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Japan Credit Bureau to Test CBDC for Payment Settlement

Asides from creating its digital currency, JCB has been making forays into the world of blockchain, crypto, and Web3.Ahead of Japan’s issuance of CBDC, Japan Credit Bureau (JCB) has launched its digital currency. JCB is projecting that asking older citizens and young children to use a new payment infrastructure may limit the adoption of CBDCs in the future. As such, the firm is looking to test CBDC acceptance with its existing payment infrastructure vis, contactless payment system, merchants,...

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Renovi and Aftermath Islands Partners to Launch First NFT Buildathon

Per the announcement, entries to participate in the buildathon will continue until January 9 2023, and the submissions will be judged by a panel of NFT and metaverse veterans.Renovi, a metaverse marketplace, and design studio has launched the first Non-Fungible Token (NFT) Buildathon in partnership with Aftermath Islands Metaverse Limited. As contained in a Press Release shared with Coinspeaker, the buildathon, dubbed the Next Top Metaverse Build will enable artists, architects, and entrants...

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Telegram to Auction Usernames on TON Blockchain

Cross-platform, cloud-based instant messaging service Telegram has announced that it will auction usernames on TON.According to reports, Telegram plans to auction usernames on The Open Network (TON) blockchain. This decision comes two months after Telegram founder Pavel Durov first floated the idea. A message on an official channel belonging to the dual-headquartered platform read that “a few weeks ago, the founder and CEO of Telegram announced the upcoming ability to buy and sell unique and...

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Twitter Partners with Major NFT Marketplaces to Launch New Web3-Focused Feature

Twitter alongside other social media platforms continue to play remarkable roles in the quest to get NFTs to be globally recognized and adopted.Twitter is working with notable NFT marketplaces such as Rarible, OpenSea, GuardianLink’s Jump.trade, and Dapper Labs to launch a cool new NFT feature. Called “tweet tiles”, the feature will allow Twitter users to share non-fungible tokens (NFTs) as well as call-to-action (CTA) collection objects on the platform.It should be mentioned that the “tweet...

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DeFi-focused Hedge Fund Edge Capital Management Raises $66.8M

Edge Capital has very little information about its products but markets itself as an alternative investment manager specializing in digital assets and DeFi protocols.According to SEC filings, Edge Capital Management LLC, Florida-based decentralized finance (DeFi) focused hedge fund, has raised a total of $66.8 million in two separate fundings. Reportedly, the firm raised one offshore fund in the Cayman Islands from eight investors for a total of $38.6 million. On the other hand, the company...

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