Author: Crypto Insider

A famed 555.55-carat black diamond that’s possibly from outer space was just auctioned off Sotheby’s for $4.29 million. A rare extraterrestrial gem will be potentially turned into a crypto marketing campaign, and the buyer has also paid with cryptocurrency. “The diamond has sold for $4,292,322,” confirmed a Sotheby’s spokesperson in a statement. “The buyer has…

Binance is making a $200 million strategic investment in Forbes ahead of the publication’s plan to go public through a special purpose acquisition company in the first quarter of 2022. The world’s largest crypto exchange is branching out with a remarkable media investment. Binance will invest $200 million in Forbes, an anonymous source told CNBC…

Samsung has built an entire mini-city on the Ethereum based Decentraland metaverse from where they livestreamed their big Samsung Unpacked event showcasing their latest phone and tech. The South Korean-based giant with yearly revenue of $200 billion has created an immersive experience on Decentraland that gamefies exploring their city corner through a mini-game. After entering…

YouTube believes in the ‘incredible potential’ of NFTs and Web3 for future products. A few weeks after mentioning that the world’s largest video platform will enter the world of blockchain, NFT, and metaverse, the company has provided more details. On Thursday, YouTube’s CPO Neal Mohan published a blog post about the company’s upcoming plans for…

The NFT MENA Exhibit 2022, the first-ever art fair in the Middle East highlighting how artists can use blockchain-based NFT technology in their work, is set to take place in the kingdom next month, ahead of the Bahrain Gulf Air Grand Prix. The fair will take place from March 16 to 18 at the Ritz-Carlton…

The US Justice Department said it seized more than $3.6 billion in allegedly stolen cryptocurrency linked to the 2016 hack of Bitfinex. As part of the operation, authorities detained a New York couple on allegations they planned to launder the digital goods. It marks the agency’s largest financial seizure ever, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco…