Three embroidery artists — Russia’s Katerina Marchenko, Brazil's Aline Brant, and Ninni Luhtasaari of Finland — announced Thursday that they will be auctioning their nonfungible token (NFT) art pieces to support Hope for the Future, a registered charity based in Austria. Proceeds from the auction will help victims...
I’ve been up to my neck in CES planning — and, I suppose, unplanning this week. There’s a strange disconnect getting pitches for the one millionth UV light sanitizing robot while you’re weighing the pros and cons of attending a show in-person, amid the latest variant surge. Ultimately,...
Altcoins are making a strong comeback after taking a major hit in the last 4 weeks. XRP crossed the price level of $1 on Thursday for the first time in nearly three weeks. Shiba Inu, one of the world’s most valuable meme coins, spiked by almost 6% in...
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) late Thursday deferred the implementation of mandatory tokenisation of card transactions after the industry sought more time to comply with the latest data safety rules.
Merchants will now be allowed to store data until June next year. The earlier tokenisation deadline was January...
The United States National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) has granted domestic credit unions that are under the aegis of the Federally Insured Credit Unions (FICUs) the permission to enter into business partnerships with third-party digital currency trading platforms.
As contained in a letter addressed to the credit unions, the...
The hashpower behind the Bitcoin network has continued to stay above the 180 exahash per second (EH/s) zone after recently reaching a lifetime high. Five months ago the hashrate tapped a low at 69 EH/s and since then, the hashpower has increased by 163% during the last 178...
Coding class platform Codecademy has sold to Skillsoft for $525 million, in a mix of stock and cash, marking yet another instance of consolidation in the educational technology sector. The sale comes nearly a year after Codecademy raised a $40 million Series D and pivoted its consumer-focused product...
Lambda256, the blockchain arm of Korean fintech firm Dunamu, announced today it has secured $60 million (70 billion KRW) in a Series B funding round that values the company at over $300 million.
This round was backed by major Korean venture capitals and investors, including Dunamu, Hanhwa Systems, Chong...
