Blackbird Labs launches Web3 platform for restaurant payments

The decentralized finance (DeFi) sector faced its first real challenge during last week’s market sell-off that saw more than $1 trillion wiped from the global cryptocurrency market cap as traders feverishly ran for the safety of stablecoins amid tumbling prices. Despite rapidly declining token prices, the nascent DeFi sector held its own as decentralized exchanges experienced…

Global equity markets witnessed a massive sell-off, pulling Bitcoin and several major cryptocurrencies to unexpected lows.

What caused the X outage? On March 10, 2025, X’s services went down for many users, causing frustration and confusion across the platform.  The outages were significant enough to make headlines and draw attention from the tech community and the media. Elon Musk, ever the outspoken owner, quickly attributed the disruptions to a “massive cyberattack.”

Bitcoin price hits a new record high in seven national currencies of 500 million people. 1173 Total views 1 Total shares Compiled by entrepreneur and market commentator Alistair Milne, exchange rate figures show that at this week’s highs, Bitcoin was worth more in seven currencies than ever before.Countries where #Bitcoin has hit a new ATH…

The images depicting Donald Trump cuddling up to and kissing Anthony Fauci were labeled as being AI-generated on Twitter's disinformation alert feature. 228 Total views 8 Total shares Pro-Bitcoin (BTC) presidential bidder Ron DeSantis has been tagged for apparently using artificial intelligence-generated images in an ad campaign smearing rival and former president Donald Trump.It comes…

In this week’s nonfungible token (NFT) newsletter, read about OpenSea and its commitment to the Ethereum Merge. Check out a project that aims to introduce Web3 to the opera scene and how ENS domains surpassed Bored Apes in  trading volume. In other news, learn about how the NFT giveaway of Rug Pull Finder was exploited.…

The platform has already raised more than half of its target and still has another 21 days to go before the NFT funding campaign ends. 142 Total views 14 Total shares So called “no-loss lottery” DeFi platform PoolTogether has raised 470.90 Ether (ETH) via NFT sales to fund its legal defense against a putative class…

The creators of Three Arrows Capital are missing, according to reports, when court-appointed liquidators visited the firm's Singapore headquarters recently, all they discovered was a locked door and a stack of outdated mail.Singapore-based 3AC is among the flagship cryptocurrency firms that have crumbled under bear pressure and faced liquidity issues driven by the market sell-off…

Facebook’s long-awaited stablecoin Libra could face a difficult roll out in Thailand due to the coin’s uncertain legal status in the country, an expert told the Bangkok Post on July 9.Fiscal Policy Office legal officer Sumaporn Manason argued that Libra will likely run up against difficulties entering Thailand as the cryptocurrency does not fall under…