Wednesday, July 20th 2022

The Daily Spin. Coinweb’s round-up of curated news and opinions (likely biased) from the world of Blockchain, keeping you informed of the most trending, in-the-know, and controversial topics…and now also with some world news and a thought leadership section to keep you curious, inspired, and clinically sane…

Ongoings at Coinweb

Post-Event: Innovation is the Only Way to Win (Hosted by Coinweb), July 19 (Bangkok)

https://www.facebook.com/events/449209510015240/

Toby and Alexander go live with Bullperks 3pm UTC Friday!

https://twitter.com/bullperks/status/1549036418479308800?s=21&t=p4eeUP8ZjG_niI3ZHN5nIQ

On the Radar

REDeFiNE TOMORROW (Scb10x), July 21-22 (Virtual)

NFT3 Awards, Aug 5 (Los Angeles)

Blockchain Futurist Conference, Aug 9 (Toronto)

Crypto-industry News

Binance Fined 3.3m EUR in Netherlands for Unlicensed Operations

https://cryptoslate.com/binance-fined-e3-3-million-in-netherlands-for-unlicensed-operations/

TIME Magazine Looks To Turn All Future Subscriptions into NFTs

https://cryptoslate.com/time-magazine-looks-to-turn-all-future-subscriptions-into-nfts/

Globant Survey: Most Gamers Believe the Metaverse Will Change the Industry

https://news.bitcoin.com/globant-survey-most-gamers-believe-metaverse-will-change-the-gaming-industry-positively/?utm_source=OneSignalPush&utm_medium=notification&utm_campaign=PushNotifications

Play-to-Earn Fantasy Sports Game CHAMPS Launches 25th July

https://news.bitcoin.com/ltim/?utm_source=OneSignalPush&utm_medium=notification&utm_campaign=PushNotifications

NFT Pre-mint Users Lose $400K to Hack

https://cryptoslate.com/nft-platform-premint-users-lose-over-400k-nfts-to-hack/

Leading Auction House Christie’s Formally Enters Web3

https://news.bitcoin.com/leading-auction-house-christies-launches-web3-and-fintech-venture-arm/?utm_source=OneSignalPush&utm_medium=notification&utm_campaign=PushNotifications

Competitive Landscape

Polygon pumps over 100% from announcements, internal growth

https://cointelegraph.com/news/3-reasons-why-polygon-matic-is-up-100-during-a-bear-market

Quik.com Opens Minting for NFT Domain Names

https://news.bitcoin.com/quik%e2%80%a4com-opens-minting-for-nft-domain-names/

ENS: Amazon.eth fetches $1m bid

https://cryptoslate.com/ethereum-name-services-amazon-eth-domain-fetches-1-million-bid/

Zebedee raises $35m from Square Enix

https://news.bitcoin.com/fintech-and-bitcoin-payments-firm-zebedee-raises-35-million-from-kingsway-capital-square-enix/?utm_source=OneSignalPush&utm_medium=notification&utm_campaign=PushNotifications

Tony Hawk partners with Sandbox to Open Metaverse Skate Park

https://news.bitcoin.com/tony-hawk-partners-with-the-sandbox-to-open-a-skate-park-in-the-metaverse/?utm_source=OneSignalPush&utm_medium=notification&utm_campaign=PushNotifications

World

UK breaks records, wildfires spread throughout Europe

Heatwave: Records fall as extreme heat bakes Western Europe - BBC News

Indian Finance Minister Pushes for International Collaboration on Crypto Bans and Regulation

https://news.bitcoin.com/indian-finance-minister-crypto-ban-regulation-effective-only-with-significant-international-collaboration/?utm_source=OneSignalPush&utm_medium=notification&utm_campaign=PushNotifications

Austrian Post Takes Digital Stamp Collecting to the Next Level

https://news.bitcoin.com/austrian-post-builds-the-future-of-digital-stamp-collecting/?utm_source=OneSignalPush&utm_medium=notification&utm_campaign=PushNotifications

Australian Central Bank Chief cites “Private but regulated tokens could beat CBDCs”

https://cryptoslate.com/private-but-regulated-tokens-could-beat-cbdcs-australian-central-bank-chief-says/

Thought Leadership

Multichain strategy and roadmap plan for MakerDAO

https://forum.makerdao.com/t/a-multichain-strategy-and-roadmap-for-maker/8380

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