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Perry Smith Appointed as Head of VeraEsports
Date: March 8, 2022
London, UK March 8th, 2022 – Verasity, a protocol and product layer blockchain platform for Esports and digital content, is pleased to announce that Perry Smith has been appointed as Head of VeraEsports—a competitive Esports and video streaming platform. Formerly Chief Operating Officer at Esports creative marketing agency, Hotdrop, Perry has a decade of experience...
Coinbase, Binance Resist Calls to Kick Russians Off Crypto Platforms
Date: March 4, 2022
By Niket Nishant (Reuters) -Two of the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchanges, Coinbase Global Inc and Binance, rejected calls on Friday for a blanket ban on all Russian users to stop their platforms from being used as a way round Western sanctions. By staying put in Russia despite the invasion of Ukraine, the two exchanges are...
Analysis-Crypto Exchanges Won’t Bar Russians, Raising Fears of Sanctions Backdoor
Date: March 3, 2022
By Tom Wilson LONDON (Reuters) – Some of the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchanges are staying put in Russia, breaking ranks with mainstream finance in a decision that experts say weakens Western attempts to isolate Moscow following the invasion of Ukraine. Western sanctions, which aim to squeeze Russia’s economy and sever it from the global financial...
The Impact of Meme Stocks, How GameStop Changed the Game and Why Short-Term Spikes Aren’t Always Ideal
Date: March 3, 2022
A lot happened in 2021, but one of the more notable was the GameStop share pump. The result of a Reddit board titled WallStreetBets, the pump saw an otherwise innocuous, so-called meme stock soar to a value beyond anything it had previously achieved. The aim way to disrupt those with short positions. The short squeeze started in...
Cryptoverse: Bitcoin Gains Conflict Currency Credentials
Date: March 1, 2022
By Medha Singh and Lisa Pauline Mattackal (Reuters) – Bitcoin has leapt since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, bolstered by people in those countries looking to store and move money in anonymous and decentralised crypto. Bitcoin trading denominated in the Russian rouble went into overdrive when the invasion began on Thursday, with daily volumes rising 259%...
Gold vs NFTs: Safe Haven or a Celebrity Play Thing?
Date: February 28, 2022
By Daniel Fisher, Managing Director Physical Gold Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have taken the financial world by storm, and over the last 18 months there’s been a digital gold rush happening in the NFT space. The latest phenomenon allows someone to buy or sell a unique piece of digital art, and the buyer is the only...