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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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OVR Land Map: The Biggest Detailed 3D Map of the Real World With NFTs

OVR AR Metaverse goes to a whole other level. Italian company OVR is announcing today the creation of the so-called OVR Land Map. OVR Land Mapping: the metaverse to another level Thanks to the powers of AI, in fact, OVR is able to generate a 3D map of the physical world starting from simple pictures, no lidar or other expensive HW needed, just the smartphone in your pocket. All of the OVR users will be able to contribute to creating the biggest detailed 3D map of the real world. This revolutionary technology of open mapping system will bring the OVR AR Metaverse to a whole other level: currently, when geolocalization an AR asset in an OVRLand there’s the limitation of the GPS accuracy that has meters of error outdoor while is totally unreliable indoor, a scanned OVRLand will have a localization precision up to ì0 cm. A new AR experience That opens up a whole new realm of opportunities in creating AR experiences that before were not technically feasible: localizing exper...
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Federal Security Service of Russia Seeks Powers to Obtain Information From Crypto Platforms

The Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation has issued a draft order allowing its agents to request information from cryptocurrency platforms among other organizations. The move follows changes made to the anti -corruption legislation in Russia, the agency noted. FSB Wants Access to Crypto Data for Anti-Corruption Checks in Russia Russia’s main law enforcement agency, the Federal Security Service (FSB), has decided to grant its employees additional powers to acquire information from various organizations and institutions as part of efforts to combat corruption. A draft order has been published for public discussions and the FSB welcomes “independent anti-corruption expertise” on the matter. According to the document, FSB agents will receive permission to file information requests with credit organizations, tax authorities, and government bodies responsible for the registration of rights to real estate during anti-corruption inspections. “Operators of information system...
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Web3 Infrastructure Provider Alchemy Raises $250 Million in Funding Round Led by a16z

Alchemy, one of the leading infrastructure providers for blockchain and web3, has raised $250 million in its series C funding round, giving it a valuation of $3.5 billion. The round was led by a16z, which considers we are at a turning point in the web3 space. The company has multiplied its revenue by 15x in the last six months, a testament to the impact it has caused on the ecosystem. Alchemy Reaches $3.5 Billion Valuation Alchemy, a web3 and blockchain infrastructure provider, has reached a milestone by raising $250 million in its series C funding round. The round was led by known VC companies a16z, Lightspeed, and Redpoint, with the participation of Coatue, Addition, DFJ, and Pantera as well. With this new funding round, Alchemy reached a valuation of $3.5 billion, an outstanding value for a company that was publicly launched just a little more than a year ago. The company, that compares its role in the blockchain ecosystem with the role of AWS in the current internet structure,...
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Americans reinvesting stimulus checks in Bitcoin made $4.5k in profit

A timely reinvestment of $3,200 worth of stimulus checks into Bitcoin would return a total profit of $4,514 (nearly 71%) by the end of October. An average American taxpayer received three rounds of stimulus checks from the United States government as a means to reignite the economy by increasing consumers’ spending potential. For many, this meant an opportunity to invest in Bitcoin ( BTC ). A Cointelegraph report from Aug. 26 shows that 11% of the respondents between the ages of 18 to 34 reinvested a part of their stimulus checks into cryptocurrencies . Adult Americans that reinvested the first round of stimulus payments from April 2020 into Bitcoin have realized a net profit of roughly 442%, turning a $1,200 investment into $5,304 as of Oct. 31, 2021. The second stimulus check of $600 was distributed between December 2020 and January 2021, just two months before Bitcoin achieved an all-time high of $65,000 for the first time. If reinvested in Bitcoin, the second check would return...
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Patreon Considers Allowing Creators to Use Crypto for Monetization

Patreon, the membership platform, is pondering the idea of letting creators in its platform issue their own creator coins. The statement, that constituted a revelation, was offered by Patreon CEO and co-founder Jack Conte and Chief Product Officer Julian Gutman during The Information’s 2021 Creator Economy Summit. This is consistent with a report presented last September that evaluated using crypto as part of the platform. Patreon Flirts With Crypto Patreon, the well known membership organization, is now pondering the idea of introducing crypto elements to add new revenue paths, according to statements from CEO Jack Conte and Chief Product Officer Julian Gutman. During The Information’s 2021 Creator Economy Summit, both directives admitted the idea of introducing a membership token for content creators is on the table. While Patreon has explicitly forbidden the introduction of coins as an investment form in its platform, this rise in the crypto along with other circumstances that ...
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Satoshi Nakamoto’s Bitcoin white paper is now a 13-year-old teenager

Today, Bitcoin maintains a stable trading value well above $60k after experiencing a gradual appreciation of 7,749,999,900% ever since its launch. The iconic Bitcoin ( BTC ) white paper celebrates thirteen years of financial disruption after being first published on Oct. 31, 2008, by an anonymous person or entity named Satoshi Nakamoto. The white paper , titled Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System, foresaw the need for a peer-to-peer online payment system that is self-governing, secure and limited in quantity. The Bitcoin network was launched on Jan. 03, 2009, having each Bitcoin priced at $0.0008. While Bitcoin was initially perceived as a threat by traditional financial institutions, thirteen years of community support and a growing user base have made Bitcoin one of the most profitable investments for the Internet age. Today, Bitcoin maintains a stable trading value well above $60k after experiencing a gradual appreciation of 7,749,999,900% ever since its launch. ...
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Finder Survey: Nigeria’s 24.2% Adoption Rating Is the Highest Rate of Crypto Ownership Globally

According to the latest Finder Cryptocurrency Adoption Index, in October 2021, Nigeria had the highest rate of cryptocurrency ownership globally, at 24.2%. Bitcoin Is the Most Popular Coin in Nigeria In addition to finding the West African nation as the country with the highest proportion of citizens that hold cryptocurrencies globally, the survey also discovered that “of the 1 in 4 online adults in Nigeria who own some form of cryptocurrency, bitcoin is the most popular coin in Nigeria at 66.5% of crypto owners.” Alternatively, this means more than half of the 24.2% of Nigerian respondents that own cryptocurrencies are in fact bitcoin holders. On the other hand, the survey findings suggest ethereum ( ETH ) is the second most popular coin with Nigerian cryptocurrency holders, at 23.8%. Despite this seemingly high rate of interest in ETH , the ratio of Nigerians holding this cryptocurrency relative to other countries is still lower, the survey data suggests. In fact, according t...
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