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Nifty News: Anime-ca Brands, Steve Aoki’s NFTs more profitable than decade of studio albums
Anime and Animoca Brands Blockchain gaming and Metaverse company Animoca Brands has launched a strategic subsidiary in Japan after raising $10 million in seed funding. The new subsidiary, named Animoca Brands KK, plans on expanding popular Japanese content into NFTs, the Metaverse, and fungible tokens through Web3 applications. The content includes anime such as My Hero Academia and Dragon Ball, games, art, sports, and others. Funds for this latest expansion were raised in a $10 million seed round led by Japanese investment firm MCP Asset Management’s MCP IPX One Fund. Animoca Brands co-founder and executive chairman Yat Siu told Cointelegraph that “this one is really big” because of the content being brought into the NFT space and the size of the firms now involved. Siu also said in the o...
Grayscale Bitcoin ETF proposal sees support from the public
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) made a provision for comments from the people on the subject of Grayscale converting its BTC Trust into a spot ETF The financial watchdog has in the past publicly shown inclination towards indirect crypto ETFs as opposed to spot ETFs Earlier this month, the SEC shared its concerns on the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust exchange-traded fund (ETF) conversion proposal – mostly revolving around manipulation, fraud and investor protection. The commission also expressed its uncertainty over the propriety of Bitcoin as the underlying asset, asking the public to give its views on the same. The agency set a 21-day window for providing the comments and 14 days for replies to the shared view. The US markets regulator has since received many comments regarding t...
Here is why crypto strategist de Poppe believes Bitcoin’s $41k support is crucial
Crypto markets analyst Michael van de Poppe has identified crucial $41k support for Bitcoin He theorised that Bitcoin going above $46k is a trigger for altcoins to start performing better Van de Poppe expects extended sideways action for Ethereum unless it breaks above $3,100 Crypto strategist Michael van de Poppe has reviewed how the crypto community should expect the market to shape up over the next few days. Bitcoin Speaking on the king cryptocurrency, Van de Poppe observed in a recent YouTube session that the coin is dancing around a crucial support level, which he says is likely to determine the direction Bitcoin could take in the short term. He pointed out that $41k was an important price level for Bitcoin, explaining that should support persist at this level, then Bitcoin could test...
Canada enforces restrictions on crowdfunding and crypto payment platforms
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has invoked the Emergencies Act to stop funding to the ongoing protests against COVID-19 mandates in the country Crowdfunding platforms and crypto payment providers associated with them will be required to register with FITRAC They are also to flag unusual transactions and report them to the regulator. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has invoked the country’s Emergencies Act for the first time. The Act is a set of regulations coined in 1988 that temporarily gives the federal government leeway to exercise additional powers for the good of the public. Assistant Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, who also serves as the Minister for Finance, confirmed yesterday that following the invocation of the Act, the government has expanded the scope of anti-terr...
Monero community concerned as leading mining pool nears 51% of ecosystem’s total hash rate
On Tuesday, privacy coin Monero (XMR) mining pool MineXMR’s hash rate surpassed over 1.4 GH/s, accounting for 44% of the hash rate of the XMR network. MineXMR has about 13,000 miners and charges a 1% pool fee. According to a screenshot from Archive.org last August, the pool only contributed to 34% of the hash rate of the XMR network. The rapid rise in the network’s hash rate has spooked some XMR enthusiasts, with Reddit user u/vscmm writing: “We need to talk with MineXMR to take some action right now! Please send an email for support@minexmr.com to MineXMR admins to take action; a 51% pool is not in the best interest of the community or the pool.” If a 51% attack were to occur, the bad actors involved could potentially overturn network transactions to double-sp...
Concerns over Fed nominee may stop Senate from confirming Biden’s picks: Report
Members of the U.S. Senate Banking committee have reportedly divided along party lines regarding President Joe Biden’s pick of Sarah Bloom Raskin as vice chair for supervision for the Board of Governors at the Federal Reserve. According to a Tuesday report from Reuters, Senator Pat Toomey, the ranking member on the Senate Banking Committee, said he had asked the 12 Republican senators on the committee to not attend a meeting in which members were expected to vote on President Biden’s nominees for the Fed. Toomey reportedly said that Democratic leadership can proceed with “five of the six nominees” put forth by the President and expect Republican support — with the exception of Raskin. Republicans’ boycott is reportedly due to concerns over allegations that the prospective Fed vice chair fo...
OpenSea customer service migrating from Discord to Metalink to more adequately protect its community
On Tuesday, nonfungible token, or NFT, platform OpenSea launched a server on Metalink to give the verified owners of its collections a direct channel for support, feedback and updates. In addition, OpenSea said it would no longer offer customer support over Discord DMs. Metalink is a collaboration app for NFT communities that offers users a place to view their collection’s value and monitor its associated real-time transaction feed. In addition, channels hosted on Metalink are token-gated, meaning that proof of ownership of an NFT or social token is required to access the content. According to OpenSea, the platform is making the switch after fraudsters began impersonating support associates on its Discord page. As one crypto enthusiast, @seanbonner writes: “[It happens li...
Here’s why the SEC keeps rejecting spot Bitcoin ETF applications
It is not the first time the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rejected proposals for a Bitcoin spot exchange traded product (ETP), but efforts continue to be made by different financial institutions. The recent attempt made by Cboe BZX Exchange on Jan. 25 to list the Fidelity Wise Origin Bitcoin Trust as a Bitcoin ETP has also failed. The SEC letter published on Feb. 8 pointed out that the exchange has not met its burden to demonstrate the fund is “designed to prevent fraudulent and manipulative acts” and “to protect investors and the public interest”. Although proposals of Bitcoin spot ETPs have never been approved by the SEC and such products are not available in the U.S. market, they do exist in the European market. By investigating the prices of these ETPs traded in ...
Crypto analyst predicts gains for XRP, SHIB and BTC – Here’s his argument
Crypto analyst and Coin Bureau host is seeing a bull flag that could inspire a Bitcoin rally to $46k He also expects XRP to grow further with the news of Ripple joining the Digital Euro Association Metaverse news should eventually awaken SHIB to pump by up to 50% soon Pseudonymous Coin Bureau host, Guy, has observed that Bitcoin, XRP and Shiba Inu could be ready for a pump in the coming days. During a Monday YouTube session, Guy stated that the three had mounted a solid case to show that they are ripe for an uptrend. Bitcoin price can touch $56k soon The popular crypto markets analyst told his following that he is seeing the formation of a small bull flag for the world’s king of digital assets, which may or may not materialise. As the bull flag indicates an expectation for the upward...
Cardano Foundation’s promotional bug bounty program commences
The updated program to identify vulnerabilities started on Monday and will run for six weeks The lowest bugs spotted will attract a reward of $800 and the critical ones $20,000 Cardano Foundation, the non-profit entity that is mainly responsible for Cardano’s path, last week announced the doubling of rewards for users that identify bugs on the network. The Swiss-based organisation shared an update on Hackerone that hackers who spot potential vulnerabilities will pocket double the bounty offered previously. “Hello hackers, we are excited to let you know that we are running a promotion for the next 6 weeks on all assets, it will run from Monday 14th February 2022 until Friday 25th March 2022 and our payouts for valid reports have DOUBLED,” the Cardano Foundation Team w...
India’s social media giant Chingari debuts an in-app crypto wallet
Chingari, the TikTok rival that launched its native $GARI token last month, is bringing more integrations onboard The giant social media platform has debuted its integrated-token wallet and plans to unveil an NFT marketplace soon India’s short video platform, Chingari, has revealed it is integrating its native $GARI token and an associated Solana wallet into the social media app. The $GARI token had already launched to 500 community members in the beta testnet at the end of last year. This was followed by the token debut on the global stage to international traders last month. Growth through incentivising content Chingari hopes to foster an expanding in-app economy which would open many innovative doors on the social media platform. Users can withdraw or deposit tokens effortlessly v...
Russian Ministry wants to legalize Bitcoin mining in specific areas
While the Russian government continues to work out a regulatory regime for digital assets, a federal ministry has made another proposal regarding the crypto mining industry. Russia’s Ministry of Economic Development has greenlighted the concept of crypto mining regulation in the country, proposing to allow mining operations in areas with “sustainable surplus in electricity generation,” local news agency Izvestia reported Tuesday. As part of the proposal, the ministry suggested introducing lower fees for setting up mining farms and data centers in specific Russian regions as well as offering reduced energy rates for such facilities. The ministry also wants to establish a power use limit for mining by individuals, reportedly proposing to introduce higher energy rates for increased energy spe...
