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    Ripple partners with SBI Remit, Coins.ph to use XRP for Japan-Philippines remittances

    San Francisco-based payments technology company Ripple has partnered with SBI Remit, Japan’s largest money transfer provider, mobile payments service Coins.ph and digital asset exchange platform SBI VC Trade to use XRP for remittances between Japan and the Philippines, according to a company statement. Fast facts The partnership — Ripple’s first on-demand liquidity service implementation in […]

    Michelle Lim

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    Dogecoin for dog food at Brazil’s Burger Kings

    In the latest effort of crypto cross-promotion, Burger King Brazil is now accepting the memecoin Dogecoin as payment for a “Dogpper” — a special edible doggie treat for customer’s pets and a play on words of the fast-food chain’s famous burger, the Whopper. Fast facts The doggie treat is not new to Latin America. Burger […]

    Lachlan Keller

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    Facebook digital currency wallet Novi looks to add staff in Philippines

    Facebook’s Novi, a digital wallet designed for its digital currency, Diem, is in hiring mode in the Philippines. Fast facts Facebook’s careers page currently shows five openings in the country for positions dedicated to Novi, including help operations investigator, onboarding coordinator and learning business partner. It has only one other opening in the entire Asia-Pacific […]

    Yihui Xie

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    Mastercard partners with USDC to pilot crypto payments

    Mastercard has announced a pilot program in partnership with Circle’s USDC stablecoin and others to enable cardholders to pay merchants using cryptocurrency anywhere Mastercard is accepted, according to a company press release. Fast facts USDC will act as an intermediary between fiat and other cryptocurrencies in the new system, allowing all merchants to offer card […]

    Lachlan Keller

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    Crypto ‘Michelin Guide’ releases South Korea’s first token ratings report

    The Korea Institute of Virtual Asset Valuation has released its first report evaluating the investment outlook for seven South Korean cryptocurrencies. KiVAV founder Park Jae-kyung said some domestic token issuers may be looking for quick money instead of developing their tokens long term. Fast facts KiVAV’s report, released yesterday, gave only the Mass Vehicle Ledger […]

    Danny Park

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    Dogecoin rallies as Musk dons sunglasses

    The price of Dogecoin rose more than 15% at the weekend after Tesla CEO Elon Musk changed his Twitter profile picture to a photo featuring the dog breed whose likeness features on the memecoin. Fast facts Musk’s new picture featured the billionaire wearing mirrored, aviator-style glasses with a Shiba Inu dog reflected in them. Dogecoin’s […]

    Lachlan Keller

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    CoinDCX introduces ETH-backed Liqueth token for Ethereum 2.0 staking

    India-based cryptocurrency exchange CoinDCX has announced the launch of its new Liqueth (LQTH) token, which will enable users to stake Ether — the native cryptocurrency of the Ethereum blockchain. Fast facts Users will be able to stake ETH on Ethereum 2.0 from a minimum 0.1 ETH. LQTH, an ERC-20 token, will be generated and transferred […]

    Michelle Lim

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    Cardano overtakes Bitcoin as most-held crypto on eToro trading platform

    Cardano leapfrogged Bitcoin as the most held cryptocurrency on social trading platform eToro in the second quarter of 2021, the platform reported this week. Fast facts Bitcoin, which led the cryptocurrency bull run at the start of the year, saw a 42% increase in demand, but slipped from first to second place behind Cardano. Cardano […]

    Michelle Lim

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    Ethereum’s London hard fork to launch Aug 4

    Ethereum’s long-awaited London hard fork — which earlier was expected to go live this month — is now going to launch on August 4 between 13:00 UTC and 17:00 UTC with block 12,965,000, Ethereum developer Tim Beiko said in a recent blog post. Fast facts Following the successful release of its three testnets, Ropsten, Goerli and […]

    Lachlan Keller