Smerkis is taking on the role previously filled by Gleb Kostarev, now Binance’s director in the Eastern Europe. The local team in Russia and Eastern Europe has been growing over the past years, Kostarev told CoinDesk, so to supervise it, Binance now is boosting its local leadership. In summer 2020, Binance hired Evgeniy Pavlov, formerly with Bitfury, as its business development … [Read more...] about Binance Taps Former Government Officials for Russia, Ukraine Posts
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Dez Bryant Taps Chainlink for ‘Dynamic’ Sports NFTs
“I was sitting back playing [NBA 2K], thinking, ‘Man, you can buy your player their own digital clothes, shoes, everything,” Bryant told CoinDesk in an interview. “I thought, what if athletes could offer something like this to their fans for them to own. We’ve been on a mission ever since.” Source link … [Read more...] about Dez Bryant Taps Chainlink for ‘Dynamic’ Sports NFTs
AccuWeather Taps Chainlink to Explore Crop Insurance and More
Blockchain oracle services firm Chainlink has added U.S. meteorology forecasting provider AccuWeather to further bolster its suite of real-world data feeds.Back in August of this year, Chainlink, which allows data providers to port data into the digital agreements that run on top of blockchains, announced it was incorporating weather data courtesy of Google … [Read more...] about AccuWeather Taps Chainlink to Explore Crop Insurance and More
E-Commerce Giant Mercado Libre Taps Paxos to Power Crypto Service in Brazil
Starting later this month, users of Mercado Pago, Mercado Libre’s digital wallet, will be able to buy and sell bitcoin, ether and the stablecoin Pax dollar (USDP), Mercado Libre said. The minimum amount required to operate will be 1 Brazilian real, it added. Source link … [Read more...] about E-Commerce Giant Mercado Libre Taps Paxos to Power Crypto Service in Brazil
French Fintech Lydia Taps Bitpanda to Let 5.5M Users Trade Crypto
Austrian crypto exchange Bitpanda has teamed with French mobile payments app Lydia to offer Lydia’s 5.5 million users the ability to invest in digital assets.Bitpanda announced Monday its digital asset investment product is now fully integrated with Lydia’s payments app, which will enable Lydia customers to invest in over 170 digital assets from cryptocurrencies to … [Read more...] about French Fintech Lydia Taps Bitpanda to Let 5.5M Users Trade Crypto