[New York Post, Benyamin Ahmed] A 12-year-old whiz kid from London who doesn’t even have a bank account is reportedly set to rake in about $400,000 in just two months from creating and selling NFTs, or non-fungible tokens. Benyamin Ahmed told CNBC that he launched his second collection of NFTs, called Weird Whales, in […]
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[Forbes, Getty Images] On August 18, digital payments giant Visa spent $150,000 to buy a unique work of art, and in so doing quietly took its first step into the metaverse, a nascent online world that promises to transform the internet into a virtual reality. Instead of canvas or marble, […]
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[Forbes, Bloomberg] Credit card giant Visa today announced it is connecting its global payments network of 60 million merchants to the U.S. Dollar Coin (USDC) developed by Circle Internet Financial on the ethereum blockchain. The digital currency is now valued at $2.9 billion. While Visa itself won’t custody the digital […]
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[Coindesk, Getty Images] Ethereum is still the most popular off-chain destination for bitcoins as its supply of tokenized bitcoin (BTC) grew more than 70% in July. More than 20,000 BTC — worth roughly $225 million — are now tokenized and used in Ethereum-based protocols. Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) represents over 76% of the […]
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