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MLB Team Washington Nationals Partners With Terra Blockchain Community, Ballpark Plans to Accept UST

On February 9, the American professional baseball team based in Washington, D.C., the Washington Nationals, announced the team has partnered with Terra, the open-source blockchain platform and decentralized autonomous organization (DAO). The Washington Nationals detail that the team is a “leading innovator” and is “consistently introducing new technologies to enhance the fan experience.” Washington Nationals Ink Long-Term Deal With Terra Major League Baseball (MLB) team the Washington Nationals has partnered with the blockchain platform and DAO Terra, according to an announcement published by the team on Wednesday. The deal with Terra follows a slew of sports-related deals with crypto firms, but the MLB team will be the first to partner with an open-source blockchain project. In addition to the partnership, the algorithmic stablecoin UST that’s issued on the Terra blockchain will be “accepted as a payment method at Nationals Park as early as next season.” “The Nationals continue t...
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Blockchain Intelligence Company Elliptic Raises $60 Million — Evolution Equity Partners, Softbank Bolster Series C

On Monday, the blockchain intelligence firm Elliptic announced the company has raised $60 million in a Series C financing round. Elliptic plans to leverage the capital to expand the team and “accelerate” blockchain research and development (R&D). Elliptic Raises $60 Million to Bolster Expansion There’s been a number of capital investments and finance injections directed at companies within the crypto ecosystem. On October 11, the blockchain surveillance company Elliptic revealed the firm has raised $60 million from strategic investors. Elliptic highlights that Evolution Equity Partners, led the funding alongside a “new investment from Softbank Vision Fund 2.” Softbank Vision Fund 2 is basically owned by Softbank Group Corp., the Japanese multinational conglomerate holding company headquartered in Minato, Tokyo. Elliptic also notes that Albion VC, Digital Currency Group, Wells Fargo Strategic Capital, SBI Group, Octopus Ventures, Signalfire, and Paladin Capital Group added to th...
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Top engineers working on Facebook’s wallet jump ship to A16z’s crypto fund

The engineers will provide technical advice to Andreessen Horowitz’s portfolio companies. Andreessen Horowitz (A16z), a leading venture capital firm operating in the crypto sector, has nabbed two of the leading engineers working on Facebook’s digital currency project for its digital asset fund. According to an Oct. 11 report from CNBC, Nassim Eddequiouaq and Riyaz Faizullabhoy have jumped ship from Facebook to A16z after spending two years working on the social media giant’s Novi digital wallet (formerly Calibra). Faizullabhoy will serve as CTO while Eddequiouaq will take on the role of CIO at A16z’s crypto division. Faizullabhoy stated: “Andreessen Horowitz has shown an impressive dedication to advancing the entire crypto ecosystem over the past decade, and we jumped at the chance to join their premier team and provide technical support to their rapidly-expanding portfolio.” A16z founder, Marc Andreessen , has sat on Facebook’s board since 2008 — one year prior to the launch o...
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Long-term Bitcoin bulls hodl strong despite five-month price high

Bitcoin wallets that haven't seen outflows for more five months and are currently sitting on $754 billion worth of the asset. On-chain analytics provider glassnode reports that long-term Bitcoin holders are refusing to sell despite the BTC markets rallying to a five-month price high. In its Oct. 11 “ Week on Chain ” report , Glassnode noted that “long-term holders” — BTC wallets that have not seen outflows for more than 155 days — are currently sitting on nearly 13.3 million BTC or 70% of Bitcoin’s supply. The report notes that long-term holders have increased their collective stash by more than 2.37 million BTC (roughly $134 billion at current prices) over the past seven months. With only 186,000 BTC being newly minted by miners during the same period, Glassnode concludes that long-term whales are accumulating 12.7 times more BTC than is created as new supply. Despite long-term holders refusing to sell, Glassnode noted an uptick in on-chain activity as Bitcoin’s price pushed ...
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FTX.US expands NFT marketplace to support Solana tokens

After launching its NFT marketplace last month, FTX.US has expanded support to the Solana Blockchain and plans to integrate Ethereum tokens soon too. FTX.US’s NFT marketplace has expanded support to the Solana blockchain, enabling users to trade, deposit and withdraw nonfungibles that conform to the Metaplex token standard. The U.S. registered branch of FTX announced the expanded functionality on Oct. 11, revealing the marketplace also plans to support Ethereum-based tokens in the near future. The marketplace is open to both U.S. and non-U.S. customers from a long list of jurisdictions, however New York residents are unable to sign up for the platform. Brett Harrison, the president of FTX.US, said that the firm is looking to provide “simpler, safer and easier tools” for mainstream users to trade NFTs via its marketplace, adding: "The NFT ecosystem has started to infiltrate pop culture, but has been lacking a platform that provides easy access and exposure to the mainstream a...
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Wormhole Adds Binance Smart Chain Support to Network Bridge

During the first week of September, the Wormhole Network’s ethereum solana bridge was introduced to the Solana community and the following week, developers released a bi-directional connection for blockchain non-fungible token (NFT) collectibles. On Monday, the Wormhole dev team revealed it has added Binance Smart Chain support to the token and NFT bridge platform. Wormhole Now Connects Solana to Binance Smart Chain The crypto asset solana (SOL) has propelled its way to the top seventh position, in terms of market valuation, among 10,000+ digital assets in existence. Now, year-to-date, SOL has gained 5,987% but during the last 30 days, SOL is down close to 18% on October 11. Much like Ethereum, Solana’s protocol is used for decentralized finance (defi) and there’s a myriad of defi platforms built specifically for the Solana network. 1/ We're excited to announce support for @BinanceChain on the Wormhole network! Starting today, users will be able to seamlessly bridge both to...
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JPMorgan Boss Jamie Dimon Says Bitcoin Is Worthless, Questions BTC’s Limited Supply

The CEO of global investment bank JPMorgan, Jamie Dimon, says bitcoin is “worthless,” questioning whether the supply of bitcoin is actually limited. He also noted that blockchain and stablecoins can be real, emphasizing that governments are going to regulate the industry. Bitcoin Is Worthless and Supply May Not Be Capped, JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon Suggested JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon reiterated his anti-bitcoin stance Monday at the 2021 Institute of International Finance (IIF) Annual Membership Meeting, which was held virtually. “Blockchain can be real, stablecoins can be real,” Dimon said . “No matter what anyone in the room thinks, nor what any libertarian thinks, nor what anyone thinks about it, government’s going to regulate it.” He opined: I personally think that bitcoin is worthless. But, “I don’t want to be a spokesperson. I don’t care. It makes no difference to me,” he added. Nonetheless, the JPMorgan boss emphasized: “Our clients are adults. They disagree. That’s what ma...
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Texas Democratic Party aims to use NFT sales for fundraising efforts

“We can’t wait to continue turning powerful, exclusive, behind-the-scenes moments into digital assets that help fuel progressive objectives," said Front Row co-founder Parker Butterworth. Front Row, a marketplace geared towards progressive organizations, has said it will be partnering with the Texas Democratic Party to pilot a program aimed at raising money for candidates and causes using nonfungible tokens. In an Oct. 11 announcement, Front Row said it had already minted digital images of key moments related to the progressive movement, and listed the nonfungible tokens (NFTs) for sale. Some of the featured NFTs include “wanted” posters depicting conservative Texan lawmakers fleeing the state. Front Row says that the funds raised through its NFTs will go “directly towards political groups and individuals,” but did not specify how it planned for the digital purchases to be compliant with current campaign finance laws. Under U.S. law, candidates for federal offices appear unab...
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Bank of England: Crypto Assets Pose ‘Limited’ Risks to Stability of UK Financial System

The Bank of England says that crypto assets pose “limited” direct risks to the stability of the country’s financial system. “Cryptoasset and associated markets and services continue to grow and to develop rapidly. Such assets are becoming increasingly integrated into the financial system,” the U.K.’s central bank described. Crypto Poses Limited Risks to UK’s Financial Stability The Bank of England’s Financial Policy Committee (FPC) published the October edition of the “Financial Stability in Focus” report Friday. The Financial Policy Committee has 13 members, six of whom are Bank of England staff, including the governor and four deputy governors. The FPC “identifies, monitors and takes action to remove or reduce systemic risks with a view to protecting and enhancing the resilience of the U.K. financial system,” the central bank described. The committee wrote: Cryptoasset and associated markets and services continue to grow and to develop rapidly. Such assets are becoming increas...
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FTX US Launches NFT Market — Users Can Trade and Mint Solana NFTs, ETH Support on the Way

On Monday, FTX US announced the launch of its marketplace for non-fungible token (NFT) assets. FTX explained that the marketplace will feature Solana-based NFTs but support for Ethereum-based NFTs is coming in the near future. FTX US Reveals New Solana NFT Market, Plans to Support Ethereum in the Near Future West Realm Shires Services Inc., the parent company of FTX US , revealed on Monday that the U.S.-based regulated cryptocurrency exchange has launched the FTX NFTs Marketplace . The market will give FTX US users the ability to mint NFTs, as well as transfer the digital collectibles. The announcement published on October 11, indicates that the market will initially host Solana (SOL) minted non-fungible token (NFT) assets. “In the near future,” FTX NFTs plans to implement Ethereum support as well. Brett Harrison, the president of FTX US explained during the announcement that the company has already become “immersed in the NFT ecosystem.” “In learning about so many of these project...
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rhoToken Successfully Launched on Flurry Finance DApp

Flurry Finance is announcing an exciting development in the world of DeFi, as the successful launch of the rhoToken marks a next level evolution in yield aggregation! Users are now able to freely earn, trade, and spend deposit tokens while farming without restrictions or lockup periods. The future of yield farming has arrived! The Debut of the rhoToken rhoTokens are pegged to stablecoins on a 1:1 basis and support 3 kinds of stablecoin deposits. Users can now use the Flurry Finance DApp to convert USDT , USDC , and BUSD stablecoins into the corresponding rhoTokens of rhoUSDT , rhoUSDC , and rhoBUSD in order to earn passive income through the Flurry Protocol’s yield aggregator without the usual hassle, complications, and high gas fees associated with lending tokens to different DeFi lending protocols and exchanges directly. To fully explain this momentous occasion, it’s important to know how the rhoToken differs from other yield farming deposit tokens. At its most basic for...
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YouTube deletes and restores Bitcoin bull Anthony Pompliano's channel

According to Pomp, he had not violated YouTube’s community guidelines and his most recent video didn’t have any questionable content. Video sharing platform YouTube removed the 251,000-subscriber channel of Anthony 'Pomp' Pompliano, co-founder of Morgan Creek Digital and host of The Pomp Podcast, before later restoring it. In an Oct. 11 update on his Twitter account, Pompliano — a Bitcoin ( BTC ) bull known for his interviews educating skeptics and others on crypto — said he received a message from YouTube claiming a recent livestreamed interview with stock-to-flow model creator PlanB encouraged “illegal activities.” Pompliano’s entire channel was unavailable for roughly two hours before being returned to the platform, with all videos on BTC and crypto viewable to the public. “[YouTube] first stated that the content, an interview on Bitcoin, was harmful and dangerous,” said Pomp. “They then stated that we would receive a strike, but then I received a second email saying t...
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Price analysis 10/11: BTC, ETH, BNB, ADA, XRP, SOL, DOGE, DOT, LUNA, UNI

Analysts say Bitcoin has started its journey toward a new all-time high and the sideways action from altcoins suggests traders are shifting funds into BTC. Bitcoin ( BTC ) resumed its rally on Oct. 11 and climbed close to $58,000. This marks an almost 100% recovery from the May plunge and shows that any regulatory action by China is having only a temporary effect. The strong rally in Bitcoin in the past few days has boosted sentiment and analysts are back with their six-figure projections . Geoffrey Kendrick, head of emerging market currency research at Standard Chartered, anticipates Bitcoin to rally to $100,000 by early next year. Daily cryptocurrency market performance. Source: Coin360 David Gokhshtein, the founder of Gokhshtein Media and PAC Global, was even more bullish as he expects Bitcoin to reach $100,000 before the end of the year. Analyst and trader Rekt Capital believes that Bitcoin will rise much higher than $100,000 in the current cycle. Could Bitcoin break abov...
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Mining Hardware Manufacturer Bitfury Plans to Go Public

Bitfury, the leading non-Chinese bitcoin mining hardware manufacturer, is reportedly planning to go public in the next 12 months. This would constitute one of the largest listings of a European-based cryptocurrency mining hardware company to date. The company had a valuation of $1 billion dollars after its latest funding round, and is backed by companies like Mike Novogratz’s Galaxy Digital. Bitfury Going Public in European Markets Bitfury, one of the most important cryptocurrency mining hardware manufacturers in Europe, is reportedly planning to go public in European markets. The company, which specializes in providing hardware for mining bitcoin and services associated with this hardware, supposedly contacted Deloitte, one of the big four accounting firms, to assess its readiness for the process of issuing stock in a regulated market, according to an article published by the Telegraph. The company wants to capitalize on the cryptocurrency bull market to see better performance wi...
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Elliptic raise $60M to advance crypto analytics service

The blockchain analytics firm have amassed data points on 98% of the market's digital assets. Cryptocurrency risk management firm Elliptic have announced a $60 million Series C funding round led by Evolution Equity Partners and supported by a panoply of venture capital firms including SoftBank Vision Fund 2, as well as existing relations AlbionVC, Digital Currency Group, Wells Fargo Strategic Capital and SBI Group, amongst others. Elliptic's history of funding charts a consistent increase, with their debut funding raise in 2016 totalling $5 million, while their second raise across late 2019 to early 2020 raising an additional $28 million. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in London, Elliptic captures analytical data from the blockchain sector to provide anti money laundering and compliance services to fintech institutions, governmental and legislative groups and crypto organizations from financial crime, in addition to enhancing their tolerability to risk. According to th...
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Bakkt crypto exchange partners with Google for payments

Millions of retailers currently accept Google Pay as a form of payment, potentially giving Bakkt users the ability to pay in crypto at a variety of stores and online markets. Users who hold debit cards issued by cryptocurrency exchange Bakkt will be able to convert their crypto balances to make fiat payments using Google Pay. In an Oct. 8 announcement, Bakkt said it had partnered with Google to allow its users to purchase goods and services using Bitcoin ( BTC ) and other cryptocurrencies through the Google Pay wallet and payment system. In addition, Bakkt plans to build new analytics and geolocation functionality on its platform using Google Cloud’s tools. The exchange hopes the features will expand loyalty redemption options “while providing Bakkt partners with valuable consumer behavior patterns.” “This partnership is a testament to Bakkt’s strong position in the digital asset marketplace, to empower consumers to enjoy their digital assets in a real-time, secure, reliable manne...
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US lawmaker is most concerned about Treasury's response to crypto

Exactly 3% of the United States Senate attended the Texas Blockchain Summit on Friday, all addressing their fellow lawmakers' understanding of crypto and blockchain. Wyoming Senator Cynthia Lummis said the Treasury Department may be more of a threat to innovation in blockchain and cryptocurrencies in the United States than the Securities and Exchange Commission or the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Speaking at the Texas Blockchain Summit in Austin on Friday, Lummis said her recent concerns with the federal agency came from the language concerning brokers of cryptocurrency in the infrastructure bill currently at the center of debate in Congress — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has expressed her support of the legislation. Under the wording passed by the Senate in August , brokers would have to report digital asset transactions worth more than $10,000 to the Internal Revenue Service. “The definition that was proposed showed a fundamental misunderstanding of Bitcoin and o...
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BitMEX CEO predicts Bitcoin will be legal tender in five countries by 2022

Developing economies are more affected by issues related to remittances and inflation, BitMEX’s CEO said. Countries in the developing world will soon follow in the steps of El Salvador and make Bitcoin ( BTC ) legal tender, BitMEX CEO Alexander Höptner recently predicted. In a Wednesday blog post, Höptner expressed support for El Salvador adopting Bitcoin as legal tender in September, predicting that developing countries will be “leading the way” in Bitcoin adoption: “My prediction is that by the end of next year, we’ll have at least five countries that accept Bitcoin as legal tender. All of them will be developing countries.” According to Höptner, developing countries will adopt Bitcoin faster due to three major factors: the growing need for cheaper and faster international remittances, massive inflation, and political issues. As opposed to consumers in more developed countries, people in developing economies are more affected by issues related to cross-border payments and...
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Poland’s Central Bank Says It Will Add 100 Tons of Gold to Existing Holdings in 2022

The Polish central bank, the National Bank of Poland (NBP), is reportedly planning to raise its gold reserves by 100 tons in 2022. According to bank governor Adam Glapinski, the objective of this decision is to prepare Poland for “the most unfavourable circumstances.” Gold’s Safe Haven Status In his remarks during an interview with the Gazeta Wroclawska newspaper, Glapinski explained why the NBP has chosen to increase its gold holdings. He said: Why does the central bank own gold? Because gold will retain its value even when someone cuts off the power to the global financial system. Glapinski adds that while the central bank is not assuming this will happen, it is still required to be prepared for such a scenario. The report also quotes the governor explaining why gold’s reputation (as an asset that increases in value during times of increased risk and financial and political crises) is such an important attribute for the NBP. Gold as Hedge Against Dollar Fluctuations Finall...
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Shiba Inu rebounds 40% despite major selling by SHIB whales

The sharp upside retracement surfaces as retail frenzy around Shiba Inu hints at testing May peak levels. Shiba Inu (SHIB) kickstarted its new weekly session in the green as it continued its bullish retracement move from last week’s low of $0.00002058. SHIB’s price logged an intraday high of $0.00002907 on Oct. 11, netting over 40% returns from its ongoing rebound trend. In doing so, the Dogecoin-inspired meme cryptocurrency eyed an extended runup toward its technical resistance level near $0.00002978, as shown in the chart below. SHIB/USDT 4H price chart. Source: TradingView Extended rally ahead? The Shiba Inu chart also showed traders’ intention to accumulate SHIB tokens when its price tests the 20-4H exponential moving average (20-4H EMA; the green wave) as support. For instance, the cryptocurrency crashed by over 40% on Thursday as Shiba Inu’s addresses worth 1 million–10 million SHIB dumped over 31 billion tokens, the largest in six months, as per Santiment data. Howeve...
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Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele Announces Construction of Vet Hospital With Bitcoin Trust Funds

Nayib Bukele, president of El Salvador, announced yesterday he will start using surplus funds from the country’s bitcoin trust. Part of the $4 million excedent will be invested in a vet hospital that will offer different services for the pets of Salvadoran citizens. Bukele explained this is possible due to the bitcoin price increase in the last few days. Nayib Bukele Proposes Construction of Vet Hospital Nayib Bukele, president of El Salvador, announced yesterday the construction of a veterinary clinic with funds coming from the country’s recently created bitcoin trust. According to his statements, $4 million can be withdrawn from Fidebitcoin, the national bitcoin trust, due to the latest price increase BTC has experienced. Bukele explained on Twitter: With the same amount of dollars and bitcoin in the trust, the trust is now worth more as the bitcoin went up in value. So now, FIDEBITCOIN has a ‘surplus’ of $4 million. Therefore, the state company Chivo can dispose of 4 million d...
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South Korean opposition set to tackle controversial crypto tax law

Opposition lawmakers are seeking a one-year delay in the enactment of the law as well as a lowering of the tax burden on crypto traders. Lawmakers belonging to South Korea’s opposition People Power Party have prepared a fresh challenge to the planned crypto tax law. According to The Korea Herald, opposition lawmakers are advocating for a one-year extension to the start of crypto taxation in the country. As previously reported by Cointelegraph , South Korea’s crypto tax regime that will see the imposition of a 20% levy on cryptocurrency gains above 2.5 million Korean won ($2,100) will come into effect in 2022. Apart from the one-year delay, the lawmakers are also pushing for a tiered tax levy for crypto that is in line with the Financial Investment Income Tax regime set to be implemented in 2023. Under the legislative proposal, instead of the government’s 20% flat rate on profits above $2,100, the lawmakers have suggested 20% on gains between 50 and 300 million won ($42,000 to $2...
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Chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen awarded NFT trophy after tournament win

Following the competition, a replica of Carlsen's NFT trophy was auctioned off to a fan for 6.88 ETH. For the first time in chess history, grandmaster Magnus Carlsen has been awarded a nonfungible token (NFT) trophy for winning an international chess tournament, Meltwater Champions Chess Tour (MCCT). The tournament minted a number of NFT trophies and collectibles to indefinitely preserve the game’s most defining moments .  Speaking to Cointelegraph, Carlsen shared his appreciation of the cryptocurrency ecosystem for supporting virtual chess tournaments. The chess champion cited MCCT’s recent partnership with FTX crypto exchange that allowed professional chess players to compete for a prize fund of 2.1825 Bitcoin ( BTC ) ($81,079).  “NFTs help the chess community celebrate great moments and possibly also reward those that have already invested so much time in growing the game. With Chess Champs, this is just getting started and I look forward to seeing it evolve,” Carl...
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Travelers Will Be Able to Purchase Airline Tickets With Crypto in Venezuela

Travelers will be able to purchase airline tickets in Venezuela using cryptocurrencies in the near future. According to statements made by Freddy Borges, Director of the Maiquetía International Airport, the institution would be working to include cryptocurrencies such as dash, bitcoin, and the national petro as supported currencies in the airport’s payment system. Airport to Receive Crypto as Payment In Venezuela The adoption of cryptocurrency as a way of paying for airline tickets in Venezuela might be near. According to statements made by Freddy Borges, who is the director of the Maiquetía International Airport, the institution is working to adapt its payment system to receive some cryptocurrencies as payment for airline tickets and other services offered in the airport. In this sense, Borges stated: “We will activate a button for cryptocurrency payments in the airport platforms and commercial activities, in coordination with Sunacrip.” Among the mentioned cryptocurrencies th...
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