Day: 18 January 2022

Following the Activision Blizzard acquisition announcement, Microsoft CEO and chairman Satya Nadella stated that gaming “will play a key role in the development of metaverse platforms.” Microsoft Crop. is acquiring gaming giant Activision Blizzard Inc. for $69 billion as part of a move to ramp up its gaming and Metaverse […]

The proposed “Bonanza Mine” promises to be a new, viable option to compete against traditional mining rigs. Reports indicate that Intel, one of the largest computer processor manufacturers, intends to reveal a new “Ultra-Low-Voltage Energy-Efficient Bitcoin Mining ASIC” known as Bonanza Mine at the upcoming IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference […]

Walmart has filed various trademarks that would allow the company to create its own cryptocurrency and NFTs, according to reports from CNBC. Walmart Is Examining Cryptocurrency, NFTs The U.S. news company CNBC discovered on Sunday that Walmart filed several trademark applications related to digital currency weeks ago on Dec. 30. […]

“This does not mean the SNB is not interested in CBDC, but our focus is to look at the role that wholesale CBDCs could play,” said Andréa Maechler. Andréa Maechler, a member of the governing board for the Swiss National Bank, or SNB, has reportedly altered her position on the […]

Crypto allies dominate the list of witnesses slated to appear before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. As U.S. Congress is preparing to take a thorough look at the energy use of crypto mining, the list of witnesses for the Thursday hearing contains more proponents of blockchain technology than […]