NFT-based Fixed Lending Protocol Pledge Backed by Stanford Alumni Announces Successful Fundraise

PRESS RELEASE. Pledge Finance is launching a cross-chain decentralized finance ecosystem, purpose-built for the financial sector following a successful private round in which it raised more than $3 million. Hong…

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Fintech Firm Revolut Pays for Dallas-Based Wework Workspace With Bitcoin

The cryptocurrency-infused financial tech company Revolut has announced it has purchased a Wework office with bitcoin. Revolut detailed that the office space in Dallas, Texas will house 300 employees to…

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Bitcoin Can Become The Global Reserve Currency, Says SkyBridge’s Anthony Scaramucci

The American financier Anthony Scaramucci believes that bitcoin is a monetary standard that could one day become a global reserve currency. He explained the volatile nature of the digital asset…

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Evolve or die: How smart contracts are shifting the crypto sector’s balance of power

Smart contract capabilities are rendering old-school megalithic crypto projects obsolete as blockchains evolve beyond just being a medium of exchange.

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The Big Three Credit Agencies Critique El Salvador’s Bitcoin Adoption — S&P Global Warns of ‘Immediate Negative Implications’

All of the ‘Big Three’ credit agencies have said that El Salvador’s adoption of bitcoin could affect the country’s credit rating in a negative manner. After both Moody’s and Fitch…

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After Fed Members Disclose Million-Dollar Stock Trades Fed’s Powell Initiates Ethics Inquiry

The Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell has directed his staff to start an ethics inquiry into the financial activities of Fed members, as a number of senior central bank officials…

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