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Axie Infinity Players in the Philippines Using In-Game Winnings to Pay Real-Life Bills

Axie Infinity is a mobile pet-themed game built on the blockchain that allows players to earn income through trading NFTs. When the COVID-19 pandemic struck, many young people in the Philippines lost their jobs, and some turned to Axie Infinity to get by.

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Sandeep Nailwal: India Crypto Covid Relief Fund 'Kind of Exploded' After Buterin's Donation

Sandeep Nailwal, a co-founder of Polygon, started a crypto relief fund for India as it battles a deadly second wave of COVID-19. The fund attracted several big names in crypto, including Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin, who donated approximately $1 billion n SHIB tokens. Nailwal joins "First Mover" to discuss the success of the relief fund and whether it is shifting government opinion of crypto in India. Plus, will he be liquidating all the donated SHIB?

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Ether Breaks New Records; South Korea Split on Crypto Tax

Ether is making history with new all-time highs in prices as gas fees plunge following the latest network upgrade. Analysts say the market sentiment has improved after the European Investment Bank’s bond issuance on the Ethereum and backing from various CBDC initiatives.

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CoinDCX CEO: “Practically Impossible” to Ban Bitcoin In India

India is currently being hit with a deadly second wave of COVID-19, and leaders in the crypto industry have been donating crypto to help purchase food and medicine. While the Indian government has been cracking down on crypto, Neeraj Khandelwal, CEO of Mumbai-based CoinDCX, thinks it’s too late to ban bitcoin in India.

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Top Crypto Leaders Donate to COVID-19 Relief Fund for India

Top Crypto Leaders Donate to COVID-19 Relief Fund for India India is currently experiencing a devastating second wave of COVID-19 worsened by a medical supply shortage.

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Buterin e Srinivasan donano al fondo di soccorso COVID per l'India "scossa" dalla seconda ondata

Buterin ha donato più di 600.000 dollari in Cripto , mentre Srinivasan ha donato 50.000 dollari e si è impegnato a donarne altri 100.000.

Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin speaks at ETHDenver 2020.

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New York's COVID-19 Vaccine Passports Are Here and They're on the Blockchain

New York has launched digital COVID-19 vaccine passports on the Excelsior Pass, a blockchain-based application. "The Hash" panel discusses the government's history with data management, the ethics of putting health records on the blockchain and how the COVID-19 passports fit into the larger conversation about privacy.

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Il passaporto COVID-19 basato su blockchain di New York è ora attivo

Il pass verrà utilizzato per confermare un recente risultato negativo del test PCR o antigenico di un individuo o la prova della vaccinazione, per aiutare ad accelerare la riapertura delle attività commerciali e dei luoghi degli eventi.

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Il governatore di New York Cuomo annuncia un progetto pilota che utilizza l'app COVID-19 basata su blockchain di IBM

L'app per la salute sviluppata con IBM è stata chiamata Excelsior Pass e sarà testata a New York City.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York

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Singapore utilizza la blockchain per la verifica dei risultati dei test COVID-19

La Government Tecnologie Agency (GovTech) della città-stato e il Ministero della Salute (MOH) hanno sviluppato una serie di standard digitali open source utilizzati per rilasciare i risultati dei test COVID-19, noti come HealthCerts.

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