MetaMask enables users to purchase cryptocurrency via Apple Pay

A famous crypto wallet provider, MetaMask declared Apple Pay integration to its website and app. While Apple doesn’t support cryptocurrency payment directly, MetaMask users will be redirected to Wyre, a crypto exchange that supports the selling and buying of crypto, users will now have the alternative to make the payment via debit or credit card…

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Newer Ethereum Would Be More Energy Efficient!

Ethereum, the primary blockchain backing Ether, is declaring a grand update, aiming to decrease the enormous energy consumed in Ether mining by 99.95 percent.  In addition, the company announced a move to Proof-of-Stake (PoS) mechanism away from the existing Proof-of-work (PoW). For the uninformed, Blockchain is a virtual circulated database that records every transaction, making…

Maharashtra collaborates with Polygon to give caste certificates

The biggest Indian state in terms of GDP, Maharashtra has joined hands with blockchain-based application LegitDoc to issue caste certificates using the Polygon blockchain to inhabitants of the Gadchiroli district. The state government is in the process of unfurling 65,000 caste certificates to help the process of delivering government benefits and schemes. As a part…

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Ethereum magnificently blends to proof of stake (PoS) on Testnet

The new Proof of Work (PoW) Ethereum testnet has effectively merged in upgrading to complete Proof of Stake (PoS).  During a live stream of the event, developers affirmed that nodes were taking guidelines from an RPC call, the stakers, instead of the miners. The Geth node will offer some green text to say as much,…

Floyd Mayweather Jr, Kim Kardashian charged over EthereumMax crypto scam

Many celebrities including boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr, Kim Kardashian, ex NBA All-Star Paul Pierce are being charged over their roles in a so-called crypto scam. As per the class action compliant from the Central District of California, the firm EthereumMax including co-founders and others along with these celebs are being accused of making confusing statements…

Rate hike hint of Federal Reserve sends cryptocurrencies crashing

On Wednesday night, cryptos including Ethereum, Bitcoin, Solana, Cardano and Terra slipped steeply after the US Federal Reserve released minutes of its December meeting in which the Central Bank hinted it could begin increasing interest rates to handle challenging high inflation. On November 11, 2021, Bitcoin touched an all-time high of $68,749. It has outperformed…

CryptoWire introduces first cryptocurrency index of India, IC15

Super app CyrptoWire has introduced IC15, the first crypto index of India. On Monday, the firm said that IC15 will track the liquidity and market capitalization of the top 15 global digital currencies. It added that the IC15 is a rule-based broad market index by market capitalization that computes the performance of 15 extensively traded…

Jack Dorsey, ex-boss of Twitter twitches mayhem by commenting on Web3

Just after giving up the chief executive position of Twitter Inc., Bitcoin lover Jack Dorsey has taken to the service he co-founded to express his annoyance with so-called Web3 technology and the participation of venture capital companies such as Andreesen Horowitz. A still vague term for decentralized, blockchain-based systems and tech that are curated to…