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Binance, a global cryptocurrency exchange, announced on Thursday that its subsidiary in Bahrain has received a Category 4 license as a crypto asset service provider (CASP) from the Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB). According to the announcement, Binance Bahrain is the first exchange to be awarded a category 4...
Tether Operations Limited, the blockchain startup behind the USDT stablecoin, has announced its entry into Latin America with the launch of the Mexican Pesos backed MXN₮ stablecoin.  According to the company, the new stablecoin will be pegged to the Mexican Pesos on a 1:1 ratio and supported on three...
California-based venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) has launched its fourth crypto fund, the Crypto Fund IV, as it prepares to invest fully into blockchain and Web3.0 startups. While the current climate in the digital currency ecosystem is one that does not encourage investments, especially with the discouraging...
PCCW and HKT have become the first Hong Kong-based communications, media and technology (CMT) organisations to join the metaverse following a partnership with The Sandbox. The two companies have purchased virtual land in Mega-City - the Hong Kong-inspired neighbourhood in The Sandbox - and they are set to launch...
Mobile game publisher Kongregate has partnered with Immutable X, Ethereum's leading Layer 2 (L2) scaling solution, to launch a $40 million blockchain developer fund. This time, the fund will establish the IMX token pool as a grant awarded to the development of blockchain games on the web3 gaming platform...
The proposal to revive the troubled Terra network as Terra 2.0 has received the green light from the community. However, the controversial algorithmic UST stablecoin will not be a part of the rebirth. Per the announcement: “Terra 2.0 is coming. With overwhelming support, the Terra ecosystem has voted to pass...
Bit Origin Limited, an emerging cryptocurrency mining firm based in the US, has announced recently that it has signed a Letter of Intent (“LOI”) to acquire 30.62% equity interest in Horizon Mining Ltd- an operator of a crypto mining site located in Macon, Georgia. Bit Origin seeks to make...
Canadian blockchain software development company Blockchain Foundry has partnered with Palmer Group to launch "Metacademy", a Web3 education platform focusing on blockchain, cryptocurrencies, and Non-fungible Tokens (NFTs). Blockchain Foundry Inc. develops and commercializes blockchain-based business solutions and provides consulting services to corporate clients. This announcement came after the launching of...
Kevin Roberts, the President of the Heritage Foundation, recently participated in a panel discussion titled ‘Bitcoin and the American Experiment’, saying that: “Bitcoin is the biggest destructive innovation in a positive sense that can protect the American people.” The cryptocurrency market continues growing and garnering support from people, including...
StarkWare, an Ethereum-based Layer-2 protocol, has raised $100 million in a Series D funding round to bring its valuation to $8 billion. The latest funding round, which succeeds the $100 million Series C round that valued it at around $2 billion about 6 months ago, was led by...