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The Ethereum Foundation (EF) – a non-profit organization that supports the second-largest blockchain protocol – disclosed that its treasury equals around $1.6 billion. $1.3 billion of it is distributed in digital assets (primarily ETH), while approximately $300 million belong to non-crypto investments. The EF Sold ETH at the ATH In its financial report, the Ethereum Foundation revealed that 99.1% of its total $1.3 billion crypto holdings are held in ETH. This amount was...

Metaverse games The Sandbox and FlickPlay have partnered to create an NFT collection interoperable between both games. The collectibles feature an anthropomorphic chameleon named Flicky, who wears various combinations of clothing. The First Physical-World NFT As reported by Reuters, some of the users that acquire Flicky will be able to use it as their Sandbox avatar. The Sandbox is a 3D virtual world where users can build assets and buy land on the Ethereum blockchain. Its...

Greenridge Generation – a power generation and Bitcoin mining company – reportedly faces an “uphill battle” in staying compliant with New York state’s environmental law. The Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) is currently under pressure from a regional activist group to have the facility shut down. The Fight to Reach Emissions Targets In a conversation with WSKG news, DEC Commissioner Basil Seggos said that he has “significant concerns” as to whether the mining...

KILT announces the launch of web3name, an application for creating a custom name to represent users’ digital identity. The new approach would increase the transparency of users’ identities without sacrificing the privacy involved with personal data. KILT, a blockchain identity protocol based on the Polkadot network, issues a new form of digital credentials, Web3name(w3n), for users to represent their own digital identities. The credentials recorded on the distributed ledgers...

A PC gaming electronics researcher made headlines in the PC world this week after finding a way to boost the computational efficiency of the Nvidia RTX 3090 card per kWh. That could save the GPU crypto mining community some coin on the electric bill. In Chemnitz, Germany, a one-man hobbyist PC gaming researcher by the name of Igor Wallossek recently found a way to cut the power consumption of the Nvidia RTX 3090. A report about the home lab electronics caper by Hassan Mujtaba...

This week lawmakers in Brazil pushed to advance a bill that would legalize and regulate cryptocurrency— the National Congress of Brazil’s House bill 4401/21. Senator Iraja Abreu, who sponsored a Senate version of the bill (Senate bill 3825/19), dropped his version in favor of the House bill, carrying some provisions over to 4401-21. Bom Trabalho! (That’s Portuguese for “Good work!”) Employing some deft parliamentary maneuvering, Abreu advanced the bill through Brazil’s...

Besides generating a lively discussion among Twitter users across the globe, Elon Musk’s bid to acquire the social media platform for $43 billion in cash has also galvanized the blockchain’s billionaire club. In the latest, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has made his mind public on the issue. In a tweet on Saturday, he said he doesn’t oppose Elon Musk running Twitter, but he doesn’t quite approve of wealthy people or organizations taking over social media firms through...

One of the leading Spanish airline companies – Air Europa – partnered with the blockchain entity TravelX to introduce the world’s first series of non-fungible token (NFT) airline tickets. Users who buy such collectibles will board a special flight between Madrid and Miami on November 29, 2022. NFTs Up in the Air The feature, dubbed NFTickets, will be available for purchase on TravelX’s platform. The first auction was on April 11, as the process will repeat every two weeks....

Staking on Beacon Chain has been booming due to the much-awaited Ethereum Merge despite delays. A major chunk of new stakers on the consensus layer have done so using Lido Finance. In the latest blog post, the project revealed that 75% of new stakers on the Beacon chain who joined in the last 30 days had utilized the staking protocol. Centralization Concerns With the Ethereum Merge approaching, staking on the Beacon Chain has intensified as expected. According to Lido, the...

According to a study conducted by the digital asset exchange aggregator – Coincub – Germany is the most crypto-friendly country for Q1,2022. The previous leader – Singapore – holds the second position, while the USA took third place. Germany Emerges as a Crypto Hub Coincub noted that the ranking of the top digital asset-welcoming nations has changed over the past several months. “Germany’s acceptance of cryptocurrency and groundbreaking decision to allow crypto investments...