Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg the Metaverse and the Quest for Control of Virtual Life! We all know who Mark Zuckerberg and we definitely know what Facebook is. Most probably we all have/had an account there, may it be still active or inactively hibernating as we haven't posted or interacted in ages. But Facebook is more than a social network, it's a Technology conglomerate owning among others Instagram, WhatsApp, Occulus and etc. Lately, Facebook has been on the media and under…
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Miami Mayor asks to be paid in Bitcoin Yes, you read that right. Francis Suarez, the Mayor of Miami one of the largest, more populous and also forward thinking cities in the US announced live on Twitter that he will be accepting his next salary paid in full in Bitcoin. His reaction came after Anthony Pompliano, or Pomp as many people know him, took to Twitter to ask who will be the first US politician to get paid in Bitcoin. If you do not know who Pomp is yet, he is one of…
From Miami to New York: The competition for Bitcoin adoption & business is blowing up In my last article, I wrote about how Miami is leading the race for Bitcoin acceptance and adoption. Now, New York seems to plan seriously to re-join that race and take a share of the pie from Miami. New York Mayor elect Eric Adams posted on Twitter that he will also take his salary in Bitcoin like Miami Mayor Francis Suarez had done a couple of days earlier. In a show of the brewing…
MasterCard to launch Crypto-payment cards! Yes, you read that right. I am not the one to write clickbait-y titles like "*Look what new cards MasterCard will launch!*". In most cases I go straight to the point, without much embellishment and sauce-ry. Now, it looks like Mastercard, one of the most major financial corporations globally, finally made the step to what has been rumoured for months now and is going forward with launching its newest Crypto-cards. The payment cards…
Crypto.Com buys the rights for the name of Los Angeles Lakers Arena! Yes, the title says it all by itself! Crypto.com Exchange has bought the rights to the name of the Los Angeles Lakers Basketball Arena. Starting from the Day after Christmas, the name will change from Staples Center to Crypto.Com Arena! This is a sign of the landmark marketing campaign that Crypto.com is undertaking. You do not put all that money into marketing in order to lose it, but instead to attract…