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Schauspieler Matt Damon wirbt für eine Bitcoin-Börse. Aktuell sind Werbeanzeigen der Krypto-Börse Crypto.com in allen Medien vertreten. Seit Neuestem wirbt sogar Matt Damon für die Plattform. Stellt sich nur die Frage, welche Gründe es für diese Werbeoffensive gibt? Das Unternehmen aus Singapur investierte jüngst knapp eine Milliarde US-Dollar um das bekannte Staple Center in Los Angeles mit dem Namen der Online-Börse zu versehen oder um...

Schauspieler Matt Damon wirbt für eine Bitcoin-Börse. Aktuell sind Werbeanzeigen der Krypto-Börse Crypto.com in allen Medien vertreten. Seit Neuestem wirbt sogar Matt Damon für die Plattform. Stellt sich nur die Frage, welche Gründe es für diese Werbeoffensive gibt? Das Unternehmen aus Singapur investierte jüngst knapp eine Milliarde US-Dollar um das bekannte Staple Center in Los Angeles mit dem Namen der Online-Börse zu versehen oder um...

The vice-chair of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) – Erik Thedéen – urged the EU financial regulators to prohibit the cryptocurrency mining model known as proof-of-work. He also claimed that bitcoin has turned into a “national issue” for his homeland Sweden because of the amount of renewable energy devoted to mining the asset. ‘The Solution Is to Ban Proof-of-Work’ In a recent interview for the Financial Times, Erik Thedéen (also Director-General of...

Steven is a man who was raised on the Shetland archipelago. At the age of 13, he left school and made his way into construction, where he earned a whopping salary of more than 85,000 pounds per year. How Steven Has Dealt with His Crypto Addiction This isn’t bad for someone with limited educational means. Unfortunately, Steven has lost virtually everything to his crypto addition, which he likened in a recent interview to a gambling addiction. He says, crypto, drugs, and...

Privacy-focused startup Nym Technologies has developed the first block for its Nym mainnet and has started onboarding validators ahead of its mainnet launch. Onboarding Network Validators In a press release shared with CryptoPotato on Wednesday, Nym noted that it has welcomed some top firms as its network validators, including the telecommunications giant Swisscom, Dokia Capital, Chorus One, Nodes.Guru and a few others from the community like Commodum. The validators will...

Hedera – a distributed public ledger for Web 3 dapps – recently voted to buy the intellectual property rights for the hashgraph consensus algorithm from Swirlds, Inc., one of the Hedera Governing Council’s founding members. Furthermore, the project will be shifting to an open-source code model this year. Hedera’s Decentralization Plans According to a press release shared with CryptoPotato on Wednesday, the transition to open-source will take place under the Apache 2.0...

Would you move to Arkansas if you were paid $10,000 in bitcoin? It turns out there are a lot of people both inside and outside the U.S. that are willing to accept this deal. You Can Earn $10K in BTC to Move to Arkansas The Northwest Arkansas Council (NWA Council) is a nonprofit organization that is hoping to cash in on the skills of tech experts, entrepreneurs, and others who think they can turn the northern portion of the Natural State into a crypto haven. The group is...

The leading banking service operator in Morocco – Attijariwafa Bank – has reportedly joined RippleNet. The latter is an international cross-border payment network designed by the American blockchain company Ripple. A local report revealed that Attijariwafa Bank had become a member of the RippleNet ecosystem. By joining the crypto world, the Moroccan financial institution has strengthened its position as an innovative banking leader in the North African region. As a result,...

According to BNY Mellon’s Chief Executive Officer – Emily Portney – digital assets could create a significant source of revenue starting from next year for the financial institution. America’s Oldest Bank Sees Crypto’s Potential The Bank of New York, established in 1784 and operating today as BNY Mellon, is the oldest continuously functioning bank in the past year or so. In a recent interview, Chief Executive Officer Emily Portney reaffirmed that position. She predicted that...

Jon von Tetzchner – the CEO of Vivaldi – has put out a blog post that doesn’t place cryptocurrency in the greatest light. In the blog, he suggests digital currency is nothing more than a “Ponzi scheme” posing as currency. Jon von Tetzchner Isn’t a Crypto Fan He writes the following: Cryptocurrency has been touted by many as a revolution in currency, the future of investment, and a breakthrough technology, but if you look beyond the hype, you’ll find nothing more than a...