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⁠Africa’s top golfers to shoot for Bitcoin prize on Sunshine Tour Africa’s top golfers are set to receive Bitcoin prize money after ground-breaking sponsorship of the Sunshine Tour.

⁠SEC approves Valkyrie's Bitcoin futures ETF Last month, the watchdog gave the thumbs-up to Teucrium's Bitcoin futures ETF, which is the first such vehicle to be approved under the '33 Act.

⁠'Someone is blowing up' — Bitcoin sees 2022 volume record amid hopes capitulation is over Does Bitcoin have further to fall? BTC calms after stocks see a situation which has happened only twice this century.

⁠NFT collectors sent $37B to marketplaces in 2022, nearly equaling 2021 already Despite sporadic market conditions NFT collectors are on track to spend more on NFTs in the first half of this year than in all of 2021.

⁠Ice Cube backs DOGE and an 'incredible and historical' transaction Ice Cube said he is down with the “DogeArmy” after Bill Lee bought $625,000 worth of NFTs tied to the rappers’ BIG3 basketball league in DOGE.

⁠Argentina’s central bank steps in to block new crypto offerings from banks Only four days have passed since two of Argentina’s biggest banks opened up to crypto trading but now the central bank has stepped in to block t…

⁠Senator's Financial Freedom Act would ensure Bitcoin can be in your 401(k) The bill is a response from the Alabama Senator to Senator Warren and the Department of Labor’s bid to block Bitcoin investments in self-directe…

⁠Hop Protocol reveals details of Hop DAO and Optimism-style airdrop Cross-chain bridging protocol, Hop has launched Hop DAO, its community-owned governance structure that will see early users airdropped 8% of all HOP tok…

⁠‘Decentralized Twitter’ Bluesky releases code, outlines content moderation Bluesky outlined that it is “not possible to have a usable social network without moderation,” and intends to build a moderation model for the n…

⁠Court orders BitMEX founders to pay $30M civil penalty The three co-founders have been ordered to pay hefty fines for what the CFTC calls their involvement in serious violations of regulations and the Commodity Exchange…

⁠GameFi News: Tilting Point partners with Polygon Studios, and LootRush raises $12M Catch up on the latest funding and partnership news about GameFi and Web3 gaming. This week Cointelegraph covers LootRush, Axie Infinity…

⁠Vector Finance (VTX) TVL hits a record high as the Curve Wars shift to Avalanche The total value locked on Vector Finance hit a new high after the protocol integrated multiple stablecoins in the Avalanche ecosystem in o…

⁠Bitcoin drops to $35.5K as 1,000 point Dow correction marks the worst trading day since 2020 BTC and ETH price imploded toward swing lows as the Dow tumbled by 1,000 points and the Nasdaq lost 5%, marking the worst trad…

⁠El Salvador’s central bank accepts Qredo's registration to provide crypto services Registered Bitcoin service providers in El Salvador include Chivo, the firm behind the state-issued crypto wallets and kiosks, Paxos Tru…

​​Platform launches next-gen digital asset ecosystem as the basis for economic freedom Platform launches advanced asset and digital asset infrastructure to provide businesses, individuals, innovators and brokers a founda…

⁠CFTC commissioner appoints crypto-experienced CME Group director as chief counsel During his time at the CME Group, Bruce Fekrat regulated crypto reference rates and helped in the development of financial products inclu…

⁠Bitcoin price hits 10-week lows as $40K spike becomes 'nasty bull trap' A full reversal and then some for BTC means that bulls are coming to terms with months of ground given up.

⁠SkyBridge Capital’s Anthony Scaramucci expects a pro-crypto presidential candidacy Anthony Scaramucci predicts that the next presidential candidacy will be pro-crypto and that a Bitcoin ETF will happen by the end of 202…

⁠Here’s why blue-chip NFT prices continue to soar nearly a week after the Otherside mint Most of the NFT market is in a downtrend, but data shows funds continuing to flow into blue-chip tier projects.

⁠Luna Foundation Guard purchases additional 37,863 BTC as part of reserve strategy The purchase, totaling roughly $1.5 billion, will be used to further backstop Terra Luna’s UST stablecoin.

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⁠Argo Blockchain facility in West Texas expects to start mining Bitcoin in May The company expects a hash rate of 5.5 EH/s by the end of 2022, anticipating that access to an additional 600 MW of power capacity "in the co…

​​Cannabis-focused crypto startup is launching an NFT community A cannabis-focused crypto startup is using NFTs to raise brand awareness for cannabis-focused software solutions. #Sponsored

⁠Bitcoin falls towards $38K as stocks abandon Fed 'reactionary rally' The S&P 500 and Nasdaq sees substantial losses on the day as Fed-induced gains evaporate.

⁠Mixing reality with the Metaverse: Fashion icon Phillip Plein goes crypto How can fashion and crypto mix in a practical yet innovative way so that even Phillip Plein’s mother can understand crypto and NFTs?

⁠Solana and Moonbirds help NFT market reach $6.5B monthly trading volume: Report Moonbirds contributed half a billion in trading volume, while Solana registered a 91% surge in NFT trading volume month over month.

⁠Number goes up: A third of Brits have bought crypto, says Coinbase report A Qualtrics report carried out by Coinbase shows that the number of Brits who have bought crypto is up 4% to 33% since October 2021.

⁠Avalanche rebounds 25% in five days as AVAX price tests key level — big rally ahead? Crypto market correlation and Valkyrie's Avalanche fund launch also helped push AVAX to a weekly high.

⁠Sen. Warren asks Fidelity to address the risks to put Bitcoin in 401(k)s U.S. Senators requested Fidelity to explain how the firm is planning to address the risks of adding Bitcoin into retirement accounts by May 18.

⁠Binance commits $500M to co-invest in Twitter with Elon Musk Binance is among 18 co-investors in Elon Musk's Twitter acquisition alongside firms like Sequoia Capital Fund and Fidelity Management and Research Company.