Blockchain

Amazon, Walmart, and Expedia Consider Issuing Stablecoins to Sidestep Costly Card Fees

Top American retailers and travel companies, including Amazon, Walmart, and Expedia, are weighing the launch of their own stablecoins to…

9 months ago

Stripe Acquires Crypto Wallet Privy

Yesterday Stripe agreed to acquire Privy which provides a white label onboarding and wallet service for developers to integrate into crypto solutions. The three…

9 months ago

PayPal Eyes Stablecoin Launch on Stellar Blockchain as PYUSD Approaches $1B

Today PayPal announced plans to launch its PYUSD stablecoin on the Stellar blockchain, a network specifically designed for payments, especially cross border. However, this…

9 months ago

Uphold Explores IPO, Targets XRP-Obsessed U.S. Crypto Market

The prominent digital cy trading platform, Uphold, is reportedly exploring an initial public offering (IPO) while strategically courting U.S. consumers…

9 months ago

Chainlink Oracle ‘Malfunction’ Sparks $500k in DeFi Liquidations, Reignites Oracle Debate

A Chainlink price feed’s alleged malfunction led to more than $500,000 in liquidations on May 29, sparking fresh debate over the…

9 months ago

Bergen County Partners with Balcony For $240B Property Tokenization Project on Avalanche

Bergen County, New Jersey has signed a five-year agreement with Balcony to digitize 370,000 property deeds worth approximately $240 billion in real…

9 months ago

Bitcoin Mayor’ Eric Adams Calls for End to New York’s BitLicense

New York Mayor Eric Adams continued his push to shepherd the crypto community to the Big Apple on Wednesday, calling…

9 months ago

Hacker Swaps $12M to Ethereum From Cork Protocol Attack

A major exploit targeting the Cork Protocol, a decentralized finance (DeFi) platform, has caused a loss of around $12 million…

9 months ago

MetaMask Wallet Adds Native Solana Support Via Browser Extension

MetaMask has added support for Solana on its web-based browser extension, the crypto wallet provider announced Tuesday. Users of the MetaMask…

9 months ago

Avalanche C-Chain Now Connects with Filecoin for Storage

Filecoin Foundation and Avalanche have teamed up to launch a new cross-chain data bridge. This allows developers building on Avalanche’s…

10 months ago