Proposals to a United Nations group reportedly show China wants digital IDs and real-world punishments for actions that occur in the Metaverse. China is reportedly looking to implement a system akin to its social credit system, but in the Metaverse and other online virtual worlds. Proposals viewed by POLITICO and reported on Aug. 20 show the state-owned…

Launched in beta on Aug. 11, the platform allows users to tokenize their social network by buying and selling “shares” of their connections. Friend.tech, a recently released decentralized social (DeSo) network, generated over $1 million in fees in 24 hours on Aug. 19, outperforming established players in the crypto ecosystem, including Uniswap and the Bitcoin network. The…

Bitcoin is giving plenty of longtime market participants reason to forecast a return to its previous cycle’s $20,000 all-time high — or worse. Bitcoin hovered above $26,000 into the Aug. 20 weekly close as doomsday BTC price targets kept coming. Analysis: Bitcoin may see new ‘generational buying opportunity’ Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed an eerie calm covering…