Apple’s new rules for App Store bar using NFTs to unlock in-app features

    Apple has updated its App Store Review Guidelines with more rules for crypto assets, Web3 games, and NFTs. The tech giant’s ban on peer-to-peer NFT trading de facto remains. Apple also reaffirms its longstanding policy preventing links to alternative payment methods. According to the new rules published on Oct. 24, the tech corporation has no…

    Ahmed bin Sulayem – the DMCC boss putting Dubai on global business map

    The DMCC boss is indebted to ‘his father and idol, the Dubai Ruler, for taking a chance with him’ in 2001, when he was 23 years old – a story by Joydeep Sengupta on Khaleej Times. Ahmed bin Sulayem, Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC), is a…

    Bitcoin and crypto debut in Guinness World Records

    Bitcoin has officially entered the Guinness World Records (GWS) for a number of entries, the first of which is being recognized as the “first decentralized cryptocurrency.” The latest edition has included a host of achievements from “Cryptomania,” such as the record CryptoPunk NFT sale and El Salvador becoming the first country to adopt BTC as…

    Mastercard partners with Paxos to launch crypto trading for banks

    Mastercard announced on October 17 the Crypto Source program, which will make it easier for banks and financial institutions to offer cryptocurrency trading. The payments giant is teaming up with Paxos to launch the service and take care of compliance and security. The Crypto Source program will act as a “bridge” between the crypto trading…

    Window between Web3 and wealth generation all set to open in MENA

    Window between Web3 and wealth generation is all set to open in the MENA region, says Farbod Sadeghian, the founder of artèQ and Qlindo, on Arab News. As is true for most of the world, the socioeconomic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic throughout the Middle East and North Africa have been quite punitive. With stringent…

    Google now displays Ethereum wallet balances in search results

    Google now enables some Ethereum wallets to have Ether (ETH) balances tracked directly from the Google search engine, saving you the time to visit Etherscan. The feature was first announced on Oct. 11 by Google Ventures’ Principal Han Hua on Twitter. The new feature works via block explorer Etherscan, a website that provides data on…