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Umetaworld is launching in November a free NFT Stealth Mint of Rooms for its Metaverse

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Users will be able to mint fully customizable rooms in the Umetaworld Metaverse, a virtual replica of the real world.[/vc_column_text][vc_images_carousel images="1743967,1743966" img_size="medium" autoplay="yes" wrap="yes"][vc_column_text]November, 2022 – Umetaworld, the virtual world of augmented cities and places, announces the launch of its NFT collection of rooms in its virtual replica of the real world. Umetaworld offers Web3 users a bridge between physical and virtual experience, enabling users to create their own assets and monetize them through NFTs. While Meta steals much of the spotlight surrounding the Metaverse, the digital ecosystem is still

Crypto Investor News for 11/16

Your Crypto Rights (Binance): A manifesto for how the crypto industry needs to evolve, with a priority on your rights as an investor. Investor Takeaway: Binance, which makes up part of our Future Winners portfolio, is once again leading the charge with a future-focused take on crypto regulation. We agree with all ten points. Read them. A six-minute explainer video on DeFi, courtesy of Wall Street Journal.Investor takeaway: Remember, the platform that most DeFi is built upon is Ethereum, which is why we buy and hold ETH for the long

‘Big Short’ Investor Michael Burry Says ‘I’ve Never Shorted Any Cryptocurrency’ — Warns of the Biggest Bubble

Hedge fund manager Michael Burry, famed for forecasting the 2008 financial crisis, says that he has never shorted any cryptocurrency. He further warned that the current bubble is the biggest one. Michael Burry on Bubbles and Shorting Cryptocurrencies Famous investor and founder of private investment firm Scion Asset Management, Michael Burry, has confirmed on Twitter that he has never shorted cryptocurrency. Burry is best known for being the first investor to foresee and profit from the U.S. subprime mortgage crisis that occurred between 2007 and 2010. He is profiled in

What if Bitcoin Taproot follows SegWit’s path of adoption

Bitcoin Taproot is finally live, a network upgrade that has been four years in the making. It was first put forward by Greg Maxwell, cryptographer and developer, in 2018 after SegWit was implemented on 24 August 2017. SegWit was the first major BTC soft fork update, which wasn’t taken all too well by the community. Now, four years later, the ecosystem has another update in store to improve the privacy, scalability, and security of the network. In this article, we will try to draw a possible adoption roadmap for Taproot

Powers On… Don’t worry, Bitcoin’s adoption will not be stopped

In a series of  recent interviews and speeches, United States Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Gary Gensler has called the cryptocurrencies market the “Wild West” due to its unregulated and allegedly fraud-filled atmosphere, predicting that the coins were doomed to fail. Powers On… is a monthly opinion column from Marc Powers, who spent much of his 40-year legal career working with complex securities-related cases in the United States after a stint with the SEC. He is now an adjunct professor at Florida International University College of Law, where he teaches

Nick Colas Says Coinbase CEO Made A “Rookie Mistake” By Calling Out SEC

Coinbase News A few days ago, Coinbase’s CEO called out SEC for its “sketchy” behavior. This, according to Datatek Co-founder Nick Colas, was a “rookie mistake.” He says, he hopes Coinbase “has learned or will learn its lessons shortly.” In aninterview with Bloomberg Markets and Finance, Datatek Research Co-founder, Nick Colas mentioned Coinbase’s recent action towards SEC. Colas says it was a “rookie mistake for a CEO to go to war with SEC.” To recall, Coinbase CEO, Brian Armstrong, called out SEC for its “really sketchy behavior.” He explained this

Join Third Annual Edition of Finnovex Middle East Summit: Hybrid Experience

Exibex welcomes you to Finnovex Middle East, the Leading Summit on Financial Services Innovation and Excellence where the best minds in the Banking and Financial Services Industry converge. Sponsored Sponsored They are all set to witness the presence of 30+ industry visionaries, who would share case studies for you to learn from and exemplify exceptional organizational friction points, innovations, and accomplishments. Here is the Sponsors Roll-Call for this year’s edition:Sponsored Sponsored Powered By – RAKBANK Officially Supported By – Dubai International Financial Center (DIFC) Platinum Sponsor – SmartStream Gold Sponsors

Championing Blockchain Education in Africa: Women Leading the Bitcoin Cause

It’s no secret that women are underrepresented in the technology and financial industries. In the U.S, women only hold a quarter of computing-related jobs. Some sectors, like software engineering, fare even worse, with female representation as low as 15%. And now along comes blockchain, a technology that promises a global revolution through decentralization. Blockchain has already begun to transform many industries, from finance and supply chain management to healthcare and governance.  However, it has yet to significantly change the demographics of the tech industry. According to a study conducted by

Grandmas On Lightning

Is Bitcoin Too Hard To Understand? I’ve spent a huge part of the last three years explaining Bitcoin to general audiences and the most common form of resistance I encounter is: “Bitcoin is too complicated. The masses will never understand it.” It’s a fair argument. Bitcoin is complicated and if you want to reach a competent understanding of the big picture then, at a minimum, you’d better get ready to learn about peer-to-peer networks, cryptography and the history of money. It’s for this reason that I find it bizarre when

Fear, Greed and the Evolution of Money in the Age of the Coronavirus Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic is not going to end soon. Fear and anxiety have skyrocketed, and nearly half of the people in the United States feel the coronavirus has harmed their mental health. People are scared, anxious, depressed, on edge and struggling to sleep through the night.We watched as China took extreme measures to improve the coronavirus crisis there. We watched as Italy locked down the country and people scurried to other parts of Europe. We then watched as California Governor Gavin Newsom took early measures for the U.S. and locked