The social media platform formerly known as Twitter received approval for payments services from Pennsylvania, building on Musk’s ambitions of transforming X into an “everything app” where users can conduct their “entire financial life” on the app. As reported in Reuters, this development permits X to facilitate money transfer in the same way that …
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When video game designer Mark Venturelli was asked to speak at Brazil’s biggest gaming festival, he submitted a generic-sounding title for his presentation – The Future of Game Design – but that was not the talk he gave. Instead, he launched into a 30-minute diatribe against the blockchain technology that underpins cryptocurrencies and the games it has …
India has maintained a rather sceptic stance towards accepting cryptocurrencies as part of its financial systems, but is keeping an open approach towards exploring blockchain technology. The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), on August 29, announced the launch of Falcon — an open-source project that aims to simplify the management and use of blockchains …
Mukesh Ambani, one of the world’s richest men settled in India’s financial capital, is prepared to explore the Web3 arena. The 66-year-old Indian billionaire disclosed his Web3-related plans during the 46th annual general meeting of Reliance Industries (RIL) that was held on Monday. While the Reliance chief aims to keep a distance from highly volatile …
India is emerging as a vibrant hub for Web3 startups, thanks to its abundant pool of skilled developers, according to the Bharat Web3 Association (BWA). Established in November last year, the BWA aims to bridge the gap between industry players and the government in the crypto advocacy space. Over the past nine months, the BWA …
The German intelligence unit, Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND), has unveiled a captivating collection of dog-themed NFTs in an effort to attract talented cyber individuals from the general public. The BND’s collection, named ‘Dogs of BND,’ is not your ordinary assortment of digital collectibles. Inspired by the BND’s guard and security dogs, each NFT represents various intelligence roles, …
In the world of cryptocurrencies, every time a transaction takes place it gets logged in to a blockchain — a distributed ledger that makes the information globally available on a real-time basis. That does not mean a user or investor gets an automatic update about each successful transaction. It’s more like the data is …