VanEck launches $30M ventures fund for crypto and AI

Visa has made a sizable investment in the NFT space, acquiring a popular digitally pixelated CryptoPunk. 460 Total views 66 Total shares Credit card giant Visa have made a substantial splash on their emergence into the nonfungible token (NFT) space with a $150,000 acquisition of a CryptoPunk, the collective of digital artworks which pioneered the…

The SEC of Thailand is looking to establish qualifications for crypto investors as digital currency purchases increase. 912 Total views 7 Total shares A major financial regulator in Thailand is looking to determine qualifications for cryptocurrency traders to ensure investor protection.The Securities and Exchange Commission of Thailand has scheduled a public hearing this month to…

Fast food chains like Burger King and Church's Chicken already accept crypto payments in the South American nation. 1283 Total views 17 Total shares A famous U.S.-based pizza chain has begun accepting cryptocurrency payments in all its stores in Venezuela.According to a Nov. 27 tweet from crypto services firm CryptoBuyer, Pizza Hut stores in the…

The Web3 educational platform also announced a Polkadot education initiative to help onboard new developers to the blockchain network.

The volume of Venezuelan bolivars traded against Bitcoin (BTC) on the LocalBitcoins platform another all-time high last week amid rampant hyperinflation in the country.According to Bitcoin statistics website Coin Dance, bolivar volumes on peer-to-peer exchange LocalBitcoins exceeded 209 billion during the week ending Dec. 14.The new all-time high comes after a sharp volume spike in…

Billions of dollars have flowed into decentralized exchange protocols based on the automated market maker (AMM) model, which bootstraps network effects by incentivizing liquidity with project tokens, thereby creating a self-contained ecosystem of traders and yield earners.This mechanism has allowed decentralized exchanges (DEXs) to compete for the first time with centralized counterparts, such as Coinbase,…

U.S. Attorney Damian Williams cited “state-of-the-art cryptocurrency tracing” and “good old-fashioned police work” in the authorities recovering the stolen Bitcoin. 177 Total views 2 Total shares The United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York has announced that an individual has pled guilty to wire fraud charges connected to “unlawfully obtained” Bitcoin…

Cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex deployed its proprietary market surveillance tool to combat market abuse on the platform called “Shimmer.”According to an announcement shared with Cointelegraph on March 24, Shimmer is meant to identify and investigate possible manipulative behaviours and suspicious trading on Bitfinex. The exchange expects that the integration of the tool with its matching engine…

Bitcoin price needs to rise above $68,000 to sustain buying in ETH, TON, UNI, and XMR.