Today, in 105, Cai Lun obtained paper made from bamboo fibres in China. Although everyone is used to taking notes on their iPhones these days, there's no substitute for paper. You can't unplug it, it won't run out of power, and it doesn't need to be updated every few months. We appreciate the old-school stuff :)
In the meantime, let's go to Digest. Let's go!
The CEO of online marketplace eBay, Jamie Lannone, has revealed the company's plans to tap into the digital market.
New forms of payment are being explored, and there are plans to release its digital wallet in the second quarter of this year.
To clarify, digital wallets include Apple Pay and Google Pay. In addition to bank cards, such wallets can also store private critical information, theoretically allowing you to pay with crypto.
Will there be an airdrop from eBay? For buying pants?!
Goldman Sachs has befriended Mike Novogratz's fund, Galaxy Digital, and offers its clients access to Ethereum through the fund above.
Btw, The minimum investment was $250,000 per person, so apparently, not everyone is investing in their future by deferring from McDonald's salary.
There have been similar collaborations before, and Goldman Sachs has been partial to crypto lately. Recently, the bank's senior chairman Lloyd Blankfein praised crypto on his Twitter.
What, are we waiting for an ETF on Ether?!
Binance, sensing that regulators of all countries are getting close to the rear, decided to secure those very rear by buying up companies from outside the crypto world. Like a $200,000,000 investment in Forbes
CZ's cunning plan is to invest in one or two companies from each sector, and further bend them into going to the crypto business.
Binance is now valued at $300kkk which puts CZ as the 11th richest person on the planet. Btw, he can afford to invest.
Good move? Or is it?
The FTX exchange launched a dedicated gaming division in February, and today they announced that they had managed to lure Steve Sadin to join them. Well, he previously worked as an executive at WB Games.
The new head is already making high-profile statements: "We're allowing developers to create in-game assets that players will pass on to their future grandchildren."
NFT in PC games is not new and is being actively explored by Ubisoft, for example.
Wen is the NFT collection with Sam's hair?
Listing is the process when a particular coin first appears on an exchange. When coins are listed on popular exchanges, such as coinbase, they often go to the moon.
And more you can find in our Glossary!
And you...buy Bitcoin! (it's a good time!)