Author: Jeremy Ryan

NFT NFT marketplace Magic Eden is set for a month of free gaming NFT mints, with 13 projects preparing to launch on the platform. The event, called “Mint Madness,” will showcase collections across Polygon, Etherum and Solana beginning on Friday, according to a company release, with Planet Mojo NFTs launching on Polygon that day. Meta Star Strikers NFTs will follow shortly after. The platform will also track which users are trading from those collections listed on the secondary marketplace on a leaderboard. The top 10 traders by volume, applicable only to Polygon collections, will be entered into a prize pool…

Blockchain Swing, a cross-chain liquidity protocol, released a new “no-code” product it says will reduce the time needed to deploy and update decentralized applications across multiple blockchains. The new product, Swing Platform, will be provided to developers during ETHDenver, a major conference for Ethereum developers, according to a press release. A key benefit is that developers can update configurations and deploy updates without changing the code. Use cases for the product include propagating fast updates of cross-chain applications in “critical scenarios when it’s necessary to disable a particular token or bridge due to a security flaw,” the company said. Applications…

NFT Aaron Sage said, “Blur is the worst thing to happen in this space,” in a recent tweet. The writer, who described himself as “deeply passionate about NFTs, Crypto, and Self-Development,” then blasted the marketplace on the basis that non-fungibles are “not all about money.” “They have brainwashed you with their incentives and given you free money to hook you in.“ He continued by criticizing BLUR’s UI as uninspiring, pointing out that it resembles a list that is devoid of “art, project description, or anything.” Furthermore, Sage thought it fitting to mention that the marketplace has not supported creators with…

The heralds of the Emperor announce an upcoming tournament in Champions Ascension. Sixty-four fighters will face off in the arena, with one emerging victorious as the grand champion! The sign-up for this tournament is open now. There are only sixty-four slots available, but the Champions Ascension team is keeping a waitlist in case any competitors chicken out! The team asks that you only sign up if you know that you will be available for both time slots. Round one runs on March 11th from 5-8pm UTC. This round features six rounds of a swiss style tournament, with the top eight…

Blockchain Bitcoin (BTC) popularised the term blockchain. Blockchains, or “decentralized and distributed digital ledgers used to record transactions across a network of computers,” have been around for over thirty years, the household name for a blockchain is Bitcoin. That’s despite the fact that the Genesis block was mined well over 14 years ago when George W. Bush was president and “I Gotta Feeling” by Black Eyed Peas topped the charts–Bitcoin is still top of the blocks. It’s to be expected, then, that most blockchain advocates would have used, understood or a the very least experimented with Bitcoin. Nope. Not so.…

Around 20% of banks have exposure to crypto assets, a Bank for International Settlements (BIS) report released Feb. 28 found. The majority of those banks are in the Western Hemisphere. According to the report — which is based on data from the first half of 2022 — 17 Group 1 banks reported approximately 2.9 billion euros in crypto-asset prudential exposure and 1 billion euros in crypto assets under custody. A Group 1 bank is one that has Tier 1 capital of more than 3 billion euros and is internationally active. Tier 1 capital is a bank’s equity capital and disclosed reserves.The…

Trading platform Robinhood has launched its Web3 wallet on Apple’s App Store, becoming available to iOS users in over 130 countries.Robinhood shared the news in a March 1 post, stating that users would no longer need to sit on a waitlist to access the new multichain self-custody wallet. Robinhood added that the wallet will come to on Android “later this year.”#RobinhoodWallet is now available to everyone with iOS: https://t.co/yUdL8jCgJN pic.twitter.com/q7RIWBJUIT— Johann Kerbrat (@JohannKerbrat) March 1, 2023 Since the beta launch of the Robinhood Wallet in September, the trading platform integrated Ethereum — in addition to already supporting Polygon — and…

Blockchain A bank in Russia has issued the country’s first blockchain-based bank guarantee denominated in Chinese currency. The financial institution underscored the advantages of using a digital form of the document and pointed out that demand for yuan payments is growing. MKB Employs Bank of Russia’s Masterchain to Issue Bank Guarantee in Yuan Moscow Credit Bank (MKB) has issued what it described as Russia’s first digital bank guarantee for an amount exceeding 100 million Chinese yuan, using blockchain technology — the Masterchain platform developed by the Central Bank of Russia. In a press release quoted by RBC Crypto, MKB explained…

beginner There are a number of different chart patterns that traders have to watch out for to optimize their trading strategies. The bear flag pattern is one of them. The bear flag is one of the most reliable continuation patterns and is often seen in downtrends. It is formed when there is a sharp sell-off followed by a period of consolidation. The objective of trading this pattern is to catch the next leg down in the trend. In this article, we will discuss what the bear flag chart pattern looks like, how to identify it, and what trading strategies you…

Blockchain Blockchain technology continues to make its way into mainstream view, as many companies adopt the technology as a part of their operations. In the push for adoption of this technology comes the simultaneous need for more education on the technology. A new partnership announced on March 2 between the Polygon blockchain network and Mercy Corps Ventures, the investment arm of the humanitarian organization Mercy Corps, focuses on bringing blockchain education and opportunities to underserved communities. According to the announcement, the new partnership has three primary objectives in its effort to bring blockchain and Web3 solutions to “traditionally excluded and…