London dockland workers standing on the stones.“Standing on the stones” was the phrase to describe the last resort of the many desperate, hungry, unemployed London workers in the late nineteenth/early twentieth century.Men who had no fixed employment would rock up early in the morning, thronging in masses to await any possible job tickets that were dispensed two or three times … [Read more...] about How London’s historic docklands paved the way for fintech’s future
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BlockDown to host historic discussion with Edward Snowden and Polkadot’s Gavin Wood about the future of Web3
This Friday, famed privacy activist Edward Snowden will be talking to Gavin Wood—, Creator of Polkadot, co-founder of Ethereum and coiner of the term “Web3”,—for a fireside chat at the BlockDown DeData conference, an event exploring data ownership, privacy, Web3, personal information security and self-governance in detail through panels, keynotes, fireside chats and … [Read more...] about BlockDown to host historic discussion with Edward Snowden and Polkadot’s Gavin Wood about the future of Web3
$13K Bitcoin price predictions emerge with BTC falling below historic trendline
Bitcoin (BTC) prices broke below a long-standing support wave, which was instrumental in keeping its strong bullish bias intact after March 2020's crypto market crash.Dubbed as the 50-week simple moving average, or 50-week SMA, the wave represents the average price traders have paid for Bitcoin over the past 50 weeks. Over the years, and in 2020, its invalidation as price floor … [Read more...] about $13K Bitcoin price predictions emerge with BTC falling below historic trendline
How a small village in El Salvador spurred the historic Bitcoin bill
Last week, El Salvador’s Congress passed a bill legalizing Bitcoin. The leading cryptocurrency now has equal footing with the country’s official currency, the U.S dollar. The upshot to this means all Salvadorian merchants are legally required to accept it for payments.While the crypto community celebrated the news as confirmation that the tide is turning against centralized … [Read more...] about How a small village in El Salvador spurred the historic Bitcoin bill
‘Covid Alien’ CryptoPunk NFT sells for $11.8 million at historic auction house
A single ‘CryptoPunk’ non-fungible token (NFT) sold for over $11.8 million at the legendary American auction house Sotheby’s yesterday, as per a report on Reuters this morning.Moments ago in our #London saleroom, an extremely rare “Alien” CryptoPunk #7523 from the collection of @sillytuna sold for $11.8M as part of our #NativelyDigital NFT auction – setting a new world auction … [Read more...] about ‘Covid Alien’ CryptoPunk NFT sells for $11.8 million at historic auction house