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Loopring CEO Moves 61.3 Million LRC, Triggering GameStop NFT Speculation

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Time Stamp: November 17, 2021 1:50 AM - Modified On: November 17, 2021 - Published By:
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On Nov 16, a transaction of 61.3 million LRC being moved to layer 2 occurred on the Loopring network. The Crypto community speculates that this could be a move to support a forthcoming GameStop NFT marketplace.Sponsored Sponsored Investors and market speculators are having a field day after a recent Loopring transaction has them thinking that it could be related to a GameStop (GME) float. On Nov 16, a deposit of 61.3 million LRC, worth $164.8 million, on the Loopring Exchange occurred. The assets were also moved from layer 1 to

Revolut to Reportedly Launch Own Cryptocurrency Token

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Time Stamp: September 28, 2021 8:03 AM - Modified On: September 28, 2021 - Published By:
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According to a recent report, Revolut seeks approval from UK’s securities regulator to launch its exchange token. Should the initiative be greenlighted, it will start from Europe and other non-US-based locations. Citing people familiar with the matter, CoinDesk reported earlier that Revolut – a leading fintech firm – wants to release its cryptocurrency token. One of the sources indicated that users would be able to utilize the coin similarly to Wirex and Nexo. However, such a development would be possible only if the initiative received regulatory approval from the UK

Jack Dorsey says plan for ‘TBD’ bitcoin project is to build a decentralized exchange

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Time Stamp: August 27, 2021 2:40 PM - Modified On: August 27, 2021 - Published By:
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advertisement Last month, Square CEO Jack Dorsey disclosed plans for a project called TBD that, at the time, would focus on the development of a platform for open-source financial services dedicated to bitcoin. That project has a clearer roadmap, according to Dorsey as well as Mike Brock, the CashApp exec put in charge of the initiative: a decentralized exchange. A decentralized exchange is a system for trading wherein no central party has custody or control of funds that pass through it.  We’ve determined @TDB54566975’s direction: help us build an open

TRON Launches $300 Million Fund for GamiFi Projects

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Time Stamp: August 10, 2021 11:00 AM - Modified On: August 10, 2021 - Published By:
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With the increasing interest in blockchain gaming, the popular blockchain platform, TRON, has recently announced the launch of a new $300 million fund dedicated to supporting GameFi projects. TRON Launches $300M Fund to Support Game Developers In a press release shared with CryptoPotato, TRON noted that the fund dubbed TRON Arcade was launched in collaboration with the leading NFT project, APENFT, and the DeFi project, WINKLink. TRON Arcade is geared toward supporting developers to create games using the play-to-earn mechanism, thus building a robust DeFi content and entertainment community in

Cryptocurrency News Roundup for August 18, 2020

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Time Stamp: August 18, 2020 4:45 PM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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Since the start of 2020, the net worth of assets locked in DeFi smart contracts have increased nearly 10x from $680 million to more than $6 billion. BeInCrypto covered it in-depth here, in case you missed it earlier. To bank in on that phenomenal growth and encourage greater cooperation among industry stakeholders, Huobi DeFi Lab has launched a new initiative called the Global DeFi Alliance. Several major players in the DeFi space have already joined the initiative to create a united front and pave the way for mainstream adoption in

#BitcoinForBeirut Seeks Sound Money To Help City’s Explosion Victims

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Time Stamp: August 18, 2020 4:00 PM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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On August 4, news of major explosions at the port of Beirut spread around the world, along with astounding videos and images. It quickly became apparent that the damage was extensive and that many in Beirut had been killed, injured or had become casualties of extensive property damage.And the tragedy came at a precipitous time for those in Beirut. A years-long economic crisis and the strains caused by the novel coronavirus in Lebanon have resulted in skyrocketing exchange rates, widespread distrust of banks and a rising interest in alternatives like

Craig Wright Won’t Need to Pay Hodlnaut $60K Until Appeal Is Over, Says Counsel

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Time Stamp: August 14, 2020 8:56 AM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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Craig Wright, a self-proclaimed Bitcoin (BTC) creator, is apparently not required to pay legal fees for a failed libel suit against the Twitter crypto enthusiast known as Hodlonaut.In an Aug. 14 email to Cointelegraph, Wright’s legal representative argued that he is not obliged to pay legal costs in the defamation suit until the Norwegian Supreme Court considers an appeal.The spokesperson said, “Craig has appealed to the Norwegian Supreme Court. Craig’s Norwegian lawyers say that there is no obligation on Craig to pay the costs until that appeal is dealt with.”The

TRON and Waves Tap Gravity to Connect Their Blockchains

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Time Stamp: August 13, 2020 12:29 PM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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Blockchain projects TRON and Waves have inked a strategic partnership with the aim of achieving mass adoption of inter-chain DeFi. The landmark inter-chain initiative owes a debt to Gravity, the decentralized blockchain-agnostic oracle network that facilitated the integration. When Chains Collide TRON and Waves use completely different smart contract languages, the former having been written in Solidity and the latter using Ride. To bring the pair onto the same page, Gravity’s interoperable oracle queries data on each chain, thereby enabling the ecosystems to increase access to services for both user

South Korean Beachgoers Can Now Use Bitcoin to Pay for Services

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Time Stamp: August 8, 2020 9:00 PM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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A pilot project run by Bitbeat-affiliate company CIC Enterprise wants to provide crypto payment solutions at two of the busiest beaches of the country for tourists to use.According to ZDNet Korea, the firm partnered with card and cash payments provider Innotech for the token-powered payments solution in the Haeundae Beach System on the beaches of Busan in South Korea famous with tourists.The program will allow people to pay for water sports-related activities, life jackets, and even parasol rentals, among others, with Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), along with MCI and WAY

Ex-Chinese Banking Exec Says CBDCs Will Substitute Cash in Circulation

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Time Stamp: August 3, 2020 10:26 AM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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A former Bank of China executive has shown his support for digital currencies, positioning it as a substitute for cash, widely known in economic circles as M0. Ex-vice president of China’s central bank, Wang Yongli, said that digital currencies should substitute all currencies “as much as possible”. The push for digital currency: “shouldn’t be confined to such substitution; otherwise, its market competitiveness could be problematic,” ,he said. Yongli is the present director of the Haixia blockchain research institute and previously served at the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) for over