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When it comes to finding innovative ways to connect with fans, The Weeknd continues to be on top of it. According to a press release, the musician has teamed up with Binance — a cryptocurrency exchange company — for “the first global concert tour to integrate Web 3.0 technology for an enhanced fan experience.”
Bitcoin has surged to its highest level since April, reaching $73,544. Forbes reported that the Nov. 5 presidential election is among several market factors affecting the $1.4 trillion cryptocurrency, contributing to the 6% increase recorded around 3 p.m. EDT (7 p.m. GMT) on Tuesday, Oct. 29. The rise puts Bitcoin’s October gains at 13%, outpacing the S&P 500, which advanced 1% this month. Several other major cryptocurrencies and shares of companies involved in Bitcoin mining — the energy-intensive process of unlocking bitcoins from the digital blockchain — also saw significant gains Tuesday. Ethereum jumped 4% to reach a 10-day high of $2,637, while Binance Coin increased 2% to an eight-day high of $608. Solana climbed 2%, reaching a three-month high of $182. Prominent investors, including hedge fund billionaire Paul Tudor Jones, are promoting Bitcoin as protection against inflation, particularly as government policies from presidential candidates Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are...
Thanks to non-fungible tokens (NFTs), National Basketball Association (NBA) fans will soon have a thrilling opportunity to gain exclusive content surrounding high-profiled athletes Kobe Bryant, LeBron James and Shaquille O’Neal before they became household names. Binance NFT Marketplace (Binance) will launch the “Before They Were Pros” NFT series, which will feature “a unique ‘time capsule’ video and represents a flashback of these fantastic athletes during their high school days,” according to a press release. The launch is a part of a distinguished collection produced by Total Digital Group with licensing from MediaMineLLC set to debut on Sept. 28, 2021. The unique collection will feature mini video clips of the NBA athletes, exclusive interviews and video action content taken before their success. Each athlete will have a distinguished digital token and buyers will acquire the footage rights. “Binance NFT Marketplace users can enjoy the unforgettable high school basketball...
When Quidax first launched in 2018, the African crypto exchange was entering a market that was nothing if not volatile. But with the explosion in popularity of such cryptocurrencies as Dogecoin and Bitcoin, the world of cryptocurrency is a very different one in 2021. And with this in mind, Quidax — which has already processed more than $3 billion in transactions, as of this writing — is ready to take the exchange global. In a press release announcement, it was revealed that the African crypto exchange first started thinking about its growth back in February of this year. They noted that they started with 50 customers in 2018, and exponentially exploded to over 400,000 customers in 2021. “We are set to become the global home of BEP20 tokens. This means that anyone in the world can trade over 100 cryptocurrencies in the Binance Smart Chain ecosystem on Quidax,” said Buchi Okoro, the CEO of Quidax, in the press release announcement. The African crypto exchange has also announced that...
Morgan State University’s Earl G. Graves School of Business and Management has officially announced the opening of its new Center for the Study for Blockchain and Financial Technology — better known as the FinTech Center and the first-ever to exist at a HBCU. According to Black Enterprise, the FinTech Center first opened up in 2019. The center is now ready to commence classes this semester, which will all be dedicated to the study of blockchain, cryptocurrency, and the digital finance industry. The university will reportedly partner with Silicon Valley FinTech company Ripple and assist the Graves School of Business with building out a specialized curriculum. Additionally, Morgan plans to expand academic courses and extend scholarships to both faculty and students who wish to pursue a career in blockchain, cryptocurrency, digital payment, and other financial technology areas. After successfully launching a pilot program, the FinTech Center is also hosting its Battle Of The Cryptos 2...
Yele Bademosi is dedicated to giving back to Africa. Now, with his new venture as CEO and founder of Bundle, the Nigerian born executive hopes to help unbanked citizens of Africa. Bundle is a social payments app similar to Venmo, Forbes reports . Prior to launching the financial platform last week, he quietly raised nearly half a million dollars back in September 2019 from Binance, Pave Investments, and other African investors. Bundle is one of six African startups Binance is funding to promote the use of cryptocurrency across the continent. “Regardless of your geography, you should have access to the best financial services. And unfortunately, your geography today defines the quality of financial services that you have,” Bademosi told Forbes. Users will be able to send, receive and spend bitcoin, Nigerian naira, and ether, as well as the parent company’s native exchange, Binance coin. After giving a passionate pitch about the change Binance could create in Africa, Bademosi became...