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CryptoBear Watch Club (CBWC) is a collection of 10,000 exclusive NFT collectibles that will live on the Ethereum Blockchain. But that's only the beginning. CBWC has lined up a slew of giveaways, airdrops and other rewards for those who hold their NFTs.
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3) CBWC is building a digital club in Sandbox for members only. Watch connoisseurs will find this hard to ignore.
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Uruguay reportedly installs its first Bitcoin ATM.
Uruguay’s first crypto ATM has been installed in the coastal city of Punta del Este, a major tourist attraction in the region.
Uruguay has reportedly installed its first Bitcoin (BTC) ATM, making it the 11th South American country to publicly encourage crypto adoption. Prior to Uruguay’s involvement, South America hosted 79 ATMs, which represented 0.2% of global BTC ATM installations.
According to Ámbito, Uruguay’s first crypto ATM was installed in the coastal city of Punta del Este, a major tourist attraction in the region. Uruguay’s first Bitcoin ATM was developed and installed in partnership with two local crypto companies — URUBit and inBierto.
The crypto ATM in Uruguay currently supports withdrawal and deposits of five cryptocurrencies, namely — BTC, Binance Coin (BNB), Binance USD (BUSD), Ferret Token (FRT) and Urubit (URUB). FRT and URUB are in-house cryptocurrencies managed and distributed by URUBit and inBierto respectively.
Adolfo Varela, the CEO of inBierto, confirmed that the initiative was 100% funded by the government of Uruguay. inBierto is a crypto investment platform, who is also a member of the Uruguayan Chamber of Fintech (Cámara Uruguaya de Fintech), a startup accelerator focused on the fintech sector. URUBit is a decentralized token created in Uruguay and deployed in the Binance Smart Chain (BSC).
Data from Coin ATM Radar shows that Colombia leads the South American market with 31 crypto ATM installations to date, who is followed by Brazil and Argentina at 22 and 11 installations respectively.
Other South American countries such as Ecuador, Venezuela, Aruba and Saint Kits and Nevis have also installed one crypto ATM.
inBierto has not yet responded to Cointelegraph's request for comment.
Last year, an Uruguayan senator introduced a draft bill seeking to regulate cryptocurrency and enable businesses to accept crypto payments.
As Cointelegraph reported, senator Juan Sartori was not keen on adopting crypto as a legal tender. Instead, he suggested:
“Today we present a bill that seeks to establish a legitimate, legal and safe use in businesses related to the production and commercialization of virtual currencies in Uruguay.”
Uruguay’s first crypto ATM has been installed in the coastal city of Punta del Este, a major tourist attraction in the region.
Uruguay has reportedly installed its first Bitcoin (BTC) ATM, making it the 11th South American country to publicly encourage crypto adoption. Prior to Uruguay’s involvement, South America hosted 79 ATMs, which represented 0.2% of global BTC ATM installations.
According to Ámbito, Uruguay’s first crypto ATM was installed in the coastal city of Punta del Este, a major tourist attraction in the region. Uruguay’s first Bitcoin ATM was developed and installed in partnership with two local crypto companies — URUBit and inBierto.
The crypto ATM in Uruguay currently supports withdrawal and deposits of five cryptocurrencies, namely — BTC, Binance Coin (BNB), Binance USD (BUSD), Ferret Token (FRT) and Urubit (URUB). FRT and URUB are in-house cryptocurrencies managed and distributed by URUBit and inBierto respectively.
Adolfo Varela, the CEO of inBierto, confirmed that the initiative was 100% funded by the government of Uruguay. inBierto is a crypto investment platform, who is also a member of the Uruguayan Chamber of Fintech (Cámara Uruguaya de Fintech), a startup accelerator focused on the fintech sector. URUBit is a decentralized token created in Uruguay and deployed in the Binance Smart Chain (BSC).
Data from Coin ATM Radar shows that Colombia leads the South American market with 31 crypto ATM installations to date, who is followed by Brazil and Argentina at 22 and 11 installations respectively.
Other South American countries such as Ecuador, Venezuela, Aruba and Saint Kits and Nevis have also installed one crypto ATM.
inBierto has not yet responded to Cointelegraph's request for comment.
Last year, an Uruguayan senator introduced a draft bill seeking to regulate cryptocurrency and enable businesses to accept crypto payments.
As Cointelegraph reported, senator Juan Sartori was not keen on adopting crypto as a legal tender. Instead, he suggested:
“Today we present a bill that seeks to establish a legitimate, legal and safe use in businesses related to the production and commercialization of virtual currencies in Uruguay.”
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Swapping your assets across different blockchains usually involves multiple platforms. Swap after swap, you’re looking for another bridge to eventually get your desired assets. Haven’t you thought about a one-stop protocol that allows you to quickly swap your assets between networks?
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Hedera Governing Council to buy hashgraph IP, and open-source projects code.
Distributed ledger service Hedera Hashgraph is expected to deploy a panoply of upgrades in 2022 in line with their long-term pursuit of decentralization.
The Hedera Governing Council has officially voted to purchase the intellectual property rights to the hashgraph consensus algorithm from founding architect and inaugural member of the council, Swirlds Inc, for an undisclosed fee.
A Wednesday announcement also details plans to transition their code to an open-source model this year under Apache 2.0 license, in addition to transferring core team members such as CEO Mance Harmon and chief scientist Leemon Baird from Hedera to Swirlds Inc. as the CEO and chief technology officer, respectively, and deploying community staking and node opportunities, among other updates.
Hedera Hashgraph is an enterprise-grade distributed ledger technology designed to create decentralized applications in the Web3 sphere.
It's governing council is composed of 25 corporations, including Google, IBM, Tata Communications and Boeing, who each support the project's decentralized ambitions through the establishment and operation of blockchain nodes, and participating in governance voting, among other duties.
Hedera’s evolution to an open-source technology differs from their current model of open-review, in which the code appears as publicly visible, but is not accessible for editing or developmental purposes by the global community.
The decision to enact this change came about following conclusive technical assessments that the probability of a network split within the Hedera ecosystem is highly unlikely, and therefore the patent upholding legislative exclusivity to the technology can be safely distributed into the public domain, with assurances that it will not serve as an advantageous tool for market competitors but rather a mechanism to foster internal growth.
Distributed ledger service Hedera Hashgraph is expected to deploy a panoply of upgrades in 2022 in line with their long-term pursuit of decentralization.
The Hedera Governing Council has officially voted to purchase the intellectual property rights to the hashgraph consensus algorithm from founding architect and inaugural member of the council, Swirlds Inc, for an undisclosed fee.
A Wednesday announcement also details plans to transition their code to an open-source model this year under Apache 2.0 license, in addition to transferring core team members such as CEO Mance Harmon and chief scientist Leemon Baird from Hedera to Swirlds Inc. as the CEO and chief technology officer, respectively, and deploying community staking and node opportunities, among other updates.
Hedera Hashgraph is an enterprise-grade distributed ledger technology designed to create decentralized applications in the Web3 sphere.
It's governing council is composed of 25 corporations, including Google, IBM, Tata Communications and Boeing, who each support the project's decentralized ambitions through the establishment and operation of blockchain nodes, and participating in governance voting, among other duties.
Hedera’s evolution to an open-source technology differs from their current model of open-review, in which the code appears as publicly visible, but is not accessible for editing or developmental purposes by the global community.
The decision to enact this change came about following conclusive technical assessments that the probability of a network split within the Hedera ecosystem is highly unlikely, and therefore the patent upholding legislative exclusivity to the technology can be safely distributed into the public domain, with assurances that it will not serve as an advantageous tool for market competitors but rather a mechanism to foster internal growth.
Redditors share their thoughts on buying Bitcoin at all-time highs.
General consensus seems to be that it's been all downhill both before and after Bitcoin's recent 13th birthday.
Many crypto enthusiasts turned to social media on Friday to voice their frustrations with the state of the crypto market. One Reddit user named imyourkingg allegedly invested 30% of his net worth into Bitcoin (BTC) a few months ago, saying:
"I don't need this money for the next 5 to 10 years, but I have to admit sometimes I get so afraid of Bitcoin's future; I mean it crashes or never reach $100k, $200k as the predictions for 2025+ says or at least $55k again lol, and I lose that money, especially when all of my friends, my mom and family call me crazy for investing on it."
Crypto's decentralized nature means there are no circuit breakers equivalent to the ones that exist on traditional stock exchanges. The resulting bull/bear cycles can be extreme, and difficult for the uninitiated to become accustomed to. Another Reddit user took the podium with a post titled "$60k and panicked:
Ok, so I was very new to crypto and a victim of thanksgiving dinner, but I need help should I sell or hold. Guys, I'll HODL Hold on for Dear Life, but I can't afford to buy a lot more rn.
Bitcoin's price has had disappointing start in 2022, with the digital currency falling 11.4% in the past 24 hours, and 44.7% from its all-time highs of approximately $68,000 in Nov. 2021. Early BTC investors may already be sitting on relative fortunes, making them more capable of weathering through these downfalls. The same cannot be said for investors who had only recently entered the game, however. According to a report by Huobi Group, 70% of current crypto holders in the U.S. started investing in crypto in 2021.
General consensus seems to be that it's been all downhill both before and after Bitcoin's recent 13th birthday.
Many crypto enthusiasts turned to social media on Friday to voice their frustrations with the state of the crypto market. One Reddit user named imyourkingg allegedly invested 30% of his net worth into Bitcoin (BTC) a few months ago, saying:
"I don't need this money for the next 5 to 10 years, but I have to admit sometimes I get so afraid of Bitcoin's future; I mean it crashes or never reach $100k, $200k as the predictions for 2025+ says or at least $55k again lol, and I lose that money, especially when all of my friends, my mom and family call me crazy for investing on it."
Crypto's decentralized nature means there are no circuit breakers equivalent to the ones that exist on traditional stock exchanges. The resulting bull/bear cycles can be extreme, and difficult for the uninitiated to become accustomed to. Another Reddit user took the podium with a post titled "$60k and panicked:
Ok, so I was very new to crypto and a victim of thanksgiving dinner, but I need help should I sell or hold. Guys, I'll HODL Hold on for Dear Life, but I can't afford to buy a lot more rn.
Bitcoin's price has had disappointing start in 2022, with the digital currency falling 11.4% in the past 24 hours, and 44.7% from its all-time highs of approximately $68,000 in Nov. 2021. Early BTC investors may already be sitting on relative fortunes, making them more capable of weathering through these downfalls. The same cannot be said for investors who had only recently entered the game, however. According to a report by Huobi Group, 70% of current crypto holders in the U.S. started investing in crypto in 2021.
Ripple announces $200M share buyback and expresses optimism for 2022.
The company has repurchased all Series C shares originally issued to Tetragon Financial Group, SBI Holdings and Route 66 Ventures in December 2019.
Blockchain payments firm Ripple has announced a $200-million Series C share buyback, a decision that will take the San Francisco-based tech firm to a record-high valuation of $15 billion.
Back in December 2019, Ripple raised $200 million in a Series C funding round with Tetragon Financial Group, a United Kingdom-based investment firm, acting as the lead investor alongside SBI Holdings and Route 66 Ventures.
However, in December 2020, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission issued a $1.3-billion financial lawsuit against Ripple Labs, as well as co-founder Chris Larsen and CEO Brad Garlinghouse, accusing the parties of using the native XRP token as an unlicensed digital asset security.
Intent on disassociating themselves with Ripple amid their high-profile and openly public lawsuit, Tetragon sued Ripple in early January 2021 in the Delaware Chancery Court, seeking to enact its contractual obligation of a buyback clause to the value of its undisclosed investment sum.
However, just three months later in April, the court ruled in favor of Ripple and against the plaintiff, Tetragon, putting an end to the financial dispute.
In choosing to willingly purchase the shares from Tetragon, SBI Holdings and Route 66 Ventures, it implies that Ripple is seeking to enhance its financial strength, a sentiment that Garlinghouse eluded to in a recent tweet thread.
“Even with 2021’s headwinds, it was our best year on record,” he stated, revealing that the company’s $1-billion bank balance makes it the “strongest we’ve ever been.”
Alongside the news of buyback and valuation, Garlinghouse also shared optimism for the future of RippleNet and Ripple X, the latter of which is posed to enhance the utility of the XRP Ledger in an array of emerging sectors, including nonfungible tokens, central bank digital currencies, as well as interoperable, multichain functionalities, among others.
Cointelegraph reached out to Ripple for comment but did not receive a response at publishing time.
The company has repurchased all Series C shares originally issued to Tetragon Financial Group, SBI Holdings and Route 66 Ventures in December 2019.
Blockchain payments firm Ripple has announced a $200-million Series C share buyback, a decision that will take the San Francisco-based tech firm to a record-high valuation of $15 billion.
Back in December 2019, Ripple raised $200 million in a Series C funding round with Tetragon Financial Group, a United Kingdom-based investment firm, acting as the lead investor alongside SBI Holdings and Route 66 Ventures.
However, in December 2020, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission issued a $1.3-billion financial lawsuit against Ripple Labs, as well as co-founder Chris Larsen and CEO Brad Garlinghouse, accusing the parties of using the native XRP token as an unlicensed digital asset security.
Intent on disassociating themselves with Ripple amid their high-profile and openly public lawsuit, Tetragon sued Ripple in early January 2021 in the Delaware Chancery Court, seeking to enact its contractual obligation of a buyback clause to the value of its undisclosed investment sum.
However, just three months later in April, the court ruled in favor of Ripple and against the plaintiff, Tetragon, putting an end to the financial dispute.
In choosing to willingly purchase the shares from Tetragon, SBI Holdings and Route 66 Ventures, it implies that Ripple is seeking to enhance its financial strength, a sentiment that Garlinghouse eluded to in a recent tweet thread.
“Even with 2021’s headwinds, it was our best year on record,” he stated, revealing that the company’s $1-billion bank balance makes it the “strongest we’ve ever been.”
Alongside the news of buyback and valuation, Garlinghouse also shared optimism for the future of RippleNet and Ripple X, the latter of which is posed to enhance the utility of the XRP Ledger in an array of emerging sectors, including nonfungible tokens, central bank digital currencies, as well as interoperable, multichain functionalities, among others.
Cointelegraph reached out to Ripple for comment but did not receive a response at publishing time.
Google Cloud ramps up blockchain efforts by launching digital assets team.
The new Google Cloud team aims to accelerate customers' efforts in the emerging blockchain and crypto spaces, a blog post explained.
Blockchain, cryptocurrency and decentralized technology are all fascinating topics that have been heating up for almost a decade. Nowadays, everyone wants to be part of cutting-edge innovations.
A Thursday announcement by Yolande Piazza, Google Cloud's vice president of Financial Services, said the firm has established a Google Cloud Digital Assets Team that will assist clients in creating, trading, storing value and launching new products on blockchain-based platforms. The blog reads:
“This new team will enable our customers to accelerate their efforts in this emerging space and help underpin the blockchain ecosystems of tomorrow.”
The blog points to blockchain and distributed-ledger-based solutions like Hedera, Theta Labs and Dapper Labs as examples of firms that have already implemented Google Cloud, adding that the Digital Assets Team will conduct a variety of activities in both the near and long term.
Dedicated node hosting/remote procedure call (RPC) nodes for developers, node validation and on-chain governance with some partners, and assisting users and developers in hosting their nodes on the “cleanest cloud in the industry" are some of the activities the team will carry out.
The announcement also reveals that, as the new team expands, it will be examining ways to allow Google Cloud customers to make and receive payments using cryptocurrencies.
This is not Google's first foray into the crypto space. Google Cloud's parent firm, Google, recently hired a PayPal veteran to assist with the development of Google Pay as it continues to look towards the future and pursue crypto.
Google teamed up with Coinbase in June, allowing customers of the exchange to pay for items and services using Google Pay. In October, Google and Bakkt joined forces to allow customers of the exchange to spend their cryptocurrency through Google Pay.
The new Google Cloud team aims to accelerate customers' efforts in the emerging blockchain and crypto spaces, a blog post explained.
Blockchain, cryptocurrency and decentralized technology are all fascinating topics that have been heating up for almost a decade. Nowadays, everyone wants to be part of cutting-edge innovations.
A Thursday announcement by Yolande Piazza, Google Cloud's vice president of Financial Services, said the firm has established a Google Cloud Digital Assets Team that will assist clients in creating, trading, storing value and launching new products on blockchain-based platforms. The blog reads:
“This new team will enable our customers to accelerate their efforts in this emerging space and help underpin the blockchain ecosystems of tomorrow.”
The blog points to blockchain and distributed-ledger-based solutions like Hedera, Theta Labs and Dapper Labs as examples of firms that have already implemented Google Cloud, adding that the Digital Assets Team will conduct a variety of activities in both the near and long term.
Dedicated node hosting/remote procedure call (RPC) nodes for developers, node validation and on-chain governance with some partners, and assisting users and developers in hosting their nodes on the “cleanest cloud in the industry" are some of the activities the team will carry out.
The announcement also reveals that, as the new team expands, it will be examining ways to allow Google Cloud customers to make and receive payments using cryptocurrencies.
This is not Google's first foray into the crypto space. Google Cloud's parent firm, Google, recently hired a PayPal veteran to assist with the development of Google Pay as it continues to look towards the future and pursue crypto.
Google teamed up with Coinbase in June, allowing customers of the exchange to pay for items and services using Google Pay. In October, Google and Bakkt joined forces to allow customers of the exchange to spend their cryptocurrency through Google Pay.
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Turkish blockchain company opens regional crypto exchanges in globalization bid.
The first stop for Bitci’s international expansion, also a first for a Turkish crypto exchange, is Brazil.
Turkish blockchain provider Bitci is seeking to establish local crypto exchanges in Brazil and Spain in a bid to lure local crypto investors.
A Bitci spokesperson told Cointelegraph that Bitci is planning to open new crypto exchanges in the countries where the company has sizeable deals and assets, as Reuters reported. The first stop for Bitci’s international expansion, also a first for Turkish crypto exchanges in general, is Brazil.
Bitci CEO Onur Altan Tan said in an interview that the Turkish blockchain provider aims to open its first exchange outside of Turkey in February in Brazil. Spain would see the second international Bitci exchange in March. By opening local crypto exchanges in said countries, Bitci aims to provide better service to local investors, a spokesperson told Cointelegraph.
Starting with its Brazilian exchange, Bitci also wants to strengthen its connection with local soccer clubs. Being a blockchain provider, Bitci helped more than 25 soccer teams to launch their fan tokens.
Speaking to Reuters, Bitci's CEO said that the exchange has valuable assets in Brazil. “We have released fan tokens of Brazil's national team and we have agreed with six other clubs,” he added. Exclusive fan token deals with soccer clubs would help Bitci to jumpstart its growth in Brazil, according to Tan.
Bitci saw aggressive growth over the last year, signing partnership deals with a number of renowned sports entities like Brazilian and Spanish national soccer teams as well as the Formula 1 team McLaren Racing.
As the coronavirus pandemic has diminished profits for the sports industry, fan tokens quickly became a trend among sports clubs looking to generate new revenue streams. The unclear regulatory framework surrounding cryptocurrencies in Turkey can also be seen as a key driver for Turkish crypto companies to look for growth opportunities around the world.
The first stop for Bitci’s international expansion, also a first for a Turkish crypto exchange, is Brazil.
Turkish blockchain provider Bitci is seeking to establish local crypto exchanges in Brazil and Spain in a bid to lure local crypto investors.
A Bitci spokesperson told Cointelegraph that Bitci is planning to open new crypto exchanges in the countries where the company has sizeable deals and assets, as Reuters reported. The first stop for Bitci’s international expansion, also a first for Turkish crypto exchanges in general, is Brazil.
Bitci CEO Onur Altan Tan said in an interview that the Turkish blockchain provider aims to open its first exchange outside of Turkey in February in Brazil. Spain would see the second international Bitci exchange in March. By opening local crypto exchanges in said countries, Bitci aims to provide better service to local investors, a spokesperson told Cointelegraph.
Starting with its Brazilian exchange, Bitci also wants to strengthen its connection with local soccer clubs. Being a blockchain provider, Bitci helped more than 25 soccer teams to launch their fan tokens.
Speaking to Reuters, Bitci's CEO said that the exchange has valuable assets in Brazil. “We have released fan tokens of Brazil's national team and we have agreed with six other clubs,” he added. Exclusive fan token deals with soccer clubs would help Bitci to jumpstart its growth in Brazil, according to Tan.
Bitci saw aggressive growth over the last year, signing partnership deals with a number of renowned sports entities like Brazilian and Spanish national soccer teams as well as the Formula 1 team McLaren Racing.
As the coronavirus pandemic has diminished profits for the sports industry, fan tokens quickly became a trend among sports clubs looking to generate new revenue streams. The unclear regulatory framework surrounding cryptocurrencies in Turkey can also be seen as a key driver for Turkish crypto companies to look for growth opportunities around the world.
Social platform behind ‘retail short squeeze’ launches crypto trading.
Stocktwits plans to expand its crypto trading services by launching U.S. equity trading and crypto derivatives trading in the coming months.
Investor-focused social media platform Stocktwits, which gained popularity during last year’s “retail short squeeze” frenzy involving GameStop and AMC Theaters, rolled out its own crypto trading services on Thursday.
Stocktwits has partnered with FTXUS to carry out its crypto trading services and is set to launch United States equity trading next quarter. The firm further looks to expand its trading services portfolio by offering crypto derivatives trading and other asset classes in the coming months.
Stocktwits boasts 6 million registered users and sees 5 million active users monthly. The new crypto trading option would allow users to trade directly from their profiles and allow them to showcase their portfolios as well.
The social network platform played a key role along with the subreddit r/Wallstreetbets to short squeeze meme stocks in February 2021, leading to billions of dollars in losses for hedge funds that bought millions of short positions against these stocks. The crypto community offered great support during the retail saga and asked several companies associated with it to integrate crypto as a protest against centralized bullying.
The social platform until now was primarily focused on discussions among investors and traders along with other data tools. The CEO of the platform, Rishi Khanna, acknowledged the growing prominence of crypto discussion on the network and said that the “community and data have served as a strong on-ramp into the platform.”
The launch of the live crypto trading feature would help Stocktwits join the growing list of companies from the short squeeze saga that have integrated crypto-related services. AMC integrated crypto payments for its online booking services while GameStop is entering nonfungible tokens and also plans to build new crypto partnerships.
Stocktwits plans to expand its crypto trading services by launching U.S. equity trading and crypto derivatives trading in the coming months.
Investor-focused social media platform Stocktwits, which gained popularity during last year’s “retail short squeeze” frenzy involving GameStop and AMC Theaters, rolled out its own crypto trading services on Thursday.
Stocktwits has partnered with FTXUS to carry out its crypto trading services and is set to launch United States equity trading next quarter. The firm further looks to expand its trading services portfolio by offering crypto derivatives trading and other asset classes in the coming months.
Stocktwits boasts 6 million registered users and sees 5 million active users monthly. The new crypto trading option would allow users to trade directly from their profiles and allow them to showcase their portfolios as well.
The social network platform played a key role along with the subreddit r/Wallstreetbets to short squeeze meme stocks in February 2021, leading to billions of dollars in losses for hedge funds that bought millions of short positions against these stocks. The crypto community offered great support during the retail saga and asked several companies associated with it to integrate crypto as a protest against centralized bullying.
The social platform until now was primarily focused on discussions among investors and traders along with other data tools. The CEO of the platform, Rishi Khanna, acknowledged the growing prominence of crypto discussion on the network and said that the “community and data have served as a strong on-ramp into the platform.”
The launch of the live crypto trading feature would help Stocktwits join the growing list of companies from the short squeeze saga that have integrated crypto-related services. AMC integrated crypto payments for its online booking services while GameStop is entering nonfungible tokens and also plans to build new crypto partnerships.
When Spark (FLR) Token Airdrop? Flare CEO Drops Important Updates For Waiting XRP Holders
The Flare’s much-anticipated airdrop to XRP holders may have hit the ‘delay road’. However, Hugo Philion, the co-founder and CEO of Flare Networks shared some quick update for the waiting XRP holders.
Spark is the native token of the flare Network which is designed to bring utility to Flare, through collateralization of assets, data provision, governance and spam prevention via transaction fees.
Out of 100 billion Spark tokens, 45 billion will be up for grabs by XRP holders. However, the airdrop was announced in December 2020 but the distribution process has been postponed on several occasions.
As per Flare, the airdrop depends on the holder’s XRP balance on 12th December 2020, 00:00 UTC, and they were had to apply until 11th June 2021, 23:59 UTC to make their claim.
More news for XRP holders.XRP’s 24-hour trading volume has witnessed a skyrocketing surge of over 100% after some interesting updates regarding the SEC vs Ripple case made it to the internet.
https://coingape.com/spark-flr-airdrop-xrp-holders/
The Flare’s much-anticipated airdrop to XRP holders may have hit the ‘delay road’. However, Hugo Philion, the co-founder and CEO of Flare Networks shared some quick update for the waiting XRP holders.
Spark is the native token of the flare Network which is designed to bring utility to Flare, through collateralization of assets, data provision, governance and spam prevention via transaction fees.
Out of 100 billion Spark tokens, 45 billion will be up for grabs by XRP holders. However, the airdrop was announced in December 2020 but the distribution process has been postponed on several occasions.
As per Flare, the airdrop depends on the holder’s XRP balance on 12th December 2020, 00:00 UTC, and they were had to apply until 11th June 2021, 23:59 UTC to make their claim.
More news for XRP holders.XRP’s 24-hour trading volume has witnessed a skyrocketing surge of over 100% after some interesting updates regarding the SEC vs Ripple case made it to the internet.
https://coingape.com/spark-flr-airdrop-xrp-holders/
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When Spark (FLR) Token Airdrop? Flare CEO Drops Important Updates For Waiting XRP Holders
The Flare’s much-anticipated airdrop to XRP holders may have hit the ‘delay road’. However, Hugo Philion, the co-founder and CEO of Flare Networks shared s
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Billionaire Bill Ackman calls for crypto clarity in New York.
Billionaire Bill Ackman has called upon the city authorities to ensure that more innovators don’t migrate because of the regulatory hurdles.
Billionaire investor Bill Ackman has called upon New York City mayor to look into the crypto regulatory clampdowns associated with BitLicense.
A New Yorker shared his aghast on Twitter about the flawed crypto policies of the city and how it could force him to leave it. The user lashed out at the Bitlicense policy of the city and claimed he could not open an account with any major United States exchange for his venture capital firm because of it.
Bitlicense was introduced in 2015 that governed various aspects related to crypto issuance and exchange. Any virtual currency business operating in the state of New York or managing such investments from residents of New York must obtain the license before starting operations. However, major crypto platforms are concerned as strict licensing requirements caused some to move out.
Billionaire Bill Ackman called upon newly elected city Mayor Eric Adams and Governor Kathy Hochul to look into the growing regulatory concerns. He stressed removing regulatory barriers and easing regulations could be key to making the city a crypto hub. He said:
Eric Adams, the newly elected Mayor who ran the elections with crypto as the main agenda, has also come under fire recently for advocating against Bitcoin (BTC) mining in the state. During a local government budget hearing with elected officials in Albany, Adams said he supports cryptocurrency but not crypto mining.
While many politicians over the past couple of years have shown great interest in the crypto industry and many politicians running for an election have made crypto a central agenda of their campaign. However, a majority of them seem to be using crypto just as a campaign tool.
Billionaire Bill Ackman has called upon the city authorities to ensure that more innovators don’t migrate because of the regulatory hurdles.
Billionaire investor Bill Ackman has called upon New York City mayor to look into the crypto regulatory clampdowns associated with BitLicense.
A New Yorker shared his aghast on Twitter about the flawed crypto policies of the city and how it could force him to leave it. The user lashed out at the Bitlicense policy of the city and claimed he could not open an account with any major United States exchange for his venture capital firm because of it.
Bitlicense was introduced in 2015 that governed various aspects related to crypto issuance and exchange. Any virtual currency business operating in the state of New York or managing such investments from residents of New York must obtain the license before starting operations. However, major crypto platforms are concerned as strict licensing requirements caused some to move out.
Billionaire Bill Ackman called upon newly elected city Mayor Eric Adams and Governor Kathy Hochul to look into the growing regulatory concerns. He stressed removing regulatory barriers and easing regulations could be key to making the city a crypto hub. He said:
Eric Adams, the newly elected Mayor who ran the elections with crypto as the main agenda, has also come under fire recently for advocating against Bitcoin (BTC) mining in the state. During a local government budget hearing with elected officials in Albany, Adams said he supports cryptocurrency but not crypto mining.
While many politicians over the past couple of years have shown great interest in the crypto industry and many politicians running for an election have made crypto a central agenda of their campaign. However, a majority of them seem to be using crypto just as a campaign tool.
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Rubic is one of the most innovative projects in the field; with a simple, working solution for transferring more than 15,000 assets across 10 blockchains in one click! You can even, for example, easily swap $LINK to $CAKE or $BNB to $JOE.
It’s not just fast - trading on Rubic is also convenient. This week, Rubic’s team integrated the Aurora network into their Multi-Chain Protocol. This will enable users of the Ethereum, Binance Smart Chain, Polygon, Avalanche, Moonriver, Fantom, Solana, Harmony, and Arbitrum networks to easily complete swaps to and from any token in the Aurora ecosystem.
Rubic has completed the integration of 2 main DEXs on the Aurora network. These 2 DEXs are WannaSwap v3 and TriSolaris. The integration of these DEXs allows Rubic’s Smart Routing to find the best route and price for your Multi-Chain swaps. As a result of these integrations, Rubic’s Multi-Chain Protocol allows users of any blockchain to easily reach the Aurora network in a matter of minutes; without the need to waste their valuable time.
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FBI warns against rising crypto romance scams during Valentine's week.
In 2021 alone, victims within the FBI San Francisco division’s territory lost more than $64 million to romance scams, compared to just over $35 million in 2020.
The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued a warning against the rise in romance scams in the San Francisco Bay Area, with the latest trend involving cryptocurrencies.
Just a few days ahead of Valentine’s day, the FBI San Francisco field office alerted the public about the rise in romance scams based on the complaints filed with the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3). A romance scam involves creating fake accounts and convincing unwary investors — both men and women — to transfer funds under the pretext of getting romantic. According to the information shared by the FBI:
“Victims within the FBI San Francisco division’s territory lost more than $64 million to romance scams compared to just over $35 million in 2020.”
In 2021 alone, the intelligence and security service logged 742 complaints within the Northern District of California, overshadowing the 720 and 526 complaints lodged back in 2020 and 2019 respectively.
Moreover, the IC3 received more than 23,000 complaints about confidence/romance scams in 2020 — with reported losses of more than $600 million. The FBI warning read:
“The FBI San Francisco has seen a rising trend in which romance scammers are persuading individuals to send money to invest or trade cryptocurrency.”
A typical romance scam starts off with gaining the trust of the victims who are then redirected to fraudulent platforms citing investment opportunities. While the scammers allow the investors to withdraw some profits from the initial trade as a way to prove credibility, the victims are coerced into investing more money or cryptocurrencies:
“When the victim is ready to withdraw funds again, the scammers create reasons why this cannot happen. The victim is informed additional taxes or fees need to be paid, or the minimum account balance has not been met to allow a withdrawal.”
However, the scammers typically stop responding after the victims refuse to add more funds. The FBI recommends victims of romance scams report the activities and contact their banks.
In 2021 alone, victims within the FBI San Francisco division’s territory lost more than $64 million to romance scams, compared to just over $35 million in 2020.
The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued a warning against the rise in romance scams in the San Francisco Bay Area, with the latest trend involving cryptocurrencies.
Just a few days ahead of Valentine’s day, the FBI San Francisco field office alerted the public about the rise in romance scams based on the complaints filed with the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3). A romance scam involves creating fake accounts and convincing unwary investors — both men and women — to transfer funds under the pretext of getting romantic. According to the information shared by the FBI:
“Victims within the FBI San Francisco division’s territory lost more than $64 million to romance scams compared to just over $35 million in 2020.”
In 2021 alone, the intelligence and security service logged 742 complaints within the Northern District of California, overshadowing the 720 and 526 complaints lodged back in 2020 and 2019 respectively.
Moreover, the IC3 received more than 23,000 complaints about confidence/romance scams in 2020 — with reported losses of more than $600 million. The FBI warning read:
“The FBI San Francisco has seen a rising trend in which romance scammers are persuading individuals to send money to invest or trade cryptocurrency.”
A typical romance scam starts off with gaining the trust of the victims who are then redirected to fraudulent platforms citing investment opportunities. While the scammers allow the investors to withdraw some profits from the initial trade as a way to prove credibility, the victims are coerced into investing more money or cryptocurrencies:
“When the victim is ready to withdraw funds again, the scammers create reasons why this cannot happen. The victim is informed additional taxes or fees need to be paid, or the minimum account balance has not been met to allow a withdrawal.”
However, the scammers typically stop responding after the victims refuse to add more funds. The FBI recommends victims of romance scams report the activities and contact their banks.
