The Hashgraph Association and the Exponential Science Foundation have launched the Hedera Africa Hackathon 2025, a global event designed to accelerate Web3 and artificial intelligence adoption across the African continent.…
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Bilal Bin Saqib was appointed special assistant to Pakistan’s prime minister on blockchain and crypto.
The country will also allocate 2,000 MW of surplus electricity to bitcoin mining and AI…
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Civitai now accepts crypto payments for its Buzz tokens after its credit card processor dropped support over AI-generated NSFW content.
Supported coins include USDC, USDT, Ethereum, Dogecoin, and others—though Bitcoin…
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Darkwire lets users send Bitcoin transactions over LoRa radio in regions without internet, power, or cellular networks.
Transactions hop node-to-node until reaching an internet-connected exit point that broadcasts to the…
Exodus has officially launched XO Pay, a new crypto purchasing feature that allows users to buy and sell digital assets directly within the Exodus mobile wallet, and is now live…
This is a segment from the Forward Guidance newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe.Eric Adams is pulling a Donald Trump. Or he’s trying to, at least. That was my takeaway from…
Dubai has launched the first licensed tokenized real estate project in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, previewing appetite for real-world tokenization in one of the world’s burgeoning…
Trump Media and Technology Group (TMTG), the company behind Truth Social and controlled by the Trump family, is preparing to raise a staggering $3 billion to invest in cryptocurrencies such…
Elon Musk has begun limited testing for X Money, his
long-anticipated payments and banking platform. This marks a key step toward
transforming X into a multifunctional app. The move brings a quiet…
This is a segment from the Lightspeed newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe.For all its speed and throughput, Solana has always wrestled with the fact that the tech powering its…