Blockchain

NEW YORK: Tech company Blockstack PBC's digital currency "Stacks" can become tradable by U.S. investors with the launch of its new blockchain early next year, Muneeb Ali, the company's co-founder and chief executive told Reuters in an interview late last week. Under U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission regulations, some cryptocurrencies or digital tokens have been classed as securities as part of efforts to enforce rules against entities failing to register digital currencies or assets sold to investors. With the launch of Blockstack's Stacks Blockchain 2.0 on Jan. 14, 2021, the company's network will be no longer be controlled by any single entity and its Stacks token can no longer be considered a security under SEC regulations, Ali said. This means Blockstack will not be required to submit regular financial reports as a company and its Stacks token can be traded by U.S. investors on U.S. digital asset exchanges. The SEC did not immediately respond to a Reuters … [Read more...] about Blockstack’s digital currency ‘Stacks’ to be tradable in US once new blockchain arrives

It started with CryptoKitties. In December 2017, the dopey-looking cartoon cats, created by Canadian company Dapper Labs, debuted as tradable collectibles, like Pokémon cards for the bitcoin era. Each image was associated with a unique string of digits—a cryptocurrency “non-fungible token,” or NFT—that could be traded on the Ethereum blockchain platform as a title deed granting the holder ownership of a particular kitty. The trading game quickly caught on among the crypto-initiated, so much so that CryptoKitties-related transactions clogged and slowed down Ethereum. That was eventually solved—and that was, for most people, the last they heard of CryptoKitties. But the process the goggle-eyed cats set off did not end there. Its end point is an auction that started on Thursday, in which a token associated with a digital collage of 5,000 images by graphic designer Beeple went under the hammer at auction house Christie’s. Cryptocurrency payments were of course accepted. NFTs … [Read more...] about NFTs Boom as Collectors Shell Out to ‘Own’ Digital Art

Bitcoin has continued its drop on Tuesday, trading less than $47,000 per one coin, losing $2000 in value in nearly four hours and $8000 in a day, compared to its Monday's cost of $55,000. The cryptocurrency has seen massive growth up until now, gaining 700% in value since January last year, when it cost $7000. © CC BY-SA 2.0 / Antana / Bitcoin statistic coin ANTANA Bitcoin's Value Shoots Past $57,000 Breaking Previous Record Bitcoin broke its record last week, reaching past the price of $57,000. The currency price was recently propelled amid the news about major electric car manufacturer Tesla announcing that it had invested $1.5 billion in the cryptocurrency in January. The company adopted an updated investment policy that suggests that it should invest more capital in alternative reserve assets. Launched in early 2009, the blockchain-based cryptocurrency is considered the world's biggest by market capitalisation and the amount of data stored on its … [Read more...] about Bitcoin Plunges by More Than 14%, Trading Below $47,000

Kindly Share This Story: By Babajide Komolafe, Peter Egwuatu, Udeme Akpan, Yinka Kolawole, Nkiru Nnorom, Godfrey Bivbere, Princewill Ekwajuru, Rosemary Iwunze Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, Governors of Lagos State, Ekiti, Bauchi States alongside eminent economists yesterday at the Banks’ Chief Executive Officers (CEOs)  Summit outlined  policy measures needed to sustain  the nation’s  economic growth. Whilst warning against the temptation to be  carried away by the exit from recession, they called on banks’ CEOs to join government efforts to make maximum use of the opportunity offered by the  COVID-19 recession to reset the nation’s economy for sustainable growth. The event which was organised by Vanguard Newspaper, in collaboration with CBN and the Bankers Committee, was attended by the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, and Governor Babagana Zulum, who was represented by Senator … [Read more...] about How Nigeria can sustain economic growth —Osinbajo, Emefiele, Sanwo-Olu, Zulum, Salami, Rewane, Akabueze, others at Banks’ CEO Summit

“Passive income” Or in other words, investing in assets and making free money while you sleep. To the new investor, the idea itself might seem ludicrous. But to weathered tycoons, this very sentiment is the driving lifeforce behind massive oceans of wealth. Of course, there are so many investment avenues to choose from today – from more traditional routes like Property REITs and Stock Market Indexes to the more recent headturners like Bitcoin and Tesla. But the question remains. Which has yielded the best returns thus far? In today’s article, we take a look at how much you would have made if you had invested $10,000 in any one of these asset classes 2 years ago. Singapore REITs As we all know, $10,000 isn’t close enough to getting you a toilet in Singaporean Real Estate (let alone an entire unit). Thankfully for those of us with smaller capitals, REITs (or Real Estate Investment Trusts) do exist. They are essentially a portfolio of property that large corporations … [Read more...] about If you invested $10k in Bitcoin, Tesla or the ‘best’ Singapore REIT 2 years ago, what would that be today?