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18.04 / 18:55

Adoption Lightning Network Bitcoin network bitcoin lightning Bitcoin Lightning Network Payments Jump Over 400%, 80M Users Have Access to Network

As the usage of the Bitcoin (BTC) Lightning Network is growing rapidly, now more than 80m users are estimated to have access to this network, compared with 100,000 users last summer, a new report from Arcane Research has found.

18.04 / 15:31

Blockchain Adoption Web3 Gaming Myspace founder predicts blockchain gaming to be ‘dominant place’ for socializing

While many gamers are critical of blockchain-based gaming, Myspace co-founder Chris DeWolfe believes adoption is on the way as the business model inherently provides players more control over their in-game experiences.

18.04 / 14:39

Adoption Lightning Network Bitcoin Low Taproot Adoption Remains Low, But Devs Say It Isn’t a Problem for Bitcoin

Taproot is the biggest upgrade Bitcoin (BTC) has seen since SegWit (Segregated Witness), providing the cryptocurrency with a range of new features that make it more private and more versatile. These include support for complex transactions involving multiple signatures, as well as the ability to make Lightning channels look like normal Bitcoin transactions.

18.04 / 14:25

Adoption Gaming Lightning Network Bitcoin network play Play-to-Earn Bitcoin Games: How Lightning Network Enables Gamers to Earn Sats

The gaming universe has evolved over the years, now enabling professional gamers across the globe to earn an income at esports tournaments. But it’s not just esports athletes that are making money gaming.

17.04 / 15:07

Blockchain Adoption Latin America The world doesn’t need banks, policymakers or NGOs — It needs DeFi

Where I grew up, on the southern border in Texas, a tremendous number of people have come to the United States to work and send money back home. They don’t make much money, but they pay considerable fees on their transfers. Their focus is not on getting rich, but on supporting those back home in their native country. They support their families as they do hard labor day in and day out. It costs them too much to do so.

17.04 / 13:55

Dogecoin Adoption movie App Store AMC Theatres mobile app accepts Dogecoin, Shiba Inu and more

AMC Theatres, an American pro-crypto movie theater chain, updated its mobile app services to accept Dogecoin (DOGE), Shibu Inu (SHIB) and other cryptocurrencies as payment across the United States.

17.04 / 08:24

Blockchain Adoption defi Investments Decentralized finance: The best ways to participate and operate

Decentralized finance (DeFi) is a concept that has received a lot of attention since the so-called DeFi Summer of 2020 because its usage, often measured in total value locked (TVL), has risen dramatically since that time. In the last year alone, TVL rose by over 240% to a current $209 billion in “value locked” within DeFi projects, according to DefiLlama. Not only has it become interesting for investors to get into promising DeFi projects through their tokens (hoping for capital gains), but also to use these platforms to generate a regular and steady income through various activities. And, it’s been even more attractive in bearish markets.

17.04 / 07:59

Adoption NFT Charity Web3 initiative Reli3f has raised over $1.5M for Ukrainian aid efforts

Reli3f, a humanitarian initiative birthed upon the innate artistic commitment to narrate stories in times of hardship, launched their second nonfungible token (NFT) collection Thursday, raising over $300,000 for recognized Ukrainian charities and taking their total to over $1.5 million.

17.04 / 05:21

Blockchain Adoption Decentralization Internet Future The future of the internet: Inside the race for Web3’s infrastructure

People interact with open-source applications like MetaMask, Web3 games, the metaverse and DeFi protocols every day but don’t often stop to think about what happens in the background for it all to work. If we think of Web3 as a burgeoning new city, node infrastructure providers are the underlying power grid that makes operations possible.

16.04 / 17:43

Blockchain Art Adoption Women While men wanted, women did: Empowering female creators with NFTs and crypto

With the blockchain industry growing at lightspeed, businesses are actively and, even desperately, seeking out talent; and there just doesn’t seem to be enough manpower out there. Enter women — literally around 50% of the global population that has, so far, been heavily underrepresented in crypto. With most developers being men, it’s understandable this still dev-led space noticeably lacks female contributors, but as the industry surges, womanpower is needed.

16.04 / 08:39

Government Blockchain Adoption DAO regulation in Australia: Issues and solutions, Part 3

Lawmakers in Australia want to regulate decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs). In this three-part series, Oleksii Konashevych discusses the risks of stifling the emerging phenomenon of DAOs and possible solutions.

16.04 / 03:11

Adoption Tencent WeChat New Tencent Digital Yuan Wallet Preparing to Launch

First images have emerged of specialized digital yuan wallets provided by the Tencent-run e-pay platform WeChat Pay.

16.04 / 00:47

Adoption interview Bitcoin Making Bitcoin legal tender is Mexico will be 'an uphill battle,' says Ricardo Salinas

During the Bitcoin 2022 Conference in Miami, Florida, Cointelegraph caught up with Ricardo Salinas, the founder and chairman at Grupo Salinas, in an exclusive sit-down interview. As an early Bitcoin (BTC) adopter, since its $200 days, Salinas has experienced first-hand the highs and lows of the market, and learned a thing or two along the way.

16.04 / 00:37

Adoption wallet Internet Opera Opera Crypto Browser is now available on iPhones and iPads

Opera released a beta version of its Web3 browser with a built-in crypto wallet on Friday for iOS devices, iPhone and iPad. Opera's Crypto Browser has been available for Mac and Windows desktop users, as well as Android mobile users since January. The mobile release is the latest step in its Crypto Browser Project, a Web3-focused initiative for facilitating navigation across decentralized applications (DApp), games and metaverse platforms.

16.04 / 00:21

Blockchain Adoption interview week Missed Paris Blockchain Week Summit? Here are 5 key takeaways from the event

The city of Paris — the capital of France, renowned for its affinity for romanticism, historical architecture and acquired palate for culinary delicacies — played host to the two-day Paris Blockchain Week Summit this week. The event saw the participation of the industry’s leading figureheads and over 3,000 crypto enthusiasts.

15.04 / 17:15

business Adoption Binance Customer Binance launches its first customer service center in Turkey

Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange by volume, announced the launch of its customer service center, Cointelegraph Turkey reported.

15.04 / 15:21

Adoption us government Cash Fitting the bill: US Congress eyes e-cash as an alternative to CBDC

On March 11, United States President Joe Biden issued an executive order in which he encouraged the Federal Reserve to continue research on a prospective U.S. central bank digital currency, or CBDC.

15.04 / 09:05

Adoption regulation DAO Montenegro makes Vitalik a citizen, part of plans to promote it as a blockchain hub

The Montenegrin government has begun fulfilling its pledge to become a hub for blockchain innovation by reportedly making Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin its newest citizen.

15.04 / 07:43

Dogecoin Blockchain Adoption Robinhood CEO outlines how DOGE could become 'currency of the internet"

Robinhood CEO Vladimir Tenev took to Twitter on Thursday afternoon to explain how Dogecoin could become the “future currency of the internet.”

15.04 / 03:47

Adoption NFT Non-fungible tokens Asia Asian Biz Giants SK, Bandai, Line Bolster Metaverse, NFT Operations

Some of East Asia’s biggest tech companies are delving ever deeper into the world of crypto, with Japanese and South Korean mega-companies eyeing metaverse, non-fungible token (NFT), Web3, and blockchain business expansion.

14.04 / 23:55

business Adoption Bank of Canada Quantum computing firm simulates adoption of crypto payments

Multiverse Computing, a quantum computing firm with offices in Canada and Spain, has partnered with the Bank of Canada to run simulations on how the adoption of cryptocurrency might proceed as a payment method.

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