52 | Latest Cryptocurrency News, Bitcoin & Crypto Updates 2026

The Metaverse: Three Legal Issues We Need to Address

Pin Lean Lau, Lecturer in Bio-Law, Brunel Law School | Centre for Artificial Intelligence: Social & Digital Innovations, Brunel University London._____The “metaverse” seems to be the latest buzzword in tech. In general terms, the metaverse can be viewed as a form of...

, by Pin Lean Lau

Real and Artificial NFT Market Outperformed Crypto in January – DappRadar

While the crypto market was still down in double digits from its all-time highs, in January, the non-fungible token (NFT) market increased, even excluding artificial trades, per dapp (decentralized application) information provider DappRadar. Sales in the NFT market jumped around...

, by Jaroslaw Adamowski

Animoca Brands’ Offshoot nWay Launches Official Multiplayer Party Game of Beijing 2022 Olympics

nWay, a subsidiary of major non-fungible token (NFT)-focused company Animoca Brands, has launched Olympic Games Jam: Beijing 2022, the official licensed play-to-earn multiplayer party game of the Olympic Winter Games that opened today.“The Olympic Games are the world’s largest...

, by Jaroslaw Adamowski

How Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard Deal Will Fuel Metaverse Gaming Mass Adoption

Theo Tzanidis, Senior Lecturer in Digital Marketing, the University of the West of Scotland, and Matthew Frew, Senior Lecturer in Enterprise and Transformational Technologies, the University of the West of Scotland._____ Microsoft was positioning itself as one of the pioneers of the...

, by Matthew Frew

USD 150M Bet On ‘Extending’ Bitcoin, Miners Help Texas, Proof-of-Kraken, NFT Investments + More News

Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.__________Investments newsMuneeb Ali-led Trust Machines said they have raised USD 150m to "extend Bitcoin from being only a passive...

, by Linas Kmieliauskas

Immutable and GameStop to Launch an NFT Marketplace, $100M fund; IMX & GME Rise

Australia-based Immutable has announced that its layer 2 (L2) scaling protocol for Ethereum (ETH) and non-fungible tokens (NFTs), Immutable X, has partnered with the US-based videogame retailer GameStop (GME) to launch an NFT marketplace.The new marketplace will be fully carbon neutral, said...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Indian Parliament Unlikely to Discuss Crypto Bill During Budget Session – Finance Minister

The vivid debate surrounding India’s forthcoming crypto legislation has taken another turn as the country’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced that the bill is unlikely to be discussed during the parliament’s ongoing budget 2022 session that is to end on April...

, by Jaroslaw Adamowski

How to Use Layer-2 Solutions to Save on Ethereum Fees: Immutable X

The Ethereum (ETH) network has been struggling to scale, plagued with skyrocketing gas fees and slow transaction confirmation times. Following the explosion of decentralized finance (DeFi) and non-fungible tokens (NFTs) over the last two years, the strain on the network has become palpable,...

, by Alex Lielacher

Laundering NFTs, Circling Crypto Ads, Cardano Gets Extra Space, Euro Inflation Heats Up + More News

Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.__________NFTs newsAnalytics company Chainalysis said it detected wash trading and some money laundering in the non-fungible...

, by Sumejja Muratagić-Tadić

Metaverse – Hype Versus Reality

Max Shannon, Digital Asset Analyst at major European digital asset investment firm CoinShares.____The Metaverse allows people to do everything they do in real life but in the virtual world. The Metaverse has transcended fiction to reality, originating from Neal Stephenson's Snowcrash and...

, by Max Shannon

MyCryptoMetaMask Ethereum Move, Solana Pay, Bitcoin Savings Plan + More News

Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.__________Wallets newsEthereum (ETH)-focused blockchain company ConsenSys acquired deep-rooted Ethereum interface MyCrypto to team...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Kanye West Won’t Do NFTs, For Now At Least

Rap superstar Ye, who changed his legal name from Kanye West last October, is not planning to roll out a non-fungible token (NFT) -- at least not for now. However, he could change his mind later, according to the artist’s recent Instagram post.“My focus is on building real...

, by Jaroslaw Adamowski

Digital Artist Pak to Release the ‘Censored’ NFT Collection with WikiLeaks Founder

Famed digital artist Pak, also known as Murat Pak, aims to collaborate with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to release a new non-fungible token (NFT) collection dubbed 'Censored'.'Censored' is "about you," Pak said on Twitter, adding that the collection would consist of "two parts, a dynamic 1/1...

, by Ruholamin Haqshanas

Bitcoin Gets More Investments, Ethereum – Less, Thailand Scraps Crypto Tax + More News

Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.__________Investments news Digital asset investment products saw inflows for a second week totaling USD 19m last week,...

, by Linas Kmieliauskas

Removing LooksRare’s USD 8.3B in Wash-Trades, OpenSea is Still the Dominant NFT Marketplace

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) data aggregator CryptoSlam has identified more than USD 8.3bn worth of wash trading on LooksRare, a new NFT marketplace. Subtracting this volume, it turns out that major NFT marketplace OpenSea is still the dominant player in the field.As per data by Dune Analytics,...

, by Ruholamin Haqshanas

Crypto Tech Trends in 2022: UX, Scalability, Metaverse Applications, and Bitcoin Integrations

_________ "In 2022, the crypto ecosystem has to finally deliver a compelling user experience." "It will take a lot of bridging technology, as well as other approaches, to make Web 3 feel connected again." Scalability will remain one of the big technological trends this year too. Expect "more...

, by Simon Chandler

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