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NYSE parent company exploring Circle’s USDC and USYC stablecoins for financial systems

NYSE parent company exploring Circle’s USDC and USYC stablecoins for financial systems

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), is exploring the integration of Circle’s stablecoin products—USD Coin (USDC) and US Yield Coin (USYC)—across its financial infrastructure. According to a March 27 announcement, the initiative will examine how these stablecoins could be integrated across ICE’s exchanges, clearing operations, and market data […]

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Ripple teams up with Chipper Cash for blockchain-powered cross-border payments in Africa

Ripple teams up with Chipper Cash for blockchain-powered cross-border payments in Africa

Ripple has partnered with Chipper Cash to drive faster and more affordable cross-border payments across Africa. Announced on March 27, the partnership will bring Ripple’s blockchain-based payment technology to Chipper Cash’s millions of users in nine African countries. The integration will allow Chipper Cash customers to access Ripple Payments, a solution that enables swift international

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We’ve Turned A Generation Of Bitcoiners Into Digital Goldbugs

We’ve Turned A Generation Of Bitcoiners Into Digital Goldbugs

Bitcoin is a technology. It is not some force of the universe, some natural element or mineral that was “discovered” floating out in the ether. It is a technology. Technologies are created by human beings, not discovered. They are designed. That design has intent, elements of it are made specifically in a way to facilitate

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Polymarket faces backlash over resolving disputed  million Trump-Ukraine market

Polymarket faces backlash over resolving disputed $7 million Trump-Ukraine market

Polymarket, the leading decentralized crypto prediction platform, faces backlash after resolving a politically charged market that directly conflicts with real-world developments. On March 25, Polymarket finalized a $7 million market that asked whether US President Donald Trump would secure a rare earth minerals agreement with Ukraine by the end of March. Despite no such deal

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CME Group launches tokenization pilot powered by Google Cloud’s blockchain infrastructure

CME Group launches tokenization pilot powered by Google Cloud’s blockchain infrastructure

CME Group has initiated a pilot program with Google Cloud to explore asset tokenization and streamline wholesale payment processes using blockchain, according to a March 25 statement.  The companies announced the completion of the first integration and testing phase for Google Cloud Universal Ledger (GCUL), a permissioned blockchain infrastructure developed specifically for institutional finance. The

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Deadfellaz Creators Unveil New Tool to Link Real Life to Blockchain

Deadfellaz Creators Unveil New Tool to Link Real Life to Blockchain

DFZ Labs, the creators of the Ethereum NFT project Deadfellaz, will launch a new asset verification tool that allows users to connect online and offline assets without signing blind transactions or smart contract approvals. Coldlink, now in beta, enables blockchain users to connect their blockchain address to any asset in Web2, Web3, or real life

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Cassava Technologies and Nvidia Join Forces to Establish Africa’s ‘First’ AI Factory

Cassava Technologies and Nvidia Join Forces to Establish Africa’s ‘First’ AI Factory

Cassava Technologies, founded by Zimbabwean telecom tycoon Strive Masiyiwa, is collaborating with Nvidia to establish Africa’s first AI factory. Nvidia’s advanced computing and AI software will be deployed at Cassava’s South African data centers by June 2025, with plans to expand to Egypt, Kenya, Morocco, and Nigeria. This initiative aims to equip African businesses and

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Polymarket integrates Solana to cut costs and boost user experience

Polymarket integrates Solana to cut costs and boost user experience

Polymarket has added support for Solana (SOL) wallet deposits, a move designed to lower transaction costs and improve user experience as the blockchain-based prediction market continues its meteoric rise. The integration brings one of the industry’s fastest, lowest-cost networks to a platform that has already cemented itself as a leading venue for event-based forecasting. The

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Bitcoin’s slowness is a feature, not a bug

Bitcoin’s slowness is a feature, not a bug

The following is a guest post from Brendon Sedo, Initial Contributor at Core DAO. Satoshi didn’t invent Bitcoin to be a generalist network — a jack of all trades, master of none. Bitcoin deliberately trades speed and scalability for decentralization and security. But contrary to popular myths, this isn’t an obstacle to building new Bitcoin-based

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Leaked memo suggests blockchain overhaul of USAID amid Donald Trump-era government changes

Leaked memo suggests blockchain overhaul of USAID amid Donald Trump-era government changes

The US government may be preparing to overhaul the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), with blockchain technology set to play a pivotal role. A leaked internal memo has revealed that the Trump administration is evaluating a plan to reshape USAID’s structure, align it more closely with the State Department, and introduce emerging technologies

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