectibles on Dapper Labs’ Flow platform.Dapper…

The change in leadership came as the platform has been preparing a set of upgrades branded “Polygon 2.0”. Ryan Wyatt will be stepping down as president of Polygon Labs and moving into an advisory role after more than a year at the firm.In a July 7 announcement, Wyatt said he planned to leave Polygon at…

Until 2020, most of the crypto market action was largely driven by retail enthusiasm. It was only around August 2020 that institutions started to participate meaningfully in this asset class. As the United States Federal Reserve unleashed trillions of dollars of liquidity into the market during the COVID-19 pandemic, retail and institutional investors jumped onto…

A massive online traffic surge temporarily overloaded a website back in February after the company announced that it invested in Dogecoin. 366 Total views 2 Total shares Hello Pal, a Canadian social platform has said that its website suffered a temporary outage back in February.According to a press release issued by the company on Thursday,…

Disclaimer. This article has been updated to change the amount involved in the fraud case, as it was misreported in an English version of a Dutch article on the subject.Dutch police have arrested a former entrepreneur for fraud after alleging he conned investors in a fake bitcoin (BTC) mining operation out of €23 million ($25 million),…

A Daegu-based university has made a deal with the Korea Artificial Intelligence Association to build a blockchain campus. 1687 Total views 34 Total shares South Korea’s Suseong University reached a deal on May 22 with the Korea Artificial Intelligence Association, or KORAIA, to create a blockchain and AI campus in Daegu.According to the announcement published…

The music industry has undergone a massive transformation in recent years. We have seen the advent of the internet leave its mark on music, and most notably, 1999 spelled the coming of Napster. This then-revolutionary peer-to-peer online streaming service defined a whole generation and enabled musicians to share their creations with the world.Streaming has become…