Category: Cryptocurrency

Sep 14
Web3 is creating a new genre of NFT-driven music

Music-related use cases for Web3 technologies are piling up as the industry goes all in on adoption. From democratizing song rights royalties and blockchain licensing to legacy companies like Sony Entertainment filing patents for nonfungible token- (NFT)-authenticated music. While electronic dance music and pop seem to be picking up the most attention in terms of NFT music, […]

Sep 14
‘Market will decide’ on post-Merge Ethereum ETPs, says crypto executive

The Ethereum Merge is set to be one of the biggest events in the cryptocurrency industry, potentially affecting many related firms and services, and Ethereum-based exchange-traded products (ETPs) are no exception. ETC Group, a major European crypto ETP issuer, has decided to expand its current Ethereum ETP offering by launching one more Ethereum investment product. […]

Sep 14
Final Fantasy creators join Oasys blockchain, gamers whine about it

As part of the deal, Square Enix will develop games on Oasys’ PoS network, joining the likes of Sega, Double Jump, Bandai Namco and Ubisoft. 921 Total views 29 Total shares Square Enix, the Japanese game developer behind the beloved Final Fantasy franchise has signed on as a node validator for blockchain gaming project Oasys, […]

Sep 14
$491B asset manager KKR’s health care fund tokenized on Avalanche

To access the fund on the Securitize protocol, investors need to submit their passport, fill out personal and tax information and complete a “liveness check.” 1090 Total views 32 Total shares Digital asset company Securitize Capital is set to tokenize $491 billion asset management firm KKR’s Health Care Strategic Growth Fund II (HCSG II) on […]

Sep 14
Institutional investors headed for a tipping point on crypto — Apollo Capital

Henrik Andersson, CIO of crypto asset fund manager Apollo Capital believes institutions may soon “flip” on their conservative stance towards crypto.  Speaking to Cointelegraph, the Melbourne-based crypto fund manager said that while institutional interest in crypto has been slow in picking up, particularly in Australia, there are a lot of players that are waiting for […]

Sep 14
Hot CPI report puts a dent in Bitcoin and Ethereum rally, stocks also lose ground

BTC, ETH, altcoins and stock prices crumbled in the face of a hotter than expected CPI report. Is there room for a short-term recovery? 2980 Total views 35 Total shares Crypto and stock markets are feeling the pain after the Sept. 13 inflation report printed an unexpectedly hot figure that showed headline inflation rising by […]

Sep 13
Bitcoin margin long-to-short ratio at Bitfinex reach the highest level ever

Sept. 12 will leave a mark that will probably stick for quite a while. Traders at the Bitfinex exchange vastly reduced their leveraged bearish Bitcoin (BTC) bets and the absence of demand for shorts could have been caused by the expectation of cool inflation data. Bears may have lacked confidence, but August’s U.S. Consumer Price […]

Sep 13
Merge ‘jitters’ sees outflow from Ether-based investment products

CoinShares’ head of research, James Butterfill, said the outflows come despite “the improved certainty of the Merge.” 2199 Total views 22 Total shares Institutional investors may be wavering ahead of the Ethereum Merge, with Ether (ETH)-based digital asset investment products seeing an outflow of $61.6 million, signaling concerns about the success of the upgrade.  In […]

Sep 13
Ubisoft cools off on NFTs and blockchain, says it’s in ‘research mode’

Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot appears to be walking back some of the company’s enthusiasm for NFTs, months after receiving strong pushback for its NFT project Quartz. 1247 Total views 42 Total shares Yves Guillemot, the CEO of French gaming giant Ubisoft, appears to have cooled the rhetoric behind the company’s nonfungible token (NFT) gaming project […]

Sep 13
Ripple co-founder Jed McCaleb adds space station-building to resume

Stellar’s CTO and co-founder is now building a team of industry experts and engineers to pioneer a new frontier of space exploration. 805 Total views 26 Total shares Blockchain technology pioneer Jed McCaleb is shifting some of his focus to a new frontier, space. The prominent crypto billionaire announced the launch of his new venture […]