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0 CommentsBreaking crypto news from the last week (Sept. 3 – 9, 2022): Sept. 3: Crypto exchange Crypto.com has pulled out of a $495-million sponsorship deal with the Union of European Football Association (UEFA) Champions League, citing legal issues it’s facing in some EU countries. Although, Crypto.com lasts a sponsorship for the FIFA 2022 Qatar World…
Ethereum’s Bellatrix upgrade was successful Ethereum’s Merge came closer last week with its Bellatrix upgrade going live on Sept. 6. Bellatrix is the final step before the Ethereum blockchain switches to a proof-of-stake consensus model from its current proof-of-work model. The Bellatrix upgrade prepares Ethereum’s proof-of-stake Beacon Chain for The Merge with its mainnet Execution…
Written off by some as a big bubble, non-fungible tokens represent a step change for forgery management, royalty payments, and identity, Ari Juels, professor at Cornell Tech says on CoinDesk. If you stop people on the street and ask what they think non-fungible tokens (NFT) are all about, what will you hear? Something about outlandish…
Franklin Templeton joined the metaverse with a new thematic ETF. The global investment firm has launched The Franklin Metaverse UCITS ETF that tracks the Solactive Global Metaverse Innovation Net Total Return Index. The new ETF will list on the Deutsche Börse Xetra (XETRA) on Sept. 7, and the Borsa Italiana and London Stock Exchange (LSE)…
The Ethereum Merge could flood the crypto industry with out-of-work miners, impacting not only Ethereum but all PoW coins. This is likely to force many crypto miners to give up and abandon their expensive mining rigs amid plunging profits. As Cointelegraph reported, the transition of the Ethereum blockchain from a proof-of-work (PoW) consensus is likely…
Decentralized and traditional finance can thrive in tandem to fund renewable energy and other pressing needs, but only with clear standards and rules – Michael Casey, CoinDesk chief content officer, shared his opinion with International Monetary Fund (IMF). The cryptocurrency industry is in the throes of a crypto winter. Tokens like bitcoin and Ethereum’s ether…
