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“If you don’t believe it or don’t get it, I don’t have the time to try to convince you, sorry.” – Satoshi Nakamoto

"This is one of the earliest Bitcoin quotes in existence. The founder of Bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto, saw before everyone else what Bitcoin was capable of. In those early days, however, not many could imagine the potential of this new currency. Today, his invention has completely changed the world and it’s safe to assume that those…
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Scam Warning! GooglePlay Application: WalletConnect

In the anticipation of ETH2, I saw that you can stake via Ankr using WalletConnect. Unfortunately, there is a phishing/scam application on GooglePlay, also named WalletConnect. I wanted to post this as a PSA to prevent others from falling for this. I'm seeing heavy activity for two main ETH wallets that funds are being sent…
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Just found my first block as solo miner !!! After 3 weeks of being desperate 🤣

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Web 3.0-focused altcoins soar as the need for truly decentralized crypto grows

PRQ, HNS and NEAR lead the altcoin market as interoperability and Web 3.0 functionality begin to emerge as the next hot trend in the crypto sector.

Where will all the new buyers come from? The next wave of adoption might come from unlikely players…

As we stare down the barrel of a burgeoning new bull market, we all have been asking ourselves the same question: how much higher can these market caps go? While we sit and pray that another 10x is on the way, the fact is there is already $2T in the global cryptocurrency market cap and,…
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Stellar To Launch New Europe-Africa Payment Corridor With This Partner

The Stellar ecosystem continues to expand. Today they have announced a partnership with global payments company Flutterwave to launch two new payment corridors between Europe and Africa. Related Reading | How Stellar’s $40M Investment In Tala Will Give Millions Access To Financial Services To be supported by the Stellar network with their main EU anchor TEMPO, a payment institution that offers its services for the corporate sector, the corridors will process transactions with USDC. In that way, the partners seek to provide a simplified way of sending remittances between the two continents. Thus, the collaboration could create a positive impact throughout the African region as it provides businesses with friction and accessible digital payment method. To achieve this objective, the XLM-based companies Flutterwave and TEMPO will create an “affordable Pan-African payments infrastructure”. In doing so, the partners expect to gain more adoption and acceptance as an alternative payment system as opposed to the more expensive and restricted payment companies in the traditional sector. The CEO at Flutterware Olugbenga Agboola claimed in a press release shared by the Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) that sending money to the Sub-Saharan region is one of the most expensive processes worldwide. Related Reading | Stellar Leads Crypto Gains as XLM Rallies by 49%; Pullback Ahead? In that sense, their partnership with the SDF tries to make the process more cost-efficient and accessible. Agboola said the following: Our new payment corridors on Stellar will allow us to continue expanding the Flutterwave network to bring all-important, cost-effective money transfer services to African business owners. Africa And The Future Of Payments Power By Stellar Africa and the Sub-Saharan region have one of the larger unbanked populations in the world. The partners attempt to bring inclusivity and financial access to the millions of people living under these circumstances by reducing remittance costs and proving access to financial services. Suren Ayriyan, CEO at TEMPO, said the partnership is an exciting step into their expansion using Stellar rails. Ayriyan added: Customers across Europe will be able to send funds faster and at a lower cost to support their families and conduct business in Africa, landing funds right into their local bank account. We hope to continue working with Stellar anchors to exponentially increase our currency corridors and offerings, providing cheap, secure and fast global money transfers to all TEMPO customers, both existing and new. Finally, Denelle Dixon, CEO and Executive Director of the SDF called the collaboration with TEMPO and Flutterwave a new advancement to leverage crypto-based technology to improve the financial system. Dixon said: Flutterwave is doing important work in a region that has been historically underserved, and SDF is committed to helping them create a tangible impact on financial access and inclusion across the African continent and beyond. As of press time, XLM records 2.2% and 36.2% profits in the and monthly charts, respectively. The cryptocurrency has seen an important price surge due to the constant expansion of its ecosystem. Related Reading | Stellar To Power VISA’s New Partnership, XLM Begins Breakout

How does the price of utility tokens affect access to utility and effect on price?

There are certain tokens that provides access to utility on the network. I hear there is one around internet access, i think the graph token is also an example of this. To some extend ethereum is also like this. The more valuable ether token is, the more expensive it is to pay for gas. What…
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BitGo integrates Stacks to bring Bitcoin DeFi to institutions

BitGo, a provider of institutional-grade liquidity, custody & security for digital assets, today announced support for Stacks, a network that has created the technology needed to bring applications and smart contracts to the Bitcoin network. In order to match the demand for institutions wanting to hold bitcoin, BitGo will now offer institutional token holders the…
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