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CoinBase CEO Brian Armstrong was called out on Twitter after claiming the original idea behind the company’s commercial that aired during the Super Bowl last week.

The Coinbase ad in question generated a lot of buzz on social media during the Super Bowl LVI. When scanned, the color-changing, bouncing QR code landed audiences on a promotional BTC giveaway page. At first look, the ad resembled the retro DVD screensaver.

The overwhelming response and curiosity from many users prompted Armstrong to tweet about the creative process that the ad went through. He revealed that none of the ideas pitched by several ad agencies piqued their interest.

Hence, CoinBase internal creatives then went back to the drawing board to brainstorm more ideas. They eventually agreed on producing ...

Tensions are high globally, due to this, the cryptocurrency world is on the verge of hitting the lowest ever seen in years. The subsequent invasion of Russia in Ukraine this early morning has impacted Bitcoin and other altcoins heavily.

Bitcoin, at the time of writing, went further downhill to trade at $34,780, while Ethereum’s price took a turn for the worst as it is now $2,356 per unity. In fact, a look at the CoinMarketCap chart is almost disheartening, to say the least. 

Today has been gloomy for many world leaders, individuals, and crypto enthusiasts since the news of Russia bombing some parts of Ukraine. Taking to their

Crypto.com exchange announced that it will be gracing the 2022 iteration of the MIT Fintech conference as a Platinum Sponsor.

Kris Marszalek, CEO of Crypto.com, will speak at the event and will kick off the conference with an opening talk relating to cryptocurrency’s exponential growth and rate of adoption. He will be joined by other notable speakers such as the Algorand Founder Silvio Micali, Ripple CTO David Schwartz, SEC Commission Hester Peirce, and a handful of others.

The 11th annual MIT Fintech conference will take place in the next 2 days. This is the world’s largest student-run FinTech conference, and will take place both online and in-person at Boston Marriott Cambridge.

The event will bring to ...

Regardless of the current cryptocurrency bear market, Decentraland continues to burst with activity as celebrities and organizations from across the globe host events, parties, and NFT giveaways. Some of the upcoming events in Decentraland include Comedy Decentral, Boy George Live in Vegas City, and the Mic Drop Comedy Festival.

The list of upcoming events do not come as a surprise anymore, given Decentraland’s position as the top destination for celebrities and organizations to host events, parties, and NFT giveaways. Popular events that took place in the Metaverse so far were the streaming of this year’s Australian Open and Samsun ...

Bashoswap, a decentralized exchange (DEX) on Cardano network that aims to facilitate swaps between ADA and other crypto assets built on Cardano.

Founded in late 2021 by a group of blockchain experts led by Beri Ardas with years of experience in the crypto industry.

Bashoswap is on a mission to develop a fully featured de-fi product that will be of huge benefit to the Cardano ecosystem.

Bashoswap will join together elements already existing on other blockchains like Uniswap and Pancakeswap, readapting it for the Cardano Blockchain to develop de-fi Apps powered by the cryptocurrency Bash.

$BASH, Bashoswap’s utility token, will be utilized by the community in multiple ways as they can Stake, Farm their BASH tokens to earn more rewards and can also be used for governance.

When launched, you can swap your Cardano tokens, add liquidity to earn LP fees and also a launchpad that will support Cardano startups.

Bash Private sale whitelist is currently ongoing for early adopters who would want to become part of the project.

Early adopters wishing to partner with Bashoswap can email

As the internet continues to grow and evolve, the way people interact with services does too. Many things have changed regarding data control, platform logins, and more since “web1”. Although “web2” introduced some intriguing changes and upgrades, the big focus is on “web3” and how it will empower users once again.

The Advent Of Web1

Although the first iteration of the internet and its services did not look too appealing at first, it serves as the foundation for how we use the web today. One of the downsides of Web1 was the very small number of content creators compared to the number of people who wanted to consume content. As a result, hosting a website on an ISP-run web server was a common practice, as were free web hosting services. Popular companies during this era include Stamps.com, GeoCities (acquired by Yahoo ...

The existing global payments infrastructure does not meet the demands of modern enterprises. In essence, the growth potential of businesses around the world is often limited by archaic and excessively complex payments systems.

For this reason, many traditional businesses have started to turn to crypto payments in search of an alternative. Use cases of crypto as a payments option are growing in popularity. Today, we caught up with Mercuryo COO and Co-Founder Greg Waisman about the ongoing changes in the payments industry and the place that cryptocurrencies are taking in it.

Mercuryo is a worldwide payments network that provides businesses, from crypto firms to mainstream banks, with a crypto-powered toolbox of payment solutions available through a single integration. It employs cryptocurrencies as a mechanism for enabling next-generation cross-border transactions at low cost and with ease.

Q: As the Co-Founder and COO, what inspired you to start Mercuryo?

We came into the online payment industry in 2017, which coincided with the crypto boom. At that time, we discovered that no solid crypto/fiat gateway solutions were available on the market. They used Telegram chats as a quick fix to buy digital assets at that point. We ...