Netscape creator says Web3 really is like the rise of the early internet
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Netscape creator says Web3 really is like the rise of the early internet

Billionaire tech entrepreneur turned venture capitalist, Marc Andreessen says that Web3 and its underlying blockchain technology reminds him of the rise of the early internet.  Andreessen, better known today as the co-founder of the blockchain-focused venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), originally found success by developing the first widely used web browser called Mosaic, and then founded Netscape Navigator which…

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A Look at Legendary Colombian Soccer Player James Rodríguez’s 1500 NFTs Launch on ZKSea – Sponsored Bitcoin News
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A Look at Legendary Colombian Soccer Player James Rodríguez’s 1500 NFTs Launch on ZKSea – Sponsored Bitcoin News

sponsored Colombian soccer superstar James David Rodríguez Rubio has announced his partnership with ZKSpace to launch the James Rodríguez Commemorative Edition NFTs, Zurda (left foot in Spanish), with the presale scheduled for June 15th, 2022. The 1,500 unique pieces are currently the only digital art collections available featuring key highlights from his illustrious career spanning three continents and celebrating Rodríguez’s…

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Traditional Banks Not Optimized to Serve the Unbanked – Interview Bitcoin News
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Traditional Banks Not Optimized to Serve the Unbanked – Interview Bitcoin News

For years, traditional financial institutions in different parts of the world have been attempting to narrow the financial exclusion gap by extending their services to the unbanked population. Yet for many reasons, these institutions still cannot avail their products and services to everyone that needs them. Regulatory Hurdles While there are several reasons cited for why banks are still not…

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Chipotle adds crypto payments via Flexa
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Chipotle adds crypto payments via Flexa

The popular Mexican fast food chain Chipotle is now accepting cryptocurrency payments through digital payment provider Flexa at all of its over 2,950 United States based restaurants. Flexa announced the partnership on June 1st which will see Chipotle accept all the 98 cryptocurrencies Flexa currently supports including Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH) and seven U.S. dollar-pegged stablecoins including USD Coin (USDC).…

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Optimism token falls 40% prompting calls to bar dumpers from airdrops
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Optimism token falls 40% prompting calls to bar dumpers from airdrops

Optimism’s freshly launched governance token OP has plunged 40% since peaking at $2.10, leading members of the community to discuss baring those who dumped their tokens from future airdrops. Cointelegraph reported yesterday that the Ethereum Layer-2 scaling solution was overwhelmed with demand for the first OP governance token airdrop, as 5% of the token supply was distributed to around 250,000…

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Soros Fund's CEO: Recession Is Inevitable and Crypto Is Here to Stay
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Recession Is Inevitable and Crypto Is Here to Stay – Bitcoin News

Soros Fund Management’s chief executive and chief investment officer, Dawn Fitzpatrick, says cryptocurrency is here to stay and it’s already gone mainstream. She also believes that a recession is inevitable Soros Fund’s CEO: Crypto Is Here to Stay Dawn Fitzpatrick, chief executive and chief investment officer of Soros Fund Management, discussed cryptocurrency and the U.S. economy in an interview with…

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Bitcoin And The Sovereign Individual Thesis
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Block Inc. Reports Increasing Bitcoin Awareness

The below is a direct excerpt of Marty’s Bent Issue #1218: “Bitcoin awareness is very high. Better education is needed.” Sign up for the newsletter here. via Block Inc. Here’s a great research report put together by Block Inc. and Wakefield Research that aggregates the findings from a survey of 9,500 individuals above the age of 18 broken into three…

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Solana price dives after latest network outage
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Solana price dives after latest network outage

The Solana network is not having a good year, having suffered full or partial outages at least seven separate times over the past 12 months. A bug has knocked the Solana blockchain offline again as block production halted at 16:55 UTC on June 1. This latest outage lasted around four and a half hours as validator operators managed to restart…

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11% of US insurers invest — or are interested in investing — in crypto
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11% of US insurers invest — or are interested in investing — in crypto

United States-based insurers are the most interested in cryptocurrency investment according to a Goldman Sachs global survey of 328 chief financial and chief investment officers regarding their firm’s asset allocations and portfolios. The investment banking giant recently released its annual global insurance investment survey, which included responses regarding cryptocurrencies for the first time, finding that 11% of U.S. insurance firms…

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