Major Turkish crypto exchange BtcTurk has joined the crypto patent alliance (COPA) to team up with prominent firms in their mission to provide open access to patents and empower the adoption of crypto technologies. COPA aims to abolish patents as it’s perceived as an obstacle to innovations within the sector. The nonprofit favors a more
India’s central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), is working on a “phased implementation of a central bank digital currency (CBDC) in both wholesale and retail segments.” Necessary amendments have been made to the RBI Act, 1934 to allow the central bank to pilot and issue a digital currency. India’s Central Bank Digital Currency
The Puerto Rico Oversight Board said it opposes a just-enacted law that walks back some pro-employer rules put in place five years ago and demanded the governor suspend enforcement of it, arguing it will harm economic growth and island revenues. Gov. Pedro Pierluisi rejected the board’s request to publicly announce suspension of Act 41’s enforcement,
In this article TSLA DHR AAL TRV DHI T Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: AT&T (T) – AT&T fell 1.8% in the premarket, despite beating estimates on both the top and bottom lines for the second quarter, as it lowered its full-year free cash flow guidance. AT&T also reported a jump
“Turtle-esque” may not be a common adjective to describe a piece of property, but in the case of this coastal Hawaiian estate, it is a fitting descriptor. Named Honu Hale, or Turtle House, the oceanfront home located in the heart of Napili on the western shores of Maui shares many traits with its shelled namesake,
Coinbase stock (COIN) price has nearly doubled since its June lows with a potential for much more upside this year, according to a mix of technical and fundamental indicators. COIN’s symmetrical triangle reversal COIN has been undergoing a strong bullish reversal after falling by almost 90% from its record high of $368.90 in November 2021.
Bitcoin was trading lower in today’s session, as it was revealed that Tesla had sold 75% of its holdings in the cryptocurrency. The news comes following the company’s Q2 earnings call, where they confirmed converting the token into fiat currency. Ethereum was also lower on the news. Bitcoin Following a recent run of gains, bitcoin
Italian stocks and bonds sold off on Thursday after Prime Minister Mario Draghi resigned and the European Central Bank sharply raised interest rates in its effort to tame blistering inflation. The yield on Italy’s 10-year government bond jumped 0.24 percentage points to 3.6 per cent as Draghi’s national unity coalition unravelled and the ECB lifted
Individually identifiable digital representations of blockchain-based tangible or intangible objects called nonfungible tokens (NFTs) are not typically divided into smaller parts. Instead, structured metadata related to actual or virtual things is represented by NFTs. Often, the tokens are not connected to the objects and serve as distinct identifiers, advancing the interoperable commercialization of the physical
press release PRESS RELEASE. Franck Muller, the world-famous Swiss luxury watchmaker, has announced the release of a series of digital wearables and physical watches on the Binance NFT marketplace. The series will commence with the release of ‘Mystery by Franck Muller’ generative NFTs on July 27, 2022. This marks a continuation of Franck Muller’s pioneering
Armed robbers have plundered a large crypto mining facility not far from the Russian capital, local media reported. The unidentified perpetrators stole dozens of video cards in the latest incident involving theft of coin minting hardware, which has been on the rise in Russia. Unknown Attackers Steal Mining Equipment From Crypto Farm in Russia A
Britain needs new economic rules of thumb. The old norms and assumptions are not remotely adequate for a world with severe shocks to the supply of gas and other commodities, high inflation and extremely low rates of underlying productivity growth. In the past, the shortcuts most economists have used to describe a complex and dynamic
Bitcoin (BTC) staged its first test of critical support on July 21 as news that Tesla had liquidated most of its Bitcoin holdings subsided. Bitcoin bulls attempt to flip key trendline to support Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD focusing on the $22,800 zone after dropping from multi-week highs of $24,280 on Bitstamp.
Passport, sunglasses, beach towel and Bitcoin (BTC)? A BTC enthusiast on vacation demonstrated that the world’s largest cryptocurrency could soon become a holiday essential. Eugenio, a Costa Rican Bitcoin maximalist, paid his way on holiday with just Bitcoin in his wallet during a long weekend on Costa Rica’s Pacific coast. A hotspot for Bitcoin adoption
On July 20, 2022, Mojang Studios the Swedish video game developer behind the world’s best-selling game of all time said blockchain or non-fungible token (NFT) technologies are “not permitted to be integrated inside [Mojang’s] client and server applications.” Mojang stressed that NFTs or any use of blockchain tech cannot be integrated into any “in-game content
The developers of the Dogecoin (DOGE) project have released a new update for the core software, which improves security, efficiency and user interface. This latest update, Dogecoin Core 1.14.6, went live early on Thursday, and all the network participants were urged to upgrade to the latest version. The new update comprises numerous security fixes, modifications
Thailand’s oldest bank is unable to acquire the country’s largest local cryptocurrency exchange due to stringent crypto regulations. As reported by Cointelegraph in November 2021, SCB X Group, a subsidiary of Siam Commercial Bank (SCB), was set to acquire a 51% stake in Bitkub by the second quarter of 2022 as part of a plan to
Mario Draghi has resigned as Italy’s prime minister, triggering the dissolution of parliament and pushing the country into snap elections. President Sergio Mattarella said on Thursday that the new elections would take place within 70 days, as required by the constitution. The caretaker government, led by Draghi, will set a date for the vote at
According to Visual Capitalist, Ghana is now placed second on its list of countries with the highest default risk in 2022. Only four countries, namely, Ukraine 10,856 basis points (bps), Argentina (4,470), El Salvador (3,376), and Ethiopia (3,035) have a credit default swap spread that is higher than Ghana’s at 2,071 bps. El Salvador Has
The Asian Development Bank has cut its growth forecast for China due to concerns over the country’s zero-Covid approach and strict lockdowns, which put even more pressure on the real estate sector. Gross domestic product growth for the world’s second largest economy is expected to be at 4% in 2022, down from an earlier estimate