Home Altcoins News Quick Roundup of CoinTelegraph Trending Cryptocurrency News – 21-03-2022

Quick Roundup of CoinTelegraph Trending Cryptocurrency News – 21-03-2022

Quick Roundup of CoinTelegraph Trending Cryptocurrency News – 21-03-2022

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  1. Waqar Zaka took on the challenge to educate his government about BTC after discovering its potential. He decided to do this after the reality show was halted as YouTube was banned in Pakistan, further he turned to Bitcoin for monetization. Research more to know more about Pakistani crypto billionaire Waqar Zaka trying to use Bitcoin to uplift the nation.
  2. GT driver Laura-Marie Geissler spoke to Cointelegraph about her plans to self-fund her racing career via NFTs. This looks like an attempt to disrupt sports sponsorships. Reportedly, Laura-Marie Geissler decided to forgo external sponsors to fund Geissler’s race season by way of NFT sales. Traditionally in motorsports, almost all drivers were dependent on external companies to sponsor their racing.  Further, and success in getting sponsorships was based on performance and good marketing. Geissler stated that her performance wasn’t her main selling point in the male dominated macho world.
  3. 2,000 U.K. residents were surveyed by OnePoll via TokenizeLDN and 81% chose tokens as the safer and securer alternative to traditional investments such as gold, oil, shares and real estate. So, the answer to Is Crypto the safe choice of investment seems to be yes.
  4. Insurance company Lemonade Inc have partnered with the cryptocurrency industry for the Lemonade Crypto Climate Coalition, which is a DAO to protect farmers from climate change by offering blockchain-based insurance.
  5. Founder of major crypto investment firm DeFiance Capital, “Arthur_0x”, suffers a hack on one of his hot wallets resulting in the loss of more than $1.6 million in NFTs and crypto. And, this establishes that anyone can fall victim to a hack.
  6. CEO Leah Wald of Valkyrie Funds talks about the challenges faced with a Bitcoin ETF. In the interview he talks about the company’s long-term perspective on crypto.
  7. While it’s still in the early stages, a persistent alternate reality presents endless possibilities with an especially large potential impact in the classroom, CoinTelegraph publishes an exploratory news article on Is the Metaverse the next step forward for education?
  8. The new Grayscale fund provides exposure to ADA, SOL, AVAX, DOT, MATIC, ALGO and XLM.
  9. Japanese crypto exchange coincheckip is reportedly knocking on Nasdaq’s door. The company looks to be listed by Q2 of this year under the ticker CNCK.
  10. Looks like a crypto gold rush is coming to Japan as the country is preparing to release a “green list” of 18 widely-accepted cryptocurrencies in late March that will remove red tape and allow local exchanges to compete with the foreign giants.

 

 

 

 

 

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