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Meta to launch metaverse hardware store, Elon Musk buys Twitter for $44B, and ApeCoin pumps to new highs: Hodler’s Digest, April 24-30

[ad_1] Coming every Saturday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions and much more — a week on Cointelegraph in one link.Top Stories This WeekElon Musk buys Twitter for $44B — crypto industry reactsEccentric billionaire Elon Musk bought Twitter for around $44 billion this week, or $54.20 per share in
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Ralf Glabischnig – Cointelegraph Magazine

[ad_1] Having supported Zug’s Crypto Valley in the early days and founded Crypto Oasis in Dubai to serve as blockchain innovations hubs with regulatory certainty, Ralf Glabischnig is practically a node of the blockchain industry.When Bitcoin companies began pouring into his small town in Switzerland in 2013, Ralf Glabischnig was an IT consultant turned entrepreneur running a coworking space. It helped turn the town into ground zero for some of
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Fidelity Investments Introduces Bitcoin To 401(k) Plans

[ad_1] As the $2 trillion cryptocurrency market continues to draw interest from investors and regulators alike, the industry’s rise to mainstream is undeniable. In one of the most significant milestones in the cryptocurrency story, fidelity Investments has announced that it will begin to allow investors to put a bitcoin account in their 401(k)s. Under Fidelity’s plan, savers will have the option to allocate as much as 20% of their contribution
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What Was the Bitcoin New York Agreement?

[ad_1] Reading Time: 5 minutes The Bitcoin New York Agreement was a memorandum of understanding signed by 58 Bitcoin companies aimed at solving Bitcoin’s scaling issues The meeting to thrash out the details of the agreement was held ahead of the 2017 Consensus conference The agreement was supposed to raise Bitcoin’s block size to 2MB, but it was dead within six months The Bitcoin New York Agreement was an agreement
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6 Questions for Lili Zhao of Neo – Cointelegraph Magazine

[ad_1] We ask the buidlers in the blockchain and cryptocurrency sector for their thoughts on the industry… and throw in a few random zingers to keep them on their toes! This week, our 6 Questions go to Lili Zhao, director of ecosystem growth at Neo — an open-source blockchain development platform. The A to Z of Lili Zhao:Authenticity — easier said than doneBlockchain advocateCommunity — Neo has the best!DAO — fascinating!Economics —
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Coinbase NFT launches beta, AMC Theatres rolls out SHIB and DOGE payments, and Blockchain.com eyes IPO: Hodler’s Digest, April 17-23

[ad_1] Coming every Saturday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions and much more — a week on Cointelegraph in one link.Top Stories This WeekAMC Theatres mobile app accepts Dogecoin, Shiba Inu and moreRetail traders’ favorite cinema chain, AMC Theatres, updated its mobile app to support Dogecoin and Shiba Inu
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Degens can stake crypto to help the Ukrainian people

[ad_1] Laura K. Inamedinova is a marketing agency CEO from Lithuania who started early with ICOs, a journey that has led her to launch UkrainianPool, an initial staking pool offering raising money for the Ukrainian government.Inamedinova got into ICOs right out of university in 2016 and is shy to mention the name of the first crypto fundraising project she worked for. “There were definitely not only bad projects, but you
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Why is Bitcoin’s Block Size 1MB?

[ad_1] Reading Time: 4 minutes Bitcoin’s block size is just 1MB, which has caused congestion on the network since January 2017 The block size issue has caused a civil war that dates back to 2011 Why does Bitcoin have a 1MB block size and why is it still there? Anyone who has tried to transact on the Bitcoin network in recent years knows two things – it’s slow and it’s
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SEC Commissioner Peirce, Bitcoin 2022 and more – Cointelegraph Magazine

[ad_1] In life, there are times when things are going well in your business affairs but not your personal ones. Other times, the things you are doing and enjoying in your personal life are great but your professional or business matters are suffering. Sometimes, you also don’t realize or understand that the good times you are experiencing will not last forever and may soon end. So, I have always tried
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In Georgia, crypto is a crucial tool for refugees escaping the war – Cointelegraph Magazine

[ad_1] I arrived in Tbilisi, Georgia, near Russia’s southern border, in late February — just a few days after Russian forces invaded Ukraine. I had been reporting on crypto and blockchain from St. Petersburg, but after the war started, staying there had become untenable. During my first week in the city, I searched for an apartment to rent and for ways to set up a basic bank account.I went to