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Russian Central Bank Objects To Ruble Pegged Stablecoins

December 2, 2020

Russian central bank objects to ruble pegged stablecoins. Senior officials at the Bank of Russia have come out against the question of private stablecoins attached to the Russian ruble. Sergei Shvetsov, the f...

NYDIG Raises $150 Million For Bitcoin Investment Funds

December 2, 2020

NYDIG raises $150 million for bitcoin investment funds. According to documents filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission on 24 November and 1 December, the New York Digital Investment Gr...

Visa And BlockFi Set To Introduce Bitcoin Rewards Credit Card As Adoption Booms

December 2, 2020

Visa and BlockFi set to introduce bitcoin rewards credit card as adoption booms. Visa and BlockFi join forces to introduce a new credit card that rewards Bitcoin (BTC) users, setting the stage for the broader...

Libra Rebrands to Diem Ahead of the January Launch

December 2, 2020

The Libra Association announced that it has adopted a new name to mark a fresh start of the project ahead of the tentative launch in 2021. Libra association will be called the ‘Diem’ association from now on. ...

Russia Says No to Private Stablecoins Pegged with Ruble

December 2, 2020

Sergey Shvetsov, the first deputy governor at the central bank of the Russian federation said no to the ruble-pegged private stablecoins. Another official, Olga Skorobogatova who is currently serving as the f...

Hamster-Powered Marble Races Set To Launch On The Ethereum Main Net

December 1, 2020

Hamster-powered marble races set to launch on ethereum main net. On Sunday a new form of gambling will be released to the Ethereum world on mainnet: hamster-powered marble races, after only two years of estab...

Blockchain Services To Be Available To Freelancers Thanks To Russia’s Alfa Bank

December 1, 2020

Blockchain services to be available to freelancers thanks to Russia's Alfa Bank. Alfa-Bank, one of Russia's largest private commercial banks, is exploring blockchain technology in its freelancer services. Ac...

Yearn Finance Merges With SushiSwap

December 1, 2020

Yearn Finance merges with SushiSwap. The merger, announced by Yearn founder Andre Cronje on Tuesday, entails a number of synergies between the two ecosystems and other ventures initiated by Cronje. As with p...

Venezuelan Army Turns To Bitcoin Mining As Economy Collapses

December 1, 2020

Venezuelan army turns to bitcoin mining as economy collapses. The Venezuelan Army Engineering Brigade inaugurated the new Digital Assets Production Center of the Bolivarian Army of Venezuela." on Instagram. A...

Coinbase To Roll Out Ethereum 2.0 Staking

December 1, 2020

Coinbase to roll out Ethereum 2.0 staking. U.S. Digital Currency Exchange Coinbase has outlined plans to embrace Ethereum 2.0 rewards—which could potentially set the stage for even broader acceptance of the s...