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An AWS outage shut down several apps and disrupted services, but did not disturb Ethereum despite hosting more than 64% of nodes. Although Amazon Web Services (AWS) had a minor outage on Tuesday, where it was temporarily unavailable, Ethereum remained unaffected. The temporary downtime did not affect Ethereum’s network nodes, which are mostly hosted on AWS. AWS first revealed at 12:08 PDT that it started an investigation into increased error rates and latencies it had noticed. The company...

Popular fast food chain Burger King is looking to get involved in the crypto craze through a new contest it’s hosting. Burger King and Crypto… A Solid Match? The restaurant is partnering with trading platform Robinhood to give customers the chance to begin investing in crypto or add more units to their portfolios. The contest is set to last through November 21 of this year, and customers can win an assortment of prizes including several units of Doge or single units of...

One of the most experienced companies in blockchain payments BitPay is expanding XRP support. Now XRP owners can use the currency to make purchases on all the retailers BitPay works with. Besides, they can buy gift cards even for Amazon with XRP.BitPay co-founder Tony Gallippi has already confirmed the positive news. According to Gallippi, users will enjoy XRP support starting next week.Run! $XRP added to @BitPay!Starting next week, gift cards can be purchased with $XRP -even for...

Merchants in Venezuela are turning to adopt cryptocurrencies amidst the ongoing economic crisis in the country. The latest reports suggest that burger giant Burger King is now accepting cryptocurrency payments in Venezuela.For this, Burger King has partnered with Panama-based Cryptobuyer to accept payments in digital currencies. Thus, Cryptobuyer will now act as the payment gateway for Burger King’s clientele. Reports suggest that the first trial of this partnership took place last week on...

Bitcoin Cash (BCH) was adopted by a Burger King restaurant in Slovenia, making it the first cryptocurrency to be transactable in physical Burger King stores. A video posted to social media on Friday shows two Bitcoin Cash users pay for their food using BCH from their mobile wallets. Burger King Goes Crypto Slovenia has become a cryptocurrency hotspot in recent years. Already over 300 merchants accept BCH as a payment method. The adoption of BCH in Slovenia was sped up by the...