Coinbase partners with Mastercard to allow NFT purchases using cards
Users of Coinbase’s planned nonfungible token (NFT) marketplace will be able to utilize their cards to make purchases as part of new cooperation with credit card provider Mastercard. NFTs will be deemed “digital goods” under the deal, according to Mastercard executive vice president of digital asset and blockchain products Raj Dhamodharan, who wrote a blog […]
Heavyweight champ Francis Nganou to take half of his UFC 270 purse in Bitcoin
“After learning more and more about Bitcoin, I truly believe it is the future of money,” Ngannou stated via his agent. Francis Ngannou, the current UFC heavyweight champion, has revealed that he will accept half of his UFC 270 prize money in Bitcoin (BTC) via Cash App. On Jan. 23, the French-Cameroonian MMA fighter will face the undefeated […]
Georgia makes its citizens swear an oath to stop crypto mining
Svaneti is a hilly region of Georgia where some areas now have free electricity, making mining more appealing. To deal with electricity problems blamed on Bitcoin mining , residents of Svaneti, Georgia, have reportedly been forced to swear a sacred oath not to mine cryptocurrencies. According to Macrotrends, the economy of Georgia’s northwest Svaneti area […]