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Arizona Senator Launches Bill to Make Bitcoin Legal Tender – Regulation Bitcoin News

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A senator in the U.S. state of Arizona has introduced a set of cryptocurrency bills, one of which seeks to make bitcoin legal tender. “Centralized digital money controlled by the central bankers is slavery. Decentralized bitcoin is freedom,” the lawmaker said. Arizona Lawmaker Wants to Make Bitcoin Legal Tender Arizona State Senator Wendy Rogers has introduced several crypto-related bills, including one to make bitcoin legal tender in her state. “Launched my crypto bills today,” Rogers tweeted Tuesday. The bills are co-sponsored by her state senate Republican colleagues Jeff Weninger and…

Injective launches $150M ecosystem fund to boost DeFi, Cosmos adoption

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Injective, a layer-1 blockchain protocol founded in 2018, has launched a $150 million ecosystem fund to support developers building on the Cosmos network. The so-called ecosystem group is backed by a large consortium of venture capital and Web3 firms, including Pantera Capital, Kraken Ventures, Jump Crypto, Kucoin Ventures, Delphi Labs, IDG Capital, Gate Labs and Flow Traders. According to Injective, the consortium is the largest assembled within the broader Cosmos ecosystem. Developers selected for the fund will receive support through “bespoke token and equity investments,” in addition to mentorship, technical…

Web3 Social Wallet Tribes Launches With $3.3M in Funding

“Web3 primitives for co-ownership and collective action are transformative, but few people can make sense of the existing products and processes required,” Bouabdallah said in a statement provided to CryptoX. “In order to realize the full promise of Web3, nailing collective action is absolutely essential. Our approach to embed it directly into group chat makes these powerful and newly possible Web3 actions understandable and accessible to the masses.” Source 3.3MfundingLaunchessocialtribesWalletWeb3 CryptoX Portal

Germany’s Watchdog Launches Anti-Trust Investigation into PayPal

Germany’s FOC regulator stated that PayPal’s users of terms are causing a possible hindrance to its competitors which has led to an investigation. Payments giant PayPal could be in trouble as Germany’s antitrust watchdog launched an investigation into PayPal in order to examine whether the US online payment giant was using its position to restrict competition in the market. Investigation into PayPal Germany’s Federal Cartel Office (FCO) also noted that they would examine if the conditions set out in PayPal’s terms of use constitute a possible “hindrance of competitors and…

Chinese blockchain firm launches the ‘SWIFT’ of stablecoins and CBDCs at Davos

A Hong Kong-based blockchain company has launched a digital payments system aimed at bridging the gap between stablecoins and Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs). Red Date Technology, the blockchain infrastructure firm which is also leading one of China’s blockchain efforts, launched the Universal Digital Payment Network (UDPN) on Jan. 19 during the World Economic Forum (WEF) 2023 meeting in Davos, Switzerland. According to its whitepaper, the UDPN is a distributed ledger technology (DLT) platform that would serve a similar purpose to what the SWIFT network does for banks, but for stablecoins…

Former FTX President Launches New Crypto Venture, Raises $5 Million From Leading Investors – Bitcoin News

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Less than a week ago, Brett Harrison, the former president of FTX US, published a 49-part Twitter thread describing his side of the story when he worked for the disgraced co-founder of FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF). On Friday, Jan. 20, 2023, Harrison revealed that his new firm, Architect, has raised $5 million from investors such as Circle Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, and SALT Fund. Brett Harrison’s Architect Aims to Connect Institutional Investors Across Decentralized and Centralized Exchanges Brett Harrison, the former president of FTX who left the company in Sept. 2022,…

1inch Network Launches Hardware Wallet for Storing Users’ Private Keys in a Secure Offline Setting – Bitcoin News

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The decentralized exchange aggregation service 1inch Network has announced the launch of a cold storage hardware wallet. The team notes that the project is in its final stages of development. The hardware wallet, expected to go on sale later this year, features a 2.7-inch e-ink grayscale touch display and it does not require a wired connection. New Hardware Wallet From 1inch Network Offers Air-Gapped, Offline Storage for Crypto Assets On Thursday, the decentralized finance (defi) project 1inch Network announced the launch of a new hardware wallet that will go on…

China Launches Smart Contract Functionality on Digital Yuan Through E-Commerce App Meituan

The smart contracts used by Meituan are used to divide up a daily prize of 8,888 RMB ($1,312), according to local media outlet 8btc, which is focused on cryptocurrency and Web3 reports, and other mainstream internet media outlets in China. When a user places an order with the app and pays with the digital yuan, the smart contract is triggered and looks for certain keywords in the list of goods purchased and the merchant name. If a user happens to have some of these keywords, which change daily, the smart…