To create a token using TokenMint, no programming knowledge is necessary. The TokenMint platform’s alpha version provides the fundamentals for creating a fungible token. Developing a cryptocurrency token has been a complex task, as it requires advanced blockchain programming skills. Until recently, only blockchain developers with strong coding skills could create a mechanism to mint...Continue Reading

Warren’s letter urges OCC to collaborate with Fed and FDIC to develop an alternative cryptocurrency approach “that adequately protects consumers and the safety and soundness of the banking system.” The United States Senator Elizabeth Warren is continuing her anti-crypto campaign, this time proposing legislation that would effectively shut down bank-provided cryptocurrency services, according to a...Continue Reading

El Salvador, the first country to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender, has seen explosive growth in tourism numbers in the first half of 2022. Tourism in El Salvador has soared in the first half of 2022. Up 82.8% just this year, there were 1.1 million visitors to El Salvador this year, according to government figures....Continue Reading

Infrawatch PH Convenor Terry Ridon said that the SEC’s response clarifies the government’s position on crypto platform operations. The Philippine Securities and Exchanges Commission (SEC) cautioned the public not to invest in the crypto exchange Binance in their response to policy think tank Infrawatch PH’s attempts to woo the SEC to take action against the...Continue Reading

The proposal calls for a separate 20% tax on crypto earnings and exemptions of any tax on crypto gains, with losses carried forward for up to three years. The Japan Crypto-Asset Business Association (JCBA) and the Japan Crypto-Asset Exchange Association (JVCEA), the two prominent crypto advocacy groups in Japan, released a tax reform request that...Continue Reading

Nansen has registered over 130 million addresses and has grown 30% despite the crypto downturn in 2022. Despite the general downturn in the cryptocurrency markets throughout the year, Ethereum (ETH) blockchain analytics platform Nansen has continued to report impressive growth numbers. CEO and co-founder Alex Svanevik recently spoke about Nansen’s growth, highlighting that the company...Continue Reading

Disappointing financial results have seen Tinder lay off its current CEO, slash funding to metaverse development, and ditch plans for its virtual currency Tinder Coins. Match Group, the parent company of popular dating app Tinder, says it is cutting funding for Web3-related research and development amid disappointing Q2 earnings and the departure of Tinder’scurrent CEO. ...Continue Reading

According to a cybersecurity auditing firm, GameFi projects are putting “profits above security” and pose a great risk to the projects and its users. “Unsatisfactory” cybersecurity measures among play-to-earn (P2E) crypto games pose a great risk to GameFi projects and their gamers alike, warns blockchain cybersecurity auditor Hacken. In an Aug. 1 report shared with...Continue Reading

“This will create an entirely new set of digital network effects that will attract new customers and be accretive to existing customers in our core retail stores,” said interim CEO Howard Schultz. Global coffee store franchise giant Starbucks is looking to launch a new Web3 rewards program to attract and retain customers, according to its...Continue Reading

Local exchange Gaia Co. is set to roll out crypto ATMs in Tokyo and Osaka and has outlined plans for 130 of them over the next three years. Crypto ATMs — or BTMs as per local terminology — are back in Japan after a lengthy four-year hiatus. Local crypto exchange firm Gaia Co., Ltd announced...Continue Reading