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ProShares, the first US-based company to launch a Bitcoin ETF, is now planning to launch an exclusive Metaverse ETF. ProShares Metaverse ETF will track the performance of the Solactive Metaverse Theme Index, which includes prominent tech firms such as Apple and Nvidia.   On Tuesday, ProShares filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)…

Breaking crypto news from the last week (Dec. 25 – 31, 2021):   Dec. 25: During the 2021 Paris Auction House event, Vodafone sold the world’s first SMS as an NFT for €132,680 (or $149,729). Vodafone proceeded the entire amount for charity to support the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR).   Dec. 26: Simba Storage, the…

Binance, the world’s biggest crypto exchange, revealed Thursday that it will gain the excess extraordinary shares of Swipe, a prominent crypto Visa card supplier. As a result, users of Binance will obtain the ability to spend their coins in more than 70 million areas worldwide.   On July 6, 2020, Binance initially reported acquiring a…

While 2021 surely saw a few regulatory setbacks, some governments delivered masterclasses in forward-looking crypto regulation. Helen Partz collected some prominent cases on Cointelegraph.   As digital asset prices had been hitting new historical highs in 2021, many jurisdictions were increasingly adopting cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (BTC) and other crypto-based instruments. In addition to Bitcoin crossing…

The second wave of worldwide interest in cryptocurrencies seems to be nearing its end. If the first one arose in 2017, the second began in 2020, during a global pandemic. What could “drive” the third wave, and when should we expect it? You may not remember the crypto boom of 2017 yourself, but that’s when…

Shiba Inu outperformed Bitcoin and Ethereum to become the most viewed cryptocurrency in 2021 on the CoinMarketCap crypto data aggregator, with 188 million views. Dogecoin was ranked in the 3rd position among the most viewed cryptocurrencies in 2021 with 107 million views, followed by Cardano and Ethereum with 86 million views and 81 million views,…