MetaWeek in Dubai to bring together artists, NFT creators, investors, and blockchain Masterminds

    A week-long event, set for March 7-10, 2022, will cover how paradigm-shifting technologies revolutionize and scale in industries like finance, art, cybersecurity, media and investment. Organized by NexChange Group, MetaWeek will run from 7th to 10th of March, 2022. The week’s central event, MetaWeek Summit, is scheduled March 8th and 9th and will take place…

    FBI forming crypto enforcement unit

    The US Justice Department announced on February 17 that the FBI is launching a unit for blockchain analysis and virtual asset seizure and assigned Eun Young Choi, a seasoned computer crimes prosecutor, to lead a new team, dedicated to investigating and prosecuting illicit cryptocurrency schemes. According to Reuters, in a speech at the Munich Cyber…

    NYSE applies to register a trademark for NFT trading

    The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) has applied to register the term “NYSE” for an NFT marketplace, getting closer to setting up an online trading place for cryptocurrencies and NFTs. The move comes after the NYSE minted six NFTs last year, commemorating the debut of hot tech stocks on the exchange. Last year, the hype…

    JPMorgan becomes the first bank in the Decentraland metaverse

    JPMorgan, the largest US lender, had become the first bank to arrive in the metaverse, having opened the Onyx lounge in a blockchain-based virtual world Decentraland. According to a report, the bank sees “limitless” opportunities in the virtual world, with a new workforce and expanded virtual real-estate ownership financed by DAOs. JPMorgan Chase has opened…

    2022 Winter Olympics makes history by launching the world’s first major CBDC

    The 2022 Winter Olympics were supposed to be a sort of coming-out party for the digital yuan, China’s CBDC. The People’s Bank of China, China’s central bank, has been trialing the digital yuan in several areas for years now and has started allowing foreigners to use the digital currency for the first time during the…

    Abu Dhabi-based AD Gaming partners with Attarius Network

    The company driving Abu Dhabi’s fast-growing gaming industry, AD Gaming, has signed a partnership agreement with Attarius Network, a local crypto and blockchain company. The first in the region deal aims to bring blockchain solutions to the emirate’s game developers. According to a statement, Attarius Network, focused on developing blockchain gaming, will build an all-in-one…