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Rick Synrod – a former executive with 401k and retirement giant Fidelity – will take over as the new chief operations officer for Bitcoin IRA, a digital currency platform that allows people to place their retirement funds in crypto. Rick Synrod Will Join Hands with Bitcoin IRA Synrod will be responsible for overseeing digital asset operations in his new role. He will also monitor processes, policies, and strategies designed to make Bitcoin IRA reach its financial goals....

Sam Padilla – a Web3 Customer Engineer at Google – said the world’s largest search engine launched a countdown clock that shows when exactly Ethereum’s Merge will be complete. The second-biggest cryptocurrency protocol is on its way to shifting from Proof-of-Work (PoW) to Proof-of-Stake (PoS), something unseen in the industry so far. The move is expected to be finalized on September 15. Ethereum’s shift to PoS, known as “the Merge,” has gathered significant attention as many...

Starbucks – the world-renowned coffee house chain – is taking its first steps into the world of web 3. In partnership with Polygon, the company is building a blockchain-based loyalty program called Starbucks Odyssey, allowing members to purchase non-fungible tokens (NFTs) representing digital collectible stamps. Starbucks to Integrate NFTs As announced by Starbucks on Monday, the new program will be available to members of the existing Starbucks Rewards loyalty program, and...

Blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis has put out a recent report claiming that from the beginning of the year up through July, just under $2 billion in crypto funds have been stolen by hackers and cyberthieves around the world. Chainalysis Discusses Ongoing Crypto Theft Losses from crypto hacks surged by more than 60 percent in just the first seven months of 2022 alone. Many of these funds were stolen from decentralized exchanges given that they are far less regulated...

In the last five days, Ripple has grown by an impressive 16%, reaching highs exceeding $0.36 in today’s market. However, this doesn’t mean that the bearish trend has come to a halt. Technical Analysis By Grizzly The Daily Chart Once again, the bulls have demonstrated their determination to prevent the price from falling below $0.3 (in green). The next resistance for the cryptocurrency lies at $0.38 (in yellow). XRP has gone through a sideways trend as buyers were unable to...

There are more hotels around the world willing to accept crypto for room stays and additional payments. It looks like the worlds of digital currency and hospitality are coming together once and for all as more resorts have opened their hearts to the assets. Hotels and Crypto… A Perfect Match! The moves are pushing the goals of bitcoin and its digital counterparts closer to being achieved. What many people likely forget is that while bitcoin and many of its crypto cousins...

INTERNET CITY, DUBAI, Sep. 9, 2022 – LBank Exchange, a global digital asset trading platform, has listed Bridge (BRG) on September 9, 2022. For all users of LBank Exchange, the BRG/USDT trading pair is now officially available for trading. As the most public oracle on BNB chain, Bridge (BRG) is here to adapt new technologies and develop new protocols to introduce a decentralized economy to the world. Its native token BRG has been listed on LBank Exchange at 18:00 (UTC+8)...

Stellar lumen price started a fresh increase above the $0.1140 resistance zone against the US Dollar. XLM price is now trading above $0.1135 and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There was a break above a major bearish trend line with resistance near $0.1050 on the 4-hours chart (data feed via Kraken). The pair could continue to rise if it stays above the $0.1110 and $0.1080 support levels. Stellar lumen price is trading above $0.1350 against the US Dollar, similar...

Ripple price gained pace and cleared the $0.3500 resistance against the US dollar. The price is now trading above $0.3500 and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There was a break above a key bearish trend line with resistance near $0.3400 on the 4-hours chart of the XRP/USD pair (data source from Bittrex). The pair could rise steadily if it stays above the $0.3600 and $0.3650 support levels. Ripple price is recovering above $0.3500 against the US Dollar, similar to...

According to a report by the data acquisition and analysis company DappRadar, Web3-based games and Metaverse projects raised $748 million since August 1, 2022. Last month, on average, 847,000 daily Unique Active Wallets (UAW) interacted with blockchain games, an 11% decline compared to July. One of the most popular games in the field – Axie Infinity – surpassed $4 billion in all-time NFT sales, while approximately 36,000 additional people joined as daily players in the past...