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  • Whale accumulated 29 million USD ETH

    Whale accumulated 29 million USD ETH

    According to Whale Alert, in the last 24 hours, 9,968 ETH was transferred from the Gemini exchange to an unknown wallet. This amount of Ethereum is worth $29,470,260.

  • Hightlights of the week

    Hightlights of the week

    $XMR aims to upgrade in July
    $TRX announced launching stablecoin USDD
    $MATIC invest $100 million to develop ‘Supernets’
    SwissBorg introduces automated smart yields on $AVAX
    $ALGO launches first smart contract to offset carbon emissions
    Gulf Energy pursues joint venture with Binance, invests in $BNB
    Coinbase selected $ZRX to power its newly launched social NFT marketplace
    Goldman CEO met with Sam Bankman-Fried to discuss advisory services for $FTT

  • Whale accumulated 20 million Dogecoin

    Whale accumulated 20 million Dogecoin

    According to Whale Alert, 20,502,267 DOGE was transferred from an unknown wallet to an unknown wallet, equivalent to $2,774,203.

  • Terra’s stablecoin added as base currency to Binance.US

    Terra’s stablecoin added as base currency to Binance.US

    Binance.US has made an announcement about adding a new trading pair that allows trading Bitcoin, the largest cryptocurrency, against Terra’s UST stablecoin.

    The American arm of the Binance exchange is not the first trading platform to introduce UST as a base currency. Bitrue and OKX exchange also added the BTC/UST pair.

  • Algorand launches first smart contract to offset Carbon emissions

    Algorand launches first smart contract to offset Carbon emissions

    Algorand partnered with ClimateTrade, a traceability firm that uses blockchain technology to help corporations enhance the effectiveness of sustainability efforts last year.

    ClimateTrade will help Algorand implement the first smart contract to automate the offsetting of carbon emissions. The network’s new self-sustaining smart contract will automatically assign a percentage of every transaction fee to offset carbon emissions.

  • Mexican Football Club Tigres now accepts Bitcoin for ticket

    Mexican Football Club Tigres now accepts Bitcoin for ticket

    Mexican football club Tigres is now accepting bitcoin as payment for match tickets, the team said in a statement Wednesday.

    Tigres supporters will already be able to use cryptocurrencies to purchase tickets for the club’s next match against America on April 23 through a partnership established between Latin American cryptocurrency exchange Bitso and online Mexican ticketing platform Boletomovil.

  • Nike & RTKFT reveal cryptokicks sneaker NFT

    Nike & RTKFT reveal cryptokicks sneaker NFT

    Following Nike’s acquisition of RTFKT in December 2021, the two have been prepping for the sportswear giant’s big step into the metaverse, launching a new NFT collection called “RTFKT x Nike Dunk Genesis CryptoKicks”.

    RTFKT first revealed this NFT via a video demo on Twitter, showcasing the product’s unique design, which can be swapped out to create a variety of styles.

  • Polygon commits $100M to ‘Supernets’

    Polygon commits $100M to ‘Supernets’

    Polygon plans to invest $100 million in customizable “Supernet” chains, customizable networks that projects will be able to run without cost.

    The tool aims to fast-track blockchain adoption by reducing the barrier of entry for developers who previously used Polygon Edge. On each Supernet, validators will stake MATIC tokens on the mainnet before going on to validate the network to ensure a robust level of security.

  • Cardano (ADA) trading volume crashes by more than $372 billion in quarterly low

    Cardano (ADA) trading volume crashes by more than $372 billion in quarterly low

    According to BeInCrypto Research, the trading volume of ADA in the first three months of the year was approximately $142 billion. This was a 72% decrease in the trading volume recorded between January and March 2021 of around $514.89 billion.

    A bearish market that has been ongoing since December 2021 can largely be attributed as the primary reason for the ADA’s tumbling trading volume in the first quarter of 2022.

  • Twitter to test out Stripe’s newly added support for USDC payments

    Twitter to test out Stripe’s newly added support for USDC payments

    Financial services provider Stripe will support payments in the USDC stablecoin on the Polygon blockchain, according to an announcement today.

    Such payments will be accessible through Stripe Connect — its system for integrating payments into online marketplaces — starting with Twitter as its first partner.