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Paxos ends partnership with Binance

Paxos ends partnership with Binance

Paxos has announced that it will end its partnership with Binance regarding the BUSD stackable token, according to a PR Newswire release. The issuance of new tokens will be halted as of 21 February. All BUSD is secured and Paxos will continue to support the stabelcoin. It will be exchangeable

China approves launch of blockchain research centre in Beijing

China approves launch of blockchain research centre in Beijing

China plans to launch a National Blockchain Technology Innovation Centre in Beijing. The research centre will be established with the participation and support of local universities, analyst firms and blockchain companies.

Ancient BTC address wakes up after 11 years

Ancient BTC address wakes up after 11 years

The bitcoin wallet of 2012 "woke up" yesterday. The owner sold most of the BTC earning about $9.5 million. The investment in 2012 is valued at just over $5 thousand. The first bitcoin was sent to the account on September 28, 2012. As of October 1, the

Dubai has banned anonymous tokens

Dubai has banned anonymous tokens

Dubai has banned issuing licenses to companies that issue or maintain anonymity-oriented tokens (such as Zcash or Monero). Such a rule was published by the local regulator VADA. Dubai regards anonymous cryptocurrencies as "a type of virtual asset that interferes with the traceability of transactions or ownership records through

Yuga Labs wins lawsuit against Thomas Lehman

Yuga Labs wins lawsuit against Thomas Lehman

Last month, Yuga Labs Studio filed a lawsuit against blockchain programmer Lehman (Thomas Lehman). They accused him of working on the RR/BAYC project. This is a collection of 10,000 NFTs that have similar names and styles to the original "monkeys". The specialist allegedly helped create a

Interpol to investigate crimes in the meta-universe

Interpol to investigate crimes in the meta-universe

Interpol Secretary General Jürgen Stock believes that criminals are increasingly using new technologies and now have their attention focused on the meta-universes. He also said Interpol "has a duty to respond adequately" to rising crime rates. The agency will therefore consider various options to intervene.

Head of NFT at Mastercard resigns due to constant stress

Head of NFT at Mastercard resigns due to constant stress

Satvik Sethi, head of NFT at Mastercard, has announced his resignation from the company. He stated that he was fully in charge of the payment giant's Web3 projects. All issues related to this area went through him. He says the working conditions at the firm were awful. Now

Ledger has integrated MultiversX stacking into Ledger Live

Ledger has integrated MultiversX stacking into Ledger Live

MultiversX (EGLD) announced that hardware wallet maker Ledger has integrated native project token stacking into the Ledger Live app.

BTC will be worth around $1m by the end of the decade - Ark Invest

BTC will be worth around $1m by the end of the decade - Ark Invest

Katty Wood's Ark Invest fund has published a report titled "Big Ideas". In it, the company argues that bitcoin continues to outperform traditional assets, and that by the end of the decade it will surpass the $1 million mark.

Mining saved Africa's oldest national park from bankruptcy

Mining saved Africa's oldest national park from bankruptcy

Virunga National Park in DRC, covering 7,800 square kilometres, has been experiencing difficulties with funds and has been on the brink of bankruptcy for the past few years. "Bitcoin mining has become the park's lifeline. The first mining farm appeared in the park in early 2020.