Mastercard expands consulting with practices dedicated to crypto
Mastercard announced that it was expanding its payments-focused consulting service with new practices dedicated to crypto.
Mastercard’s consulting efforts with banks and merchants cover a range of digital currency capabilities, from early-stage education, risk assessments and bank-wide crypto and NFT strategy development to crypto cards and the design of crypto loyalty programs.
Colorado accepts crypto for tax payments by end of summer
Colorado will start accepting cryptocurrencies for tax and other payments to the state by the end of the summer, Gov. Jared Polis announced on Wednesday.
The governor said Colorado is currently looking for companies to handle the actual crypto transactions. For consumer convenience, Colorado wants to accept payment in a wide variety of cryptocurrencies, just as credit cards.
18.36M Ethereum addresses joined the network in 2021
New data reveals that the Ethereum network gained 18.36 million addresses with a balance greater than zero in 2021. That works out to an astonishing growth rate of 1.53 million new addresses per month.
Tornado Cash Token (TORN) rises 28.69%
TORN, the governance token of Tornado Cash, has grown by 28.69% in the past 24 hours, reaching a price of $39.207.
The trading volume of this asset has also reached $38.81M. These achievements have brought TORN to 1st place of Top Gainers on the ONUS app.
Polygon (MATIC) and Filecoin (FIL) increase collaboration to integrate into Metaverse and NFT spaces
The Filecoin ecosystem and Polygon Studios announced a collaboration to drive growth in the non-fungible token (NFT), games, and metaverse space.
As part of the partnership, Filecoin and Polygon have begun to create grants and hackathons in order to assist dev teams and NFT projects that use Polygon blockchain to integrate with Filecoin and InterPlanetary File System (IPFS).
JPMorgan becomes the first bank to enter the Decentraland metaverse
JPMorgan, the largest bank in the United States, has launched a lounge in the blockchain-based virtual world Decentraland, making it the first bank in the metaverse.
The “onyx lounge”, named after JPMorgan’s in-house blockchain payments system was unveiled alongside a report from the bank.
RICE x Verichains: Security Strategic Partnership
After CertiK and Cystack, RICE Wallet announced a new partnership with Verichains, one of the leading companies specializing in the research and development of AI technology and blockchain security to perform a comprehensive security audit for the RICE Wallet application.
The official version of RICE Wallet is expected to launch on February 20th.
Whales move their funds to MATIC
According to the WhaleStats tracking service, the top 500 Ethereum whales have recently purchased $1 million worth of MATIC.
MATIC currently remains in the top-15 assets by dominance among whale-tier wallets. More than $200 million worth of MATIC is currently being held by large addresses.
Cardano increases incentives for White Hat Hackers
The Cardano Foundation announced that incentives for white hat hackers will be doubled until March 25, as Cardano remains committed to building a secure, resilient and highly decentralized network in the long run.
Hackers can receive up to $20,000 for discovering critical Cardano node security flaws.
Axie Infinity revealed information about the new version “Origin”
Origin is the upcoming V3 version of the play-to-earn game Axie Infinity. Axie Infinity announced that it will be adding important updates to the in-game reward mechanism, with the goal of curbing the game’s inflation.