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The Matrix Resurrections star Keanu Reeves was asked about NFTs in an interview, literally LOLs says they’re ‘easily reproduced’. Keanu Reeves is HODLing his cryptocurrency, something we know after he was interviewed by The Verge along with The Matrix Resurrections co-star Carrie-Anne Moss. Keanu was asked if he heard about the Matrix NFT that was done for The Matrix Resurrections, where there were 100,000 NFTs made for the new movie and the website broke in a couple of hours with 300,000+ people waiting in the queue to get their exclusive Matrix NFT for $50. https://twitter.com/dz/status/1469424767488962570?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1469424767488962570%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tweaktown.com%2Fnews%2F83338%2Fmatrix-resurrections-star-keanu-reeves-lols-at-nfts-hodls-his-crypto%2Findex.html The Matrix NFT didn’t involve…
Hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Twitter account was hacked and restored, Twitter said it had investigated the matter and that it appeared that the account “was not compromised due to any breach of Twitter’s systems”. Responding to queries sent by The Indian Express, a spokesperson for the company said that Twitter had “24X7 open lines of communication with the PM’s Office”, and that “necessary steps to secure the compromised account” were taken as soon as the platform was informed about it. “We have 24X7 open lines of communication with the PM’s Office and our teams took necessary steps to secure the…
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis proposed a program to let businesses pay state fees in digital currencies, part of a series of crypto-related proposals included in the state’s budget for next year. Speaking Thursday in Tallahassee, DeSantis also said the state would launch pilot programs to explore the use of blockchain technology for Medicaid payments and vehicle titles, with the latter running through the Department of Florida Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. DeSantis, a Republican, is trying to harness Florida’s growing reputation as an emerging destination for crypto investment. He said crypto enthusiasts have flocked to South Florida, where officials and…
With annual U.S. inflation running at its highest since 1982, now would be the perfect time for Bitcoin to stand up and cement its status as a ‘real’ asset, a store of value and the hedge against inflation its enthusiasts claim. Many market the primary cryptocurrency as ‘digital gold’ – due largely to a design that limits its supply akin to the finite reserves of precious metal. And inflows into crypto funds have accelerated in recent months as investors – and notably, policymakers – fret about entrenched inflation. But even if you set aside other defining issues like patchy liquidity…
The stock market has been on a fairly bumpy path of late, with the S&P 500 having suffered a selloff in the last week or two before rebounding roughly 3% so far this week. But one strategist believes there could be more pain ahead in the New Year. “We do think we’re so hyper focused on the Fed and inflation [that] those two things are in the driver’s seat, so to speak, and that could cause some of the weakness. It could even be a 10% correction, to be honest,” Ryan Detrick, chief market strategist at LPL Financial, told Fortune. A number…
The future of Meta has finally arrived—if you have an Oculus Quest headset. Facebook parent Meta on Thursday launched Horizon Worlds, the first public iteration of its landmark virtual reality social platform, bringing the project out of private beta for millions of adults in the U.S. and Canada. The platform, which can only be accessed via an Oculus Quest device, marks Meta’s biggest step to date toward fulfilling CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s vision for a VR world that, in many ways, replaces our in-person reality. So what does Horizon Worlds look like? Well, there’s not much to it quite yet. Users and…
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced many companies to think outside the box when it comes to communicating with employees —and for some that means looking beyond the physical world. A few businesses, in a bid to find a way for workers to interact with each other during a pandemic, have turned to meeting spaces and company HQs based in metaverse platforms such as Decentraland and Cryptovoxels. One of these companies is Neustreet, a media and data startup that helps people find the best-valued physical and digital collectibles, which opened a digital headquarters in the metaverse platform Cryptovoxels in June. Neustreet founder and general…
Shopping is a big part of the platforms that make up this emerging virtual world, from buying designer clothing, to purchasing a virtual house next door to Snoop Dogg. But to do all that, you’ll need money. Here’s how to get started. Get a crypto wallet To even open an account on metaverse platforms like Sandbox or Decentraland, you’ll first be asked to set up a crypto wallet, which will hold all of your digital currency. A popular wallet is MetaMask, which can be set up through downloading the app on your phone or a Google Chrome browser extension. Your wallet will allow you to exchange…
Regulatory uncertainty and travel restrictions are forcing the city’s crypto elites to shift their operations to more hospitable jurisdictions. Sam Bankman-Fried’s time in Hong Kong was relatively brief, but incredibly lucrative. In the three years he spent in the city, the unabashed workaholic known for sleeping in his office established FTX, a crypto derivatives exchange that quickly became one of the world’s busiest trading outlets. And the success of that business turned Bankman-Fried into the richest person in crypto at the age of 29 with a $26.5 billion fortune. And then he left. In September, Bankman-Fried jetted off to the Bahamas for…
Bitcoin and crypto prices have fallen sharply over the last month, with the bitcoin price losing 25%—even as some predict the U.S. could “embrace cryptocurrencies in 2022.” The bitcoin price crash, that’s dragged on the price of ethereum and other cryptocurrencies, has seen some $600 billion wiped from the combined crypto market over the last month. Now, in the face of the Federal Reserve’s increasingly hawkish attitude going into 2022, billionaire investor Mike Novogratz has said he expects the ethereum price to outperform bitcoin as the Fed looks to tackle inflation. “People see ethereum as a technology bet and bitcoin more as…