Daily Digest – April 21th

• U.S. Sanctions Crypto Miner BitRiver, Russia to Use Crypto as Payment Tool

• Coinbase Launches NFT Marketplace, Binance.US Quits Blockchain Association

• Commerzbank Applies for German Crypto License, Singapore Tigtenes Regulations

• Buterin Speaks on Losing Influence in Ethereum and Difficulty in Making Changes

Kraken Increases its Marketing Efforts and Hires an Expert 

U.S. cryptocurrency exchange and bank Kraken has named Mayur Gupta as its first chief marketing officer, in an effort to shore up its share of this fast-growing and increasingly competitive market category, The Wall Street Journal reported...

Coinbase Released Much-anticipated NFT Marketplace in Beta

Coinbase – America’s largest cryptocurrency exchange – has finally launched ‘Coinbase NFT,’ where users can trade NFTs and explore digital collectibles. The Web 3.0 social marketplace, as described by Coinbase, aims to facilitate buyer and seller interactions, provide advanced tools for discovering NFTs, and “empower people to create, collect, and connect.”...

Cardalonia, a Cardano Metaverse Project, Begins Lonia Token Sale $LONIA

Cardalonia, a medieval-themed metaverse project built on the Cardano blockchain, has announced the launch of their Lonia Token. The launch follows a successful pre-seed funding round that saw the Estonia-based Cardano metaverse startup raise $420,000...

Vitalik Buterin is Losing Influence Over Ethereum, and Making Changes are Becoming More Difficult

Vitalik Buterin, one of the most influential voices in cryptocurrency and the co-founder of Ethereum, has claimed that his influence over Ethereum has continually declined, making it harder for him to make things happen...

IMF and US Treasury Agree: Cryptocurrencies Don’t Allow to Circumvent Sanctions

The managing director of the International Monetary Fund, Georgieva Kristalina, considers that there is no strong evidence on the use of cryptocurrencies by governments, companies or individuals to massively evade international sanctions...

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