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Bakkt Holdings Set to Go Public on New York Stock Exchange

Crypto asset custodial and trading platform Bakkt will be listed for trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker BKKT from Oct 18, 2021. The company is owned by International Exchange Incorporated, which owns the NYSE. Sponsored Sponsored Bakkt Holdings has a current valuation in excess of $2 billion. Coinbase, a competitor to Bakkt, was also listed on the NASDAQ in its own IPO in April of this year.  The company first announced in January that it was making plans to go public, and is now ready to

Axie Infinity Leads In-Game NFT Boom, DappRadar Q3 report

This report contains many interesting facts on blockchain gaming, with the overall trend to take away being that the industry is growing fast in many areas. Additionally, this report shows that various key players and sub-categories of revenue within the blockchain gaming sector are beginning to emerge.Sponsored Sponsored DappRadar has released the full version of the Q3 2021 edition of its ‘Blockchain Game Report’, a series of studies into the statistical facts and trends found within this fast-growing sector. Previously, only a limited ‘overview’ version of the report had been

DeFi Deep Dive — Covalent, Blockchain Data Unifier

One of the problems facing Web 3.0 is the unification of scattered decentralized networks. Covalent is addressing this issue. It gives developers access to smart contract data to survey the entire blockchain ecosystem.Sponsored Sponsored Covalent makes it easier for investors to glean insights and performance of digital assets. This is done through its unified API (application programming interface) that indexes blockchains. These range from NFTs to DeFi protocols. A brief history Ganesh Swami and Levi Aul started Covalent, expanding to a 35-person team. Across all personnel, they have extensive cumulative

Greenheart Token Closes Four Consecutive Pools

The Greenheart CBD Staking Program opened on June 7, 2021 and closed swiftly after reaching its target. To the same high demand, two more pools opened soon after and also closed early. Sponsored Sponsored The fourth pool closed recently—signifying a total of four (4) successfully closed pools for the first-ever CBD DeFi token on the blockchain network—the Greenheart CBD Token. Greenheart CBD Limited is innovating to improve the CBD (cannabidiol) production process through DeFi Blockchain and AI (Artificial Intelligence). Sponsored Sponsored After the close of three of its four staking

Can a Convicted Art Forger Become Next Big Thing in NFTs?

Wolfgang Beltracchi is a well-known and previously convicted art forger. Beltracchi is also the most recent member of the non-fungible token (NFT) creators club. The German faker of fine arts has previously served prison time for his crimes but is putting his skills to good use with a digital art collection. Sponsored Sponsored Artist Wolfgang Beltracchi has a long history of creating paintings for high-end clients worldwide. But, not the way most artists do. The notable difference is that Beltracchi spent decades forging works from history’s greatest artists and collected an

Chinese Crypto Exchange BitZ Announces Closure as Crackdown Continues

Amidst another major crypto clampdown in China, the 4-year old Chinese exchange BitZ shutters its operations. Sponsored Sponsored The cryptocurrency exchange BitZ announced its closure after four years of operating one of the most popular online exchanges. It stated “policy and regulatory requirements” as the reasons behind its latest development.  While the actual closure date is set for October 21, 2021, the exchange said it suspended new user registration and KYC earlier. Those operations stopped on Mainland China back on September 26, 2021. However, only a few days prior the exchange

McDonald’s China Celebrates 31st Anniversary With Big Mac NFT

The non-fungible token (NFT) from McDonald’s will be the first from the company. 188 examples will be gifted to employees and consumers. Sponsored Sponsored The “Big Mac Rubik’s Cube,” was announced by McDonald’s China to celebrate 31 years in the mainland market. In addition to the three decades in business in China, the NFT marks the opening of a new Shanghai-based headquarters.  “McDonald’s is a young and trendy brand that always pays attention to fashion trends and cutting-edge technology,” says CEO of McDonald’s China Zhang Jiayin. He adds that “At this

Crypto Job Hiring Sees Huge Demand as Industry Grows

The number of jobs related to cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology have skyrocketed, according to data from several job listing websites.Sponsored Sponsored While crypto searches more than doubled on Indeed.com in the past year, US job postings with “cryptocurrency” and “blockchain” as keywords were up over 600% on LinkedIn. Additionally, growth in paid listing at CryptocurrencyJobs.co increased nearly 1,500% since last year. “Everyone is hiring right now” Daniel Adler, founder of CryptocurrencyJobs.co, provided some insight into the growth that’s occurred. He noted that some teams who were looking to double at

RMRK Token Becomes First Kusama Statemine Token Tradable on CEXes

The RMRK Association announces that the $RMRK token, the utility and governance token of the most advanced NFT protocol created to date, is now available for purchase on Kucoin and Gate.Sponsored Sponsored This is the very first Statemine fungible token to be available for trading globally. Statemine is a public-good parachain on the Kusama network, Polkadot’s canary network, designed to be the canonical balance-keeper of thousands of different fungible and non-fungible tokens. RMRK is the first such token to become globally tradable through CEXes. Some of $RMRK’s many utilities include:Sponsored

Bitcoin (BTC) Reclaims $43,000 After Short-Term Pump

Bitcoin (BTC) increased slightly on Sept 29 but failed to sustain its upward movement. However, it moved above $43,000 on Sept 30 before dropping back slightly.Sponsored Sponsored BTC has broken out from a short-term descending resistance line and is in the process of moving towards the next closest resistance area. BTC attempts to reclaim resistance BTC is currently attempting to move above the $44,000 area, which previously acted as support but has now turned to resistance. Sponsored Sponsored Technical indicators in the daily time frame are showing some bullish signs, such