X Ventures partners with Agora to host The X Competition
    03 Feb 2022
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    X Ventures and Agora announced the launch of the X Competition, giving blockchain startups the chance to win up to $2 million in funding, a business strategy workshop with renowned experts in Berlin, and exposure to over 50 venture capitalists at the Agora 9th Edition Global Blockchain Congress, an invitation-only blockchain conference in Dubai on…

    Solana ETP receives approval to trade on Frankfurt Boerse
    03 Feb 2022
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    DeFi Technologies subsidiary has been given the green light by the Boerse Frankfurt Zertifikate AG to list an exchange-traded product (ETP) that tracks the price of Solana cryptocurrency (SOL). The ETP provides traditional investors exposure to the crypto within a regulated and “fully backed” environment. According to a Monday press release, Valour’s Solana ETP began…

    UAE set to become a global hub for NFTs and crypto
    03 Feb 2022
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    How the forward-thinking Gulf nation is becoming a booming capital for cryptocurrency businesses, writes Rebecca Anne Proctor for Jewish Insider. The United Arab Emirates has long been considered a desirable destination for doing business. Now, the Gulf nation appears poised to become a global hub in the burgeoning — but controversial — field of cryptocurrency….

    MoonPay rolls out world-first credit card checkout for NFT purchases
    02 Feb 2022
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    MoonPay, a leading global crypto payments infrastructure provider, announced the launch of NFT Checkout, a plug-and-play solution allowing any brand, creator, or marketplace to give their users a simpler, faster way to buy and sell NFTs with a credit card. In addition, NFT Checkout’s card approval rates are multiples higher than standard crypto on-ramps, leading…

    Visa crypto cards payments hit $2.5 billion in the fiscal Q1 2022
    02 Feb 2022
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    Visa revealed that cryptocurrency-linked card usage hit $2.5 billion in its first fiscal quarter of 2022. The payments company has shown a significant effort to support widespread digital currency adoption. In a recent earnings call, the company announced that its crypto-linked card usage hit $2.5 billion in its most recent quarter. That figure is 70%…

    Blockchain and cryptocurrency is ‘here to stay’ – UAE’s Bank of Sharjah CEO
    02 Feb 2022
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    Blockchain and cryptocurrencies are not only difficult to regulate but are also here to stay, said Varouj Nerguizian, CEO of the UAE-based Bank of Sharjah. However, despite this prediction, the CEO admits that many in the banking sector still do not fully understand this technology. Varouj Nerguizian, the CEO of Bank of Sharjah, has said…