Amid the Bank of Russia continuing progressing with its central bank digital currency (CBDC) development, one survey suggested that not many Russians are ready to accept salary payments in the …
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Cardano (ADA) approaches smart contracts launch with new testnet
IOHK, the blockchain development team behind Cardano, announced on July 15 that the project’s Alonzo test net had officially transitioned from Blue to White, bringing with it the ecosystem’s long …
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Australian government grants $4 million to two blockchain startups
Australia’s Minister for Industry, Science and Technology announced 5.6 million Australian dollars ($4.2 million) in grants to two blockchain-focused companies, including traceability firm Everledger and technology consulting startup Convergence.tech. Everledger, a company …
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Apple co-founder Wozniak: ‘Bitcoin is a miracle and better than gold’
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has reportedly reiterated his positive stance on Bitcoin (BTC) despite not being a Bitcoin investor himself. A vocal proponent of Bitcoin who once called it the “only digital …
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London fork enters testnet on Ethereum as difficulty bomb causes lag
The Ethereum network witnessed the deployment of its London upgrade on the Ropsten testnet on June 24. This upgrade consists of the highly anticipated Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP) 1559. Following the launch …
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A16z to tap Deutsche Telekom subsidiary as Celo validator
The United States-based venture capital fund Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) has picked T-Systems MMS validator group, a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom, to delegate its native Celo (CELO) assets. According to a notice on Deutsche …
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Nvidia CEO: “We’re on the verge of a blockchain and NFT-enabled metaverse”
One of the most powerful men in tech thinks that the Metaverse — a term for a series of interlinked, persistent virtual worlds with self-contained economies — is just around …
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Hybrid smart contracts to replace the legal system
The era of unintelligible contracts written in legalese by lawyers in $2,000 suits with degrees from Ivy League schools is over. The contracts of the next century will be hybrid smart …
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Alipay To Allow Users To Test China’s Digital Yuan
Alipay, the mobile payment platform owned by Ant Group, is set to allow some of its users to participate in the emerging digital yuan commerce ecosystem. According to a report by China …
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Aave V2 Launches Liquidity Mining Program Targeting Stablecoin Borrowers
Aave has launched liquidity mining incentives for its v2 protocol, paying out governance token rewards exceeding 20% to users who borrow stablecoins. At the time of writing, users who deposit …
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