Upcoming NFT Projects
Beijing football club launches NFTs ahead of its virtual stadium launch
China's Beijing Guoan Football Club has launched its first NFT collection, while building a virtual replica of its stadium.
Tom Zuo
Forkast
Upcoming NFT Projects
China's Beijing Guoan Football Club has launched its first NFT collection, while building a virtual replica of its stadium.
Tom Zuo
Regulation
Prosecutors flew to Serbia earlier this month as part of an investigation into Terraform Labs chief Do Kwon, who faces fraud accusations related to the US$40 billion collapse of his Terra-Luna cryptocurrency project in May last year.
Danny Park
Regulatory News
Beijing’s market regulator warned that projects marketed in the country as non-fungible tokens or with metaverse-related concepts risk being involved in illegal fundraising or fraudulent activities.
Timmy Shen
Bitcoin News
Bitcoin traded back above US$23,000 on Wednesday morning in Asia after U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell overnight said the “disinflationary process” has started in the economy.
Lachlan Keller
Altcoins
Digital Currency Group has started to sell shares of its cryptocurrency funds at a significant discount, according to a Tuesday report from the Financial Times.
Dylan Butts
Bitcoin News
Gemini has agreed to put up US$100 million to the asset recovery of Earn users as part of bankrupt crypto lender Genesis Capital’s in-principle agreement with parent firm DCG and other creditors.
Zoltan Vardai
Bitcoin News
Bitcoin prices gained in Tuesday afternoon trading in Asia while Ethereum dropped with most other top 10 non-stablecoin cryptocurrencies by market capitalization.
Pradipta Mukherjee
Market Trends
Nearly three out of four institutional traders surveyed "have no plans to trade crypto," while most see Artificial Intelligence as the next big disrupter.
Dylan Butts
NFTs and Art
Yuga Labs, the company behind the leading non-fungible token (NFT) project, Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC), won a settlement on Monday in a trademark infringement lawsuit against Thomas Lehman, a collaborator in the controversial RR/BAYC project headed by artist Ryder Ripps.
Lachlan Keller
Upcoming NFT Projects
Singapore-based cryptocurrency exchange Crypto.com has partnered with Korean drama distributor Studio Dragon to issue NFTs inspired by popular Korean drama series, including the hit Crash Landing on You, the exchange said on Monday.
Timmy Shen
Advanced Blockchain Technologies
Renewable energy is plagued by financing difficulties, but blockchain technology can bridge the sector’s funding gaps, writes Brianna Welsh of Reneum.
Brianna Welsh
Regulation
Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, will suspend all deposits and withdrawals of U.S. dollars at its international exchanges from Feb. 8.
Danny Park
Bitcoin News
Bitcoin and Ether dipped in Tuesday morning trading in Asia along with all other top 10 non-stablecoin cryptocurrencies as Wall Street fell overnight on concern the Fed may crank up interest rates for longer than expected.
Lachlan Keller
Bitcoin News
Bitcoin and Ethereum prices dropped in afternoon trading on Monday in Asia, along with all other top 10 non-stablecoin cryptocurrencies by market capitalization. Bitcoin continued trading under US$23,000, while Solana and Polygon led losses.
Pradipta Mukherjee
NFT Marketplaces
Moutai launched NFTs that gives owners to purchase limited edition liquor.
Tom Zuo
Altcoins
Crypto layoffs last month matching 41% of the total industry job cuts in 2022, a new study finds.
Timmy Shen
Regulation
The move marks a shift in tone from December when recipients of FTX donations were requested to “voluntarily” return the funds.
Lachlan Keller
DeFi Innovations
CeDeFi offers the benefits of CeFi and DeFi without their shortcomings, writes Alexander Tkachenko of VNX. Here's how it works.
Alexander Tkachenko
Regulation
South Korea published guidelines on Monday for defining what specific cryptocurrencies would fall under regulations applicable to financial securities.
Danny Park
Bitcoin News
Bitcoin traded below US$23,000 on Monday morning in Asia, tracking a decline in U.S. equities as unexpectedly strong job growth numbers on Friday raised concerns markets may face more interest rate hikes to slow the economy and inflation.
Lachlan Keller