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Facebook’s crypto project Libra will be more similar to email tech than payment services such as PayPal, vice president of product at Calibra said.Speaking at the Web Summit in Lisbon on Nov. 5, Kevin Weil, vice president of product at Facebook's Calibra digital wallet unit, emphasized that interoperability — the basic principle of email —…

Demand for liquid Ethereum staking options gains pace in the months following the Merge, according to blockchain data. 235 Total views 3 Total shares Own this piece of crypto history Collect this article as NFTBlockchain data analytics carried out by Nansen highlights the ever-growing amount of Ether (ETH) being staked across various staking solutions in…

The United States Federal Reserve has confirmed a July launch date for its long-awaited instant payments system, seen by some as an alternative to central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) and stablecoins.The instant payment network will settle payments in seconds and can support transactions between consumers, merchants and banks. It does not rely on blockchain technology.It's…

The Ethereum Foundation has announced April 12 as the date of deployment of the much-anticipated Shanghai and Capella upgrade, together dubbed as Shapella.The upgrades will enable withdrawals from Ethereum 2.0 staking contracts. The staking contract was first launched in December 2020. It only accepted one-way deposits of ETH, which will change after the upgrade.To date,…

In his 1971 speech ending the gold standard, Richard Nixon promised to stabilize the dollar, but instead, nearly everything has gone up in price.

A major government-owned bank, the State Bank of India, has become the first Indian bank to join JPMorgan’s blockchain network Liink. 5902 Total views 16 Total shares The State Bank of India, or SBI, a major Indian government-owned bank, is looking to improve cross-border payments with a blockchain solution by American investment bank JPMorgan Chase.According…

ETH price reached a new 2-month high of $1,919 as institutional inflows saw seven straight weeks of inflows even when Bitcoin has seen a net outflow in the same period. 335 Total views 5 Total shares The Goerli testnet was successfully merged to the proof-of-stake (PoS) network, marking the final step before Ethereum’s mainnet transition.…

The Open Network is back online again after the demand for a new memecoin called DOGS caused the network to go down twice in 36 hours.