Blockchain

The collaboration between Affirm and Walmart is expected to increase the purchasing power during the end-of-year festive season as more shoppers can pay over time. Affirm Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: AFRM), an American financial technology company that offers buy now pay later (BNPL) services for online and in-store purchases, has announced a strategic partnership with Walmart Inc (NYSE: WMT) to expand their services during this holiday shopping season. According to the announcement, Affirm has...

TLDR NuggetRush (NUGX) is a newcomer in blockchain gaming, merging play-to-earn incentives and crypto. With a mission to support miners in developing nations, NUGX boasts a self-sustaining ecosystem and a total token supply of 500 million, with 43% available to the public. On December 15, 2023, Whale Alert flagged significant XRP transactions involving an anonymous wallet, moving 42.6 million XRP to Bitso and Bitstamp exchanges. This wallet, active in recent high-value...

[PRESS RELEASE – London, United Kingdom, December 19th, 2023] Alkimi, the world’s first decentralised ad exchange, has exited beta and now has advertisers and publishers buying and selling inventory through its blockchain-based programmatic platform. The launch of a custom consensus, distributed ledger and node platform marks a new era for digital advertising. It makes it possible to buy and sell advertising space in a completely decentralised manner through the blockchain...

Entretien avec Claire Balva. « Bienvenue dans le 5ème épisode des interviews “Comprendre Bitcoin” de Bitstack, l’émission qui décrypte l’univers du Bitcoin dans un langage simple, clair, accessible à tous. Cet épisode est idéal pour ceux qui débutent et qui souhaitent découvrir ce qu’est le bitcoin et les essentiels à connaître en toute simplicité. Pour aborder ce thème, nous sommes ravis d’accueillir Claire Balva, une experte dans le domaine de la blockchain et des...

AI-focused cryptocurrencies are gaining traction, evidenced by the recent 6% rally in Fetch.ai’s (FET) price following its partnership with SingularityNET (AGIX). This collaboration is evidence of the growing combination of AI and blockchain technology, which many investors believe could bring a new era of innovation to the crypto market. With AI cryptos becoming increasingly popular, could the soon-to-launch yPredict (YPRED) be the next project to rally? Fetch.ai &...

Lisk decided to leverage the Ethereum network after finding out that more 90% of user transaction fees on L1 platforms were Ethereum-based. Lisk (LISK), the open-source blockchain network and platform for decentralized applications (dApp), has announced it has decided to join the Ethereum ecosystem as a layer 2 (L2) platform. According to an official blog post, Lisk is building the upcoming ecosystem on Gelato’s Rollup, and powering it via Optimism’s OP Stack. Why Lisk Is Integrating...

Aside from the Chiliz Chain which attracted many people to the SportFi sector, the company said its Chiliz Labs Incubator and Accelerator Program also contributed to the sector’s growth this year. Chiliz, a crypto firm that provides infrastructure solutions for sports and entertainment companies, experienced a monumental year for SportFi and Fan Tokens, propelling the industry to new heights in 2023. Despite challenges faced by many blockchain sectors in the first half of the year, SportFi...

Blast’s growth in TVL is indicative of most institutional investors’ bullish stance for Ethereum and the DeFi market. In a breakthrough moment for Layer 2 (L2) scaling solution, Blast Network, a new record has been set, surpassing a Total Value Locked (TVL) of over $900 million. Data from DefiLlama, a leading authority in monitoring and analyzing Decentralized Finance (DeFi) trends, revealed Blast’s contact address, launched by Blur founder Pacman, has about $928.35 million TVL. This...

The value proposition of RepubliK goes beyond mere token transfer as users can experience a full-blown social media content-sharing ecosystem that rivals what is on offer on Instagram and TikTok among others. SocialFi startup RepubliK has entered into a strategic partnership with The Open Network (TON) in a bold attempt to bring the dissimilar worlds of Web 2.0 and Web 3.0 together. As contained in a Press Release shared with Coinspeaker, the collaboration will kick off fully in the...

The deal with Hut 8 comes after Celsius recently obtained approval from the bankruptcy court to transition into a Bitcoin mining entity that creditors will solely operate.  Bitcoin (BTC) mining company Hut 8 has entered into an interim agreement with the bankrupt crypto lender Celsius Network to construct and deploy new mining operations in Cedarvale, Texas. This collaboration is a key component of Celsius’s ongoing bankruptcy proceedings, designed to foster positive relations with its...