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Stripe reintroduces crypto payments via USDC stablecoin

At the company’s Global Internet Economy conference on Thursday, Stripe revealed its decision to reintroduce support for crypto payments. During the final keynote session, titled The Future of Payments, Stripe’s president, John Collison, highlighted the company’s previous involvement with cryptocurrency, noting that their experience with crypto dates back a long time. Collison referenced the company’s […]

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Consensys sues SEC over Ethereum crackdown

MetaMask developer Consensys has asked a Texas Federal Court to declare that Ethereum is not a security in a pushback against sweeping SEC enforcement action. Consensys filed a lawsuit against the U.S. SEC over what it describes as the agency’s illegal attempt to reframe its constitutional authority to include oversight on Ethereum (ETH), crypto’s second-largest

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Leading layer 2 projects integrate Avail’s data availability layer

Arbitrum, Optimism, Polygon, StarkWare, and zkSync integrate the data availability layer from the Avail modular blockchain. According to the announcement from the Avail team, the integration is designed to help developers build more scalable, cost-effective, and composable networks. The new functionality will become available following Avail’s upcoming mainnet launch, which is expected in the coming weeks. Avail said it works closely

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Franklin Templeton enables P2P transfers for $380m tokenized treasury fund

Franklin Templeton enables peer-to-peer transfers for its $380 million money market fund via its BENJI token on Stellar and Polygon blockchains. The Franklin OnChain U.S. Government Money Fund (FOBXX) investors can now transfer the fund’s BENJI token directly between each other without any intermediary. The token, available on the Stellar (XLM) and Polygon (MATIC) blockchains,

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Crypto fraudster Jay Mazini to forfeit $10m in religious Ponzi

Social media influencer Jabara Igbara, commonly known as Jay Mazini, was sentenced to seven years in prison for stealing over $8 million from Muslims via a crypto fraud scheme.  On April 24, United States District Judge Frederic Block pronounced Igbara guilty of orchestrating money laundering and wire fraud through his Instagram page and other social

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Runes volume rises with Bitcoin gaining meme coin utility

Since the fourth halving, Runes trading volume has exploded, opening up a new sector for Bitcoin with meme coins. Runes are a fungible token protocol on the Bitcoin (BTC) blockchain, allowing the network to utilize meme coins and other fungible projects. “Runes were built for degens and memecoins, but the protocol is simple, efficient, and

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Bonk, Dogwifhat down; Analyst says Slothana could 10x as presale ends in 3 days

Disclosure: This article does not represent investment advice. The content and materials featured on this page are for educational purposes only. Turmoil strikes the Solana meme coin market as Bonk and Dogwifhat retrace 11% and 12%.  However, the newly launched Slothana has continued pushing ahead as top analysts back it for 10x gains. Solana meme

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Taylor’s viral pickleball skirt might be sold out-but we found affordable lookalikes that are still in stock

Swifties, I know this past week has been your Superbowl (after the Superbowl itself was also kind of your Superbowl). And while there’s no shortage of Easter eggs to hunt for in the lyrics and liner notes of The Tortured Poets Department, we’re currently fixated on her adorable look featured in the BTS scenes of

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How to earn Bitcoin: mining, trading, and more

Learn how to earn Bitcoin (BTC) through mining, trading, freelancing, airdrops, and incentivized social media. Following the SEC’s approval of spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in the U.S. in January, the world’s largest cryptocurrency by market cap has increasingly become more popular. Many may want to own a piece of Bitcoin, but with it currently

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