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24hours Cryptocurrency Market Cap:

📈MarketCap: $1984 B
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⚠️Bitcoin Dom: 39.90%

📌Active Coins: 4483
📍24h Vol %: 2.08%
💲24h Vol: $143 B

Crypto News Updates :

Algorand Joins Israel’s Top Research University To Boost Blockchain Education
Moneygram Buys 4% Stake in Crypto ATM Operator Coinme
Nasdaq-listed BTCS To Pay Shareholders’ Dividends in Bitcoin
World Cup Hero Mario Gotze Joins The Cryptocurrency Space
Raoul Pal: ‘Reasonable Chance’ Crypto Market Cap Could 100X by 2030
New York City Mayor Will Receive His First Three Salaries In Bitcoin
Samsung Makes Metaverse Debut In Decentraland, Opens Flagship 837 Store
WeChat, China’s Major Payment App Supports China’s Digital Yuan
Finance Minister says El Salvador Will Proceed With Issuance Of Bitcoin Bonds

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– Algorand Joins Israel’s Top Research University To Boost Blockchain Education

To assist blockchain technology education, the Algorand Foundation has teamed with Israel’s foremost research institution, Bar Ilan (BIU). The foundation stated in a blog post that the agreement, which includes a grant for the 12th BIU Winter School on Cryptography, also intends to encourage more participation in the Algorand blockchain. The grantees are mostly cryptography graduate students and postdoctoral researchers. Read Full on Finbold.

– Moneygram Buys 4% Stake in Crypto ATM Operator Coinme

MoneyGram said it had purchased a roughly 4% ownership stake in Coinme, likely more than $764,000, given its valuation of $19.1 million in June as part of a strategic investment in the crypto company. This investment, however follows a May 2021 partnership between the two firms, aimed at expanding access to crypto-fiat exchanges. The MoneyGram CEO, Alex Holmes, said: “We continue to be bullish on the vast opportunities that exist in the ever-growing world of cryptocurrency”. Read Full on cointelegraph.

– Nasdaq-listed BTCS To Pay Shareholders’ Dividends in Bitcoin

The Nasdaq-listed Blockchain firm ( BTCS) will make its next dividend payment in bitcoin, a first for U.S. markets. According to a Wednesday filing with the (SEC). BTCS CEO Charles Allen said: “We want to reward our long-time shareholders for their continued support and encourage financial freedom by providing the means to enable direct ownership of Bitcoin and other digital assets,”. However, BTCS is still evaluating if future dividends will also be paid out in BTC. Read Full on Bitcoin Magazine.

– World Cup Hero Mario Gotze Joins The Cryptocurrency Space

The Famous German footballer, Mario Gotze, who appeared in the international spotlight in 2014, has made tiny steps to join the ever-growing cryptocurrency space by changing his Twitter profile picture to that of a cryptopunk (NFT). Furthermore, Gotze also followed the suit of Shopify CEO Tobias Lütke, Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian and brew shaper Budweiser by using his Ethereum Name Service (ENS) domain as his new account handle. Read Full on U.Today.

– Raoul Pal: ‘Reasonable Chance’ Crypto Market Cap Could 100X by 2030

Former Goldman Sachs hedge fund manager and Real Vision CEO Raoul Pal, drew comparisons between the current benchmarks of other markets and asset classes such as equities, bonds and real estate and, noting that they all have a market cap between “$250-$350 trillion.” According to him: “there’s a reasonable chance” its present figure could grow to around $250 trillion asset class (which is 100X from here) if the crypto network adoption models continue on their current trajectory.Read Full on cointelegraph.

– New York City Mayor Will Receive His First Three Salaries In Bitcoin

Following the latest market slump for the flagship digital currency, New York City mayor Eric Adams spoke with CNBC’s Squawk Box on Bitcoin and its pricing. Before becoming mayor, Adams stated that he would accept Bitcoin for his first three paychecks. “But yeah, I’m going to take my first three paychecks in Bitcoin,” the mayor said when asked if he had gotten the check in Bitcoin, which is now down in price. Read Full on Finbold.

– Samsung Makes Metaverse Debut In Decentraland, Opens Flagship 837 Store

Samsung Electronics America has partnered with Decentraland, an Ethereum-based virtual reality platform, to enter the metaverse. In Decentraland, the electronics behemoth has erected a virtual counterpart of its flagship 837 real shop. The real store can be found at 837 Washington Street in Manhattan’s Meatpacking District. Samsung 837X, a virtual store in Decentraland, will be open for a limited time. Read Full on theblockcrypto.

– WeChat, China’s Major Payment App Supports China’s Digital Yuan

WeChat, China’s most popular messaging app and one of the country’s most widely used payment platforms, will begin to accept the Chinese government’s digital currency. According to a local news article, Tencent announced on Jan. 6, 2021 that it will begin taking digital yuan payments through its own mobile wallet WeChat Pay. Since 2014, China has been working on a digital yuan, but it has yet to be adopted statewide. Read Full on cointelegraph.

– Finance Minister says El Salvador Will Proceed With Issuance Of Bitcoin Bonds

El Salvador is nearing the completion of its Bitcoin bond issuance. The country’s finance minister announced today that the government would send Congress roughly 20 measures to begin the process. Then, on Twitter, President Nayib Bukele verified it. In a Tuesday interview with local media, El Salvador’s finance minister, Alejandro Zelaya, said the laws would give legal structure and legal certainty to everyone who buys the Bitcoin bond. Read Full on Decrypt.