Saylor Academy, an organization created by MicroStrategy President Michael Saylor, has trained more than 16.200 new students on Bitcoin in the past year. This and more news is in this handy daily digest to keep you up to date with the latest developments in the crypto world.
Bitcoin education is growing
📍Bitcoin for Everybody trained 16.261 new students on the basics and principles of Bitcoin at Saylor Academy. Bitcoin is the new open Internet standard for hard money, says the course “Bitcoin for Everybody,” which focuses on the importance of Bitcoin as a monetary technology.
Students who took the course in 2022 deepened their knowledge of the origin and beginnings of Bitcoin and its economic and philosophical importance as a revolutionary form of money and an innovative long-term store of value.
Metaverse and Artificial Intelligence will be present at the Future Congress in Chile
📍The Metaverse will be the focus of the 12th edition of Congreso Futuro, which will take place from January 16 to 20 in Chile. Congreso Futuro is one of the most important scientific events held in Latin America, focused on publicizing the latest innovations and scientific dissemination.
In this year's edition, entitled “without real limit”, the metaverse will be the main protagonist.
The organizers and exhibitors will invite participants to explore the endless opportunities offered by the virtual world. “With the help of the metaverse, all futures we can imagine can be possible,” is one of the phrases that stand out from the event.
In addition to the Metaverse, other technological innovations such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) will also be present in the exhibitions, workshops and other activities that will take place during this year's edition of Congreso Futuro.
Major cryptocurrencies with high liquidity will be available in Hong Kong for retail trading
📍Hong Kong to restrict retail cryptocurrency trading to highly liquid assets. According to the South China Morning Post, the new head of Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), Julia Leung Fung-yee, said retail cryptocurrency investors will only be able to access highly liquid crypto market assets.
The move seeks to manage crypto-asset risk to protect investors and strengthen Hong Kong's vision of becoming a major financial hub for cryptocurrency development.
The regulatory agency will present a public consultation document with a list of potential cryptoassets that will be available for retail trading in the region starting in June this year. The SFC will also establish a licensing regime and impose a number of regulatory requirements for cryptocurrency service providers established in the region.
According to Leung Fung-yee, many of these platforms offer access to thousands of cryptocurrencies and digital assets. However, retail investors will not be able to trade all of them, he said.
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