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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Proposes Creating a Cryptocurrency Payment System for State Fees

The American politician and attorney serving as the 46th governor of Florida, Ron DeSantis, announced the state’s 2022-23 budget proposal last week and proposed an idea to let businesses pay…

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Miami Mayor Francis Suarez Plans to Take a Fraction of His 401k in Bitcoin

During the first week of November, the reelected Miami mayor Francis Suarez explained that he would receive part of his salary in bitcoin via the payment processor Strike. A month…

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Chainalysis to Offer Lightning Network Monitoring Service to VASPs in 2022

On December 10, the blockchain intelligence firm Chainalysis revealed that the company has added support for Bitcoin’s second-layer protocol the Lightning Network (LN). According to Chainalysis, firms like exchanges and…

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Gitcoin Deactivates Grant for Farsi Speaking Communities Due to U.S. Sanctions

Gitcoin, an organization that helps fund open source projects around the Ethereum blockchain, has deactivated a grant due to it being directed to individuals from a sanctioned country. The grant,…

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Makersplace Plans to Drop World’s First 2pac NFT Collection Authorized by the Shakur Estate

On December 15, the non-fungible token (NFT) market platform Makersplace will drop an assortment of NFTs based on Tupac Shakur’s most well-known jewelry pieces. Makersplace and the NFT artists and…

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Crowdfunding Platform Kickstarter Will Shift to Blockchain-Based Model

Kickstarter, one of the leading crowdfunding platforms on the market, has decided to abandon its current business model and migrate to a blockchain-based platform. This will be built by an…

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Novi Launches Whatsapp Integration Pilot Program for Selected Users in the U.S.

Novi, the remittance and payments initiative of Meta (formerly Facebook), has launched a Whatsapp pilot test for customers in the U.S. This means that a small number of Whatsapp users…

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