Nicolas Maduro, president of Venezuela, announced an increase in the minimum wage of workers in the country linked to the petro. In the II Workers’ Congress, Maduro revealed that the new value of the salary would be half a petro, the national cryptocurrency, which is now worth close to $59. This con

Prolific developer Andre Cronje has quit decentralized finance (DeFi), according to an announcement today by his colleague Anton Nell, a senior solutions architect at the Fantom Foundation, who's joining him in that decision without citing a reason.Cryptocurrencies associated with Cronje’s projects,

The Ukrainian government announces that $50 million in cryptocurrency was raised within a week since Russia began its invasion of Ukraine. The government has so far spent $15 million in donated cryptocurrency to buy military supplies.Ukraine Government Spends $15 Million in Crypto on Military Suppli

As news of the fighting in Ukraine began dominating the airwaves and social media, a group of crypto activists and enthusiasts quickly gathered to support Ukraine with a Non-Fungible Token (NFT).As news of the fighting in Ukraine began dominating the airwaves and social media, a group of crypto acti

With the recent attack on OpenSea highlighting blockchain vulnerabilities, Charles Guillemet, the chief technology officer of Ledger warns users about “blind signing,” which he defines as “consenting a transaction to be signed blindly, without understanding what it means.”The solution to the issue o

Global music brands Billboard and Universal Music Group are partnering to launch ChartStars, an NFT based project of digital collectibles built on the Flow blockchain launched by Dapper Labs, a well-known developer of NFT.This is Billboard's first scalable NFT project geared toward music fans. The c

The U.K.’s advertising authority has banned an ad for cryptocurrency floki inu (FLOKI). The authority says the ad’s “Missed Doge? Get Floki” claim “exploited consumers’ fears of missing out and trivialized investment in cryptocurrency.” The ad was also “irresponsible” and “took advantage of consumer

Legislative language that appeared poised to bar proof-of-work tokens from the EU is gone from a bill that is set for votes in coming weeks. In news that BTC-Echo broke and European MP Stefan Berger confirmed on March 1, the latest version of the EU's "Markets in Crypto-Assets" or MiCA directive has

Sky Mavis, the company behind the popular play-to-earn game Axie Infinity, has poached a director from Jump Capital to serve as an evangelist of its Ronin blockchain.Previously a director of market development at Jump Capital, Kathleen Osgood has joined Sky Mavis as a director of business developmen

This morning’s rise in prices across the cryptocurrency market wasn’t a short-lived blip: the price of Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other top coins has continued to accelerate over the course of the day, with Bitcoin rising above $43,000 and Ethereum eyeing a move back towards $3,000.As of this writing, B