Twitter Inc. on June 30 has announced the launch of its own collection of non-fungible tokens (NFT), which will be available on Rarible. The company will give away 140 new NFTs, the social network’s first official raid into digital assets, which are growing popular since the beginning of the year. On Wednesday, the San Francisco-based…
The emerging markets are hurry to embracing opportunities of the digital economy. After El Salvador becoming the first country has given a legal tender status to Bitcoin, a number of countries want to follow, writes Paul Opoku for Bitcoin Magazine. Latin American neighbors to El Salvador, such as Panama, Argentina, and Paraguay, have started a…
A non-fungible token (NFT) representing the original source code for the World Wide Web sold for $5.4 million at Sotheby’s in an online auction on Wednesday, as Reuters reported. Tim Berners-Lee, who wrote the code back in 1989, also known as the “Father of the Web,” plans to donate the money to charity. Sotheby’s organized…
U.S. Congressman Bill Foster has suggested that laws must allow federal courts to identify digital-asset holders and reverse blockchain transactions in Bitcoin and other digital currencies. But it’s doubtful that many crypto investors would like that policy. Speaking at a virtual event hosted by Axios on June 29, Bill Foster, U.S. congressman and Democratic Rep…
The chief investment officer of the Guggenheim Partners investment firm, Scott Minerd, warned on Friday that Bitcoin could step down at $10,000 to $15,000. This February, the now-bearish expert was much more optimistic. In the interview on CNBC, the expert of the multi-billion dollar investment firm said that investors shouldn’t be “anxious to be putting…
Digital artist Mike Winkelmann, also known as Beeple, unveiled his next venture on Thursday, a website called WENEW, which allows people to buy and own historic moments as NFTs, and “immortalizing these moments of human achievement.” Earlier this March, Beeple made headlines after Christie’s auctioned his artwork as an NFT for $69 million. Now he’s…