Author: Currency.com

The governor of Colorado, Jared Polis, has announced the US state will start accepting crypto for tax payments by the end of this summer. Polis made the comments as the state hosts its annual ETHDenver conference, which claims to be the largest and longest-running Ethereum event in the world. Polis said: “For consumer convenience, we want to accept payment in a wide variety of cryptocurrencies, just as we do in credit cards, but of course, the transaction cost is a lot less for cryptos.” The governor added: “We don’t want to take the speculative risk of holding crypto, so we will be…

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King Kaka (real name Kennedy Ombima), an award-winning Kenyan rapper, entrepreneur and philanthropist, has become a global ambassador for Sportsbet.io, an online crypto-focused Sportsbook and casino. The first campaign including King Kaka will be launched later in January. People in East Africa and the surrounding region will gain special access to promotions and bonuses from King Kaka.   King Kaka is the ‘perfect match for our fun, fast and fair approach’ Albert Climent, head of Africa at Sportsbet.io, said: “King Kaka is an inspiration to millions, not just for his game-changing music but also his humanitarian work. He’s the perfect…

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Award-winning rapper Nas (real name Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones) is to release non-fungible tokens (NFT) that will give the owners a stake in two of his songs – ‘Ultra Black’ and ‘Rare’. Nas is selling the NFTs through Royal, the blockchain-based music investment platform, in which he invested in November during the company’s Series A funding round that raised $55m (£40m). Those who buy and hold the NFTs will receive a percentage of the songs’ streaming royalty ownership depending on the token they hold. ‘Ultra Black’ is from Nas’s Grammy award-winning album King’s Disease, whereas ‘Rare’ is from his follow up album, 2022 Grammy-nominated…

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Mattel, Inc. has announced a partnership with French luxury fashion label Balmain to mint collectable Barbie NFTs. The companies are dropping three one-of-a-kind NFTs of distinctive Barbie and Ken avatars, marking Barbie’s debut in the metaverse. The three exclusive Barbie x Balmain NFTs will be available through Mattel Creations, via an online auction hosted on mintNFT. However, the event is limited to 5,000 registrants who will each receive a free Barbie x Balmain NFT even without possessing a wallet. The three auction winners will also receive a physical version of the miniature designer outfit worn by their Barbie x Balmain avatar. The promotion was devised and styled by Charlotte…

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Non-fungible token (NFT) data aggregator CryptoSlam has closed $9m (€10.8m, £6.6m) in a seed-funding round to grow its 20-plus team and help build out its platform for new and existing blockchains, according to a company press release. The round was led by Animoca Brands, with additional participation from previous investors Mark Cuban and Sound Ventures – the venture capital (VC) firm founded by Ashton Kutcher and Guy Oseary. Other investors include OKEx Blockdream Ventures, blockchain protocols Binance Smart Chain and Polygon, KCRise Fund, PKO Investments, Twenty5Twenty and Red Beard Ventures, along with a host of private investors such as Stephen Wang and Patrick Lee, the co-founders of Rotten…

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