Tag: crypto

Welcome to Nonfungible Tidbits, a weekly roundup of news in crypto, NFTs and their related realms. Our lead story this week is the UK's push to become a center for crypto asset investment and ... ( read original story ...)

After nearly 300 years of doing business in old-fashioned ways, the venerable auction house rewrote its playbook during the pandemic—and kept going, ... ( read original story ...)

Digital stock trading platform Robinhood just released its crypto wallet to 2 million waitlisted users this week in a much-anticipated play that could have major implications for the emerging crypto ... ( read original story ...)

"Residents of countries where the traditional financial sector is well developed may be less likely to feel the need for crypto," reads a new IMF report. ( read original story ...)

A former Merrill Lynch derivatives trader with a passion for Star Wars is preparing to take his flying motorbike startup public in Japan. “The need for these bikes will be higher in places with desert ... ( read original story ...)

However, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen--addressing lawmakers on Capitol Hill--expressed skepticism in regards to sanctioned Russian entities and individuals using crypto as a workaround of ... ( read original story ...)

A party vibe reigned at a conference where attendees mocked fiat currency and Peter Thiel slammed Wall Street ‘enemies’ of bitcoin ... ( read original story ...)

The regulator wants to evaluate the safety and soundness, consumer protection, and financial stability implications of crypto activities at banks. ( read original story ...)

Cryptocurrency was initially created to sidestep old institutions – and banks may finally be feeling themselves get disrupted, according to Cathie Wood. ( read original story ...)

Peter Thiel and Elon Musk, Silicon Valley tech titans known for their controversial yet influential comments, are aiming for maximum impact this month. Thiel, the PayPal co-founder and libertarian ... ( read original story ...)

The Oscar winner discusses this week's episode of Apple TV+'s sweeping family epic and shares her perfectly logical thoughts about a potential season 2. ( read original story ...)

Buffett's dismissal of bitcoin as a worthless delusion, and his refusal to own crypto, have slowed its adoption and price gains, Thiel said. ( read original story ...)

Robinhood’s cryptocurrency wallet, which lets users spend and trade select digital currencies including Bitcoin and Ethereum, is being made available to “all eligible customers’’ on its waitlist, the ... ( read original story ...)

Before the release of the crypto wallets, those Robinhood customers could buy and sell crypto on the platform, but as The Verge notes, it was difficult for them to actually spend ... ( read original story ...)

The European Union on Friday targeted crypto wallets, banks, currencies and trusts in its fifth package of sanctions on Russia in a bid to close potential loopholes which could allow Russians to move ... ( read original story ...)

U.S. private equity firm KKR (KKR) may take Japanese chip equipment manufacturer Kokusai Electric public through an initial public in Tokyo as soon as early June, Reuters ... ( read original story ...)