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Bet on any hockey games to stand a chance of bagging lucrative Bitcoin prizes for achieving the longest winning streak! 1xBit is launching a brand new ICE ON FIRE tournament this May starting Friday 6th. The deal is for all players willing to bet on any hockey match on 1xBit sportsbook. Only registered players can participate in the competition, which will feature prizes for up to 10 lucky winners. The Rules Like most 1xBit tournaments, ICE ON FIRE comes with simple...

The new government of South Korea will reportedly finalize the regulatory framework on the local digital asset ecosystem next year and enforce it in 2024. The legislation will aim to incorporate cryptocurrencies like bitcoin into the country’s institutional system. In addition, the authorities have greenlighted the Bank of Korea’s efforts to launch a CBDC in 2023. South Korea Embracing Crypto Just two months after Yoon Seok-youl secured a victory in South Korea’s presidential...

Prominent decentralized finance protocol, Bancor has announced the launch of its v3, dubbed Bancor 3. The release on the mainnet comes six months after the project first shared the details of features. Bancor 3 Goes Live According to the official blog post, Bancor’s latest version is focused on encouraging broad and sustainable involvement in on-chain liquidity markets by simplifying passive liquidity provision in automated market-maker (AMM) liquidity pools. Following the...

Terra and its ecosystem have had a pretty rough ride the past few days. With UST losing its peg and LUNA in freefall, Terra is under pressure to quickly resolve the “bad debt” and restore community trust in itself. TFL’s Proposed Solutions for Terra According to a series of tweets shared by Terra’s official page, TFL has proposed burning the remainder of the UST stablecoin reserves. More specifically, the team would like to burn a total of 371 million UST stablecoins that...

The Blockchain Group is working to prevent members of Congress from passing legislation that would place sanctions on oligarchs or individuals in Russia for using cryptocurrency. The organization claims that these people are not using crypto for illicit purposes and thus they do not deserve to be punished. The Blockchain Group Seeks to Prevent Various Crypto Laws Sanctions have been placed on Russia since the country allegedly invaded Ukraine last February. There are...

São Paulo-based Nubank, Latin America’s largest digital bank, has signed a partnership deal with blockchain infrastructure platform Paxos to support cryptocurrency trading services within its banking app. Nubank Supports Direct Bitcoin and Ether Trading In a press release on Wednesday (May 11, 2022), Nubank said its customers will be able to buy, sell, and hold bitcoin and ether directly via the banking app, with crypto purchases starting from $0.20. (1 BRL). According to the...

Residents of the United States now have the option of paying bills, utilities, mortgage payments, and even taxes with cryptocurrency. This ability is made possible through Bitrefill, a Swedish tech startup that got its start offering services in El Salvador, which was the first country to declare bitcoin legal tender (this occurred last September). Bitrefill Will Allow U.S. Citizens to Pay with Crypto At the time of writing, Bitrefill allows Americans to pay their bills...

Raoul Pal – CEO of Global Macro Investor – is predicting a “nasty recession” and “liquidation writ large” within the next few weeks, as the Federal Reserve continues tightening monetary policy. He believes the current panic within the crypto markets is similar to that seen during the bear market of June 2021, and the flash crash of March 2020. The Effect of the Fed In a Twitter thread on Thursday, Pal argued that global markets across the board are in for a bruising – not...

Terra’s entire ecosystem has been at the forefront of everything crypto in the past few days. Its stablecoin – UST – lost its peg. LUNA – the other cryptocurrency of the ecosystem – lost 99.9% of its value in days and keeps crashing. Do Kwon – the CEO of Terra – has been in the center of many discussions in the cryptocurrency industry as of late, and in a recent interview, he said that “there’s entertainment in watching companies die.” Ironic. The UST-LUNA Debacle A couple of...

After a successful first phase of IEO, the world’s biggest art token – ARTRINO, is now holding the second phase of IEO on two exchanges, IndoEx and Coinsbit. The IEO on IndoEX starts on May 9 and will end on May 14, and the listing has been scheduled for May 15, 2022, with ArtRino offering a 50% bonus. On the other hand, the IEO on CoinsBit will be a tad longer and extend from May 10 to May 19, with the listing date set for May 20. ArtRino is all about art and ensuring...