The CEO of Worldcoin’s founding entity confirmed on Aug. 2 that his organization has paused “World ID verifications in Kenya” and will attempt to address concerns raised by authorities. Kenya’s ICT Minister Eliud Owalo has said Worldcoin’s verification services were being carried out within the
Base, the Ethereum L2 (layer 2) scaling layer backed by Coinbase, has opened bridging for selected assets from Ethereum. In a blog post, the protocol also announced that the Base mainnet deployment was slated for August 9, allowing free access to developers to launch their apps on top of it. Base Opens Ethereum Bridging, Announces […]
The government of Venezuela formalized its proposal to be part of BRICS, a geopolitical and economic bloc comprised of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro explained that he hoped for a positive reception of the proposal by the nations that are part of the bloc. Venezuela Officially Applies to Enter […]
Registered users of Binance have hit 150 million, the crypto exchange’s founder and CEO, Changpeng Zhao (CZ), announced on social media. The milestone has been reached despite increased regulatory pressure on the world’s largest trading platform for digital assets in the past few months. Crypto Exchange Binance Adds 30 Million Users in a Year The […]
Economists have warned about the adverse impact of Fitch’s U.S. rating downgrade on the dollar. One expects the downgrade to “accelerate” the process of de-dollarization globally. Another stated that it may be “a part of the gradual decline of the U.S. dollar system.” Impact of Fitch’s Rating Downgrade on US Dollar Several economists have offered […]
Economist Peter Schiff has warned of an impending collapse of the U.S. dollar even though he sees Fitch’s downgrade of the U.S. rating this week as “meaningless.” While cautioning about a financial crisis and a crash, Schiff emphasized: “Given the trajectory of U.S. government deficit spending, a dollar collapse is inevitable.” Schiff on US Rating […]
Robert Kiyosaki, the renowned author of the bestselling book Rich Dad Poor Dad, has emphasized his concern about an impending crash of the U.S. economy after a prominent American credit rating agency downgraded the U.S. rating. “Brace for crash landing. Sorry for the bad news,” Kiyosaki said. Robert Kiyosaki’s Crash Landing Warning The author of […]
U.S. tech giant Meta is preparing to launch multiple chatbots powered by artificial intelligence (AI) as early as September. According to an article quoting knowledgeable sources, the company seeks to encourage user engagement on its social media platforms with the chatbots that could also be used to collect more user data. Meta Seeks to Seize […]
After accusations against the disgraced FTX co-founder, Sam Bankman-Fried, for allegedly meddling with a witness by providing the New York Times with excerpts from former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison’s private journal, the legal team representing Bankman-Fried countered by insisting that he was merely exercising his First Amendment right to free speech. The U.S.
In the wake of July’s unprecedented wave of decentralized finance (defi) breaches, including Curve Finance’s staggering $62 million exploit, the defi economy has plummeted into a gloomy state. Hovering perilously close to dipping beneath the $40 billion threshold, the total value locked (TVL) in defi hangs on by a thread. Concurrently, the market of defi […]










