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Former chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Gary Gensler said that the cryptocurrency market needs regulation in order to grow, because consumers must be protected. Gensler shared his views with Cointelegraph at the Business of Blockchain event at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on May 2.Speaking about the perspective on such services and…

The world of nonfungible tokens and blockchain gaming has seen immense growth and progress towards mainstream adoption in 2021. Recently, the movement picked up steam as an array of celebrities and internet influencers jumped on the hype train by purchasing premium digital collectibles. One project that has quickly risen in value over the past two months as…

VeChain is riding a strong tailwind on favorable developments out of China. 1155 Total views 6 Total shares The price of VeChain (VET) extended its rally on Wednesday, building off a solid week of gains following discussions with Chinese government officials centered on a post-epidemic health response. VeChain rose 2% on Wednesday to reach $0.011669, according…

NFTs and soulbound tokens define Web3 filmmaking, says directorWith Web3 making its way to various industries like filmmaking, one movie director believes that tools like NFTs and soulbound tokens — digital identity tokens representing a person or entity — can serve cinema in various ways. In an interview with Cointelegraph, Stephen Fung, director of the…

Bitcoin (BTC) price has taken another dip below $8,000, dropping 5.11% to $7,728 after touching a daily high at $8,149. The pullback occurred shortly after the New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that a 1-mile containment area of New Rochelle, a suburb of New York City, would be quarantined for at least two weeks.Cuomo…

Famed altcoin advocate, John McAfee, has put up a $500 reward in the Ethereum based stablecoin, DAI, for the best original photo taken in the midst of the coronavirus lockdown.The sea-bound computer programmer asked for pictures of vacant highways and cities from people who are still able to leave their homes for essential supplies and…

Stellar joined the industry group developing Wasm, an alternative computation engine for running smart contracts. 70 Total views 1 Total shares The Stellar Development Foundation has joined the Bytecode Alliance, an industry group promoting the development of WebAssembly (Wasm), according to an Aug. 21 announcement. Wasm is a competitor to the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM)…