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Dubai - Crypto & Coffee at 8 - 28th September

2021/9/29
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28th Sep

“Get paid in crypto” should be a game-changer to onboard more users in crypto.

Coinbase is working with major payroll & HR companies to let millions of workers get paid in crypto Prakash Hariramani has written a fantastic blog “Now get your paycheck deposited into Coinbase” https://bit.ly/3zKanwU. A partnership with Fortress Investment Group, M31 Capital, Nansen, and SuperRare Labs will allow employees throughout the creator economy & financial services to enter the future of payroll Bitwage has been offering similar services since 2015.

Bitcoin Maximalist & censorship king Jack Dorsey’s Twitter rolled out “Bitcoin tipping” to its 300 million active users, done in partnership with Jack Mallers app Strike. Twitter also announced a plan to let users connect their Bitcoin wallets to NFTs tied to their identity. Has Twitter has moved from a communications platform to financial services? Since the news, ARK Investment Management LLC bought 830,000 Twitter shares worth about $55

million. Catherine Woods bought the stock after the social-media company said it will let users send and get tips in bitcoin Details by Business Insider can be found here https://bit.ly/3kNmO6A

Facebook with the use of Novi wallet will also let users have NFT’s. They are also spending $50 Million to build metaverse. A shared online space that can be used for social interactions, work, games, and more. Earlier in June Mark Zuckerberg told his employees about an ambitious new initiative. Facebook would strive to build a maximalist, interconnected set of experiences straight out of sci-fi — a world known as the metaverse. Detailed info can be found here The Verge https://bit.ly/3CWaffL In the near future will we see a Distributed/ Decentralized metaverse? Social Media giants onboarding users into NFT & Cryptocurrency will definitely boost the crypto market.

Netflix’s “The Hunt for the Crypto King” will uncover some

hidden dark secrets & the suspicious death of cryptocurrency

multimillionaire Gerry Cotten and the missing $250 million. This should shed some light on if the death was real or faked.

According to President Bukele A third of Salvadorans “actively” using Chivo wallet. He tweeted in less than 3 weeks it now has more users than any bank in El Salvador. His tweet is here https://bit.ly/3od1xFR Some great information is provided by NEWSBTC “Chivo’s node has 12.7 BTC of public capacity.” Which is 1,269,941,898 sats https://bit.ly/3kJvlaH . A very useful source to check stats about the Chivo Lightning node is here https://bit.ly/3if4AJQ

Former Ethereum Developer Virgil Griffith pleads guilty to North Korea charges. He spoke at a blockchain conference held in North Korea in April of 2019. He admits to helping North Korea evade crypto sanctions.

For slides click here https://www.linkedin.com/posts/r-a-george-19b102104_blockchaindxb-b3-activity-6848446454592266240-PoBI

UAE

  1. NFT Whale from Dubai: NFT of side-eyeing toddler meme fetches over $74,000 (Check slides )

  2. Slovenia Offering NFTs for Dubai Expo (Gifted to visitors to Slovenia’s pavilion ) (Check slides )

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