Crypto news

The popular ecosystem for non-fungible tokens – Enjin – launched the first NFT parachain on Polkadot. Following the initiative, the former vowed to support CryptoBlades and its more than one million users. The First NFT Parachain Launched on Polkadot At the end of 2021, Enjin’s NFT project – Efinity – won Polkadot’s last parachain auction for the year with a fundraiser of over $214 million worth of DOT. Back then, the blockchain protocol noted that Efinity will go live in...

Mark Zuckerberg – CEO of Meta (formerly Facebook; owner of Instagram) revealed today that Instagram will be integrating NFTs into its platform. Speaking at SXSW, the billionaire confirmed that the digital collectibles would come to Instagram “in the near term”. He shared little detail about what role NFTs would play on the platform, but suggested that people could both show off their current NFTs, and even mint new ones. “I’m not ready to kind of announce exactly what that’s...

Lack of expertise in blockchain and digital currencies is making investigations into fraud cases not only tricky but also susceptible to new scams. In one such case, the police in Indian city Pune have arrested two persons who were hired to help the probe into a crypto fraud case registered in 2018. What is the Case? According to the Pune police, it hired Ravindra Patil and Pankaj Ghode to assist in the investigation of a fraud case involving digital currencies. Ravindra...

Democrat Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts has recently issued a statement saying that cryptocurrency exchanges in America and around the world should enforce the country’s sanctions against Russia and cut off business stemming from that neck of the woods. To make sure this happens, she is now drafting a bill that she believes will make it much more difficult for countries or individuals to use crypto in the future to evade sanctions. Elizabeth Warren Is Clearly...

Elliptic – a blockchain forensics firm – has reportedly given authorities information about a digital wallet that could possibly be linked to sanctioned Russian entities. It apparently stores “significant asset holdings,” amounting to millions of dollars worth of crypto. Caught Using Crypto? In an interview with Bloomberg on Monday, Elliptic co-founder Tom Robinson noted that cryptocurrencies can be used to evade sanctions. This has been a growing concern among officials...

The Japanese authorities reportedly urged local cryptocurrency platforms to stop facilitating digital asset transactions subject to sanctions against Russia and Belarus. The Asian nation is among the superpowers that imposed financial penalties on the largest country by landmass. Previously, Japan froze the assets of nearly 50 Russian and Belarusian oligarchs alleged to be part of Putin’s inner circle. Japan’s Way to Oppose the War Russia’s “special military operation” in...

Somewhere Nowhere is a nightclub that’s based in New York. What makes this business so special, other than the fact that it’s NYC’s tallest lounge area? It’s going to begin accepting cryptocurrency payments from patrons. Somewhere Nowhere Pushes the Goals of Crypto While many digital assets have taken on speculative forms in recent years, the fact remains that they were all initially designed to serve as payment methods. People were supposed to be able to use bitcoin and...

Deloitte believes Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies can help deliver a payment system that is fast, secure, effective, can facilitate efficient cross-border transactions, but there are challenges to overcome first. In the latest study called ‘State-sponsored cryptocurrency,’ Deloitte provided a fresh perspective of a central bank’s digital currency by revamping the traditional fiat system and adapting Bitcoin’s innovation. Win-Win Game According to Deloitte, combining the best...

ConsenSys – a leading Ethereum software company – just announced another $450 million in Series D funding. This brings the company’s total valuation to over $7 billion. This more than doubles ConsenSys’s valuation since its $200 million Series C raise last November. According to a press release from the company, the funding will be used to hire over 600 new employees around the world, and to help expand the broader Ethereum ecosystem even further. New investors that...

[PRESS RELEASE – Please Read Disclaimer] On Saturday, February 26th, 2022, Digital Asset Academy (support system of Relictum Indonesia) inaugurated the opening of Indonesia Creative Economy Expo (IDCEX 2022) and Relictum NFT Indonesia launching. The launch was held at the Kimaya Hotel Bandung, attended by over 100 digital asset investors and the live streaming was watched online by the Digital Asset Academy big family which has more than 126,000 students throughout...