YouTube sees the ‘incredible potential’ of NFTs and metaverse
    12 Feb 2022
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    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 to bring blockchain-based art to Bahrain
    11 Feb 2022
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    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…

    Feds seize stolen $3.6 billion in Bitcoin and arrest a couple of suspects
    10 Feb 2022
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    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…

    The new iPhone will feature ‘Tap-to-Pay’ crypto transactions
    10 Feb 2022
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    Smartphone manufacturer Apple Inc. announced a new Tap-to-Pay feature on the Apple Pay app. Stripe will be the first company to offer Tap-to-Pay to their business clients. The merchant will need to have at least an iPhone XS and maintain different payment methods, including cryptocurrencies. According to a press release on February 8, Apple announced…

    Valkyrie Funds launches ETF focused on Bitcoin mining companies
    09 Feb 2022
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    Valkyrie Funds announced the launch of the Valkyrie Bitcoin Miners ETF, the exchange-traded fund focused on Bitcoin mining operators. ETF will focus on firms that employ at least 77% renewable energy. The Valkyrie Bitcoin Miners ETF (WGMI) began trading on February 8 on the Nasdaq. It invests in publicly traded miners using renewable energy as…

    KPMG Canada adds crypto to its corporate treasury
    09 Feb 2022
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    According to a Monday announcement, the Canadian branch of accounting giant KPMG allocates Bitcoin and Ether to its corporate treasury. The firm’s executives “expect to see a lot of growth” in DeFi, NFT, and metaverse areas in the years to come. “Cryptoassets are a maturing asset class,” stated Benjie Thomas, the firm’s Canadian managing partner…