Legendary New York hip-hop artist and producer, Jay-Z has joined forces with the founder of Cash App, Jack Dorsey, to launch “The Bitcoin Academy,” an educational program advocating for the democratic vision that “education is power.” Exclusively available for residents of the Marcy Project public housing complex in New York City, the scheme will commence…
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Brad Garlinghouse, the CEO of cross-border payments company Ripple, spoke during a panel discussion Monday at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Garlinghouse, who also occupies a role as a member of the company’s board of directors, commented on a wide range of topics, most notably the current status of regulation in the United States versus…
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Pizza DAO, the decentralized blockchain project seeking to unite the global community of pizza fanatics with the technological potential of Web3, are celebrating Sunday’s Bitcoin Pizza Day in authentic style. On May 22, the project will host commemorative events at 100 pizzerias in over 75 countries around the world, including the United States, Argentina, South…
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As one of a number of Cointelegraph representatives attending the Paris Blockchain Week Summit (PBWS) at the historic Palais Brongniart — a neoclassical building previously serving as the headquarters for the Parisian stock exchange from 1826 to 1987 — European news reporter, Joe Hall sat down for an in-depth interview with the Chief technology officer…
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Interoperability network Interlay has released a 21-page technical whitepaper, titled XCC: Theft-Resilient and Collateral-Optimized Cryptocurrency-Backed Assets, advocating for the imminent development of cross-blockchain interoperability solutions to unlock a plethora of potential within the decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem. As a Polkadot (DOT) parachain, Interlay is focusing its efforts on opening pathways of communication and interaction between…
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Janet Yellen, the 78th United States Secretary of the Treasury, spoke Friday morning on CNBC’s flagship business and politics show Squawk Box, on an array of topics from the growth of the renewable energy sector amid Russia’s economic isolation, the rising levels of inflation and Federal Reserve responsibility, as well as her current perspective on…
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Interlay, a newly appointed Polkadot (DOT) parachain network, is nearing the completion of a two-year Bitcoin (BTC) bridge development project on Polkadot, with the launch announcement on its sandbox platform Kusama. Additionally, Interlay has integrated a Wrapped Bitcoin (wBTC) digital asset, known as kBTC, on their Canary parachain Kintsugi. The asset is already available for…
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Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), United Kingdom’s central financial regulator, has issued a damning verdict on the presence of Bitcoin (BTC) ATMs within the island country. In what has come as a surprise to many within the industry, the U.K. authority has issued a stern “shut down or face further action” order to operators of Bitcoin…
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In an exclusive television interview with Fox Business on Wednesday, JMP Securities director of financial technology research, Devin Ryan spoke candidly on a range of topics within the cryptocurrency industry. This included the macroscopic regulation amid the impending expectations of a White House policy framework, states within the United States accepting Bitcoin as legal tender…
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The House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee — an investigative governing body representing the economic interests of the United Kingdom — has released an official report assessing the pertinence of a government-issued central bank digital currency (CDBC). Titled “Central bank digital currencies: a solution in search of a problem?,” the 52-page publication covers a litany…
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