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The price of Bitcoin is currently trading at $30,196, representing a drop of nearly %0.50 on Monday. 

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blockchain and UPI (Unified Payments Interface). While both offer innovative solutions for secure and efficient transactions, they operate in fundamentally different ways. Here is how these technologies work and help you determine which one is right for you.Understanding Blockchain: Blockchain is a decentralized and distributed ledger technology that allows multiple parties to maintain a shared record of transactions without the need for a central authority. In a blockchain network, transactions are grouped into blocks and added to a chain of previous transactions. The decentralized nature of blockchain ensures transparency, security, and immutability. To make a payment using blockchain, users typically rely on cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin or Ethereum. These digital currencies serve as a medium of exchange within the blockchain network. When a transaction occurs, it is broadcasted to the network, verified by a consensus mechanism (e.g., proof-of-work or proof-of-stake), and then added to a block. Once the block is added to the chain, the transaction becomes permanent and cannot be altered.Benefits of Blockchain Payments:

A top executive at the gaming giant Sega says “play to earn crypto games” are “no fun” to play, and could reel in its blockchain gaming ambitions.

Bitcoin, Coinbase, Binance and more are all fighting for their lives as the United States Securities and Exchange Commission does everything in its power to eradicate the current cryptocurrency system in the United States and replace it with one it deems more “fair” to the American public.

Despite lingering concerns over the Ripple vs SEC lawsuit, XRP has demonstrated significant growth in multiple areas of its protocol during the second quarter (Q2) of this year, as revealed by a recent report from crypto analytics platform Messari.

Hackers continue their relentless attacks, displaying no signs of slowing down. Shortly after the Multichain hack, scammers started spreading a phishing link on Twitter.

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Stablecoin issuers Circle and Tether have frozen over $65 million in assets tied to the suspected exploit of cross-chain router protocol Multichain. The move follows unexplained large outflows from the Multichain MPC bridge on July 6. 

Data privacy has come a long way since the widespread use of technology kicked off in the early 2000s. Now, every click, Tweet and Instagram post makes up a personal data footprint that stands shoulder-to-shoulder with people’s fundamental rights as one of the most valuable assets each individual possesses. 

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Digital payments and blockchain technology company Ripple Labs has announced an initiative to transform the real estate industry using tokenization.

USD Coin (USDC) issuer Circle has frozen $63 million belonging to three wallet addresses associated with the hack of the cross-chain bridge platform Multichain.

NEAR Protocol has expanded its gaming ecosystem by partnering with Vortex Gaming, a Web3 subsidiary of INVEN, Korea's largest game media and community. This collaboration aims to attract more users and companies to the NEAR ecosystem while strengthening the NEAR game ecosystem. INVEN, with a monthly active user count of 7.2 million, brings valuable expertise and content to the partnership.

Layer-2 blockchain Public Goods Network launched a testnet on July 7, promising to spend “the vast majority of net sequencer fees” on public goods instead of paying them out to the development team or token holders, according to an announcement from the network’s developers. In economics, a “public good” is a good that cannot be produced for profit because it is difficult to exclude non-payers from its consumption.

On July 7, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), a financial institution owned by constituent central banks, published a framework for defending central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) against cybersecurity threats. The BIS wrote:

JPMorgan (NYSE:JPM) made headlines with its exceptional performance in the first quarter, reporting record-breaking revenue. As the largest bank in the U.S. with $3.74 trillion in assets, the bank achieved revenues of $36.1 billion, showcasing a remarkable year-on-year increase of 23.3%. The primary driver behind this revenue growth was net interest income, which surged by nearly 50% year-on-year, surpassing expectations and setting a new quarterly revenue record.

central bankers' central bank, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), has laid out a seven-point plan designed to help countries prevent cyber hacks on the new wave of digital national currencies under development. Around 130 countries are now exploring central bank digital currencies (CBDC) to keep up with technological change, but there are worries that the online nature of them could make them a major target for criminals and hostile states.

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has shared insights regarding new developments on the Bitcoin blockchain. 

From 2012 to the present, over $30 billion in crypto has been hacked in 1,101 documented incidents, a July 7 report from SlowMist has revealed.