Realizing Vitalik Buterin’s $1-billion donation in Shiba Inu coins to the COVID-Crypto Relief Fund in India has turned out to be a labyrinthine process for the fund’s creator.
Bitcoin bulls appear to be back, but a strengthening U.S. dollar, a new wave of COVID-19 infections and low trading volumes threaten the current recovery.
Downside risks for BTC price are also heightened due to the recent dollar bounce.
The world of cryptocurrency shares a similar template to the emergence of the World Wide Web back in the 1990s.
The world’s first blockchain-powered COVID passport has gone live in Colombia as part of a joint project between Algorand (ALGO) and Koibanx.
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Axie Infinity, a blockchain game that allows users to breed and trade digital pets as non-fungible tokens (NFTs), has exploded in popularity among residents of Cabanatuan City in the Philippines over the past few months.
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Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin sent over $1 billion worth of Shiba Inu (SHIB) tokens to a charity that funds India’s ongoing COVID fight.
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Brett Lee, a former Australian international cricketer, has donated one Bitcoin (worth roughly $54,000 today) to the so-termed “Crypto Relief” fund aimed at helping Indian hospitals to fight the coronavirus pandemic.
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The United Kingdom no longer has the choice but to adapt to the post-Brexit times, making digital finance one of its priorities.
An app for tracking coronavirus test results and proving an individual’s vaccine status launched in New York over the weekend, and it’s using blockchain technology to ensure tamperproof results.
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