SHIBA INU developers announce first phase of ‘Doggy DAO’ to empower $SHIB holders
In an announcement published on the evening of December 31, SHIBA INU launched DOGGY DAO, the DAO organization of this cryptocurrency.
The launch of the DAO organization will empower the SHIB investment community to make important project-related decisions, thereby bringing decentralization to the platform.
XRP whales move several million worth of the token
According to Whale Allert, one of the major transfers was 177,149,680 XRP tokens worth around $149,186,279 that was transacted between unknown wallets. Before that, a similar transaction worth around $151,262,681 took place which moved 177,149,701 XRP tokens.
In addition, Gopax made a 50,083,908 XRP transfer to FTX, and in another transfer, 70,000,000 XRP were transferred internally between Bithumb.
Mexico plans to issue a CBDC by 2024
The Central Bank of Mexico (Banxico) plans to launch a central bank digital currency (CBDC) by 2024.
Banxico “will have a digital currency of its own in circulation” by 2024 as it considers of “utmost importance these new technologies and state-of-the-art payment infrastructure as options of great value to advance financial inclusion in the country.”
Ethereum hits a new record when there are more than 71 million wallets holding ETH
According to a recent report by Glassnode, the number of wallets holding ETH coins has reached a brand-new record.
These wallets kept growing as 2021 progressed, with a surge of more than 30% from last year’s high. There are now 71,364,788 wallets with a non-zero balance.
MicroStrategy buys $100 million Bitcoin
CEO MicroStrategy Michael Saylor announced that the company bought 1,914 bitcoin, currently worth $90 million, for $94.2 million in cash at the average price of $49,229 per BTC between December 9th and December 29.
That brings their total holdings to 124,391 bitcoin, or 6.5% of the total supply, worth $5.9 billion at the current price.
Venus Protocol launches Mission to Venus with extra APY & revenue share for XVS holders
Venus Protocol, a decentralized money market on Binance Smart Chain, is celebrating its Mission to Venus contest by boosting the rewards distribution on its new XVS vault.
Venus has increased the APY on the 1.2 million XVS staked in the vault to a whopping 40% at this time and for the next 120 days.
SXP soars 30% as Binance agrees to acquire the outstanding Swipe shares
The world’s leading digital asset exchange has agreed to acquire the outstanding shares of the cryptocurrency visa card issuer – Swipe.
After the announcement, Swipe’s native token – SXP – surged by more than 30% to almost $2 in minutes. SXP is currently trading at a price of $2.06 with a trading volume of $1.2 billion.
EMURGO’s soon-to-launch NFT marketplace on Cardano opens registration for artists
EMURGO has recently announced the launch of Fiborite, an upcoming NFT marketplace built on Cardano’s blockchain, allowing “socially conscious” artists and creators to connect with buyers and sellers in a single marketplace.
The Sandbox Game is planning to migrate to Polygon
The Sandbox will migrate the game to Polygon, a Tier two scaling option for Ethereum, to decrease transaction charges and network congestion when interacting with the game.
Additionally, The Sandbox also aims to launch DAO (decentralized autonomous organization) in 2022, offering landowners a much more prominent voice in the game.
New Year’s Eve party comes to the Metaverse as Times Square building owner enters Decentraland
Jamestown, the genuine estate firm that owns One Times Square has mentioned it will carry New Year’s Eve 2022 to the metaverse known as “MetaFest 2022”.
Jamestown announced that it has purchased 170 plenty in the Decentraland (MANA) metaverse. The total Times Square and One Times Square setting up will be recreated in digital format, then a get together to welcome 2022.