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Visa taps into Solana to widen USDC payment capability

The global payments firm has expanded its stablecoin settlement capability to include USDC tokens issued on the Solana blockchain.

40% of crypto trading platforms are decentralized: World Federation of Exchanges

The World Federation of Exchanges noted that retail demand is higher for crypto products, but there’s a lack of awareness around investor protection.

Tether’s Ardoino says it’s now a top buyer of US Treasury bills, holds $72.5B

The amount of exposure places Tether in the top 22 biggest holders of U.S. Treasury bills, ranking above countries like Spain, Mexico, Australia and the United Arab Emirates.

Crypto lawyer Irina Heaver on death threats, lawsuit predictions: Hall of Flame

Irina Heaver moved to crypto after she could no longer “sit in the boardroom listening to that corporate bullshit.“

Nima Capital goes dark after dumping 9M SYN tokens, community calls it VC rug

The VC firm had received a grant from the project in return for locking $40 million worth of liquidity in SYN.

Cronos Labs begins recruitment phase for $100M accelerator program

Cronos tapped Google Cloud, Amazon Web Services, CertiK, PeckShield and various other firms to participate as mentors in the accelerator program.

Vitalik Buterin on fix for Ethereum centralization — make running nodes easier

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin says node centralization is one of Ethereum's main challenges but the perfect solution may not come for another 20 years.

Micro $3 Bitcoin miners won’t make bank, but that’s not the point: Inventors

Pocket-sized Bitcoin miners are a stand against the “secrecy and exclusivity” of the Bitcoin mining industry, according to their inventors.

Grayscale victory, SEC delays decision on Bitcoin ETFs: Law Decoded

Grayscale victory doesn't help Bitocoin spot ETF approval on first deadline as SEC postpones decison to next deadline.

Failure to tax the metaverse ‘will create a tax haven’ — Harvard legal expert

Harvard scholar Christine Kim writes that income and wealth in the metaverse should be subject to immediate taxation.

Bybit debuts AI-powered 'TradeGPT' for market analysis and data driven Q&A

Cryptocurrency exchange Bybit has released a free AI-powered trading assistant delivering insights from the platform’s market data.

Ronaldo teases NFT plans while on a lie detector test

Cristiano Ronaldo was asked if he currently owns any NFTs and if he plans to release more NFT collections.

OKX crypto exchange enters final stage of Hong Kong VASP license application

The Hong Kong regulators have only approved a handful of crypto exchanges to date that are permitted to offer crypto retail trading services.

99% of Nigerians are crypto aware - Consensys report

A survey featuring respondents from all seven continents of the world suggests that Nigeria has the most crypto-aware populace globally.

Indian central bank-backed NPCI begins blockchain recruitment

Singapore, Malaysia, UAE, France, BENELUX countries, Nepal and the UK have adopted the NPCI's UPI payments system in varying degrees.

London Stock Exchange to create traditional assets trading platform on blockchain

The LSE Group has been exploring how blockchain can improve traditional asset trading, according to an executive.

Shibarium hits 1M wallets amid meteoric growth, SHIB yet to catch up

Shibarium network activity has soared despite the price of SHIB falling more than 20% since the tumultuous launch of the layer-2 network.

Artbitrum founder says Stylus is a game changer for EVMs

The Arbitrum-building Offchain Labs co-founder Ed Felten said its new tool would allow more seasoned devs to build EVMs, possibly making them safer.

Shibarium hits 1M wallets amid meteoric growth, SHIB yet to catch up

Shibarium network activity has soared despite the price of SHIB falling more than 20% since the tumultuous launch of the layer-2 network.

Web3’s Swiss Army knife of personal finance Changex joins Cointelegraph Accelerator

Changex combines crypto trading and lending with traditional banking features that also include an upcoming Visa debit card.

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