Tag Archives: AA News

The world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange continues with its expansion as this time it aims at one of the most well-known magazines and digital publishers – Forbes. Binance has agreed to invest $200 million in the century-old company to help it merge with a SPAC. Citing unnamed sources, CNBC reported on February 10th that the Changpeng Zhao-led crypto exchange plans to allocate $200 million into Forbes. The idea is to help the magazine and online publisher to merge with a...

Crypto.com has made a new move in its aggressive sports marketing campaign, partnering once again with Formula 1 to become the official title partner of the new Formula 1 Crypto.com Miami Grand Prix. The announcement comes just days before the airing of the Super Bowl LVI, the most watched sporting event in the United States, in which the exchange bought a spot to air an ad that could be seen by at least 96.4 million people – if last year’s figures are repeated, which by the...

Zambia’s central bank is reportedly conducting research on its own digital currency in hopes of cutting transaction costs and boosting participation. “The results of the research will form part of the input in the policy considerations on whether to introduce a central bank digital currency in Zambia,” officials revealed cited by Bloomberg. Central bank digital currencies (CBDC) are digital tokens tied to a nation’s currency and run by its central bank. Officials hope that...

Central bank digital currencies have become among the most popular topics of discussion among governing monetary bodies as they are trying to find a way to reduce the impact of private cryptocurrencies. However, IMF’s Managing Director believes that each country has to follow its own route as one type of a CBDC will not work in every nation. Not a Single Solution Reports emerge daily of new central banks that are hoping on the CBDC trend, trying to capitalize on the...

A recent report from blockchain analytics company Elliptic revealed that Ukrainian volunteer groups and non-government organizations (NGOs) received more than $570,000 in Bitcoin donations throughout 2021. 900% Increase From 2020 Interestingly, the total Bitcoin donations made to Ukrainian NGOs in 2021 represent a 900% increase from the previous year. These volunteer groups emerged in 2014 to support protesters during the Maidan Revolution, which led to the removal of the...

The upcoming ‘Tap to Pay’ feature on Apple’s iPhone will offer contactless payment functions to millions of US merchants, both big and small, to accept all types of payments. These include Apple Pay, contactless debit, and credit cards, and digital wallets. Apple’s Tap to Pay According to the official press release, the feature does not require any additional hardware or payment terminal. The announcement revealed that Tap to Pay on iPhone will work with contactless credit...

Dedicated to restoring Assange’s freedom, AssangeDAO started its fundraising on February 3. Less than a week later, it has concluded its efforts after managing to rake in 17,422 Ether from 10,000 users. Helping Embattled WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange The newly-formed AssangeDAO’s mission was to raise enough funds to help free Julian Assange. It aimed to acquire ETH in return for the JUSTICE governance token to bid on a 1/1 NFT. The NFT in question was made by well-known...

DriveWealth – a SoftBank-backed start-up that assists fintech firms in offering stocks – will reportedly provide cryptocurrency trading services to clients. To do so, the company will acquire Crypto-Systems – a separate digital asset organization based in the United States. DriveWealth to Compete with Coinbase CNBC reported that shortly after the acquisition, the start-up will launch two subsidiaries to offer Bitcoin and Ethereum trading opportunities to partners in April or...

Currently, DAI is the fifth-largest stablecoin by market capitalization. Tether (USDT) may have continued to be the market leader after all these years, but DAI has the perk of being open-source and decentralized – something that’s sought after in the DeF community. DAI Ascends According to Makerburn, the total supply of MakerDAO’s DAI, a decentralized stablecoin, has shot up to a whopping $10 billion on February 8th. Moreover, its supply from stablecoin collateral stands at...

Investment in the crypto space soared in 2021. Globally, crypto projects attracted over $30 billion, compared to $5.4 billion in 2020. In its Pulse in Fintech report, KPMG points to an “incredible increase in recognition of crypto’s potential in fintech. According to the multinational ‘Big Four’ accounting firm, 2021 saw a surging interest in crypto and blockchain in the fintech world. Established institutional players explored what roles crypto can play in financial...