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Visa develops interoperability concept for central bank digital currency payments

Payments giant Visa has taken a step toward achieving its vision for central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). It has developed a concept that shows how various CBDCs can be interoperable with each other to make payments.The concept, called "Universal Payments Channel" (UPC), outlines how various blockchain networks can be interconnected to allow the transfer of CBDCs. It shows how Visa can help exchange various CBDCs built on different blockchains in the future. "This is a much longer-term future thinking concept around a way that Visa could potentially help become a

APENFT Partners Up With Tron-Based Cool Cats

APENFT Foundation steps up its efforts to support promising and emerging non-fungible token projects on the Tron network. The company announced a new strategic collaboration with Tron Cool Cats — a spin-off of the Ethereum-based collection. This new partnership will focus on providing ongoing marketing and product development support to Tron Cool Cats. Following the recent creation of a $100 million fund dedicated to investing in high-quality NFT projects, APENFT has been ramping up its efforts to spot such art collections in the rapidly evolving Tron NFT landscape ecosystem. Excited

Phemex: Trade simply and manage risks efficiently

The Phemex exchange was founded in 2019 by a group of experienced Wall Street executives who wanted to build a professional and transparent crypto trading platform with a customer-centric approach. Phemex empowers its users to access the right set of tools in order to manage risks associated with trading crypto. The Phemex Story The team chose the name Phemex in order to highlight their dedication to building a trustworthy trading platform. Pheme is the Greek god of fame which represents the public voice, while MEX stands for mercantile exchange. Together,

TA: Ethereum Regains Strength, Why $3,200 Is The Key For More Upsides

Ethereum started a steady increase above $3,000 against the US Dollar. ETH price must clear the $3,200 to continue higher in the near term. Ethereum started a strong increase from the $2,750 support zone. The price is now trading above $3,000 and near the 100 hourly simple moving average. There was a break a major declining channel with resistance near $2,925 on the hourly chart of ETH/USD (data feed via Kraken). The pair must surpass $3,175 and $3,200 to continue higher in the near term. Ethereum Price Is Gaining Momentum

Time Magazine’s NFT sale peppered with technical problems 

When Time Magazine announced it would finally launch its NFT collection, everybody expected that it would sell out quickly, given the magazine’s rich and valuable media content.  While this expectation was indeed met when its NFT collection comprising 4,676 digital art pieces were sold out in just one minute, there was one thing that buyers didn’t expect: Technical glitches.  According to reports, users have experienced gas prices reaching 9,000 gigawei for a rapid transaction. When the minting process was finished, there were roughly 700 holders of NFTs.  Gigawei is a

Pledge: NFT-based fixed lending protocol announces successful Fundraise

Pledge Finance, an algorithm-driven, multi-chain decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem, is announcing the launch of an NFT-powered structured collateralized lending platform targeted at the traditional financial sector. The Binance Smart Chain (BSC) based platform will be fully interoperable with other public chains, meaning other DeFi platforms will be able to interact with Pledge’s numerous product and service offerings.  Pledge Bridges the Gap Between DeFi and Finance Pledge Finance will include liquidity pools which will act as money markets so that users can exchange cryptocurrencies without the need for a centralized exchange.

Assessing where Bitcoin, Ethereum actually stand 100 days after May’s crash

Most of the crypto-space’s top altcoins were relentlessly setting new highs, one after the other, less than four months ago. However, the market became merciless one fine day in mid-May, with most crypto-assets ending up shedding close to half their value. Well, hundred days have passed since 19 May’s crash and the market, at the moment, may be on the cusp of completing a full circle. Source: Coinstats Making sense of the conflicting numbers Bitcoin’s price, at press time, was 28% away from its $64k ATH while Ethereum’s price was

Tezos, Binance Coin, Cosmos Price Analysis: 02 September

As Bitcoin and Ethereum secured fresh gains, the altcoin industry mimicked their price actions. Tezos, in the midst of developmental news about Golden Goals introducing NFTs on the altcoin, pictured gains while eyeing its immediate resistance level of $6.05. Binance Coin surged by 5.2% as it steered clear of the crucial support level of $460.42. Finally, Cosmos rallied by 7.3% as it prepared to retest its all-time high.  Tezos [XTZ] XTZ/USD, TradingView XTZ rose up on its charts after Bitcoin pushed against $50k. Over the last 24 hours, XTZ registered

Top-10 Aspiring Altcoins to Watch in September

This article will take a look at ten cryptocurrencies that have interesting developments lined up for the month of September, which could also have a positive effect on their price.Sponsored Sponsored Cardano (ADA) Current Price: $3.03Market Cap: $91 BillionMarket Cap Rank: #3 Cardano was founded in 2017 by Charles Hoskinson, who is also a co-founder of Ethereum (ETH). It is a proof-of-stake platform, whose native token is ADA. It is one of the biggest blockchain platforms to utilize the proof-of-stake instead of the proof-of-work consensus. The Alonzo testnet was launched