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Romanian central bank approves blockchain firm Elrond to buy Twispay
Elrond's main goal is to implement Twispay's e-money license for issuing stablecoins that can be used in the European Union. 63 Total views 2 Total shares The National Bank of Romania has greenlighted an acquisition in the blockchain industry, authorizing the blockchain startup Elrond to acquire a payment processing platform.Elrond, a blockchain firm focused on…

Sandeep Nailwal-backed Web3 accelerator launches demo day for first cohort
The Web3 developer program received interest from over 1,000 projects but only 15 were selected for Cohort 0. 144 Total views 1 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTWeb3 accelerator Beacon has wrapped up its first cohort with 13 graduating companies and has provided a venue for project founders…

Alchemy joins Web3 decacorns club following $200M funding
The Web3 development platform's valuation saw a massive jump of $6.7 billion in just three months since Oct. 2021. 455 Total views 33 Total shares Web3 development platform Alchemy announced a fresh round of $200 million funding, bringing up the company’s valuation to $10.2 billion, just above the decacorn threshold.The latest funding round was led…

ECB’s Yves Mersch Warns Libra Cryptocurrency Is ‘Facebook’s Siren Call’
Yves Mersch, European Central Bank’s key legal official, said that Facebook’s Libra stablecoin is “beguiling but treacherous” during a speech at the ECB’s legal conference in Frankfurt on Monday.Bloomberg reported on Mersch’s remarks in an article published on Sept. 2. Per the report, he said that private currencies have little or no prospect of establishing…

Memecoins 2.0: The market crashed, but the billion-dollar circus rolls on
Opinion by: Igor Zemtsov, chief technology officer at TBCC Following “Libragate,” memecoin prices crashed, with their market cap falling nearly 60% from 2025’s highs. But meme tokens, dead? They’ve got more lives than a cat on caffeine. Despite the chaos, memecoins were still holding a $47.9-billion market cap as of March 10. It’s not exactly

US Air Force Will Use SIMBA Chain to Secure Its Supply Chain
The United States Air Force (USAF) has chosen smart contract startup SIMBA Chain to provide the blockchain which will be used to secure its supply chain.In a news release published on Aug. 26, SIMBA Chain said the technology it develops will be used on the battlefield and at home.USAF hopes blockchain will make its data more…

Bitcoin price rally cools down as Polkadot gains 34% in first week of ‘altseason’
Bitcoin dominance is likely topping out, Michaël van de Poppe argues, as Bitcoin gives way to strong moves from some top ten altcoins. 1577 Total views 9 Total shares Bitcoin (BTC) fell below $26,000 on Dec. 29 as fresh fallout from Ripple's threatened U.S. lawsuit was felt throughout crypto markets.Cryptocurrency market overview. Source: Coin360BTC price…

Tyler Winklevoss’ Had a $3 Million ‘Bitcoin Pizza Moment’ With Space Travel
Tyler Winklevoss, a billionaire Bitcoin (BTC) investor and co-founder of cryptocurrency exchange Gemini, bought the world’s most expensive ticket to space.The purchase was made back in January 2014, according to a report by cryptocurrency platform Luno on Feb. 24. At the time, Winklevoss acquired a ticket for Virgin Galactic’s passenger-carrying spaceship for 312.5 BTC, which…