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The LoveChain: A Social Network Turning Content into NFTs
Social media platforms are no longer just places where people socialize. Users are increasingly trying to monetize their content and make money from their accounts. In this regard, Web3 networks are successfully competing with trending platforms like Instagram and TikTok. 
Blockchain technology has been used to pilot Brazil's digital real. Execution took place on the Stellar infrastructure of the local Mercado Bitcoin exchange.
The experiment included a KYC procedure, a fraud protection check using decentralized identity identification, and direct fund transfers.
All worked well, no violations of the country's laws were detected (thankfully, the tests had not yet been banned), though Mercado's head teased that the Central Bank's real motive was to see how things would unfold if it lost its direct control over money. What is copy trading and how can you make money with it?
Copy trading has moved from the FOREX market to the world of cryptocurrencies. This is one method for inexperienced traders or passive investors to begin trading on exchanges and boost profits by opening trades that other traders have already opened. 
How to make money on dual currency investments
In addition to cryptocurrency savings, staking, or profitable farming, it is possible to earn passive income on dual currency investments. The majority of the top cryptocurrency exchanges offer this type of earning in a variety of currency pairs with different expiration dates. 
The charismatic founder of BitMEX has revealed his vision for the market. Spoiler: he moves liquid fiat money from treasury bills to cash and intends to invest it all in high-risk assets (bitcoin and other crypto, of course).
Key takeaways from Arthur Hayes' post:
? S&P500 is up 40% in 3 months;
? Fed balance sheet will drop $100 billion every month;
? The market will get an extra $500 billion out of the Treasury General Account (TGA), which will accelerate inflation;
? When the money runs out (sometime in July), Congress will vote to increase the debt ceiling;
? The market will end up flooded with unbacked debt liabilities;
? The world's banks will be forced to resort to printing more money (this process has already begun).
"The party has begun!", Arthur concludes. 
BlackRock CEO predicts: inflation & interest rates still rising
Current situation in the banking sector is described by Lawrence Fink as the "price of easy money." He believes that the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank could have led to a massive financial crisis, but the prompt response of regulators prevented serious consequences. 
Payouts will begin on March 10 and will be made in both BTC and fiat. As of now, the applicants will receive about a fifth of the claim amount.
For 2019, the exchange balance was 142 thousand BTC ($3.3 billion), 143 thousand BCH ($19 million) and $510 million in Japanese yen.
It must be said that the situation with Mt.Gox was so hopeless that many investors perceived the receipt of their coins as a gift from the gods. In addition, bitcoins were lost at a completely different price.
Adam Beck, CEO of lending company Blockstream, says:
“I pretty much wrote off the bitcoins I had on Mt.Gox as a loss. So philosophically, whatever I get now is a cold storage bonus.” 
PeckShield, a blockchain security firm, warns that zero-transfer scammers are behind two of the largest gas spenders.
The scheme is as follows:
? Fake addresses are created by imitating real ones.
? The TransferFrom function is then used to make a zero transfer from any wallet to a smart contract.
? As a result, a fake transaction history is created and shown in users' wallets and on Etherscan.
The only thing left to do is wait for the transfer from the victims who did not thoroughly check the address before sending the money. 
Hivemapper has finished beta testing a recorder that can be used to earn Honey tokens for contributing to the development of a decentralized global mapping.
The technology is simple:
? You get paid for videos of routes you plot on maps.
?Others buy these videos if they suffer from complete lack of sense of direction.
?Founders of the project make money by selling its car recorders at the cost of an airplane wing.
We once joked that people would soon start mining with kettles. And we were right, though wrong about the device.
- Patrick, Move-to-Earn is off the table!
- If not M2E, then what?
- Drive-to-Earn.