Leading Auction House Christie’s Launches Web3 and Fintech Venture Arm

Leading Auction House Christie’s Launches Web3 and Fintech Venture Arm

Post Views: 305 On Monday, Christie’s, the leading British auction house founded 256 years ago in 1766, announced the launch of a new venture fund called Christie’s Ventures. According to the announcement, the company’s venture arm plans to focus on “[Web3] innovation, art-related financial products and solutions, and technologies that enable seamless consumption of art.”…

Tony Hawk Partners With the Sandbox to Open a Skate Park in the Metaverse

Tony Hawk Partners With the Sandbox to Open a Skate Park in the Metaverse

Post Views: 332 Tony Hawk, one of the most popular skateboarders in the world, is planning to build a skateboard park in the metaverse. The initiative, which will be completed in partnership with The Sandbox and Autograph, will also create voxel representations of the skateboarder as NFTs, that will be able to be used in…

Jed McCaleb’s ‘Tacostand’ XRP Wallet Is Near Empty, After the Ripple Co-Founder Transferred 9 Billion XRP Over the Years

Jed McCaleb’s ‘Tacostand’ XRP Wallet Is Near Empty, After the Ripple Co-Founder Transferred 9 Billion XRP Over the Years

Post Views: 288 Last month, it was reported that the co-founder of Ripple, Jed McCaleb was close to emptying his xrp wallet that held 81 million tokens worth $26 million. Following a transaction that saw 3,898,451 xrp transferred out of the address, McCaleb’s wallet is now close to being empty as there’s only 47.6912 xrp…

Biggest Movers: MATIC Climbs 20% to Hit 2-Month High, as AVAX Nears 6-Week Peak

Biggest Movers: MATIC Climbs 20% to Hit 2-Month High, as AVAX Nears 6-Week Peak

Post Views: 420 Polygon was up by nearly 20% to start the week, as the token rallied to its highest level since May. Today’s surge comes as crypto markets were mostly in the green, with avalanche also hitting multi-week highs, and as of writing, is up by over 10% on the day. Polygon (MATIC)…

Report: Bank of Spain Worried About Inflation and Its Consequences in Latam

Report: Bank of Spain Worried About Inflation and Its Consequences in Latam

Post Views: 330 The Bank of Spain has issued a new report about the performance of Latam economies during the first six months of the year. The document states that the current inflationary development that several countries of the region have can lead to institutional instability, even as the region is still recovering from the…

US Senator Says Too Many Crypto Firms Are Able to Scam Customers — Urges SEC to Regulate

US Senator Says Too Many Crypto Firms Are Able to Scam Customers — Urges SEC to Regulate

Post Views: 376 U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren says that “too many crypto firms have been able to scam customers and leave ordinary investors holding the bag while insiders make off with their money.” She stressed the need for stronger rules, urging the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Congress to take action on crypto regulation….

Dutch Central Bank Fines Crypto Exchange Binance $3.4 Million Citing ‘Very Serious’ Violations

Dutch Central Bank Fines Crypto Exchange Binance $3.4 Million Citing ‘Very Serious’ Violations

Post Views: 380 The Dutch central bank has fined cryptocurrency exchange Binance 3.325 million euros for offering crypto services in the Netherlands without the legally required registration. Binance has appealed against the fine and has now submitted an application to register with the central bank. The Dutch central bank, De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB), revealed Monday…

Sweden Needs Power for More Useful Things Than Bitcoin Mining, Energy Minister Says

Sweden Needs Power for More Useful Things Than Bitcoin Mining, Energy Minister Says

Post Views: 421 Concerned about projected increase in electricity demand, the government in Sweden may turn its back on crypto mining, the country’s energy minister has indicated. Swedish bitcoin minting industry, a leader in Europe, is likely to soon lose the preferential treatment it has been taking advantage of for some time, a media report…

Globant Survey: Most Gamers Believe Metaverse Will Change the Gaming Industry Positively

Globant Survey: Most Gamers Believe Metaverse Will Change the Gaming Industry Positively

Post Views: 486 A survey published by Globant, a software development firm, and Yougov, found that most gamers believe that metaverse will change the gaming industry in a positive way. The survey, which consulted the opinion of 1,000 PC, console, and mobile gamers, also found that most gamers are still uncomfortable with advertising on the…