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    NFT land sells for 550 ETH, eToro to delist ADA and 1M ETH burned since August: Hodler’s Digest, Nov. 21-27

    The piece of virtual land was purchased on Thursday and is classified as Genesis, the rarest form of virtual real estate available in the Axie Infinity ecosystem. The game enables players to use Pokmon-like Axie monster NFTs to battle other players or complete challenges to earn blockchain rewards. Users can also buy, sell or rent land to other players.Continue Reading on Coin Telegraph More

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    Online content streaming is dead. Long live the music NFTs

    Streaming has become the dominant format for music today, through Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN), Tencent Music and the clear category winner — Spotify (NYSE:SPOT). The goal of distribution services and platforms like Spotify is to enable and empower artists to create more without worrying about anything besides honing their craft. Continue Reading on Coin Telegraph More

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    Stablecoin issuers poised to be banks of the future on road to adoption

    That said, stablecoins, a class of cryptos that have their value pegged to a fiat currency, have seen their usage increase dramatically in recent months thanks, in large part, to their ability to help investors get their feet wet with digital currencies while eliminating many of the core issues — such as daily price volatility — currently affecting the crypto market.Continue Reading on Coin Telegraph More

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    Erdogan orders probe into Turkish lira's slump – Anadolu

    It said Erdogan had tasked the State Supervisory Council, an auditing agency which reports to the presidency, to identify institutions that had bought large amounts of foreign currency and to determine whether any manipulation had occurred.The lira plunged to record lows this week after Erdogan pledged to stick with a policy of easing interest rates. It has lost as much as 45% of its value this year, with about half of those losses in the last two weeks. The currency fell as far as 13.45 to the dollar in a historic 15% selloff https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/turkish-lira-drifts-off-record-low-erdogan-defends-policy-rate-2021-11-23 on Tuesday that followed a speech in which Erdogan defended the central bank’s move to slash its policy rate to 15%, despite inflation of 20%.During the speech, he said Turkey was fighting an “economic war of independence” and would not yield to pressure to change course.”We are seeing the games that are being played over the exchange rate, interest rates and price rises by those who want to push our country out of the equation,” he said.Turkey’s State Supervisory Council can demand that organisations present relevant information and documents, and will forward its findings to relevant authorities, state-owned Anadolu said. More