Argentine Football Association Partners With STEPN to Launch Digital Sneakers

The Argentine Football Association (AFA) has partnered with STEPN in a deal that honors the Argentine soccer team. The partnership includes the issuance of Genesis NFT sneakers that will unlock real-life rewards. Argentine Football Association to Issue Genesis NFT Sneakers The Argentine Football Association (AFA) has partnered with STEPN, a Solana-based move-to-earn project, to issue … Read more

Tether AI platform to support Bitcoin and USDT payments, CEO says

Tether AI, the upcoming artificial intelligence platform from the stablecoin giant Tether, will feature payments in major cryptocurrencies, including USDt and Bitcoin. Tether CEO Paolo Adroino took to X on May 5 to tease the soon-to-come launch of Tether AI, the company’s new AI platform designed to offer “personal infinite intelligence.” According to Ardoino, Tether’s … Read more

Vitalik Buterin says rollups must prove security before decentralizing

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has explained when he believes rollup-based layer-2 platforms should go decentralized, and why “as soon as possible” is not the correct answer. In a May 5 X post, Buterin explained that there is a right time for rollup-based scalability solutions to transition to a decentralized model. This moment depends on how … Read more

America’s crypto renaissance is already failing; but we can fix it

Opinion by: Shane Molidor, Founder, Forgd For years, launching a crypto project in the United States has been a maze of uncertainty. Legal ambiguity and a hostile regulatory environment have driven founders offshore, turning places like Switzerland and the Cayman Islands into global hubs for blockchain innovation.  With Trump’s election, things finally started to change, … Read more

Indonesia suspends Sam Altman’s World project over suspicious activity

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s digital identity project, World, formerly known as Worldcoin, faces challenges in Indonesia after local regulators temporarily suspended its registration certificates. The Indonesian Ministry of Communications and Digital (Komdigi) has halted the Electronic System Operator Certificate Registration (TDPSE) for World and World ID over suspicious activity and alleged registration violations, the ministry … Read more

Indonesia suspends WorldID over alleged registration violations

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s digital identity project World, formerly Worldcoin, is facing challenges in Indonesia amid local regulators temporarily suspending its registration certificates. The Indonesian Ministry of Communications and Digital (Komdigi) has halted the Electronic System Operator Certificate Registration (TDPSE) for World and World ID over suspicious activity and alleged registration violations, the authority announced … Read more

Casa Co-Founder Jameson Lopp Offers Solution for Bitcoin ‘Spam:’ Increasing Adoption

Lopp, currently embroiled in the debate to lift OP_RETURN restrictions in bitcoin, stated that the simplest way to keep so-called “spam” away from the bitcoin chain was to increase block space demand. This way, so-called “spammers” would have to pay higher costs to use bitcoin’s resources. Jameson Lopp States That Higher Adoption Is the Way … Read more