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payment news
- Bitcoin (BTC) Custodian and Licensed Private Bank Zapo Bank partnered with Lightning Network infrastructure builder light spark And because it is integrated with the Lightning Network, users can instantly pay for small purchases up to $100 at any vendor that accepts Lightning payments, without high transaction fees or long wait times for blockchain confirmations. can. “Xapo Bank is also offering his 4.1% annual interest rate in USD and soon up to 1% in Bitcoin, payable daily in installments over a year.” Said.
ethereum news
- Ethereum (ETH) developer Shanghai Hard fork in April – It happens about two weeks after April. goeri Testnet launch scheduled for March 14th. [developer meeting] (March 16th)” Ethereum Core Developer Tim Beiko Said“The team was suggesting about four weeks after that for a possible mainnet fork. One week to release and test the release, then two weeks for people to upgrade their nodes. It gave me more time to prepare,” he explained.
investment news
- Global alternative investment firm skybridge capital and a privately owned holding company Al Maskari Holding Announced strategic and long-term partnerships with blockchain software and service providers Casper Labs“With Casper’s growing footprint in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, SkyBridge Capital and Al Maskari Holding will form a broader Casper portfolio, including business development, investor relations and marketing services. Together with the community, we will provide Casper Labs with strategic support, and the company has obtained a warrant to become a Casper Labs shareholder.” Said press release.
- Digital collectibles platform few and far Announced $10.5 million in funding round led by blockchain investment firm Pantera Capital,participant Cipher Capital, Huobi Ventures, hypersphere, liquid ventures, Mantis Partners, K5 Global“The new funding will help us further expand the platform’s capabilities, improve the user experience, and increase the number of Web3 developers and IP owners who can benefit from the platform,” said the press release. said.
- TRUEthe venture of Unicorn founder and CEO Adam Lyons TheZebra.com, announced $18 million seed round led by poly chain, sluice gate Founding partner Mike Maples Jr., and other strategic partners. The company also launched a phone plan comparison tool, REALLY.comIt allows individuals in the United States to compare 56 carriers and 379 plans and switch to the service that’s right for them. Mike Maples Jr. said, “The continued and rapid introduction of Web3 and blockchain into our daily lives has brought unprecedented changes to telecommunications.
- Thousands of Australians who have invested in cryptocurrencies using do-it-yourself (DIY) pension funds or Self-Managed Pension Funds (SMSF) face hundreds of millions of dollars in losses, Reuters reportAssuming an average 40% drop from the market peak, it would mean a drop in the value of SMSF’s cryptocurrency investments of around A$600 million, the company said. The DIY pension fund accounts for his quarter of Australia’s A$3.4 trillion ($2.29 trillion) pension pool. His SMSF in Australia has about A$880 billion, with cryptocurrencies accounting for $1.4 billion of that in the 2021 financial year, with the number likely to rise thereafter.
security news
- Web3 security platform not common announced its launch “as a one-stop-shop for both artists and collectors to trade and exhibit their work.” Said press release. Launched a curated and moderated blacklist of scammers, allowing users to cross-check people and entities against a database of known villains. The launch of the edition “is aimed at eliminating fraud within the Web3 industry and strengthening trust and security in this area,” the team added.
charity news
- Mete Umut Elmas, MENA Business Development Director for Crypto Exchanges Kucoindiscussed the concept of crypto-donations at the Blockchain Life 2023 convention in Dubai, arguing that crypto-donations could facilitate anonymous giving, enable greater equality, and introduce philanthropy to a tech-minded generation. A Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) can also provide reliability in money management. Said.