Thailand touts new ‘digital nomad’ visa extendable for nearly a year: Report

Mark Zuckerberg might claim the Metaverse is the future — but in the eyes of others, the future has already begun. Science fiction author Neal Stephenson coined the term “Metaverse” back in his 1994 novel, Snow Crash. Within the pages, the main character, Hiro Protagonist, navigates through the virtual world. Since 2003, millions have also worked,…

Ripple Labs Inc. has announced it has reached a settlement “of all outstanding litigation” between R3 HoldCo LLC, R3 LLC, and XRP II, LLC, according to a press release published September 10. Per the statement, the details of the settlement will remain confidential while “both sides look forward to putting these disputes behind them.”The litigation…

Messari adds 10 new exchanges to its ‘real volume’ metric and overhauls methodology. 1119 Total views 30 Total shares Crypto data and research platform Messari has added 10 new exchanges to its “real volume” metric as part of a revamp of the methodology.The ranking is an attempt to rank exchanges without including any wash trading…

With each passing day, the financial nitty-gritty associated with the cryptocurrency-related OneCoin Ponzi scheme continues to become of increasing interest to members of the global crypto community. The U.S. government’s previous estimate of the scam that raked in a total of $4 billion seems to be well off the mark, as the figure could be more…

Convicted buyers have bought up cheap Bitcoin as prices fell over the course of last year. The number of Bitcoin (BTC) wallet addresses holding one whole BTC or more has surpassed the one million mark. The one million wholecoiner milestone was reached on May 13, according to data from Glassnode.Number of Bitcoin wallets holding more than…

Proceeds were spent on luxury cars, jewellery and real estate, rather than cryptocurrency mining and trading, shock. The operators of a global cryptocurrency-based Ponzi scheme have been charged with fraud and money laundering following a United States Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) probe.According to an announcement from the U.S. Department of Justice, four of the five…

Phoenix Group is acquiring hydro cooling mining equipment from WhatsMiner worth over $136 million, with the option of an additional $246 million purchase. 351 Total views 5 Total shares United Arab Emirates firm Phoenix Group has disclosed a new purchase of hardware equipment from WhatsMiner, aimed at expanding its portfolio of hydro cooling rigs. According

The Series B funding round was co-led by Coatue Management and Shunwei Capital, with participation from Coinbase Ventures. 232 Total views 3 Total shares Blockchain security firm CertiK announced Wednesday that it has received $37 million in fresh financing to expand its product and security capabilities for the cryptocurrency and DeFi industries. “We’re proud to advance…