Wisdomtree debuts debit card spending for onchain money fund 

It could soon be a sea of green for Bitcoin and altcoins, sources argue, thanks to a convergence of data and the sheer power of memes. 2970 Total views 2 Total shares Bitcoin (BTC) is slowly but surely preparing to flash "buy," a key indicator suggests as a trading frenzy reignites memories of the GameStop…

The acquisition, totaling roughly $1.5 billion, will be used to further backstop Terra Luna’s algorithmic stablecoin UST. 714 Total views 17 Total shares Luna Foundation Guard (LFG), a Singapore-based nonprofit tied to the Terra Luna ecosystem, has raised another $1.5 billion to further expand its already hefty Bitcoin (BTC) reserves.The raise allowed LFG to acquire…

Blockchain education platform Longhash has analyzed data from crowd-sourced sites to assess why certain cryptocurrency projects have wound up in the industry’s graveyard.Examining 700 crowd-sourced entries spanning 8 years from the website Cointopsy, Longhash’s Oct. 12 article found that the most common cause of demise was “death by abandonment,” accounting for 63.1% of failed cryptocurrencies. Even…

25-year-old Mexican YouTuber Germán Abraham Loera Acosta has been sentenced to 50 years in prison for masterminding a woman’s kidnapping in February 2018 in Chihuahua, Mexico.Acosta is one of six men convicted for the kidnapping. The group demanded $100,000 in Bitcoin (BTC) in exchange for the release of 33-year-old lawyer Tania Denisse.Jassiel Omar Molina Ceballos,…

This week, 44 central bankers from developing countries around the world are attending a conference in El Salvador to discuss financial inclusion, financing for small and medium-sized businesses, and Bitcoin (BTC). Central bank delegates from Ghana to Burundi, Jordan to the Maldives and Pakistan to Costa Rica arrived in San Salvador for the conference upon President…

The Ethereum network’s Istanbul hard fork is expected to break 680 smart contracts on the decentralized management platform Aragon.Jorge Izquierdo, CTO at Aragon One, said that the upcoming upgrade will result in the breaking of roughly 680 smart contracts, industry-focused media outlet Coindesk reported on Sept. 30. Izquierdo explained that the impetus behind the update is…

Payments giant Western Union (WU) is partnering with Stellar (XLM) collaborator Thunes to enable WU clients to transfer funds directly to mobile wallets globally. The development was announced in an official press release published on March 21.Thunes is the latterly rebranded trading name of TransferTo — a cross-border payments network focused on emerging markets. TransferTo…

Paradigm, one of Blast’s seed investors, criticized the protocol’s decision to launch a bridge before its L-2 and withdraw capability. 204 Total views 19 Total shares Crypto venture capital firm Paradigm criticized Blast’s protocol marketing strategy, claiming the startup “crossed lines in both messaging and execution." The VC firm is a seed investor in Blast.The

The move aims to attract developers and expand XRP Ledger's capabilities, bringing new use cases to its ecosystem.