Bitcoin, Ethereum and the Metaverse will become part of the mainstream and Williston, TIME and Perth Heat do not want to be left behind. These and more news in this practical daily summary so that you are always informed with the most recent events that occur within the crypto world.
Bitcoin and Blockchain Adoption
📍Williston (United States) installs a cryptocurrency ATM at the Williston Basin International Airport. The administration of the city of Williston, located in North Dakota (United States) announced the installation of its first cryptocurrency ATM at Williston Basin International Airport (XWA). The new ATM will facilitate cryptocurrency buying, selling and exchanging operations for its citizens, opening the doors to the new digital financial ecosystem based on blockchain.
The City of Williston reported that the ATM will offer services for a total of 40 cryptocurrencies and tokens, including the most important ones in the industry, such as Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Bitcoin Cash (BCH), Dogecoins (DOGE) and even the cryptomeme Shiba Inu (SHIB). As reported According to Bit2Me News, Williston has become the third American city to welcome cryptocurrencies, partnering with a local company to accept payment for public services with these digital assets. Hercules Cummings, the city's finance director, assured that Williston will play a proactive and important role in building the new digital ecosystem.
📍Australian baseball league Perth Heat becomes the first sports club to adopt Bitcoin. Perth Heat, currently the most successful team in ABL, will begin adopting Bitcoin starting today. On its Twitter account, the Australian league reported that it has integrated the cryptocurrency through the Bitcoin and Lightning NetworkPerth Heat will offer its players and staff payments in Bitcoin, will also begin accepting payments in the cryptocurrency and will convert its corporate treasury into BTC.
The sports club announced that it is establishing Bitcoin as its new standard for making payments, receiving income and protecting its value against inflation.
NFT and DeFi Markets
📍TIME Magazine Adds Ethereum to Its Balance Sheet and Partners with Galaxy Digital to Educate About the Metaverse. TIME, one of the most recognized publications worldwide, announced the integration of Ethereum into its financial balance sheets and the formation of a new alliance with Galaxy Digital, to educate its readers about the Metaverse. In its releaseTIME highlighted that it will work to demystify the misconceptions that exist about the Metaverse and the blockchain industry. To do so, the publication will launch a weekly newsletter called 'Into the Metaverse' and will provide training on the immersive digital universe through online content.
TIME will also create a new category of companies called TIME 100: Metaverse, which will highlight the greatest developers and entrepreneurs focused on the Metaverse. Companies that want to participate in this category can register until December 31 of this year.
CBDC and Central Banks
📍The Bank of Russia will charge fees for transfers using the digital ruble. Kirill Pronin, Director of Financial Technologies at the Central Bank of Russia, reported that transactions with the digital ruble, the CBDC The bank will develop a commission fee, although it noted that this will be lower than conventional electronic transactions and those carried out through Russia's FPS instant interbank transaction service. The news was announced by 1 Prime, a local agency in the country.
Miners
📍El Salvador connects its geothermal Bitcoin mining center to Blockstream services. To ensure bitcoin mining at the LaGeoSV geothermal center, El Salvador has installed a receiver that helps the plant connect to Blockstream's service, via a satellite in space. This was reported by El Salvador News via his Twitter account. Blockstream CSO Samson Mow said the satellite signal installation had been successful, ensuring the synchronization of the Salvadoran crypto mining station with its service to maintain the nodes. of Bitcoin without an Internet connection always up to date.
El Salvador, the first country in the world to adopt Bitcoin as its legal tender, is gathering more than 4.000 Bitcoiners and industry supporters at the 9th edition of LABITCONF 2021, currently underway.
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