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2022-10-31 14:02:02 Thailand and Hungary have entered into a partnership to support blockchain adoption in the financial sector

The Financial Technology Association of Thailand (TFA) and the Hungarian Blockchain Coalition have signed a bilateral Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to support blockchain implementation in their respective financial sectors. This was announced by the Hungarian Embassy in Bangkok.

The Hungarian Blockchain Coalition was co-founded by the country's Ministry of Innovation and Technology and the National Center for Data and Economic Knowledge in March 2022, while the Thai Financial Technology Association is a nonprofit organization founded in 2016 to help the local financial technology industry. Open / Comment

2022-10-31 11:45:21 Filecoin developers launch Saturn content delivery network

- The creators of the Filecoin decentralized storage platform have launched the Saturn content delivery network, reports The Block.

- The new product is focused on the segment of decentralized applications and is designed to provide high performance, as well as reduce the hardware requirements of network participants.

- Representatives of Protocol Labs emphasized that Saturn will complement the Filecoin-based core storage layer.

A minimum of 1 terabyte of disk space will be required from the user to run the node. Open / Comment

2022-10-30 20:20:29 Revolut will allow its clients to pay in cryptocurrency

Banking application Revolut will allow its clients to pay in cryptocurrency.

The service will be available from November 1. For a limited time, customers will also be able to receive 1% cashback on the spent cryptocurrency balance.

The app now supports trading in more than 30 digital assets. Open / Comment

2022-10-30 17:42:02 Although, according to the $BTC : Hodeler Sentiment Quotient, the rate of #Bitcoin hoarding by hodlers is impressive, values are still lagging behind 2020-2021 and 2015-2016 levels. Open / Comment

2022-10-30 14:34:01 FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried wanted to invest up to $5 billion to buy Twitter, but Elon Musk said no.

He wanted to incorporate many "crypto chips" into Twitter, including creating a blockchain for it, or integrating one of the existing Open / Comment

2022-10-30 11:20:18 Ripple Labs' XRP stock has fallen below 50% of its total supply (that is, below 50 billion XRP).

XRP net sales for the third quarter were $310.68 million (the second quarter was $408.9 million).

The firm also said it operates four of its 130 nodes. Open / Comment

2022-10-29 20:50:28 Twitter will allow users to buy and sell NFTs through tweets

Twitter has announced that it will allow users to buy and sell NFTs through tweets using the Tweet Tile service.

This opportunity comes thanks to the social network's integration with NFT marketplaces Magic Eden, Rarible, Dapper Labs and Jump Trade.

Together, these trading platforms support 6 blockchains: Ethereum, Solana, Flow, Polygon, Tezos and Immutable X.

In addition, Elon Musk did officially acquire Twitter. Open / Comment

2022-10-29 17:02:02 Santiment: With #Bitcoin returning above $20,700, traders seem content to hold long-term as coins continue to leave exchanges.

The $BTC ratio on exchanges dropped to 8.3%, the lowest in 4 years. October was the month of the big exodus. Open / Comment

2022-10-29 14:50:18 Open / Comment

2022-10-29 11:20:19 Third case of legal action sent as NFT in the UK

British lawyer Steven Murray noted that this is the third time in court practice that "a lawsuit in the form of an NFT is sent to a cryptocurrency wallet operator and redirected to the defendant's wallet."

Murray explained that, according to the law, a plaintiff whose cryptocurrency has been stolen must send a statement to the defendant, i.e., the hacker, that he is suing to freeze the stolen cryptocurrency. Thus giving the defendant the opportunity to defend his rights in court. Open / Comment