News OpenAI's Sam Altman Launches Worldcoin Crypto Project The project includes World ID, a digital identifier for verifying a person's uniqueness, World App, an application for purchases and money transfers using digital assets and fiat currencies, and a Worldcoin (WLD) token.
BigTech Meta Now Lets Users Share Their NFTs on Both Facebook and Instagram In May, Meta announced that it would test the NFT sharing feature on a small number of users in the US. Now the company has officially introduced the option to all of its social media users from the United States.
News Robinhood Released Its Crypto Wallet to 2 Million Waitlisted Users Robinhood claims that its wallet gives customers full access to their cryptocurrency and the ability to participate in the crypto ecosystem, such as leaving tips on social media, paying for NFTs, and more with no withdrawal fees.
News Twitter Adds Ethereum Wallet Support to Its Tips Feature Twitter announced the Tips Jar feature back in May 2021. To support your favorite author financially, you should visit their profile and click the dedicated icon. Once you click it, you will need to select the payments service or platform to transfer the money.
News Uber Might Accept Cryptocurrencies as Payment in the Future Uber CEO added that this opportunity could be good for the business as well as both drivers and customers, so the company will definitely consider it and implement it if it proves to be beneficial and useful.
News YouTube CEO Hints at NFT Features for Video Creators The use of crypto and non-fungible tokens can significantly strengthen the connection between content creators and their viewers. YouTube plans to expand its ecosystem to help video creators benefit from such technologies.
News Tesla Accepts Dogecoin as Payment for Some of Its Merchandise A new section on the company's website says that Dogecoin can be used to purchase selected items from the Tesla Shop, making it the only cryptocurrency that Tesla customers can use to buy goods.
News WhatsApp Is Testing Crypto Payments Through Novi Wallet WhatsApp users will be able to send and receive cryptocurrency instantly thanks to an integration with the Novi digital wallet. It is noted that sending and receiving money via WhatsApp will be as easy as sending messages.
News El Salvador to Build a Bitcoin City President Nayib Bukele says it will be a fully functional city with shopping centers, residential and commercial areas, museums, a railway, a port, an airport, etc. No income taxes will be levied in the city, except for VAT.
News Bitcoin Got Updated for the First Time in 4 Years The update primarily concerns the improvement of transactions' privacy and efficiency. It will also unlock the potential of smart contracts, which will provide the ability to conduct transactions without intermediaries.
News El Salvador Will Use the Energy of Volcanoes to Mine Bitcoin El Salvador President Nayib Bukele posted on Twitter a video from an energy plant near a volcano. It is noted that this project is still in development, and the mining of Bitcoin was just being tested.
News Twitter's Tips Feature Now Supports Bitcoin Payments Twitter has made its Tips feature publicly available globally. It allows you to send monetary rewards to your favorite authors on Twitter. Moreover, authors will be able to receive "tips" in Bitcoins.
News 12-Year-Old Boy Made Almost $400,000 Selling NFTs Based on Whale Pics 12-year-old Benyamin Ahmed from the UK made about $400,000 selling NFT tokens with pictures of whales. The boy is fond of programming and Minecraft, so he decided to create a collection of whales of the same style and encoded them in NFTs.
News Ethereum's Co-Founder Anthony Di Iorio Quits Cryptocurrency In the coming weeks, he plans to sell his company Decentral and refocus on charity and non-cryptocurrency businesses. The entrepreneur expects to quit other startups over time, and he does not intend to fund blockchain projects anymore.
News El Salvador Made Bitcoin a Legal Tender, but Most People Are Not Willing to Use It Since Bitcoin became the official currency of El Salvador along with the US dollar, the government of the country must create all the necessary infrastructure for cryptocurrency settlements within 90 days.
News The UK Bans the Operation of the Binance Cryptocurrency Exchange While the regulator's actions only restrict the activities of the largest crypto exchange, which operated without a license in the country, Binance can restore its activities in the UK if it opens its own licensed division in the country.
News People Created Floki, a Cryptocurrency in Honor of Elon Musk's New Dog Elon Musk tweeted about his new pet, and this seemingly harmless tweet unexpectedly launched a chain of events in the cryptocurrency market, raising the value of one of the existing cryptocurrencies and creating a completely new one.
News Thailand SEC Banned Meme Coins and NFT Trading The regulatory action mainly targets meme coins such as Dogecoin (DOGE), which started out as a cryptocurrency joke. Exchanges have now asked to remove coins from this category along with utility tokens, NFTs, and other social tokens for 30 days.
News "Doge" Meme Sold for $4 Million as an NFT Token The "Doge" meme of a Shiba Inu dog was sold as a non-fungible token at the Zora online auction for $4 million. Thus, the image that spawned the Dogecoin cryptocurrency became the most expensive NFT meme of all time.
News Coinbase Brings Cryptocurrency Payments to Apple Pay and Google Pay At the same time, Coinbase customers will be able to get cashback when paying via Google Pay or Apple Pay – 1% in Bitcoin or 4% in Stellar Lumens. The Coinbase Card can be used only in the United States, except for Hawaii.
BigTech Apple Is Looking for a Manager With Experience in Working With Cryptocurrencies The applicant must have over 10 years of professional experience and over 5 years of experience with alternative payment providers such as digital wallets, BNPL, Fast Payments, cryptocurrencies, etc.
News Iran Banned Bitcoin Mining Due to Electricity Problems According to analyst company Elliptic, Iran accounts for 4.5% of the world's mining volume, which could provide the country with a total of about $1 billion a year, allowing it to bypass international sanctions.
News Tesla Temporarily Halts the Use of Bitcoin to Pay for Its Cars Tesla's CEO Elon Musk justified this decision by the environmental problems caused by mining, which is necessary to ensure the existence and functioning of the Bitcoin cryptocurrency.
News The New Cryptocurrency Could Cause an HDD and SSD Shortage It is too early to talk about the global shortage. The likelihood of such a turn of events will increase if the popularity of Chia continues to grow. For example, now it is not even available for trading yet.
