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FIAT FUNDRAISING FIASCO SPARKS BITCOIN DONATION DRIVE FOR FREEDOM TRUCKERS

FIAT FUNDRAISING FIASCO SPARKS BITCOIN DONATION DRIVE FOR FREEDOM TRUCKERS

Bitcoiners raised more than twelve bitcoin, worth over $543,000 for Canadian freedom truckers since GoFundMe suspended their campaign. It’s been almost two weeks since the first trucks arrived in Canada’s capital of Ottawa, setting off what has turned into a global celebration, a freedom rally, nonviolent resistance or a “nationwide insurrection,” depending on your point […]

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Oil giant BP reports highest profit in 8 years on soaring commodity prices

Oil giant BP reports highest profit in 8 years on soaring commodity prices

KEY POINTS “It has been another good quarter for the company,” BP CEO Bernard Looney told CNBC’s “Squawk Box Europe” on Tuesday. A surge in global gas markets through the final months of 2021, coupled with an oil price rally to seven-year highs, has seen the world’s largest fossil fuel giants rake in bumper revenues.

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Kpop NFTs: Binance and YG partnership will prioritize sustainability

Kpop NFTs: Binance and YG partnership will prioritize sustainability

The two companies said that creating eco-friendly NFTs will be one of the primary concerns for future collabs. A new partnership between global crypto exchange Binance and South Korean entertainment company YG will see the two companies strive for a more sustainable framework for future NFTs collaborations. YG manages a number of notable Kpop stars

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Crypto Lobbying in the US Jumped 116% in 12 Months With .56 Million Spent in 2021

Crypto Lobbying in the US Jumped 116% in 12 Months With $9.56 Million Spent in 2021

Cryptocurrency and blockchain firms are concerned about the future legislation revolving around the cryptocurrency industry and money spent on lobbying cemented this fact. A recently published study indicates that money spent on crypto lobbying jumped 116% in 12 months with $9.56 million leveraged to seek to influence from politicians and public officials. Millions of Dollars

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NASDAQ WILL LIST VALKYRIE’S BITCOIN MINING ETF ON FEB. 8

NASDAQ WILL LIST VALKYRIE’S BITCOIN MINING ETF ON FEB. 8

The bitcoin mining exchange-traded fund will go live on Tuesday under the ticker symbol “WGMI.” A new bitcoin-linked ETF is just around the corner as the Valkyrie Bitcoin Miners ETF received approval for listing on the Nasdaq exchange, according to a Monday filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Valkyrie CEO Leah Wald said “an increased focus and desire

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Crypto Payments Firm Wirex Expands to US, Begins Distributing Crypto-Linked Visa Debit Card

Crypto Payments Firm Wirex Expands to US, Begins Distributing Crypto-Linked Visa Debit Card

Wirex currently has over 4.5 million customers across the European and Asia-Pacific regions. U.S.-based users of Wirex will be able to use the company’s app to buy, store and exchange 37 different cryptocurrencies, as well as traditional currencies. The service is available to all states except New York and Hawaii, which is coming later this year, according

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Canadian Big 4 Auditing Firm KPMG Lists BTC and ETH to Balance Sheet

Canadian Big 4 Auditing Firm KPMG Lists BTC and ETH to Balance Sheet

Multinational professional firm services and one of the Big four auditing firms, the Canadian distribution of KPMG, said it added Bitcoin and Ethereum to its corporate treasury. This is the first direct investment in cryptocurrencies to the company. Benjie Thomas, a managing partner of KPMG Canada Consulting Services, said that crypto assets have become a mature asset class:

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XRP gains 30% after Ripple gets permission to explain ‘fair notice defense’ vs. SEC

XRP gains 30% after Ripple gets permission to explain ‘fair notice defense’ vs. SEC

The long-timeframe chart is painting a death cross pattern, however, suggesting a selloff ahead. Ripple (XRP) price rose by nearly 30% in less than a week amid positive sentiment around the court case, in which the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) claims that Ripple sold XRP as illegal securities. SEC vs. Ripple Judge Analisa Torres has

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Meta says it may shut down Facebook and Instagram in Europe over data-sharing dispute

Meta says it may shut down Facebook and Instagram in Europe over data-sharing dispute

KEY POINTS The social media giant issued the warning in its annual report last Thursday. Regulators in Europe are currently drawing up new legislation that will dictate how EU citizens’ user data gets transferred across the Atlantic. In July 2020, the European Court of Justice ruled the data transfer standard between the EU and the U.S. doesn’t

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