The Sandbox raises $20M at $1B valuation, promises to expand creator economy

Blockchain software publisher, Block.one, announced on April 24 that the EOSIO Virtual Hackathon “Coding for Change” will officially launch on May 1, 2020.The primary purpose of the virtual hackathon, which will last until June 1, 2020, is to collect blockchain-based solutions that help solve new challenges in the post-pandemic world.The organizing company highlights that these…

Metaverse tokens surged earlier this year amid rumors about Apple's new virtual reality headset, will this time be different? 377 Total views 7 Total shares Apple is scheduled to release its highly-anticipated mixed-reality headset in the coming weeks, a development that some believe could breathe fresh life into the metaverse industry.In January, the native tokens…

Whale Alert’s crypto transactions are still available on its Telegram channel, but its Twitter profile has been hampered for the time being. 1616 Total views 23 Total shares Whale Alert, a popular service dedicated to tracking major cryptocurrency transactions, is being negatively affected by Twitter’s anti-hack measures.In a July 16 tweet, Whale Alert said that…

One of Argentina's youngest deputies is prepping new legislation to provide a national framework for crypto, which will reportedly hit the parliament next week. 1910 Total views 21 Total shares Argentine congressman Ignacio Torres plans to present a bill addressing cryptocurrencies to the Argentine Parliament. Cointelegraph en Español spoke with Efraín Barraza, Operations Manager of…

According to the 26-year-old candidate for New York’s 10th Congressional District, “our future is decentralized and open source”. Cryptocurrency advocate Jonathan Herzog is running for election to the U.S. House of Representatives in the primary against fellow Democrat Jerry Nadler, who has represented New York's 10th Congressional District since 2013.A former staffer of ex-presidential candidate…

The new Algorand ETP joins a family of CoinShares’s staked ETPs featuring cryptocurrencies DOT, XTZ, ADA, SOL, ATOM and MATIC. 235 Total views 4 Total shares Major European cryptocurrency investment firm CoinShares is expanding its exchange-traded products (ETP) with a new physically-backed ETP based on Algorand (ALGO).CoinShares on Thursday announced the listing of its physically-backed…

Bitcoin's (BTC) biggest investors have been lately upping their reserves in sync with the ongoing price recovery, one Glassnode metric suggests.Dubbed as "Whale Supply Shock," the on-chain indicator represents the ratio between the amount of Bitcoin held by "whales" and "fishes." Whales represent addresses that hold between 10,000 BTC and 100,000 BTC, while fishes are…

AGI could potentially solve some of humanity’s most pressing concerns down the line, according to Baidu’s co-founder.

Misspelled memecoins referencing the U.S. first family surged after President Biden’s son was convicted of lying about being a drug user when buying a revolver.