Second Stimulus Checks: When Lawmakers Will Pass Relief Package With Direct Payments to Americans
Negotiations on a new coronavirus aid stimulus package are still underway as Americans wait to receive their second round of stimulus checks. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, President Donald Trump, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell have their own ideas of when the next stimulus package with direct payments to Americans will pass. US Lawmakers Push to Pass a New Stimulus Package Soon U.S. lawmakers have continually been discussing...
Switzerland Approves Gazprombank to Offer Bitcoin Trading and Custody
Zurich-based Gazprombank, a subsidiary of Russia’s third-largest bank, has been approved by Switzerland’s financial regulator to offer a number of cryptocurrency services, including the buying, selling, trading, and custody of bitcoin. Gazprombank Approved to Offer Bitcoin Services Gazprombank (Switzerland) Ltd. announced Thursday that it has received authorization from the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) to...
Pewdiepie Joins the Blockchain AR Game Wallem, Players Can Buy Youtube Star’s NFT Skin
The world-famous gamer and Youtuber, Pewdiepie is getting involved with another blockchain project called Wallem, a 3D augmented reality video game that uses non-fungible tokens (NFTs) for skins and items. The game also rewards players with an Ethereum-based ERC20 token called pteria (PTE). The Youtuber also has a non-fungible token that represents a skin of Pewdiepie that can be purchased on the Rarible marketplace and used in...
Report: Token Listings Have Short Term Positive Influence on Price, M&A Have Better Impact in the Long Term
A study by Etoro and The Tie find listing and partnership announcements as significant developments (Sigdev) that have an immediate, large, and positive influence on token price. This influence, which peaks within the first 24 hours, usually wears off after a week, according to the study report. The Impact of a New Token Listing Yet, on the other hand, funding, as well as Merger and Acquisitions announcements, tend to have positive...
20 Years Ago, LimeWire Took File-Sharing to A New Level
Twenty years ago, a new trend called file-sharing started to conquer the Internet. What used to be a niche activity, only reserved for the technically inclined, suddenly became a popular pastime for the masses. At the turn of the century, Napster was the first to be widely embraced, which happened to be right around the time MP3 players became popularized as well. This new sharing culture did not just intrigue music-loving teens. It...
