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More and more companies out there are looking to pay their younger workers in crypto as a means of keeping them aboard. Why More People Are Getting Paid in Crypto One example comes in the form of Stephen Gerrits, who is a senior at Clemson University in South Carolina. He has a part-time job with a startup and gets paid in crypto, something he’s clearly pleased about. He said in a recent interview: Why not take the chance or the opportunity to kind of strike it rich, get...

One of the leading altcoin exchanges in the Chinese region – MEXC Global, formerly known as MXC, revealed that it will be retiring Chinese users’ accounts by the end of December 2021. In a detailed Twitter thread, one of the leading Chinese altcoins exchanges, MEXC Global, which was previously called MXC, announced that it will be retiring the accounts of Chinese accounts by the end of December. The move comes as a response to the fact that the exchange has struck...

Eco Penguin – a company designed to offset carbon emissions in the crypto industry – is partnering with a non-profit company known as Carbon Offsets to Alleviate Poverty (COTAP). It is the first carbon-offsetting company to accept crypto as a method of payment. Eco Penguin Is Hoping to Limit Carbon Emissions from Crypto The goal is to help all crypto firms accept responsibility for the damage they allegedly cause to the environment. This has been a heavy topic over the...

Chinese internet behemoths are racing to the metaverse. Baidu, for one, is fairly confident that its metaverse app will take at least six years to fully launch. However, as the tech giant eyes to explore more, it will not add support for digital assets on the app. Baidu’s Metaverse World While speaking at the “Create 2021,” Baidu’s annual developers’ event, Ma Jie, the company’s Vice President, shed some light on the timeline of its immersive digital world ‘XiRang.’ Although...

In 2021, many celebrities across different fields got involved with the cryptocurrency space in various ways. Chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen competed for the top prize of 1 Bitcoin (approximately $51,000 at the time of writing) in the bullet tournament “Agadmator CakeDeFi Christmas Arena” on the 21st of December. Apart from Carlsen, the 2-hour featured some of the very best bullet players in the world, including Hikaru Nakamura, Alireza Firouzja, Andrew Tang, Daniel...

[PRESS RELEASE – Zürich, Switzerland, 22nd December 2021] Astra Protocol is pleased to announce it has secured $9 million through its token raise. In addition, top-tier investment groups and individuals have backed the project, confirming the need for decentralized compliance in the decentralized finance industry. Things are progressing rapidly for Astra and its globally patented protocol. The initiative focuses on equipping DeFi smart contracts with a fully decentralized...

Der Erfolg des letzten Spiderman-Films wird offenbar gerade von Scammern genutzt. Während der Feiertage ist eine Cryptocoin Malware mit dem Comichelden aufgetaucht. Eine Cybersecurity Firma hat sie inzwischen „Spider-Miner“ Malware getauft. Crypto News: Vorsicht vor Cryptocoin Malware mit Spider Man: No Way Home InhaltenDie Malware scheint vor allem auf Torrent Files zu verlinken. Dort soll eine Kopie des neuen Kinofilms frei zugänglich sein. Der Dateiname deutet auf russischen Ursprung hin,...

The Bank of Thailand (BOT) has revealed that it will delay the testing phase of its central bank digital currency (CBDC) until late 2022. Thailand Reschedules CBDC Test Reporting the postponement, Reuters noted that Thailand plans to use the national digital currency as an alternative payment option to cash. Although the central bank did not state the reason for the delay, it still intends to use the pilot project to evaluate the use of a CDBC to complement cash transactions...

[PRESS RELEASE – London, United Kingdom, 21st December 2021] Flare, the blockchain infrastructure pioneers bringing EVM compatible smart contracts to simple payment chains like XRP, Doge and others, has announced a new partnership with Fan Controlled Football (FCF) to power the league’s collectible NFTs & set the stage for a DAO voting platform which would create the first professional sports team controlled by a DAO on a blockchain. FCF will mint and issue the league’s...

[PRESS RELEASE – Tortola, British Virgin Islands, 21st December 2021] Transient Network, a Smart Contract Global Marketplace, has joined hands with GameScorekeeper, a leading eSports solutions provider that tracks and captures data from all major and minor leagues and tournaments in League of Legends, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Dota 2, Valorant, Honor of Kings, Arena of Valor, and Overwatch. It covers more than 100,000 esports matches per year. Transient is building...