Axie Infinity’s Ronin Phase 2 is Now Live (April 29, 2021)
Sky Mavis announced the launch of Phase 2 of Ronin, its Axie Infinity sidechain built to address network congestion and increasing gas fees on the Ethereum blockchain.
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Visa
Weekly Wrap-Up: Visa Now Settles Payments in USDC (April 5, 2021)
Also, JP Morgan said Bitcoin volatility is subsiding.
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Ancient 100 BTC Moved For The First Time Since 2010 (Feb. 25, 2020)
Plus Nvidia expected significant revenue from its Ethereum mining hardware.
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Monday Markets Wrap-up: Portfolios Should Still Be Green Today
PayPal creates a crypto business unit, while Visa will launch crypto-related APIs.
Read more Thursday Thoughts: Visa and PayPal Double Down on Crypto
PayPal said users who buy crypto are more likely to return to its platform. Plus Visa is doing crypto API stuff.
Read more Monday Markets Wrap-up: The Power of the Few
It’s one of those weeks where people have realized just how much power they can have if they just work together.
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Saturday Sats: Elon Musk and Doge
Elon Musk pumps up the Bitcoin price while Dogecoin flies to the moon. I think it’s still there.
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Visa Files for Digital Currency Patent
The patent filed in November 2019 said this invention will bridge the advantages of cryptocurrency to fiat currency provided by central banks.
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Visa, Not Ripple, is Powering New MoneyGram Real-Time Remittance Tech
FastSend allows MoneyGram customers to send money to a phone number in real-time via a website or a mobile app. The service is using Visa’s “Direct Original Credit Transaction” so that the funds are delivered to a bank account through a debit card deposit.
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Visa, Mastercard Move to Solve Payment Issues using Blockchain
Two of the world’s biggest payment technology companies are now expanding the use of blockchain technology within its current systems.
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