Mantra and Damac sign $1B deal to tokenize Middle Eastern assets

Close to 30,000 votes were recorded on the blockchain during the Russian parliamentary elections in what appears to have been the biggest case of blockchain-based voting yet. The blockchain component of the online voting platform was built by Waves Enterprise. The voting concluded early yesterday, and according to the chief product officer of Waves Enterprise, Artem…

The new funding round included PayPal Ventures, Declaration Partners, Mithril Capital and Senator Investment Group. 6261 Total views 16 Total shares Paxos, a major cryptocurrency company and PayPal’s crypto collaborator, has completed a massive fundraising round shortly after receiving preliminary approval to form a national trust bank.On Thursday, the firm announced a new $300-million Series D…

One of the country’s largest crypto exchanges has fallen under investigators’ scrutiny over allegations of embezzlement by company executives. 394 Total views 27 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTAccording to local news outlet Infomax, South Korean prosecutors requested an arrest warrant on Jan. 25 for Kang Jong-Hyun, chairman…

The demand for cryptocurrency in certain countries is growing amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Bitcoin (BTC) peer-to-peer trading volume in Argentina, Chile, Venezuela and Morocco has peaked over the past few weeks, marking new all-time highs. Additional reports suggest that traffic on centralized cryptocurrency exchanges has also peaked within the past few weeks, while major trading platforms…

Bitcoin (BTC) hodlers are asking questions after 10,000 BTC dormant since 2013 suddenly left its wallet.On-chain data flagged on Aug. 28-29 confirmed a large tranche of Bitcoin had become liquid again after nearly a decade.“Lawless era” Bitcoin hit the roadAnalysts first began to notice curiously high transaction volumes this weekend as 5,000 BTC was included…

Waves founder Sasha Ivanov warns that decentralized finance's surge might have negative consequences. 597 Total views 22 Total shares Decentralized finance’s (DeFi) surging popularity might backfire and hurt the forward-looking sector, Waves cryptocurrency platform founder and CEO Sasha Ivanov told Cointelegraph in a recent interview. Ivanov compared DeFi to the 2017 ICO craze in a tweet…

Elliot Gunton, aged 19 and of Mounteney Close in Norwich, pleaded guilty to supplying online personal data and hacking services for cryptocurrency.A hacker for hireA press release published on Aug. 16 by the Norfolk police reports that the man was sentenced to 20 months in prison and ordered to pay back more than £400,000 (over…