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2021-03-12 18:26:30 Unknown user bought NFT CryptoPunk for 4,200 ETH

An unknown user purchased one of the nine alien punk tokens (NFTs) released in 2017.

NFT CryptoPunk 7804 cost the buyer 4,200 ETH - $7.5 million as of this writing.

There are a total of nine alien punk tokens created long before the famous CryptoKitties. In January 2021, the decentralized autonomous digital collectibles investment organization FlamingoDAO purchased one of them for 605 ETH.

On Thursday, March 11, Christie's auction house sold NFT by Beeple for $69.3 million, making the author of "Everydays: The First 5000 Days" one of the most valuable artists alive. Open / Comment

2021-03-12 15:13:02 Businessman lost a laptop with $500 million in bitcoins

The founder of the fake news and conspiracy website InfoWars Alex Jones told about the loss of a laptop with 10,000 bitcoins. The businessman's crypto-assets are worth over $500 million.

In an interview with Flagrant 2, Jones said he received the cryptocurrency as a gift from TV host Max Kaiser in 2011. At the time, one bitcoin was worth less than $5, but the host saw it as a prospect of becoming a global currency.

After seeing an issue with Jones' story about losing his laptop, Kaiser confirmed on his Twitter account that he had given a friend such a gift 10 years earlier. Open / Comment

2021-03-11 20:17:05 Binance Coin surpasses $300

Cryptocurrency exchange Binance today announced that Max Bokus, former U.S. Senator, Finance Committee Chairman and U.S. Ambassador to China, has joined it as Regulatory Advisor.

Binance is the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the world, but serves U.S. customers only through its regulated BinanceUS division with limited offerings. The U.S. site only supports 54 cryptocurrencies compared to 340 on the main site and does not work with derivatives. The exchange expects that Bokus' support will help grow not only its business, but also the broader cryptocurrency ecosystem.

Bokus will advise Binance on policy issues and act as a liaison between the exchange and regulators, the company said.

Bokus currently advises a number of U.S. and Chinese companies while based in Montana. In the past, he served as an adviser to Alibaba Group. Open / Comment

2021-03-10 16:08:02 Win . Crypto domain sold for a record-breaking $100,000

B Unstoppable domains held a record sale of a domain name for the price of $100,000. Unlike traditional domain names that require annual registration, the ownership of win . sgurto is permanent in nature. Importantly, it cannot be accessed by third parties.

Blockchain domains provide the infrastructure for a decentralized Internet, protection from censorship, but they also create a lot of potential legal problems for the world's governments. From now on, Unstoppable Domains will present a new batch of premium domain names every week in categories such as travel, finance, electronics, etc. Open / Comment

2021-03-10 14:06:22 Taco Bell restaurant chain has joined the NFT marketplace

California-based fast-food restaurant chain Taco Bell has entered the fast-growing market of non-replaceable tokens (NFT). On Sunday, the food giant released a collection of original taco-themed artwork on the NFT trading floor of Rarible (RARI), which quickly sold out.

B Taco Bell sold five different NFTs in batches of five. Each non-interchangeable token was offered for sale at 0.001 ETH for about $1.82. At the time of writing, the highest bid for one of the pieces has reached 71 RARI tokens worth about $2,459. B status as the creator of Taco Bell will receive 0.01% of all sales. The company said it plans to donate 100 percent of the proceeds from the artwork to its Taco Bell Foundation, which is registered as a charity. Open / Comment

2021-03-09 20:16:31 PayPal officially bought a cryptocurrency depository for $200 million

The largest debit electronic payment system PayPal announced the purchase of cryptocurrency depository Curv. The company announced this on its official website.

The depository purchase is part of PayPal's efforts to integrate cryptocurrencies into the traditional financial market. As part of the takeover, the Curv team will join PayPal's business unit focused on blockchain and cryptocurrencies.

CNBC reports that the cryptocurrency depository cost PayPal $200 million. PayPal declined to comment on the cost of the Curv takeover.

According to Jose Fernandez da Ponte, vice president and general manager of PayPal's cryptocurrency division, the Curv purchase is part of an effort to realize the vision of a "more inclusive financial system." Open / Comment

2021-03-09 12:16:09 CryptoHeroes, a project combining Yield Farming and NFT Market has been released

CryptoHeroes is a unique DEFI model, uniting the key features of Yield Farming and NFT Market.

This is the only offer on the market where we can access to pools with extra high APY (via NFT-HEROCARDs) or just stake with our own tokens

Each investor earn passive income! Want to add your tokens directly? Just buy cards from the CryptoHeroes universe and choose your profit!

Buy a one-time HERO-PASS to become a collector of unique NFT-HEROCARDs. The NFT Farming program takes place in several stages and the HEROPASSes with each stage will grow. Growth is ensured by demand and burning program.

This model is aimed at both investors who are interested in purchasing collectible goods, OR staking top DEFI tokens for long term.

CryptoHeroes smart contract has been audited by the reputable auditing company PeckShield

Token | Uniswap | Dex Tools | GitHub | Telegram | Contract Open / Comment

2021-03-08 20:12:02 XRP could be the basis for the digital euro

The central bank of France is one of the largest central banks in Europe. It has become known that it plans to take the electronic coin Ripple XRP as a potential basis for the issuance of the digital euro.

Professional accounting firm CPA Australia published a report titled "Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC): A Comparative Overview. It said that we are now seeing a new phase of technological development because of the recent global COVID-19 pandemic. This is due to the fact that digital currencies and online payments are a safe financial means, compared to cash, which can easily transmit bacteria and viruses. This has made electronic payment methods more popular in society.

Also, the CPA Australia report suggests that cryptocurrency from Ripple could potentially be the basis for the launch of the digital euro. The French Central Bank is currently considering such a possibility. Open / Comment

2021-03-08 18:31:17 ePayments, which abandoned cryptocurrencies, opened withdrawals

Payment system ePayments allowed some users to withdraw funds from the platform. Payments started at the beginning of March.

Despite the limited functionality of the system customers of the company were given the opportunity to withdraw funds from their ePayments account to their personal account with another payment provider.

Depending on the balance users have different methods of return, with the exception of the service's native payment cards. ePayments representatives did not provide any other details.

To get access to the funds users need to be verified and send additional personal information about themselves at the request of the company.

Now the withdrawal option is available for some customers. Others will be notified by email.

ePayments assured that the company has enough funds to return the money to all clients in full. Open / Comment

2021-03-07 18:19:02 The price of NFT based on the first tweet has risen to $2.5 million

On Friday, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey put the first tweet in history up for sale by tokenizing it with the Cent service. Since then, bidders have been actively outbidding each other and have already reached millions of dollars.

At the time of publication, Sina Estvi, CEO of Bridge Oracle Malaysia, is in the lead, bidding $2.5 million for the tweet. He outbid Tron CEO Justin Sun, who started with $500,000 and made it to $2 million in a bid with Estvi. Bridge Oracle is based on the Tron blockchain, so it is possible that Sun and Estvi are acting together, using the attention to NFT and specifically to Dorsey's bid for the hype.

An important advantage of NFT is considered to be the ability to digitally validate the rights to art or collectibles using hashes in the blockchain. The uniqueness of the hash is confirmed by a distributed computer network similar to other transactions and tokens. Open / Comment