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Real Problems That Web3 Solves, Part 2

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Bad news ahead for eth?

If eth had all this money staked atm, 9 million coins once eth 2.0 is finished all these will be tradeable again and a ton of people will just cash out I’m sure…? Wouldn’t this massively cause a dip. submitted by /u/Mackey735 [link] [comments]

NBA Top Shot Bans User ‘FreeHongKong’

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Ledger to Bitbox

If I got a Ledger hardware wallet and get a Bitbox ditto. Can I export my coins by typing my seed phrase in the Bitbox wallet or do I need to send them to the new wallet via the blockchain? submitted by /u/lovenilo [link] [comments]

Price analysis 1/12: BTC, ETH, BNB, SOL, ADA, XRP, LUNA, DOT, AVAX, DOGE

Bitcoin and most major altcoins have started a strong recovery that could reach overhead resistance levels where bears may mount a strong defense.

Visa Survey Shows Crypto Payments Could Boom In 2022

The payment company giant Visa Inc just surveyed 2,250 small businesses from nine countries to understand if merchants are planning to adopt crypto to receive payments. Results show that over 25% of them want to start doing so this year. Reuters reported that Visa expects many retail businesses to join the crypto boom starting this year. The payment company has been long involved in the cryptocurrency industry and is interested in its mainstream acceptance as an opportunity to grow its own line of products and services. Visa currently offers cryptocurrency-linked cards for consumers to make purchases using digital currencies. However, this service doesn’t mean stores directly accept digital assets as payments. The user’s holdings directly turn into a fiat currency “instantly, behind the scenes” as they pay. Even though Visa consumers are reportedly adopting crypto with over $3.5 billion in crypto-linked digital transactions in 2021, merchants have been skeptical about directly receiving it as payment so far. Visa’s Crypto Survey Results Visa surveyed small businesses from the United States, Brazil, Singapore, Canada, Russia, United Arab Emirates, Hong Kong, Germany, and Ireland. Reportedly, small businesses from North America were the least enthusiastic about starting to accept cryptocurrencies as a form of payment. 19% of small businesses from the U.S. and only 8% from Canada want to offer digital currencies as a form of payment this year. However, over 30% of small retailers from the United Arab Emirates, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Brazil –where the crypto industry is booming– intend to allow users to pay using crypto in 2022. Furthermore, around three-quarters of the surveyed retailers thought that accepting crypto as a payment option would be “fundamental” for their businesses to grow. Related Reading | Visa Creates Service To Advise Financial Institutions On Cryptocurrencies BitPay Chips In Similarly, CEO of crypto payments platform BitPay Stephen Pair just made comments that contribute to the 2022’s forecast on digital currencies acceptance. BitPay company provides cryptocurrency payment processing services for retailers and reportedly has seen a growing number of businesses using their services to directly receive digital currencies as payment. Pair thinks that “There could be an inflection point in 2022″ for the common use of digital coins “where it starts to become a little unusual for you to not have some”. He commented the following: “I think in 2022, you’ll see many more people — that next wave of people — getting interested in crypto both from an investment perspective and a ‘let’s try it for a payment’ [perspective]…There’s going to be many more places with that service — that you’ll be able to spend crypto and do it in an in-person setting, which may make people more comfortable trying it out than perhaps if it’s on a website where they’re not sure if they’re doing it right or wrong.” Related Reading | FinTech Behind Cardano’s First Stablecoin Launches Bank Accounts And Visa Debit Cards

They don’t want to legislate crypto “for your protection” They want to legislate it for their greed.

Greed and lust are two of the most common traits in humans and those that write the bills are engaged in both. They want to control crypto so that they can make money from it. They wanted to kill it so it wouldn’t take from the assets they already can control; that didn’t work. If…
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Tom Emmer (a Congressman) introduced a bill today prohibiting the Fed from issuing a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) directly to individuals and the reasons he gave were (& are) very valid.

"As other countries, like China, develop CBDCs that fundamentally omit the benefits and protections of cash, it is more important than ever to ensure the United States’ digital currency policy protects financial privacy, maintains the dollar’s dominance, and cultivates innovation." His main argument could be boiled down into 2 contentious issues that would arise if…
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Hot Ethereum NFT Platform LooksRare Is Rife With Wash Trading—And OK With It

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Northwest Arkansas offering $10K in Bitcoin to attract remote workers

“Next-generation talent is essential to further transform our region into a hub for up-and-coming tech innovators and businesses,” said Blockchain Center of Excellence director Mary Lacity.