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4 Mar 2023 4 minute read 1 comment Making Cents
2023 Turkey-Syria Earthquake On 6 February 2023, a devastating earthquake of 7.8 on the Richter scale hit Southern Turkey in the early hours of 6 February (4.17 a.m.). This was the strongest earthquake to hit Turkey since the 1939 Erzincan earthquak...
27 Feb 2023 2 minute read 0 comments Making Cents
1. Coinbase Suffers Huge Net Loss in 2022 📰 In its Q4 earning report, Coinbase beat analysts's revenue expectations by pulling in $605 million — $16 million above predictions — despite a 12% decrease in transaction volumes. 📰 From a business pers...
20 Feb 2023 2 minute read 0 comments Making Cents
1. Crypto giant Binance moved $400 million from U.S. partner to firm managed by CEO Zhao 📰 Binance had secret access to a bank account belonging to its purportedly independent U.S. partner and transferred large sums of money from the account to a t...
20 Feb 2023 1 minute read 0 comments Making Cents
A month ago, the Making Cents team announced the launch of our Global Outreach Program, a series of blockchain awareness workshops aimed at promoting greater crypto awareness and adoption among young adults across the world. The first of the workshop...
13 Feb 2023 2 minute read 2 comments Making Cents
1. Kraken pays a $30 million fine and shuts down crypto staking in the US 📰 Kraken will end its crypto staking program in the US and pay $30 million in penalties as part of a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission. 📰 The regulator...
5 Feb 2023 2 minute read 0 comments Making Cents
1. Donald Trump helps Polygon NFTs outsell Ethereum on OpenSea exchange for second month 📰 According to blockchain data aggregator Dune Analytics, there were 1.3 million Polygon NFTs sold in December and 1.5 million in January, while Ethereum’s num...
30 Jan 2023 2 minute read 1 comment Making Cents
1. California DMV puts car titles on Tezos blockchain, consumer applications on the way 📰 California's Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) is partnering Tezos blockchain and Oxhead Alpha, a crypto-focused software development firm to digitize car ti...
24 Jan 2023 2 minute read 1 comment Making Cents
The Importance of Education in World Peace and Development Education is a human right, a public good and a public responsibility. In celebration of the role of education for development, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 24 January as th...
23 Jan 2023 2 minute read 4 comments Making Cents
1. Binance SWIFT banking partner set to ban USD transfers below $100K 📰 Binance has informed its retail customer base of a potential incoming service disruption that may halt on and off-ramp bank payment transfers. 📰 From Feb 1 onwards, users of U...
15 Jan 2023 1 minute read 1 comment Making Cents
1. Winklevoss firm charged in US over crypto sales 📰 Cryptocurrency firms Gemini and Genesis have been charged by US regulators with illegally selling crypto assets to hundreds of thousands of investors. 📰 The companies are accused of breaking the...
