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FTX – one of the largest and newest crypto exchanges in the world – has partnered with Diesel Wynwood Condominium, a luxury residential apartment complex in Miami. The partnership will allow residents to pay their rents and respective living fees with crypto. FTX Joins Hands with Disel Wynwood At the center of the partnership is a firm known as West Realm Shires Services, a payment processing division of FTX. This company will convert any crypto used for rent payments...

Coinbase – one of the largest and most popular crypto exchanges in the world – opened its new non-fungible token (NFT) division to dismal results. The department has been in beta mode since late April and finally opened on May 4, yet experienced little traction. The NFT Coinbase Market Isn’t Doing Well Many are wondering if this is a sign that the NFT market has reached its peak. The NFT space has grown exponentially in recent years and now boasts a market cap exceeding...

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is hiring several new faces for its agency to examine cryptocurrency activities. These individuals and many others will be tasked with fighting illicit behavior in the space and ensuring all crypto trading occurring within America’s borders is clean and regulated. The SEC Is Looking to Police Crypto Activity Thus far, the SEC says it’s looking to add roughly 20 new positions to its cryptocurrency department. These positions...

Paul Chou is the founding CEO of Ledger X, a crypto wallet system. At only 38 years of age, he is one of the most successful crypto entrepreneurs in the space, and he recently sold his company to Sam Bankman-Fried of FTX fame, suggesting the wallet protocols will now become part of this new and growing exchange. Paul Chou Is Building a Universal Cryptocurrency Now, Chou has his sights set on a new crypto project. He’s looking to create a new digital token called...

Not long ago, Fidelity Investments announced that customers would be able to invest in crypto like bitcoin through their 401Ks and retirement accounts. In addition, several businesses offering 401Ks to their employees could soon see these individuals purchase assets like BTC, ether, and maybe even Dogecoin through their company-funded retirement profiles. Fidelity Moves Forward with Crypto The news was widely welcomed in the crypto space, with many analysts saying it...

The bitcoin price has been going through some tough times in the month of May. The currency has been trading in the high $30,000 range after several market factors – including rumors that the Fed was going to hike rates and growing conflict in eastern Europe between Ukraine and Russia – took the world’s number one digital currency by market cap down nearly 50 percent from its November 2021 high. At that time, BTC was trading at nearly $70,000. The Fed Won’t Hike Rates...

Despite the many losses his company has incurred due to bitcoin’s price swings, Michael Saylor of MicroStrategy says he remains a bitcoin fan and he’ll never doubt the asset’s abilities. Michael Saylor Still Trusts Bitcoin At the time of writing, bitcoin – the world’s largest and most popular cryptocurrency by market cap – has dropped to around $39,000 per unit. This may not seem bad on paper, but when one considers the fact that the asset was trading for just shy of...

A new research study conducted by ETHAX – a regulated and licensed crypto firm – suggests many adults are in favor of crypto regulation and aren’t looking to trade any bitcoin without proper protocols in place. ETHAX Sets the Tone for Regulatory Compliance Regulation is something of a two-sided coin (pardon the pun). On one hand, the crypto space has been riddled with crime since it first came about. We all remember the early days of Coincheck and Mt. Gox, which occurred...

Camper & Nicholsons – a company that sells, manufactures, and charters luxury yachts – has teamed up with Bit Pay to permit companies and individuals in need of boating services to pay with crypto assets like bitcoin. Camper & Nicholsons Says “Yes” to Crypto Payments The move is pushing the goals of bitcoin and its digital counterparts closer to being achieved. What many people likely forget is that while bitcoin and many of its crypto cousins have taken on...

Van Eck – a company that at this point, every diehard crypto trader and fan should know about – is entering the non-fungible token (NFT) space. Van Eck Is Establishing an NFT Division Van Eck made a name for itself many years ago when it became one of the first companies to try and get a bitcoin-based exchange-traded fund (ETF) approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The company went through heavy rigamarole trying to earn a greenlight on its...