Tuesday, July 15, 2025

Los Angeles Angels’ Shohei Ohtani Joins FTX’s Global Ambassadors, MLB Superstar to Be Paid in Crypto – Bitcoin News

The cryptocurrency firm FTX Trading Ltd. announced on Tuesday that the Major League Baseball (MLB) legend Shohei Ohtani also known as “Shotime” has joined the company’s global ambassadors. According to the announcement Ohtani will be paid in cryptocurrencies and will acquire an equity stake in the crypto company. Angels’ Shotime Joins

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KuCoin Labs Launches $100 Million Venture Capital Fund To Empower Early-Stage Metaverse Projects

KuCoin Labs, the company behind the world's sixth-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume with more than 500 crypto assets listed, announced on Wednesday that it would be launching a $100 million metaverse fund for early-stage projects. The money is also available for entities that develop blockchain-based games, nonfungible tokens, and

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Indian Central Bank Governor Says Blockchain Technology Can Thrive Without Cryptocurrencies

“The blockchain technology has been there for ten years and can grow without cryptocurrencies,” RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das said at the SBI Banking and Economics Conclave on Tuesday. “When the central bank says we have serious concerns from the point of view of macroeconomic and financial stability, there are far

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Australian baseball club Perth Heat to pay athletes in Bitcoin

Australian baseball club Perth Heat has announced a partnership with Bitcoin payment processor OpenNode to accept and make payments in Bitcoin (BTC). The partnership allows Perth Heat to pay professional players and staff in Bitcoin. According to the announcement, the professional sports club will send and receive payments in Bitcoin over

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Investment Manager Expects Governments to Clamp Down on Bitcoin, Warns of ‘Intense’ Crypto Regulation – Regulation Bitcoin News

The founder and chief investment officer of Hayman Capital Management, Kyle Bass, has warned that governments will start to really clamp down on bitcoin. He predicts that “intense” crypto regulation will come out of the U.S. Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) next year. Fund Manager Expects ‘Intense’ Crypto Regulation

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