Tag: Launches

Delivery App Rappi Launches Pilot Project to Accept Crypto Payments in Mexico – Bitcoin News

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Rappi, one of the biggest delivery companies in Latam, has launched a pilot project with the objective of accepting cryptocurrencies as a payment method. Users will be able to buy Rappi credits with cryptocurrency to spend later on various services offered by the app. This functionality will only be available for users of these services in Mexico. Rappi Gets Into Cryptocurrency Payments Rappi, one of the largest delivery services in Latam, has decided to bring cryptocurrencies to its app. The company — which last year reached a valuation…

Quik․com Marketplace Launches Minting of NFT Domain Names – Sponsored Bitcoin News

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sponsored With the rapid technological advancements, digitalization has witnessed a golden age in the past few years. Concepts we never even heard of are now becoming mainstream. One such example is NFT domains, rising as new web extensions. Quik.com is launching NFT domain names like .doge, .shib, .metaverse, .blockchain, .bored and .vr that are linked to the blockchain via smart contracts. The main characteristic of NFT domains that differentiates them from traditional domains is their decentralized nature. Traditionally, when we purchase a domain name, we are merely renting it for…

Uniswap launches venture capital wing for Web3 investments

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Popular decentralized exchange (DEX) Uniswap has announced the formation of Uniswap Labs Ventures (ULV), a venture capital fund focused on investing in Web3 companies and projects. The firm will invest at any stage of development into various projects or technologies related to Web3, infrastructure, developer tools, and consumer-facing applications as areas of interest according to the announcement on Monday, April 11. The firm has already invested in 11 companies and Web3 protocols, including decentralized money market Aave, the decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) behind the DAI stablecoin, MakerDAO, and blockchain bridging…

AC Milan launches NFT collection, Magic Eden accepts Solana projects’ tokens and more

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Italian professional soccer club AC Milan will be releasing its first-ever nonfungible token (NFT) project in collaboration with the BitMEX crypto exchange. Proceeds will go to Fondazione Milan, the clubs’ charity arm. The limited-edition collection will feature 75,817 NFTs, a number representative of the capacity of the club’s home ground, San Siro stadium. It will depict a 3D image of a jersey found in South Sudan by Danish war photographer Jan Grarup who was in the country documenting widespread flooding last December. BitMEX partnered with AC Milan to contribute to…

AC Milan launches NFT collection, Magic Eden accepts Solana projects’ tokens, and more

Italian professional soccer club AC Milan will be releasing its first-ever nonfungible token (NFT) project in collaboration with the BitMEX crypto exchange, with proceeds going to Fondazione Milan, the clubs’ charity arm. The limited-edition collection will feature 75,817 NFTs, a number representative of the capacity of the club’s home ground San Siro stadium, and will depict a 3D image of a jersey found in South Sudan by Danish war photographer Jan Grarup who was in the country documenting widespread flooding last December. BitMEX partnered with AC Milan to contribute to…

HBAR Foundation Launches $250 Million Metaverse Fund to Entice Developers to Build on Hedera – Metaverse Bitcoin News

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The HBAR foundation, a nonprofit organization designed to accelerate the development of the Hedera Hashgraph ecosystem, has announced the launch of a new Metaverse fund. The fund, which launches with $250 million, will serve to entice builders and programmers to bring their metaverse products to the Hedera network and make use of its decentralized ledger technologies. HBAR Foundation Wants the Metaverse to Happen on Hedera The battle for the metaverse is intensifying, and many organizations are offering incentives for these experiences to be built using their own infrastructures.…

Crypto Exchange Coinbase Launches in India — Quickly Runs Into Trouble With UPI Payment System – Exchanges Bitcoin News

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Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has announced that it is launching full-scale crypto trading in India with Unified Payments Interface (UPI) support. However, moments later, the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), which developed UPI, stated that no crypto exchange is using the UPI system. Coinbase Launches in India, Hit With UPI Problem The Nasdaq-listed cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase announced Thursday at an event in Bengaluru that its trading platform will be fully available for retail traders in India. The company said that customers will be able to buy cryptocurrencies on Coinbase using…

HBAR Foundation launches a $250M metaverse fund to enhance consumer brand adoption

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The HBAR Foundation, a not-for-profit independent organization of distributed ledger firm Hedera Hashgraph, has announced the establishment of a $250 million dollar metaverse fund to drive consumer brand adoption of tokenized Web3 applications. The foundation’s team has identified applications within both the Web3 and Hedera ecosystems that build direct from business-to-consumer and act as a reciprocal middle-man between all parties for the metaverse fund to focus their efforts across four sectors: blockchain gaming, the brands and collectibles market, sporting experiences and institutional metaverse opportunities. The fund’s inaugural recipient, Sayl, operates an owner…