There is perhaps nothing in this world as pointless as making predictions for the blockchain business. Prognoses that “BTC will reach $ 100,000 by the end of … 2018 … 2019 … 2020 … 2021” seem unending. So we will try to simply point to a few of the most important things to look forward…
Solana Labs, the developer team behind the Solana blockchain, announced Solana Pay, a new point-of-sale (POS) payment product that lets merchants accept crypto payments with near-instant finality and affordable fees. The payment solution is billed to be a game-changer that will help merchants interact directly with their customers by rewarding customer loyalty in a unique…
Breaking crypto news from the last week (Jan. 29 – Feb. 4, 2022): Jan. 29: Bahrain-based crypto exchange CoinMENA has obtained a cryptocurrency license from the European Union. As a result, CoinMENA will now be able to expand to new jurisdictions in the MENA region and beyond, as well as increase the number of crypto…
UAE’s engineering firm Al Habtoor Group in partnership with Luna PR, a Dubai-based digital marketing agency, announced “Last Hopium,” an NFT project aimed to use blockchain technology to bridge digital asset holders to big hotels like Ritz, Hilton, and Waldorf. The release of the NFT collection will be during Q1 2022. Al Habtoor Group joins…
Dune Analytics, one of Ethereum’s most popular data visualization and analytics platforms, propelled to Unicorn Status with a $1 billion valuation after a $69 million fundraising round, looking to expand cross-chain. On February 2, Dune Analytics announced the close of a $69,420,000 round at a $1 billion valuation. The round was led by Coatue, a…
Ethereum – the second most important cryptocurrency and the basis of most DeFi projects – faced a crisis last year. While more projects are still being launched on Ethereum, they experience difficulties due to poor scalability, low bandwidth, and expensive transactions. Ethereum (ETH) is perhaps the most important cryptocurrency in the world when it comes…