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Crypto smartphones emerged and started gaining popularity on the wave of the penultimate crypto hype at the end of 2017. The market has seen various models appear ever since that point. So what is the difference between a crypto smartphone (a.k.a. blockchain smartphone) and a regular phone with a crypto wallet installed? And is the…

A wave of sanctions hitting Russia highlights the complex web of connections that make up contemporary global society – and its ultimate fragility, writes David Z. Morris, CoinDesk’s Chief Insights Columnist. Vladimir Putin’s Russia is facing a wave of truly unprecedented financial sanctions in retaliation for its widely scorned invasion of Ukraine. The sanctions have…

Colorado plans to become the first US state to accept tax payments in cryptocurrency, a move the governor’s office has described as the “next logical step on the path to digital statehood”. Colorado’s governor, Jared Polis, who announced the effort last week, explained in a tweet that the state would accept crypto payments converted into…

The EU has published its new Data Act, a law proposal that aims to regulate the generation and handling of data by the actors that harness it. The act, in its large scope, touches on the subject of smart contracts and proposes that every smart contract should have a termination function to stop the flow…

Believing in something is human nature. But in the modern, multifaceted and information-saturated world we sometimes choose very odd objects of worship. So it should probably come as no surprise that for a growing number of people such an object is… Bitcoin. Let’s take a closer look at this phenomenon. Have you ever watched a…

South Korea’s Ministry has reportedly offered $186.7 million to build a comprehensive metaverse ecosystem. By 2026, South Korea’s government wants to create the fifth-largest metaverse market in the world. This money would be utilized to assist the impactful expansion of digital content as well as business growth across the country. South Korea will spend at…