Announcements

Major bank Standard Chartered is launching a cryptocurrency exchange and brokerage platform, giving its clients access to crypto assets, like Bitcoin and Ether. Standard Chartered gets in a growing list of major banking corporations worldwide that have accepted cryptocurrency. On Wednesday, the bank declared that a Standard Chartered PLC unit aims to start a cryptocurrency…

Google has announced an update to its existing financial products and services policy, including a policy on cryptocurrency advertising. According to its notice on Wednesday: “This policy will apply globally to all accounts that advertise these financial products.” The new rules will take effect on August 3, and all prior crypto exchange certifications will be…

Samana Developers announced plans to accept Dogecoin as payment right before the launch of its Jumeriah Village Circle Subai residential project this summer. A Dubai developer announced on Wednesday it plans to begin accepting Dogecoin as a payment option for its latest project launch, despite recent turbulence in cryptocurrency markets. Samana Developers made the announcement…

It looks like FOX intends to bring attention and publicity to the NFT sector by creating a new animated series, from the author of the world-famous Rick and Morty The new firm will be called Blockchain Creative Labs, Fox confirmed, per the Hollywood Reporter, and its first series will be called Krapopolis, which it described…

A team based out of Sydney, Australia is building what it claims is the world’s first “Shariah-guided” decentralized finance platform to navigate a course between the advantages of DeFi and the beliefs of Islamic finance. The Marhaba Decentralized Financial Platform — Marhaba translates to “welcome” in Arabic — is expected to launch in the coming…

In the largest and loudest transaction in history, SpaceX accepted DOGE as payment from Geometric Energy Corporation for launching a Dogecoin-style rocket to the moon (literally). The well-known expression “To the moon” means a sharp, almost “vertical” rise in the rate of any cryptocurrency. Geometric Energy Corporation took it literally and decided to send a…