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Seattle-based startup Irreverent Labs has once again raised $40 million in funding led by Silicon Valley heavyweight investment firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z). Irreverent Labs is building games and entertainment in which all the characters are AI-powered NPCs. The financing will lead to the development of a blockchain-based fighting game called...
After experiencing a great plunge in the crypto market, major tokens such as Bitcoin has been rebounded slightly. Bitcoin has experienced a plunge below $30,000, a move that breached a symbolic price threshold. However, the flagship cryptocurrency later recovered from some of those losses, trading at $30,864.31 as of...
To trigger talent development, education, and blockchain innovation on African soil, NEAR Foundation, has launched a regional hub in Kenya in collaboration with Sankore, an African-focused blockchain community. As a Swiss non-profit in charge of the NEAR protocol, the NEAR Foundation sees the hub as a stepping stone towards...
Crypto-basher economist Nouriel Roubini is developing a tokenised asset designed to counter the volatility of the U.S. dollar due to inflation, climate change, and more. According to Bloomberg’s report, Roubini is developing a tokenised U.S. dollar backed by a physical asset in partnership with the Dubai-based firm Atlas Capital Team...
Blockchain start-up Nous Systems has announced the launch of the world's first decentralised hedge fund built on blockchain technology. The decentralised investment platform Nous Fund is now live on the Polygon Network. Investors will be able to mint their own non-fungible contracts through Nous Fund, while also participating directly in...
Bitcoin (BTC) dropped to the $29K level, a scenario not seen since July last year, as more liquidation continues engulfing the market. Even though the leading cryptocurrency had briefly dropped to $29,892, it had gained momentum to hit $32,327 during intraday trading, according to CoinMarketCap. Darshan Bathija, the CEO of...
The Bank of Tanzania is actively introducing a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) to strengthen the domestic payment system. Bank of Tanzania Governor Florence Luoga said in an interview on Monday in the commercial capital Dar es Salaam that Tanzania plans to follow in Nigeria's footsteps and launch its...
The market capitalisation of cryptocurrencies has fallen more than 50% to around $1.4 trillion as the Federal Reserve (Fed) raised interest rates by 50 basis points sparking a sell-off panic among investors. Bitcoin (BTC) tumbled to a three-month low in the Asian trading section on Monday. BTC is at its lowest...
Sweatcoin has seen the creation of over 3.4 million crypto wallets via its mobile application since the announcement of the SWEAT crypto token by the company on April 12. The total number represents an allocation of over 860 million sweatcoins and they will be matched with SWEAT at the...
BDSwiss, a leading investment firm offering Foreign Exchange (Forex) and Contract For Difference (CFD) investment services to clients worldwide, announced on Monday that it has expanded its cryptocurrency offering with nine new CFD crypto-pairs. BDSwiss’ existing crypto products include some largest cryptocurrencies by market cap, paired against the EUR...