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Reuter reports that the French company Crypto Blockchain Industries (CBI) is to list on the Paris Euronext Growth stock market, highlighting the burgeoning appeal of cryptocurrencies around the world. The company said it would list its shares at a price of €2, giving it a market capitalisation of around €38.7 million. CBI develops, operates and […]

Writing for CoinTelegraph, Michael Nadeau makes a set of arguments for why blockchain-based gaming economies are the future. Nadeau says that Axie Infinity showed the gaming industry just a sliver of what blockchain-based gaming can achieve, and the industry is set to explode in the near future. Citing market figures, he reports the global gaming […]

Zynga, the developer behind the FarmvVille gane, has hired Matt Wolf as its vice president to oversee the company’s blockchain gaming efforts, reports CoinTelegraph. Zynga will work on integrating NFTs and blockchain into its existing portfolio in addition to developing new NFT-based games, says the report. CoinTelegraph said that with the addition of Wolf, Zynga […]

Exciting times: Democracy4all – Blockchain for Governance hybrid conference takes place in Barcelona on 11th and 12th November. Fiona Delaney, Chair at Blockchain Ireland#Startups will be there in person to co-present an interactive workshop titled: ‘How to pitch your #BlockchainStartup‘ – for entrepreneurs, innovators and investors’ Thurs 11/11 @16.00 [CET] with Caroline Thomas, co-editor and collaborator at ISO – International Organization for Standardization, Blockchain […]

Delighted to share our Blockchain Ireland Community Partnership with Defi Live event in London 10th and 11th November. Community discount for members of the Blockchain Ireland innovation ecosystem. Join our Irish trailblazers in London Sors Digital Assets, Defactor, Akasha, Plandail and more…. 30% off all tickets for BCIRL community

After the success of its first run in 2020, the blockchain Babylon Project has returned for version 2.0 in 2021. From 24 October to 20 November 2021, there are workshops, both technical and non-technical, panels and talks, mentoring and information sharing events. The Babylon Project is a series of virtual blockchain hackathons with thousands of […]

In an open letter to the game developer Valve, a consortium of blockchain companies, NFT firms and the online rights group Fight for the Future, have called for a lifting of the ban on blockchain on the Steam platform. In a quiet, surprise move, Valve had brought in a ban on blockchain-based games through a […]

A carbon-neutral blockchain has said that its incentivised testnet will lay the groundwork for decentralised, permissionless access to high-performance computing at scale. An article on Cointelegraph, describes Cudos, a layer-one blockchain and layer-two computation and oracle network that enables the scaling of computing resources to 100,000 nodes. It aims to bridge the gap between cloud […]

The European Central Bank (ECB) has announced members for the Market Advisory Group for the digital euro project. Following the assessment of applications, the selection committee appointed 30 senior business professionals “with proven experience and a broad understanding of the euro area retail payments market”. Meetings are expected to commence quarterly from November 2021, “I […]

A story on Blockchain.News cites a US Treasury report that asserts digital currencies are posing a critical impediment to its sanctions policies, a trend to which it is determined to put an end. In the report, the Treasury Department highlights digital currencies as one of the primary technological innovations that make its sanctions efforts ineffective. […]

According to a story on Yahoo Finance, Steven Mnuchin, the former US Treasury Secretary said he is investing in blockchain companies but not cryptocurrencies. Speaking at the Milken Institute Global Conference, Mnuchin said investors should know what their money is going towards when it comes to investing in stablecoins, reports Yahoo Finance. Investors should know […]

India’s Economic Times has a good explainer on blockchain and DLT that highlights the implications of the technologies for banking and financial services. It opens by asking the reader to imagine a world where money can be sent to anyone without the need for a bank, with no bank fees, complete control over assets, and […]