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The Weeknd to drop NFTs on the weekend, a tennis player sold space on her arm as an NFT, Takashi Murakami has released 108 NFT flowers. Musician Adel Tesfaye, better known as The Weeknd, is set to release his first NFT via Nifty Gateway on Saturday. He follows in the footsteps of other musicians such as Kings of Leon , Grimes, Rico Nasty, and Ja Rule who recognize the ability of NFTs to put the power (and the dollars) back in the hands of artists. Excited to announce that my first NFT drop is taking place on Saturday at 2:00 pm EST on @niftygateway . The collection will feature new music and limited edition art. I developed the artwork with Strange Loop Studios pic.twitter.com/627BO4JekK — The Weeknd (@theweeknd) March 31, 2021 The drop will consist of a one-of-a-kind token featuring the audio track to a song which will not be made available on any other platforms, and two limited edition artworks developed in collaboration with Strange Loop Studios. The tokenized song will be a...

South Korea to launch blockchain-based vaccine passports The Prime Minister of South Korea has announced a blockchain-based vaccine certificate will launch later this month, but the concept has proven controversial across the world. South Korea will introduce blockchain-po… http://twitter.com/Beegamesnetwork/status/1377506500948688898 Referenzcode:noxy203|referral code:noxy203|bee-miner.tk

Hot DOGE nips at the heels of r/Bitcoin on Reddit R/Dogecoin was the third-most active crypto group on Reddit behind r/CryptoCurrency and r/Bitcoin this week. Despite Dogecoin under-performing this past week when compared to other leading crypto assets, DOGE’s community ha… http://twitter.com/Beegamesnetwork/status/1377506499048640513 Referenzcode:noxy203|referral code:noxy203|bee-miner.tk

Oakland Athletics MLB team has sold a suite season ticket for Bitcoin for the first time The A’s become the first team in Major League Baseball to sell tickets for cryptocurrency. Major League Baseball team Oakland Athletics has sold their first crypto-purchased season tic… http://twitter.com/Beegamesnetwork/status/1377506497182244864 Referenzcode:noxy203|referral code:noxy203|bee-miner.tk

Riot Blockchain’s hashing capacity grew 460% in 2020: Report Riot Blockchain has published its 2020 financials and revealed it has increased its hashrate by 460%. According to its latest annual financial report, leading U.S.-based mining firm Riot Blockchain increased its … http://twitter.com/Beegamesnetwork/status/1377506493906436099 Referenzcode:noxy203|referral code:noxy203|bee-miner.tk

Bitcoin closes six monthly green candles for the first time since 2013 Bitcoin's last six monthly candles have closed green, tying its previous record streak for bullish monthly candles. Bitcoin has just closed six consecutive monthly green candles for the first time since… http://twitter.com/Beegamesnetwork/status/1377506491297595393 Referenzcode:noxy203|referral code:noxy203|bee-miner.tk

The Prime Minister of South Korea has announced a blockchain-based vaccine certificate will launch later this month, but the concept has proven controversial across the world. South Korea will introduce blockchain-powered vaccine passports via a smartphone app later this month, the country's prime minister said Thursday. South Korea is joining a number of other nations in introducing vaccine certificates that enable cross-border travel while mitigating the risk of infections. Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun suggested there could be substantial benefits for citizens at home too: “The introduction of a vaccine passport or ‘Green Pass’ will only allow those who have been vaccinated to experience the recovery to their daily lives,” he said during a daily inter-agency pandemic response meeting. The government developed the app using blockchain technology as a way to provide security against the possibility of identity theft. "[Systems] in other countries also do not store per...

R/Dogecoin was the third-most active crypto group on Reddit behind r/CryptoCurrency and r/Bitcoin this week. Despite Dogecoin under-performing this past week when compared to other leading crypto assets, DOGE’s community has been among the most active on Reddit. According to data compiled by Skew and tweeted by Messari researcher Mira Christanto, r/dogecoin has been the third-most active crypto group on Reddit this week, with 33,822 new comments posted in seven days. Friendly reminder for Redditers: r/Bitcoin is $BTC while r/btc is $BCH pic.twitter.com/skFwhFM2y0 — Mira Christanto (@asiahodl) March 31, 2021 Dogecoin is the second-most active group coalescing around a single crypto asset, ranking behind r/Bitcoin’s 48,757 comments last week. Unsurprisingly, the wide-ranging r/CryptoCurrency attracted the most engagement of any crypto group on Reddit, with nearly 219,000 comments posted this past week. After DOGE, Cardano was the next-most active with 15,735 comments, followe...

The A’s become the first team in Major League Baseball to sell tickets for cryptocurrency. Major League Baseball team Oakland Athletics has sold their first crypto-purchased season ticket less than three weeks after first offering them. The Oakland A’s, as they’re colloquially called, introduced an offer on March 15 enabling fans to purchase suite tickets with Bitcoin. On Wednesday, March 31, the San Francisco East Bay ballclub announced that the buyer was New York-based publicly traded crypto asset platform Voyager Digital Ltd. The fintech firm purchased a six-person suite for all of the team’s 2021 home games for the price of one Bitcoin, or approximately $58,500 on the day. It’s happening: #Bitcoin in baseball. @investvoyager (publicly-traded, licensed crypto-asset platform) has purchased full season suite at #Oakland Coliseum. 1st ticket deal in cryptocurrency in #MLB . @Athletics @Ehrls15 — Raj Mathai (@rajmathai) March 31, 2021 Six-person private suites for individu...

Riot Blockchain has published its 2020 financials and revealed it has increased its hashrate by 460%. According to its latest annual financial report, leading U.S.-based mining firm Riot Blockchain increased its hashing capacity by 460% and more than doubled the amount of Bitcoin held on its balance sheet in 2020. Riot saw a 78% growth in total mining revenues from $6.7 million to $12 million, owing to the increase in operational hash rate from 101 pentahashes per second, or PH/s, as of December 2019 to 566 PH/s as of December 31. While the company said it achieved profitability in the fourth quarter with $3.9 million in net income on a GAAP basis, Riot posted an overall net loss of $12.7 million for 2020. However, this was an improvement over its 2019 performance, when it posted a net loss of roughly $20 million. The company increased its cash and cryptocurrency holdings from $11.3 million in 2019 to $235 million last year, and doubled its Bitcoin holdings from 514 BTC to 1078 ...

Bitcoin's last six monthly candles have closed green, tying its previous record streak for bullish monthly candles. Bitcoin has just closed six consecutive monthly green candles for the first time since April 2013. Should history repeat, Bitcoin may enjoy further parabolic gains this year. In April 2013, Bitcoin closed at roughly $140 after posting six green monthly candles. While the markets would retrace to less than $100 over the next two months, Bitcoin would then surge 700% over the following six months and tag prices above $1,000 for the first time. BTC/USD since 2012, 1m candles: Trading View Bitcoin posted a similar pattern in the lead up to its parabolic bull run in 2017, with the markets posting five consecutive green monthly candles heading into September. While September saw BTC post range-bound consolidation, Bitcoin surged into new all-time highs in October to rallied from $5,000 to almost $20,000 by the end of the year. According to Bloomberg strategist, Mike...

Bakkt launches payments app as institutions compete for crypto assets Bakkt believes its new crypto payments app will unlock more than $1 trillion worth of digital assets for commerce. Major financial institutions are expanding their cryptocurrency services, with Bakkt lau… http://twitter.com/Beegamesnetwork/status/1377461198086672385 Referenzcode:noxy203|referral code:noxy203|bee-miner.tk

Bakkt believes its new crypto payments app will unlock more than $1 trillion worth of digital assets for commerce. Major financial institutions are expanding their cryptocurrency services, with Bakkt launching its digital asset payments application for the general public. Bakkt was launched by Intercontinental Exchange in 2018, with the firm offering Bitcoin futures contracts to accredited investors exclusively. The Bakkt App is the firm’s first retail-facing crypto initiative. Bakkt’s app was trialed by 500,000 users invited to participate in its Early Access Program in late 2020. The firm is also conducting a $1 million giveaway to encourage people to download the platform. Launched on March 30, the payments app allows users to manage Bitcoin and other digital assets, including loyalty points and vouchers, to make purchases. More than 75 major brands are offering discounted gift cards to purchasers who use the Bakkt app, including Choice Hotels, GolfNow, and Best Buy. Users ca...

iPhone user blames Apple for $600K Bitcoin theft via fake app Apple removed the fake Trezor app several times, but it kept appearing on the App Store days later. A scam cryptocurrency app on Apple’s app distribution service App Store has reportedly stolen $600,000 Bitcoin … http://twitter.com/Beegamesnetwork/status/1377234689057030153 Referenzcode:noxy203|referral code:noxy203|bee-miner.tk

Swiss startup launches tokenized grain trading pilot Tokenization of real-world commodities could drastically reduce trading costs, says one Swiss startup as it pilots a new non-fungible token system. A Swiss agricultural startup has piloted the use of a non-fungible token… http://twitter.com/Beegamesnetwork/status/1377234687257681924 Referenzcode:noxy203|referral code:noxy203|bee-miner.tk

Financial crimes reporting obligations are irrespective of a crypto firm’s total annual revenue. The United Kingdom's Financial Conduct Authority has included cryptoasset businesses under the financial crimes reporting umbrella eight months after initially announcing plans to do so. The FCA made this known via a policy statement issued on its website on Wednesday. This move comes as the country’s financial regulator has increased the number of firms required to submit annual financial crime report known as “REP-CRIM” from 2,500 to about 7,000. According to the policy statement, the FCA declared that compliance with REP-CRIM reporting was a necessary tool to enable regulators to combat money laundering activities. In its 2020/2021 business plan, the FCA stated : “We will strengthen our rules to prevent money laundering, as well as working with domestic and international stakeholders to support a joined-up approach to cryptoassets.” During the initial announcement of the plan ...

The ECB will decide whether to proceed with digital euro pilots by mid-2021, Lagarde said. It could be a while before European Union gets a central bank digital currency, if it gets one at all. In a Wednesday interview with Bloomberg Television, European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde laid out the complex decision-making process with which the bank will determine the future of a digital euro. The ECB will soon release its analysis of eight thousand responses received from its digital euro consultation process. “That will be communicated to the European Parliament which is one of the key players as well as the Commission and the Council with which we operate,” she stated. Based on that consultation, alongside the parliamentary work, the ECB’s Governing Council will decide whether the institution will begin experimenting with a CBDC by mid-2021. Following an initial experimentation phase, the council would then hold a six-month or a one-year assessment on whethe...

Chinese banks will soon have access to a permissioned version of the Corda Enterprise infrastructure via the country's Blockchain Service Network. Red Date Technology, one of the builders of China’s Blockchain-based Service Network, has obtained licensing rights from R3 to resell both the free and enterprise Corda implementations in China. According to a press release by R3, the news marks the first occasion of the BSN developer being able to resell enterprise blockchain technology from an overseas company. Since the R3 deal is with BSN China, developers will create a permissioned version of Corda to comply with Chinese blockchain regulations. Also, with banks reportedly being one of the likely users of the network, the country’s UnionPay cloud infrastructure will play host to BSN Corda notaries. The partnership also offers an entry point for R3 into the Chinese market following the company’s significant expansion across Asia. Commenting on the importance of integrating an e...

Apple removed the fake Trezor app several times, but it kept appearing on the App Store days later. A scam cryptocurrency app on Apple’s app distribution service App Store has reportedly stolen $600,000 Bitcoin ( BTC ) from one iOS user. Cryptocurrency holder Phillipe Christodoulou fell victim to a scam app on the App Store, losing nearly all his life savings to a fake crypto wallet application, The Washington Post reports Tuesday. Christodoulou went on the App Store last month to search for a mobile Trezor app to check his Bitcoin balance via phone. Unaware that Trezor does not currently provide  an iOS app, Christodoulou downloaded a doppelgänger Trezor application that boasted close to five stars, giving the impression that it was indeed an official app. After entering his seed phrase, Christodoulou said that his savings of 17.1 BTC were stolen. Christodoulou said that Apple, which collects 15% to 30% commissions on sales, should be held responsible for this situation. “Th...

Tokenization of real-world commodities could drastically reduce trading costs, says one Swiss startup as it pilots a new non-fungible token system. A Swiss agricultural startup has piloted the use of a non-fungible token for cutting down the costs of trading grain. The system implemented by Swiss firm Cerealia SA sees the tokens reportedly backed by 30,000 metric tons of Mexican white corn. Although the Cerealia platform only facilitates two-way deals at the time being, an upcoming addition will allow for third-parties to trade and speculate on grain deals using the token. A digital system naturally reduces the costs incurred by grain traders in executing deals, such as storage fees, while reducing the onus on paperwork. The tokens were reportedly used by Mexican firm Mercanta, representing grain it had stored at a local warehouse. Other grain holders and trade houses can issue their own version of the token, which can then trade on Cerealia’s platform while acting as a marker for...

Bitcoin flash crashes by $2K in 5 minutes, liquidating $600M in longs A flash crash on short timeframes for BTC/USD induces panic among long traders, but for analysts, it's business as usual. Bitcoin (BTC) fell over $2,000 in five minutes on March 31 as a wave of volatilit… http://twitter.com/Beegamesnetwork/status/1377189378250866695 Referenzcode:noxy203|referral code:noxy203|bee-miner.tk

A flash crash on short timeframes for BTC/USD induces panic among long traders, but for analysts, it's business as usual. Bitcoin ( BTC ) fell over $2,000 in five minutes on March 31 as a wave of volatility disrupted an otherwise calm market. BTC/USD 1-minute candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: Tradingview BTC sees sudden volatility Cointelegraph Markets Pro and Tradingview  showed a nightmare for long traders unfold on Wednesday, with BTC/USD suddenly dropping from $59,350 to $57,000. At the time of writing, the losses were still mounting after the pair hit lows of $56,713 on Bitstamp.  "Exactly Bitcoin," trader Michaël van de Poppe reacted to what has become a familiar event on short timeframes for Bitcoin. Previously, upside had been the focus for day traders as news from PayPal spawned a run-up to just below $60,000. Those betting on a continuation of the bull run lost big on Wednesday, however, as the downturn liquidated long positions worth $600 million a...

Adam Back unveils Blockstream’s new Bitcoin mining security token Blockstream has announced the launch of a new security token backed by the company's mining facilities. Canadian-based Blockchain tech company Blockstream announced the launch of a security token backed by t… http://twitter.com/Beegamesnetwork/status/1377144087099240449 Referenzcode:noxy203|referral code:noxy203|bee-miner.tk

Nifty News: NYT says NFTs in pandemic-fueled bubble, Polkamon eggs produce $1M gas ... NYT likens the NFT bubble to the plague induced “tulip mania” of the 1600s, Polkamon NFTs generate more than $1 million in gas fees, and a man fails to sell 50% of a house as an NFT Havi… http://twitter.com/Beegamesnetwork/status/1377144082921758720 Referenzcode:noxy203|referral code:noxy203|bee-miner.tk

Nic Carter takes aim at claims Bitcoin is an environmental disaster Carter argues that mining is concentrated in areas where there is an excess of energy. Coin Metrics co-founder Nic Carter has produced a well-researched rebuttal to some of the key claims suggesting power-… http://twitter.com/Beegamesnetwork/status/1377144079444631552 Referenzcode:noxy203|referral code:noxy203|bee-miner.tk

Blockstream has announced the launch of a new security token backed by the company's mining facilities. Canadian-based Blockchain tech company Blockstream announced the launch of a security token backed by the company's mining production on March 29. It offers an alternative to investing in Bitcoin mining stocks, with the company providing non-US qualified investors exposure to Bitcoin mining through the Blockstream Mining Note security token. BMN represents 2,000 terahash per second of hashrate from Blockstream's  mining facilities. The Bitcoin mined for BMN will be held in cold storage for three years, and will be distributed to the final token holders at the end of that time frame. Blockstream plans to begin BMN mining operations by July 9, with the following tranches expected to be released in the third quarter of this year. See https://t.co/W6zlfDQRpq some more details (BMN is available to non-US qualified investors) — Adam Back (@adam3us) March 31, 2021 Th...

NYT likens the NFT bubble to the plague induced “tulip mania” of the 1600s, Polkamon NFTs generate more than $1 million in gas fees, and a man fails to sell 50% of a house as an NFT Having just flogged an NFT column for half a million dollars, the New York Times is now wondering if perhaps the whole scene is in a bit of a bubble? In a March 30 article, Art’s NFT Question: Next Frontier in Trading, or a New Form of Tulip? author Scott Reyburn questioned the sustainability of the current NFT bubble in prices and drew comparisons with the Dutch “tulip mania” of the 1630s. Tulip mania for anyone who doesn’t hodl flowers, was a bubble in the Netherlands that saw prices for a single tulip bulb rocket up to a high of 6,700 guilders in February 1637 — enough to purchase a house at the time. The NYT suggested that perhaps history was rhyming, given the similarity between the COVID-19 adjacent NFT bubble and the bubonic plague-driven Tulip bubble: “It should also be pointed out that febr...

Carter argues that mining is concentrated in areas where there is an excess of energy. Coin Metrics co-founder Nic Carter has produced a well-researched rebuttal to some of the key claims suggesting power-hungry Bitcoin mining is causing an environmental disaster. In an in-depth article called Noahbjectivity on Bitcoin mining penned on March 30, the Castle Island Ventures Partner responds to claims by Bloomberg columnist Noah Smith in a March 24 article titled Bitcoin miners are on a path to self-destruction . The first claim Carter took aim at was that Bitcoin is unique among assets in that a rising price entails a greater energy draw. Carter stated that gold has the exact same trait in that higher prices result in increased mining and energy consumption. Secondly, there was a claim by Smith that Bitcoin mining hogs local power resources depriving regular customers of electricity. However, according to figures produced by Carter, mining is concentrated in areas where there is...

Michael Jordan, Will Smith join $305M funding round for NBA Top Shot maker Dapper Labs Basketball legend Michael Jordan and Hollywood icon Will Smith are among a group of investors in Dapper Lab’s latest funding round. NBA Top Shot maker Dapper Labs has secured about $305 … http://twitter.com/Beegamesnetwork/status/1377098792873336837 Referenzcode:noxy203|referral code:noxy203|bee-miner.tk

One BTC will be worth a Lambo by 2022, and a Bugatti by 2023: Kraken CEO Amid the threat of dollar debasement, Kraken’s Jesse Powell believes Lamborghinis and Bugattis may be a better measure of Bitcoin’s value in the future. Appearing on Bloomberg, Kraken CEO Jesse Powell… http://twitter.com/Beegamesnetwork/status/1377098788985135117 Referenzcode:noxy203|referral code:noxy203|bee-miner.tk

LBRY fires back at SEC over 'aggressive and disastrous' securities complaint LBRY is in the SEC’s firing line for selling unregistered securities. It claims the case could set a precedent that would affect much of the industry. Blockchain company LBRY, Inc. has hit back at… http://twitter.com/Beegamesnetwork/status/1377098785076092931 Referenzcode:noxy203|referral code:noxy203|bee-miner.tk

The blacklist: Marathon only mining ‘fully compliant’ Bitcoin transactions Marathon plans to divert all hash power to its new, regulatory compliant Bitcoin mining pool from May 1. Major U.S.-based mining firm Marathon Digital Holdings has announced the launch of what it de… http://twitter.com/Beegamesnetwork/status/1377098781208977420 Referenzcode:noxy203|referral code:noxy203|bee-miner.tk

Basketball legend Michael Jordan and Hollywood icon Will Smith are among a group of investors in Dapper Lab’s latest funding round. NBA Top Shot maker Dapper Labs has secured about $305 million in new funding round from investors. According to a report by Business Insider on Tuesday, past and present NBA stars like Michael Jordan, Alex Caruso, and Kevin Durant participated in the funding round. Other investors included The Chernin Group and Will Smith’s venture capital outfit Dreamers VC. With this latest funding round, Dapper Labs now reportedly holds a $2.6 billion valuation. As previously reported by Cointelegraph, NBA Top Shot had grossed $230 million in sales as of the end of February. According to a Dapper Labs spokesperson quoted by Business Insider, March trading figures have seen NBA Top Shot's total gross reach $483 million with more than 802,000 users on the platform. Indeed, the NBA Top Shot boom is part of the current interest surrounding non fungible tokens, o...

Amid the threat of dollar debasement, Kraken’s Jesse Powell believes Lamborghinis and Bugattis may be a better measure of Bitcoin’s value in the future. Appearing on Bloomberg, Kraken CEO Jesse Powell explained why he believes dollar-based long-term price predictions for Bitcoin are flawed, emphasizing the inflationary nature of fiat currencies. Responding to a question asking Powell for end of year price predictions, Kraken’s CEO said : “I think I said Bitcoin is going to infinity and that’s kind of hard to comprehend because I’m measuring it in terms of dollars.” Offering alternative measures for valuing Bitcoin, Powell speculated the value of Bitcoin may increase from its current 'price' or one BTC per Tesla Model 3 to “one Bitcoin per Lambo” by the end of the year, and to “one Bitcoin per Bugatti” by 2023. Powell added: "To the crypto community, I think those kinds of assets are easier to measure Bitcoin against because you never know where the dollar is going to...

LBRY is in the SEC’s firing line for selling unregistered securities. It claims the case could set a precedent that would affect much of the industry. Blockchain company LBRY, Inc. has hit back at the Securities and Exchange Commission, saying a complaint filed against it threatens much of the crypto industry because it would define most tokens as securities.  The SEC has been looking into the blockchain-based publishing platform LBRY, Inc. as part of a three-year investigation that started in May 2018. According to the complaint filed by the SEC, the platform is alleged to have sold unregistered securities across multiple avenues including to institutional investors and platform users between 2016 and 2020. The regulator is seeking a permanent injunction to prevent the company from selling more tokens, disgorgement of all funds received with interest, and to pay an undisclosed amount in civil penalties. LBRY developed a decentralized video sharing platform called Odysee tha...

Marathon plans to divert all hash power to its new, regulatory compliant Bitcoin mining pool from May 1. Major U.S.-based mining firm Marathon Digital Holdings has announced the launch of what it describes as the first North American Bitcoin mining pool that is “fully compliant with U.S. regulations.” According to a March 30 announcement , the pool adheres to U.S. anti-money laundering guidelines and rules set out by the Office of Foreign Asset Control, or OFAC. Marathon will ensure the transactions processed by its pool meet regulatory standards by using technology exclusively licensed by DMG Blockchain allowing transfers to be filtered. The firm will begin diverting 100% of its current hash power to the new pool from May 1. Marathon’s new pool also plans to begin accepting hash power pooled from other U.S.-based miners from June 1. By 2022, Marathon expects to have deployed 103,120 miners to direct 10.37 exahashes per second, or EH/s, to the mining pool — equal to roughly 6.4% of...

PayPal to start letting US customers pay in Bitcoin at global merchants A checkout service will be implemented which waives transaction fees for purchases made using crypto, PayPal's president and CEO confirmed. Online payments giant PayPal will start to accept cryptocurre… http://twitter.com/Beegamesnetwork/status/1376872318870380550 Referenzcode:noxy203|referral code:noxy203|bee-miner.tk

Bitcoin jumps past $59K as PayPal launches crypto payments at 29M merchants The latest adoption step for Bitcoin and some altcoins will receive official confirmation on Tuesday, PayPal tells Reuters. Bitcoin (BTC) neared $60,000 on March 30 after PayPal confirmed that it h… http://twitter.com/Beegamesnetwork/status/1376872316999700480 Referenzcode:noxy203|referral code:noxy203|bee-miner.tk

Digital ruble is ‘highest form of money’, Russian Bitcoin critic says The digital ruble will become an integral part of national settlements by 2023 or 2024, Anatoly Aksakov of the Russian State Duma predicted. Anatoly Aksakov, chairman of the Russian State Duma Committee … http://twitter.com/Beegamesnetwork/status/1376872315137429514 Referenzcode:noxy203|referral code:noxy203|bee-miner.tk

XRP holders get green light for motion to intervene in SEC vs Ripple case A federal judge has accepted token holders' claim that their interests are not being adequately represented in the SEC's ongoing lawsuit against Ripple Labs. XRP tokenholders who have sought the righ… http://twitter.com/Beegamesnetwork/status/1376872312335646725 Referenzcode:noxy203|referral code:noxy203|bee-miner.tk

Iowa House approves bill to legally recognize blockchain smart contracts The bill would give legal recognition to transfers and registrations made through blockchain smart contracts. On March 29, the Iowa House of Representatives passed a bill that seeks to legally recogni… http://twitter.com/Beegamesnetwork/status/1376872310133563398 Referenzcode:noxy203|referral code:noxy203|bee-miner.tk

British regulators have identified the stablecoin market as their primary assignment amid efforts to create a legal framework for virtual currencies in the country. John Glen, the United Kingdom's financial services minister, has said that stablecoins will be the main focus of the government’s crypto regulatory activity. Glen made delivered his comments while addressing a conference organized by City & Financial Global on Tuesday, Reuters reported . For Glen, the U.K.’s decision to prioritize stablecoins over regulating the broader financial market is due to fears of monopolies emerging in the market based on the limited number of participants offering fiat-pegged cryptocurrency payment services. “There is the potential for some firms to swiftly achieve dominance and crowd out other players, due to their ability to scale and plug into existing online services,” Glen remarked. Indeed, the minister’s argument echoes sentiments espoused by several financial regulators a...

A checkout service will be implemented which waives transaction fees for purchases made using crypto, PayPal's president and CEO confirmed. Online payments giant PayPal will start to accept cryptocurrency as a medium of exchange at its millions of global merchants, the firm’s president and CEO revealed on Tuesday ahead of a formal announcement. News broke regarding PayPal’s rumored decision to accept cryptocurrencies early on March 30. Later in the day, the firm’s CEO, Dan Schulman, confirmed to Reuters that the rumors were true and that an official statement would be released imminently. The new system is expected to feature a crypto checkout service where users can pay for goods and services at approved vendors using their stored coins. The system will reportedly see merchants receive equivalent funds directly in fiat currency after coins are subject to a quick transfer at the time of sale. The checkout service is expected to be available for all four of PayPal’s supported ...