Bitcoin ATM installed in the Senate building in Mexico
On April 26th, a Bitcoin ATM was installed in the Senate building in Mexico City, with the support of several legislators. This is the 14th cryptocurrency ATM in the country.
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0x Labs raises $70 million in Series B
0x Labs raises $70 million in Series B
0x Labs announced that it has raised $70 million in a Series B round led by Greylock with participation from Pantera, Sound Ventures, A.Capital, Jump Crypto, OpenSea, Coinbase,…
The injection of funding will fuel the expansion of the 0x Labs team and its product and service offerings, including Matcha, the search engine for tokens; 0x API, supplying multi-chain aggregated liquidity as a service; and 0x Protocol, the open-source, global backbone for decentralized exchange.
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Bank of Russia to pilot digital ruble settlements in 2023
Bank of Russia to pilot digital ruble settlements in 2023
The full launch of the digital ruble, Russia’s central bank digital currency (CBDC), should take place before 2030, according to the approved Financial Market Development Strategy of the Ministry of Finance.
However, the Central Bank of Russia (CBR) plans to begin testing it in settlements as early as 2023, its Chair Elvira Nabiullina announced in the State Duma.
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Standard Chartered buys land in The Sandbox metaverse
Standard Chartered buys land in The Sandbox metaverse
Standard Chartered Bank announced Tuesday that its subsidiary, Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Ltd. (SCBHK), has partnered with The Sandbox, a popular blockchain virtual gaming platform, to create metaverse experience.
The bank explained that it is the first bank to acquire “virtual land at The Sandbox metaverse’s Mega City district, a culture hub based on or inspired by Hong Kong talents.” Other major banks and financial services firms that have entered the metaverse include JPMorgan, HSBC, and Fidelity Investments.
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Bitcoin drops below $38,000
Bitcoin drops below $38,000
After recovering to $40,797 on April 26, Bitcoin price dropped sharply on April 27 to the price of $37,702. This is the lowest price of BTC since March 14.
Many major cryptocurrencies in the market were also pulled down by selling pressure in the market. Ethereum (ETH) fell by more than 6%, Solana (SOL) fell by 5%, Terra (LUNA) fell by 7.5%, Dogecoin (DOGE) fell by 8%, BNB fell by 4.5%, NEAR fell by 13.5%,…
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5 new assets on ONUS
5 new assets on ONUS
$PROM: A secure and decentralized ecosystem designed to solve real-world problems in data brokerage.
$POSI: A Decentralized Crypto platform aiming to enhance DeFi experience.
$AURORA: an EVM built on the NEAR Protocol, that provides a solution for developers to deploy their apps on an Ethereum-compatible platform.
$TAUM: The first game in Orbitau Taureum ecosystem, which models after a turn-based idle combat/socializing game suitable for everyone.
$XVG: a digital currency designed with a focus on security. -
Terra (LUNA) trading volume spikes by $195 billion in quarterly high
Terra (LUNA) trading volume spikes by $195 billion in quarterly high
In spite of the bearish crypto market trend, LUNA trading volume in the first quarter of 2022 was more than eight times that of the first quarter of 2021.
Terra (LUNA) reached an all-time high price of $119.18 on April 5, 2022, after seeing more than $45 billion in trading volume in the first three weeks of April. The trading volume recorded for Terra (LUNA) during the first quarter of the year was approximately $223.39 billion. This was a 707% increase in the trading volume recorded during the first three months of 2021 in the region of $27.68 billion.
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Meta is opening a metaverse-inspired brick-and-mortar store
Meta is opening a metaverse-inspired brick-and-mortar store
Meta, formerly known as Facebook, is opening its first real-life store to sell hardware products for the ‘metaverse.’
The store, opening on May 9, will include devices like Ray-Ban stories sunglasses, Meta’s Portal device, and virtual reality headset Quest 2.
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Fidelity investments will offer Bitcoin inclusion in its 401(k) accounts
Fidelity investments will offer Bitcoin inclusion in its 401(k) accounts
U.S.- based financial services firm Fidelity Investments will allow investors to put Bitcoin (BTC) in their 401(k) retirement savings accounts later this year, The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times reported Tuesday.
Employers could place a ceiling on the amount of savings earmarked for Bitcoin, with the maximum cap expected to be no more than 20%.
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Bitcoin whales buy the dips in this correction, BTC back above $40,000
Bitcoin whales buy the dips in this correction, BTC back above $40,000
Bitcoin whales took advantage of the recent downswing to buy 40,000 BTC, worth $1.6 billion. Data from Santiment shows that addresses with 10,000 to 100,000 BTC increased their holdings by nearly 2%, while prices dropped from $39,900 to $38,200.
Bitcoin is back above the $40,000 level once again. As of press time, Bitcoin is trading 5.34% up at a price of $40,488 and a market cap of $770 billion.