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Originally, I wanted to focus this fiftieth edition mainly on the definitive breakthrough of crypto, which is slightly ironic because after the Iranian attack on Israel, Bitcoin and Ethereum in particular experienced the biggest decline in a year.

Lightspeed Faction, a blockchain-focused venture capital firm, announced the launch of its inaugural $285 million venture fund.

Mudrex, a crypto investment platform headquartered in Bengaluru and San Francisco, backed by Y-Combinator, announced the launch of Saber.Money, to offer onramp and offramp services to B2B clients in India.

The best tech investments of the last five years were not Apple or Bitcoin, but Tesla and Ethereum.

After a pitch trajectory, DEPT won the business and started developing a new brand positioning and an introduction campaign of epic proportions as Bitvavo’s new lead agency.

Gender plays a role as well—half of millennial men hold these digital currencies, while only one-fifth of women in that age group do so.

Google is creating a new unit dedicated to “blockchain and other next-gen distributed computing and data storage technologies," according to a leaked email obtained by Bloomberg.

The UK Government, through its innovation agency, Innovate UK, has awarded a six-figure grant to TAG TrustNet to turbo-boost their efforts to make the digital advertising market more accountable, responsible and efficient.

PayPal confirmed that it's exploring a stablecoin backed by the US dollar after developer Steve Moser discovered code and images referencing “PayPal Coin” inside the PayPal iPhone app, per Bloomberg.

IZEA will also begin paying select influencers in cryptocurrency for campaigns where it has received cryptocurrency as payment from marketers.

Further trends in the survey data augur continued growth in crypto ownership in the UK, given the high proportion of new investors and high engagement among investors.

The cards will convert digital tokens into fiat currency that can be used anywhere Mastercard is accepted. The initiative is part of Mastercard’s global crypto card program, which seeks to support native digital currencies as payment tools.