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Liquidium, the developer of Bitcoin’s leading peer-to-peer lending protocol, today launched its cross-chain Loans product. It allows trustless lending and borrowing across Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana without the use of wrapped tokens or centralized bridges. The announcement was made at the Bitcoin 2025 Conference. The cross-chain protocol is powered by Internet Computer’s (ICP) Chain Fusion…
Bitget Wallet, die führende App für alltägliche Finanzgeschäfte, hat die weltweite Einführung ihrer gebührenfreien Krypto-Debitkarte in mehr als 50 Märkten angekündigt. Die Einführung ermöglicht Nutzern einen nahtlosen Zugang zu Visa- und Mastercard-Akzeptanzstellen weltweit. Mit dieser Erweiterung möchte Bitget Wallet eine einheitliche globale Zahlungs-Layer für Stablecoin-Ausgaben schaffen, die grenzüberschreitende Käufe, Reisebezahlungen und Mikroausgaben ohne die in…
Credit card giant Visa has ventured further into the agentic AI payments race, announcing a new platform on Wednesday to help businesses participate in AI-driven commerce. In a statement on Wednesday, Visa described Intelligent Commerce Connect as a network, protocol, and “token vault-agnostic ‘on-ramp’” to agentic commerce for AI agent builders and merchants. The system…
Bitcoin scaling proposal Ark is getting closer to reality. After a year of research focused on refining the reference implementation, Ark Labs announced today the completion of a $2.5 million pre-seed funding round led by Tim Draper and his firm, Draper Associates. While the technical feasibility of Ark’s approach was initially debated, today’s announcement is…
The Solana price could outpace Ethereum in the coming months, fueled by growing institutional demand. While ETH holds steady above $4,500, capital continues to rotate toward Layer 1 and Layer 2 alternatives. Among these, Layer Brett has emerged as a standout, with analysts already ranking it among the strongest crypto plays to watch in 2025….
As wildfires blaze in California and a fierce storm brews in North Carolina, Wall Street’s climate pledges go up in smoke as BlackRock and others back out of climate conventions before Trump’s inauguration. California Wildfires Highlight Increasing Climate Disasters Los Angeles is in flames—again. Wildfires have claimed at least ten lives, scorched thousands of homes…