Damien Hirst Is Now Accepting Bitcoin and Ethereum for His Art In brief Artist Damien Hirst is accepting Bitcoin and Ethereum for a new batch of prints. The pieces are inspired by bushidō, the samurai code. Damien Hirst—the British artist known for his preserved shark piece, The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of
Cboe Applies to List First Bitcoin ETF in US In brief US firms are still trying to get a Bitcoin EF through regulators. An ETF has several qualities attractive to investors. In the closing days of 2020, investment firm VanEck filed an application with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to form the VanEck
Mark Cuban’s Shark Tank Co-Host Mr. Wonderful Pulls 180 on Bitcoin In brief Kevin O’Leary has changed his mind about Bitcoin. Mark Cuban, his Shark Tank colleague, is very interested in Ethereum. First, Mark Cuban got into Ethereum. Now his Shark Tank co-host has announced his arrival to Bitcoin. Canadian businessman Kevin O’Leary, known to
Visa: 25% of Latin Americans Want to Pay With Cryptocurrencies In brief Many Latin American users expect to use cryptocurrency for payments. Cryptocurrency is increasingly popular in South American countries. Latin Americans want cryptocurrencies, and not just as hedges for inflation or savings. They want to be able to spend them, too. A recent Visa
Link Marines Have A New Way to Make Money With Chainlink In brief Crypto lender BlockFi will support Chainlink deposits on its platform starting tomorrow. Chainlink deposits will earn 5.5% APY with interest paid in LINK tokens. The cryptocurrency space is still largely dominated by the original king of crypto in Bitcoin, but a few
Fidelity Director: Bitcoin Has ‘Unique Advantage’ Over Gold In brief A director at Fidelity thinks that Bitcoin is like digital gold. But he thinks it has one distinct advantage to the yellow metal. As Bitcoin goes mainstream, joining the ranks of its supporters is Jurrien Timmer, the director of Global Macro at Fidelity, a large
Fidelity Director: Bitcoin Has ‘Unique Advantage’ Over Gold In brief A director at Fidelity thinks that Bitcoin is like digital gold. But he thinks it has one distinct advantage to the yellow metal. As Bitcoin goes mainstream, joining the ranks of its supporters is Jurrien Timmer, the director of Global Macro at Fidelity, a large
Goldman Sachs to Resume Trading Bitcoin Futures in Mid-March In brief In yet another bullish sign for Bitcoin, Goldman Sachs is reopening its crypto trading desk. The company did not say if the desk will also trade Ethereum. Goldman Sachs has revived plans to open a trading desk for cryptocurrency, and will begin dealing Bitcoin
Grimes Just Sold Her Crypto Art NFT Collection for $6 Million In brief Musician Grimes sold a collection of digital artworks as NFTs this weekend. Some of the images came along with unreleased music. The final piece sold today. They’ve generated over $6 million. Musician and visual artist Grimes has sold a collection of NFTs
Cardano ‘Mary’ Upgrade Set to Go Live: Here’s Why It Matters In brief Cardano introduces a key platform upgrade, called Mary, today. Mary will make Cardano into a multi-asset network, similar to Ethereum. It will introduce new use cases, and features, and enable users to create tokens. “Mary”—named after Frankenstein author Mary Shelley—Cardano’s newest upgrade,
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