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Rio de Janeiro – a popular tourist destination in the South American country of Brazil – is looking to become the nation’s biggest crypto hot spot. The city has already laid out plans to begin purchasing bitcoin and add the digital currency to its balance sheet. Rio de Janeiro Wants to Be a Major Crypto Haven Eduardo Paes – the mayor of Rio de Janeiro – explained in a statement that he is currently organizing a committee that will study ways to potentially incentivize...

The public security bureau of Chizhou city in the eastern province of Anhui has frozen six million yuan or nearly $1 million worth of crypto assets and arrested eight people for defrauding its investors since last year. Rug Pull Crypto Scam Chinese authorities have arrested eight in a rug pull scam involving 50 million yuan or $7.8 million in digital assets as the Beijing crackdown continues. The report suggested that several investors were duped in a scheme that let the...

A new report from blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis suggests that in the year 2021, North Korea stole as much as $400 million worth of cryptocurrency. As many as seven separate attacks were launched as a means of gaining access to the money. North Korea Is Rich from Stealing Crypto Among the methods used to engage in thievery were “phishing lures, code exploits, malware, and advanced social engineering to siphon funds” out of organizations’ hot wallets and addresses,...

The Cardano Foundation teamed up with its official commercial arm – EMURGO – to launch a joint project. The main goal is to support the ecosystem of the blockchain protocol and accelerate decentralized application development. ‘We Want to Ensure We Enable The Architects of The Future’ According to a recent blog post, the project will consist of a Minimum Viable Product 1 and Minimum Viable Product 2. MVP1 will be composed of a modular tool stack built by Five Binaries (an...

Intel – the world’s second-largest semiconductor chip manufacturer – appears to be planning a Bitcoin mining chip reveal. At this year’s ISSCC conference, the organization has a presentation scheduled under the “Highlighted Chip Releases” category to showcase a “Bonanza Mine” processor. The Bonanza Mine Processor As reported by Tom’s Hardware, Intel describes the chip as an “ultra-low-voltage energy-efficient Bitcoin mining ASIC”. An ASIC is an application-specific integrated...

The decentralized finance protocol OlympusDAO collaborated with Balancer to set up OHM as a liquid asset within the latter’s network. CopperLaunch and PrimeDAO will facilitate the front end of the Liquidity Bootstrapping Pools (LBPs) by adding OHM as a collateral token. The Specifics of The Project According to a document seen by CryptoPotato, the decentralized reserve currency protocol – OlympusDAO – will initially deploy $50 million of liquidity to Balancer Protocol. The...

Tesla is now accepting Dogecoin payments for merchandise. The news was made official late last week when billionaire CEO Elon Musk announced the company’s decision on Twitter. Dogecoin Is a Powerhouse Cryptocurrency Dogecoin’s price has since shot up by more than 12 percent. As it stands, not all items are subjectable to Dogecoin purchases. Thus far, the only two items that users can purchase with Doge are Tesla-brand belt buckles and all-terrain vehicles for children,...

Bitcoin is currently testing a crucial support area holding the price for the past several weeks. The next days or even hours will likely determine which direction BTC will head to in the short term. While a bullish reversal is probable if the level holds, there is the possibility of a bearish breakdown, leading to another long liquidation cascade below the $40K mark. Technical Analysis Bitcoin’s price has been in a strong downtrend since the $69K top during the first half of...

Moody’s Investors Service recently claimed that El Salvador’s Bitcoin trading activity is boosting the nation’s risk of default. Like most other groups to speak out against the experiment, President Nayib Bukele publicly disregarded their opinion. Moody’s Take On El Salvador The ratings agency discussed El Salvador’s Bitcoin-related risks in conversation with Bloomberg last Wednesday. Analyst Jaime Reusche claimed the country’s Bitcoin holdings “certainly add to the risk...

Animoca Brands has raised $360 million in a fresh round of funding. As such, the valuation of the Hong Kong-based company has doubled since October 2021 to $5.5 billion. The latest round of investments was led by Liberty City Ventures along with Winklevoss Capital and Soros Fund Management. Rise in Valuation in Line With NFT Boom The dramatic spike in Animoca Brand’s valuation comes in the wake of the global NFT business growing from under $100 million in 2020 to nearly $25...