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Payments giant Stripe is in advanced discussions to acquire the San Antonio-based stablecoin platform Bridge for $1 billion, according to reports by Bloomberg and Forbes. Founded by former Coinbase employees Zach Abrams and Sean Yu, Bridge specializes in enabling businesses to create, store, and transact with stablecoins like Tether’s USDT and Circle’s USDC, having raised … Read more
Coinbase’s research has determined that crypto, as a key topic, might be a factor capable of swaying the next election results. According to data posted on social media, swing states have a significant number of crypto voters who, depending on their views, could tip the balance in favor of Democratic candidate Kamala Harris or Republican … Read more
At an event in San Francisco, co-inventors Alex Blania and Sam Altman unveiled significant updates to their project, now known as the World Network. Among the five key announcements was the introduction of a new generation Orb, designed to enhance the efficiency of World ID proof of human verifications, powered by advanced NVIDIA Jetson technology. … Read more
Unstoppable Domains has announced the launch of Metamask Snap, an integration that allows for cross-chain name resolution for over 4 million users. This new feature enables users to send and receive cryptocurrency using easily recognizable domain names instead of complex wallet addresses, significantly enhancing the user experience within Metamask. The Unstoppable Domains Snap expands Metamask’s … Read more
Ireland’s Finance Minister Jack Chambers has announced plans to draft urgent legislation aimed at updating financial regulations to include cryptocurrency and digital asset firms. According to the Irish Examiner, this legislation is crucial to ensure compliance with new European Union money laundering and financing of terrorism laws, which are set to take effect on December … Read more
Paxos, a regulated tokenization infrastructure platform, has unveiled its new stablecoin payments platform, with Stripe as its inaugural customer. This innovative solution powers Stripe’s Pay with Crypto product, enabling merchants to seamlessly accept stablecoin payments. By leveraging Paxos’ comprehensive infrastructure for onboarding, pay-ins, conversions, and payouts, businesses can reduce costs and expand their international reach … Read more
MARA, a large publicly traded bitcoin miner, has announced the successful acquisition of a $200 million line of credit, collateralized by a portion of its bitcoin holdings. This substantial funding will empower the company to pursue strategic growth opportunities and support various corporate initiatives as it continues to solidify its position in the digital asset … Read more
Praxis has announced a significant milestone, securing $525 million in financing to establish a new city designed to draw in crypto entrepreneurs and champion the ideals of Western Civilization. With a robust community of over 14,000 members across 84 countries and a collective valuation of more than $400 billion, the network state aims to create … Read more
Andre Cronje, co-founder of Sonic and yearn.fi, criticized the growing trend of creating Ethereum Layer 2s designed and tailored for a specific protocol or decentralized finance app (Appchains). Cronje detailed that this approach had many downsides, including the lack of infrastructure, zero possibilities of receiving support, centralization, fragmentation of liquidity, and the lack of a … Read more
On Tuesday, former President Donald Trump announced on X that the “World Liberty Financial token sale is now live.” He added that “crypto is the future” and urged everyone to adopt “this incredible technology.” At the moment, the price for one WLFI token stands at $0.015, and as of 8:36 p.m. Eastern Time, a total … Read more