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VebetterDAO, Charge2Earn, Thorchain, Vetonsberg, and VORJ Driving Change in Industries, Environment, and RWAs
VeChain is driving blockchain advancement with a series of new innovations. Some of these innovations include VebetterDAO RWA push and Charge2Earn among others. Vechain (VET), a leading blockchain solution for real-world applications is expanding its reach with current ecosystem development. Accordingly, the blockchain has launched exciting innovations like VORJ, VebetterDAO, Charge2Earn, Thorchain, and Vetonsberg to revolutionize industries, the environment, and Real World Assets (RWAs). VORJ: An Innovative Web3 Service Product Described as an “innovative Web3 as a service product”, VORJ is a simplified tool that permits users to create tokens, deploy NFTs, and launch decentralized apps without coding. This tool…
Flexa Components allows customers to pay at a retail point-of-sale with USDC and other crypto. Flexa says it has signed up a number of well-known retailers to the platform Flexa has introduced Flexa Components, a tool that simplifies crypto payments for merchants, allowing for what it says are direct, fee-free digital wallet transactions. Flexa says Components will allow customers to pay for purchases with their preferred crypto wallets. Customers will be able to use their mobile wallet app to scan a QR code or tap a “Pay” button integrated into the merchant’s payment system, similar to existing mobile payments like…
Marlin has collaborated with Quest Flow to improve the network’s security. The goal is to safeguard sensitive data and ensure the integrity of computations. Marlin is thrilled to announce a partnership with @questflow, a decentralized AI agentic workflow network to enable secure, efficient, and scalable AI applications.QuestFlow’s innovative platform empowers users to orchestrate complex AI workflows, automating tasks and… pic.twitter.com/fU87NWgk7f — Marlin (@MarlinProtocol) August 16, 2024 Marlin Protocol is an open-source, programmable network. It aims to scale peer-to-peer (P2P) networks and host DeFi apps. The services include secure job execution, zk-based prover computations, event-driven scheduling, caching, and fast block or…
Bitcoin (BTC) price has remained in a holding pattern in the past two weeks as it continued to underperform American equities, which had their best week in over nine months. Bitcoin has been stuck between the support at $57,000 and the resistance point at $62,000 while the Dow Jones, Nasdaq 100, and S&P 500 indices are within touching distance to their all-time highs. Therefore, as always, some investors believe that Bitcoin may be about to stage a strong bearish breakout as we saw after its strong rally in 2021. However, a closer look at the coin’s charts show the opposite.…
Bybit Obtains VASP License in Argentina, El Salvador Secures $1.6 Billion for Bitcoin City, and More
BeInCrypto comprehensive Latam Crypto Roundup brings Latin America’s most important news and trends. This week’s roundup includes Bybit’s recent registration as a Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) in Argentina, Yilport Holdings’ strategic investment in El Salvador, and Paraguay’s Minister of Economy and Finance opposing punitive energy tariffs for cryptocurrency miners. Bybit Registers as Virtual Asset Service Provider in Argentina Bybit, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, has officially registered as a Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) in Argentina. The registration with the Financial Information Unit (UIF) marks a major step for the digital asset industry in the region.…
Solana-based memecoin Dogwifhat (WIF) witnessed a 28% price surge in 24 hours. This sudden increase brought its market capitalization to over 2 billion dollars. Digwifhat’s retail price was hovering just above $2 at the time of this publication, according to raw data from Coinmarketcap. According to Coinmarketcap, Dogwifhat’s 24-hour trading volume currently sits at just over $400 million. The dog-themed memecoin’s $2 billion market cap makes it the leader in the memecoin pack. The project’s recent price surge propelled it to the top, making it the best-performing memecoin project in the top 100 cryptocurrency list. Memecoins are proving to be…
A South Korean civil servant has been charged with allegedly embezzling over $400,000 from government funds and using some of it to invest in cryptocurrencies. According to a Yonhap News Agency report, the Cheongju District Prosecutors’ Office announced that they had arrested and charged an unnamed grade six civil servant working at Cheongju City Hall. The accused, in their forties, is accused of misappropriating approximately 600 million won (around $438,000) over a seven-year period beginning in January 2017. Prosecutors state that a portion of these funds was used to purchase cryptocurrencies and trade stocks. According to the indictment, the civil…
Xaman Wallet collaborates with Immersve, a global web3 card issuing platform and principal member of Mastercard, to launch self-custodial web3 cards. Xaman Wallet, formerly known as Xumm Wallet, has announced its partnership with Immersve to roll out a self-custody web3 cards powered by Mastercard. Xaman Wallet announced the partnership in an August 15 post on X, quoting an Immersive tweet to the XRP community. The disclosure spotlighted a new functionality that will power the web3 MasterCard experience. XRP community figure Eri reacted to the collaboration between Xaman Wallet and Immersve, congratulating Jerome Faury, the founder of Immersve, on the milestone.…
INTO has announced its partnership with Atleta Network, a cutting-edge blockchain platform specifically designed for the sports industry. Atleta Network is an L1 EVM-compatible blockchain. It means that seamlessly integrates with Ethereum-based applications. This feature makes the platform more flexible and efficient for users in the sports world. We’re thrilled to partner with @Atleta_Network , the L1, EVM-compatible blockchain designed specifically for the sports industry! 🤝⚽️Atleta Network brings native DeFi apps, interoperability integration, and a secure massive data layer, making it a game-changer in the sports… pic.twitter.com/nwBMC0B5pw — INTO (@intoverse_) August 17, 2024 To better appreciate how Atleta Network is…
Bitcoin’s ‘Next Stop’—China Could Be About To Blow Janet Yellen’s $1 Trillion Crypto Price Bombshell Out Of The Water
Bitcoin Bitcoin and crypto prices have swung wildly this week as iPhone maker Apple announces a game-changing update to its Wallet app. The bitcoin price has bounced between $70,000 per bitcoin and $50,000 over the last few weeks as traders brace for a fresh U.S. crypto crackdown. Now, as former U.S. president Donald Trump floats a radical plan to pay off the U.S.’s $35 trillion debt pile with bitcoin, one legendary trader has predicted Treasury secretary Janet Yellen’s liquidity bombshell could be blown out of the water by China. Sign up now for the free CryptoCodex—A daily five-minute newsletter for…