Global blockchain engineering company and the developer team behind the Cardano (ADA) blockchain, Input Output Hong Kong (IOHK), partnered up with a cryptocurrency lending platform Nexo. IOHK keeps announcing strategic partnerships as …
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Ripple ODL registered in UAE to provide payments & other electronic financial services
XRP community members @RipplePandaXRP and @WKahneman posted tweets announcing that the Ripple ODL trademark is now officially registered with the UAE Ministry of Economy. According to the tweet, the Liquidity …
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Elon Musk challenged to prove BTC is bad for ecology after gas pipeline fire in The Gulf of Mexico
Bitcoiners have referred to the recent fire in the Gulf of Mexico as an example of how much Bitcoin miners’ work, who constantly seek alternative sources of energy for their …
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Iran to prepare bill to centralize and regulate cryptocurrency use
Iranian lawmakers recently drafted a bill to “support cryptocurrency mining and organizing the domestic market for exchanges.” The plan involves making the Central Bank of Iran the primary regulatory body regarding the …
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Kazakhstan to tax crypto mining starting from 2022
The Kazakhstan government has imposed a new law that will see cryptocurrency mining taxed. The government published an official notice saying that the head of state had signed the law into effect …
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Wyoming to legally recognize first DAO in the United States
The crypto-friendly state of Wyoming has approved the first legally recognized Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) in the United States. The American CryptoFed DAO received notice from the Wyoming Secretary of …
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Philippine stock exchange aims to become a national cryptocurrency trading platform
The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) has reportedly acknowledged that cryptocurrency is an asset class that can no longer be ignored amid increased interest in Bitcoin and other crypto assets among …
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Flare to unveil plan to send 100,000,000,000 Spark tokens to XRP holders in massive airdrop
Flare Network’s much-anticipated airdrop to XRP holders appears to be set in stone, with a final plan for distribution confirmed. Flare, which has planned for months to airdrop Spark (FLR) …
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San Marino to approve blockchain ‘COVID-19 vaccine certificates’ on VeChain
The San Marino Digital Covid Certificate covers vaccination status allowing citizens and residents to move freely within the territory. The approval was announced on July 1 where it was explained how the …
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London fork enters testnet on Ethereum as difficulty bomb causes lag
The Ethereum network witnessed the deployment of its London upgrade on the Ropsten testnet on June 24. This upgrade consists of the highly anticipated Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP) 1559. Following the launch …
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