Tag Archives: Blockchain News

Due to the recent failures and flaws of the traditional banking system, Bitcoin’s potential to foster a more secure global economy may have come to light in a new way. River, a Bitcoin technology and financial services startup, has completed a $35 million Series B funding round. This follows after its $12 million Series A round in 2021. The new round was led by Kingsway Capital and also saw participation from contributors such as Alarko Ventures, Valor Equity Partners, Goldcrest, Cygni,...

Makers of Axie Infinity are hopeful that launching the game on the Apple platform will spurt growth. They are also hopeful of Apple making policies friendlier for NFTs in the future. In the latest development, Sky Mavis, the creator of the popular blockchain-enabled Axie Infinity video game, announced that the video game will be now available for download on the Apple App Store. Axie Infinity is a play-to-earn crypto game that allows gamers to battle one another while collecting or...

The firm also conducted a survey recently to asses the constructive stance of policymakers towards crypto and Web3 in Singapore. Crypto exchange Coinbase is looking into relocating to Singapore as the United States Securities and Exchange Commission rejects the company’s requests for regulatory clarity. The US SEC recently asked the judge to deny Coinbase’s bid to coerce the agency to answer Coinbase’s rulemaking petition. The petition was submitted last year asking for clarity on how...

The American banking giant will be focusing on three key initiatives – distributed ledger technology, tokenization, and digital cash. Over the last few years, traditional banking players have been showing some affinity towards crypto assets and America’s oldest bank BNY Mellon is the latest to join the bandwagon. BNY Mellon is pushing for digital innovation while focusing on digital assets, not necessarily crypto. Roman Regelman, CEO of securities services and digital at BNY Mellon, said...

To combat illegal crypto transactions, the Secret Service has successfully seized millions of dollars in cryptocurrency from criminals. The US Secret Service revealed that it trades crypto and owns a small collection of NFTs in an Ask Me Anything (AMA) session on Reddit. According to reports, the Secret Service also acknowledged the potential of blockchain to boost the security and effectiveness of innovations beyond cryptocurrency. On Monday, representatives from the US Secret Service San...

Ahead of its rumored June release, the Apple metaverse mixed-reality headset is touted to be an industry leader.  Reports suggest that the new Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) virtual and augmented reality headset could fast-track the emergence of the metaverse. The consumer electronics giant is on course to release its highly-anticipated mixed-reality headset in the weeks ahead. Many believe the upcoming device could spur the metaverse sector as the first genuine metaverse-specific Apple product. In...

The emergence of crypto TV shows can be attributed to several factors, including the increasing popularity of crypto, the growth of DeFi, and the interest of investors in the potential of blockchain technology. Popular crypto analytics service provider CoinMarketCap in partnership with HELLO Labs has launched the world’s first Web3 TV show dubbed Killer Whales. According to the announcement, filming has been scheduled for June in Los Angeles, with the show set to air later this year on a...

Identifying the platform’s inability to pay a massive sum of $22 million as penalty in violations of the securities laws, the SEC has revised the penalty to $111,000. In a major development and probably the first, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has decided to revise its fine against blockchain-based content-sharing platform LBRY, having identified the platform’s inability to pay a massive sum of $22 million. As per the filing submitted last week on May 12 in a New...

Zimbabwe seeks to use gold-backed crypto tokens to salvage the country’s economic situation. The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has dammed any potential consequences by selling 14 billion Zimbabwean dollars ($39 million) worth of gold-backed digital tokens. That is despite an earlier warning it received from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) not to go ahead with the plans. At the time, the International body cautioned about the potential risks of the plan, suggesting that Zimbabwe would be...

Litecoin has been gaining some momentum since the start of the year with a focus on its next Halving event which is a few months away. Litecoin (LTC) is seeing a parabolic run through its price today as the protocol has unveiled a major milestone underpinning the network. As reported by several media today, Litecoin has also integrated the Lightning Network as it looks to leverage the ultimate scaling solution that has helped the Bitcoin network beat its congestion woes in recent times....