2022-02-10

Daily Digest – February 10th

• BlackRock Plans to Offer Crypto Trading, Voyager to Allow Stock Purchase with USDC

• Apple to Integrate Crypto Payment with Upcoming ‘Tap To Pay’ Feature

• Bitcoin Beats Nvidia to Enter Top 10 Global Assets by Market Cap

• Samsung Launches S22 in the Metaverse, McDonald’s Files for Metaverse Restaurant

Russia Will Approve Bitcoin as Legal Currency

The bill to legalize and regulate the circulation of Bitcoin and other digital currencies in the Russian Federation will be approved before February 18, the Kommersant news agency reported this week.The joint proposal of the government and the Central Bank of Russia establishes the recognition of BTC and cryptocurrencies as currencies and not as digital financial assets. However, its trading will need to abide by the same rules that apply to fiat money and any others that may be approved...

Voyager Digital Will Allow Users to Purchase Traditional Stocks with Stablecoin, USD Coin

Voyager Digital is a cryptocurrency retail firm listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE) with approximately $5 billion in assets under management (AUM). Voyager offers crypto trading, staking, and yield products.The cryptocurrency firm announced its plans to release a feature in 2022 that will allow its users to purchase traditional stocks using the stablecoin issued by Circle, the USD Coin (USDC)...

Bitcoin Overtakes Nvidia to Enter Top 10 Global Assets by Market Cap, Ethereum Now Ranks 24thGaining 23% over the last seven days, the world’s largest cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, has managed to cut its deficit from January’s rough start.

Snoop Dogg Releases New Album Exclusively on Gala Music, a Day Before Launch on Other Platforms

We all know Snoop Dogg’s passion for cryptos and blockchain technology. But nobody expected him to drop a new album exclusively on a blockchain platform. “B.O.D.R. (Bacc On Death Row)” will stay exclusive on Gala Music only for a day though.  On the other hand, it’s not that simple. The platform allows you to own one of the newest songs for quite a high price. There are 25,000 boxes released of The Snoop Stash, each one costing $5,000. Every box includes one random track from the album. Thus, as the long play includes 17 compositions, there will only be 1,470 NFTs of each song...

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