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Cypher Capital, the UAE-based VC firm, announced that it has invested in an immersive metaverse gaming platform, “Cross The Ages,” utilizing NFTs and GameFi tokenomics. It is poised to launch its in-game NFT marketplace and DeFi suite, which give users access to farming, pooling, and bonding. Built on the Polygon platform, Singapore-based Cross The Ages…

Samsung Group’s investment arm is reportedly set to list a blockchain exchange-traded fund (ETF) on the Hong Kong Exchange during the first half of 2022 in a bid to capitalize on growing demand. The ETF will have a structure that is similar to that of BLOK, one of Amplify Holdings’s ETF products. South Korea’s Samsung…

Over the past few years, up to and including 2021, the cryptocurrency market has mostly expanded thanks to massive infusions of fiat money resulting in speculative growth. But from this point forward, crypto is about to ride the wave of the latest economic crisis, the so-called “stagflation”, and show growth predicated on the mass adoption…

Blackrock, the world’s largest asset manager, has launched a blockchain exchange-traded fund (ETF). The fund, trading on the NYSE Arca, gives investors exposure to “companies that are involved in the development, innovation, and utilization of blockchain and crypto technologies.” The launch comes after Fidelity listed its crypto and metaverse ETFs last week. According to a…

The Open Network is enabling users to send Toncoin (TON) via Telegram chat. The Open Network was built off of Telegram’s deserted cryptocurrency project. Telegram now lets users send Toncoin, the cryptocurrency built off of Telegram’s abandoned blockchain effort, directly from chats within the messaging app, Protocol reported. In a tweet, TON (The Open Network),…

Breaking crypto news from the last week (Apr. 23 – 29, 2022): Apr. 23: Crypto assets are tracing a path back onto investors’ radar, notes Fred Pye, CEO and Chairman of Canadian investment fund 3iQ Corp. Anticipating the further pivot to crypto, he suggests that what’s happening at the present moment is only accelerating the…