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Crypto Weekly Round Up
Weekly Crypto Market News Round Up (OCT 17-24)

Shiba Inu (SHIB) may reach new ATH $0.1 sooner than expected Coinbase Signs Partnership With NBA, WNBA Mariah Carey Partners With Gemini The crypto market is now taking the right path towards the bullish market. In detail, most of the crypto assets in the market are now wearing green colors which is a good sighting. Furthermore, Bitcoin, the king of crypto assets remains undefeated on its throne of being the number one crypto asset with a market cap of over $1 trillion.  These activities of the crypto assets in the market are just some of the factors that contribute to

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Adobe Partners With Opensea NFT market place Opens
Adobe Partners With OpenSea to Launch NFT Verification on Photoshop

Adobe will add an NFT verification feature on some products. The initiative is in partnership with NFT marketplaces OpenSea, Rarible, and SuperRare. The Content Credentials feature will be available in beta version. Multimedia software developer Adobe revealed that it will be launching a feature that allows artists to add verifiable metadata to their creations. Called Content Credentials, the feature will be useful for authenticating digital artworks since they will function like non-fungible tokens (NFTs). In essence, Adobe has streamlined NFT art creation through its platform. The announcement read: “Users can now link their social media profiles and crypto wallet addresses

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Master Card and Bakkt
Mastercard and Bakkt Offer Crypto Loyalty Solutions

Mastercard partners with Bakkt. Together they are bringing crypto rewards to Mastercard users.  Both partners are excited by this move and are eager to see where it goes. Mastercard and Bakkt proudly announce their partnership. Together, they offer a step forward for merchants, fintech, and banks in the US. These entities can now accept and offer a wide range of cryptocurrency services and solutions.  With this leap, Mastercard users can begin to buy, hold, and sell cryptocurrencies. In addition, the brand can also deliver unique crypto-oriented loyalty opportunities as well as streamline the issuance of branded credit and debit cards.

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ripple launches first on demand liquidity
Ripple Launches First On-Demand Liquidity in Middle East

Ripple has partnered with Pyypl to provide the first ODL services in the Middle East. The partnership aims to significantly reduce costs for cross-border transactions. Ripple is already serving Middle East customers such as the Qatar National Bank and the UAE-based Al Ansari Exchange. Ripple has partnered with Pyypl (pronounced “people”), a blockchain-based fintech solutions provider that focuses on the Middle East region. The partnership will bring the first on-demand liquidity (ODL) in the region. According to an announcement, the ODL services will begin in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), with future plans including North Africa as well. Basically, the

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Ethereum Altair Upgrade
Ethereum Altair Upgrade Goes Live: What You Need to Know

Ethereum Altair is now live. Altair went live on the Ethereum Beacon Chain. Ethereum 2.0 will arrive in 2022, according to Ethereum developers. The Ethereum Altair upgrade went live on October 27. Here are the details that you need to know. Altair has been implemented on the Ethereum Beacon Chain, not on the front-end Ethereum blockchain as we know it. For those who are not aware yet, Ethereum has two parallel blockchains that will merge possibly in 2022, making the long-awaited Ethereum 2.0. This happened late in 2020. Once the Ethereum blockchain has fully merged with the Ethereum Beacon Chain,

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Coin Base CEO Ripple
Coinbase CEO: Ripple Lawsuit “Better Than Expected”

Brian Armstrong said that the Ripple lawsuit is going better than expected. He added that the people whom the SEC are supposed to protect are the ones attacking them. Prior to the lawsuit, Coinbase enabled users to trade XRP on its platform. Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong broke his silence regarding the ongoing lawsuit against Ripple. According to Armstrong, the Ripple lawsuit is going “better than expected”. The Coinbase chief also said that the lawsuit is “politically unpopular” since it hurts consumers. In a separate tweet, he said that the people whom the SEC is supposed to protect are the very

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Mariah carey partners with gemini
Mariah Carey Partners With Gemini, Gives Away $20 Bonus BTC to Fans

Mariah Carey partnered with Gemini exchange. Through the partnership, Gemini will give $20 worth of BTC for first-time users. The partnership is in support of Black Girls Code organization. World-renowned artist Mariah Carey recently announced that she partnered with US-based cryptocurrency exchange Gemini. Through the partnership, Mariah is giving away $20 worth of bonus bitcoin for first-time Gemini users. As the post revealed, Mariah’s partnership with Gemini is in support of Black Girls Code. This is a non-profit organization (NGO) that aims to empower women of color who want to engage in various technology sectors. By the year 2040, the

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Huobi launches nft
Huobi Launches NFT Marketplace, Offers Discount for First Mint

Huobi has launched its NFT marketplace. Creators received a 50% discount on their first NFT mint. Meanwhile, Coinbase is launching its NFT marketplace. Cryptocurrency exchange Huobi has launched its very own non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace. Specifically, the marketplace started going live at 20:00 (UTC +8) on October 25.  According to the website, creators can enjoy a 50% discount when minting their first NFT on the marketplace. Consequently, some creators took advantage of the offer and minted their token on the marketplace even before the platform opened. However, upon initial visit to the website, users were able to observe some layout

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Bitcoin Core Dev Resigns
Bitcoin Core Dev Resigns Ahead of Kleiman vs Wright Trial

Bitcoin developer Jonas Schnelli has resigned from his position. Schnelli’s resignation came ahead of the Ira Kleiman vs Craig Wright lawsuit. Wright earlier filed a lawsuit against Schnelli and other Bitcoin developers. Long-time Bitcoin maintainer and contributor Jonas Schnelli announced that he has already resigned from his position. As stated in the tweet, Schnelli joined as a Bitcoin developer back in 2013 when the crypto asset was in its earlier stage. At that time, the cryptocurrency had yet to experience mass listing on exchanges. Interestingly, Schnelli’s resignation came ahead of the lawsuit between Ira Kleiman and Craig Wright. By and

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Paris hilton metaverse
Paris Hilton, Other Celebs Grace Decentraland’s Metaverse Festival Finale

Paris Hilton debuted at the last day of Decentraland’s Metaverse Festival. Other guests included FEWOCiOUS, Deadmau5, Nina Nesbitt, DJ 3LAU, and more. Paris is also auctioning her NFT collection at Sotheby’s.  Socialite, artist, and entrepreneur Paris Hilton has graced the finale of Decentraland’s Metaverse Festival. The virtual event, held from October 21 to 24, took place in Decentraland’s virtual world. Paris debuted on Decentraland in her Genies avatar. She joined the event as a DJ, along with surprise guest Victor Langlois, an 18-year old artist who goes by the name FEWOCiOUS. Aside from Paris, other guests who appeared during the

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Shiba Inu price prediction
Shiba Inu (SHIB) Reaches New ATH. $0.1 Soon?

Shiba Inu token reached a new all-time high (ATH) at $0.004316. SHIB now has the 11th highest market capitalization of all cryptocurrencies. Robinhood rival Public listed Shiba Inu on its trading platform a couple of days ago. Internet sensation Shiba Inu (SHIB) token recently surpassed its all-time high (ATH). According to CoinGecko, SHIB price ATH is $0.004316 at the time of writing. Shiba Inu’s strong market performance enabled it to surpass other cryptocurrencies in terms of market capitalization. In fact, SHIB now holds the #11th position on CoinGecko and #13 on CoinMarketCap. While the cryptocurrency has received the love of

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New chainlink partnership
Associated Press Partners With Chainlink for Blockchain Data, NFT

The Associated Press has partnered with Chainlink. The partnership will focus on integrating data on the blockchain. AP will also partner with artists who want to create NFTs. The Associated Press (AP) announced its partnership with Chainlink to facilitate its economic, sports, and race call data on the blockchain. According to an announcement, the partnership is to record information “in an unalterable way”. Specifically, Chainlink will assist AP in ensuring that the latter’s news and data can be integrated into blockchain applications and services. This will generate better trust in information since it will be available on the blockchain. Additionally,

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