Blockchain

Zurzeit würde wohl nichts die Mass Adoption mehr fördern, als wenn Amazon Zahlungen mit Cryptocoins akzeptierte. Doch Amazons CEO macht der Crypto-Community wenig Hoffnung, wenn es um eine baldige Implementierung von Zahlungen mit Bitcoin und Co. geht. Crypto News: Zahlungen mit Cryptocoins auf Amazon noch weit entferntOffenbar gibt es derzeit keine Pläne, Zahlungen mit Cryptocoins auf Amazon zu akzeptieren. CEO Andy Jessy sprach auf CNBC über den Cryptomarkt und riss dabei zahlreiche Themen...

There are now a total of 80,300 NFT collections on the Ethereum blockchain, up from 15,540 year over year. Meanwhile, Ethereum addresses holding one or more NFTs have also skyrocketed as the industry is getting widely adopted, despite the recent market turbulence in the crypto space. Interest in NFTs Continues to Increase Though the broader crypto market has been on a months-long downtrend dating back to November 2021, the enthusiasm associated with NFTs activities has shown...

Terraform Labs in Seoul, South Korea is looking to buy as much as $10 billion worth of bitcoin to back its own stable currency, which it’s looking to release soon into the crypto market. The company is also looking to make bitcoin the world’s new reserve currency. Terraform Labs Has Big Plans for Bitcoin At the time of writing, Terraform Labs has garnered roughly 40,000 bitcoin units, which are worth about $1.7 billion. The purchases were made with the assistance of Luna...

The Ethereum Foundation (EF) – a non-profit organization that supports the second-largest blockchain protocol – disclosed that its treasury equals around $1.6 billion. $1.3 billion of it is distributed in digital assets (primarily ETH), while approximately $300 million belong to non-crypto investments. The EF Sold ETH at the ATH In its financial report, the Ethereum Foundation revealed that 99.1% of its total $1.3 billion crypto holdings are held in ETH. This amount was...

Metaverse games The Sandbox and FlickPlay have partnered to create an NFT collection interoperable between both games. The collectibles feature an anthropomorphic chameleon named Flicky, who wears various combinations of clothing. The First Physical-World NFT As reported by Reuters, some of the users that acquire Flicky will be able to use it as their Sandbox avatar. The Sandbox is a 3D virtual world where users can build assets and buy land on the Ethereum blockchain. Its...

KILT announces the launch of web3name, an application for creating a custom name to represent users’ digital identity. The new approach would increase the transparency of users’ identities without sacrificing the privacy involved with personal data. KILT, a blockchain identity protocol based on the Polkadot network, issues a new form of digital credentials, Web3name(w3n), for users to represent their own digital identities. The credentials recorded on the distributed ledgers...

Besides generating a lively discussion among Twitter users across the globe, Elon Musk’s bid to acquire the social media platform for $43 billion in cash has also galvanized the blockchain’s billionaire club. In the latest, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has made his mind public on the issue. In a tweet on Saturday, he said he doesn’t oppose Elon Musk running Twitter, but he doesn’t quite approve of wealthy people or organizations taking over social media firms through...

One of the leading Spanish airline companies – Air Europa – partnered with the blockchain entity TravelX to introduce the world’s first series of non-fungible token (NFT) airline tickets. Users who buy such collectibles will board a special flight between Madrid and Miami on November 29, 2022. NFTs Up in the Air The feature, dubbed NFTickets, will be available for purchase on TravelX’s platform. The first auction was on April 11, as the process will repeat every two weeks....

Staking on Beacon Chain has been booming due to the much-awaited Ethereum Merge despite delays. A major chunk of new stakers on the consensus layer have done so using Lido Finance. In the latest blog post, the project revealed that 75% of new stakers on the Beacon chain who joined in the last 30 days had utilized the staking protocol. Centralization Concerns With the Ethereum Merge approaching, staking on the Beacon Chain has intensified as expected. According to Lido, the...

[PRESS RELEASE – South Bend, Indiana, 12th April 2022] In an exciting collaboration between Bureau of Magic (BoM) and SIMBA Chain – showing how blockchain technology is reshaping customer engagement in the entertainment sector – BoM is set to launch its upcoming NFT collection Passport to Oz through SIMBA Market’s NFT Marketplace. Under the partnership, BoM will leverage SIMBA Chain’s blockchain infrastructure expertise to create a novel and engaging customer experience....