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What happened this week in the world of blockchain and cryptocurrencies? Current events and background reports in the weekly review.

Some of the world’s biggest companies use Stripe’s software. Now, the Irish-American FinTech’s offers an option for cryptocurrency payments. Initially, Stripe supports the USDC stablecoin on Ethereum, Solana and Polygon, with more to follow. Stripe has been experimenting with crypto payments since 2014. However, the then young startup concluded a few years later that Bitcoin was not ready for mass adoption. The fintech criticized the cryptocurrency’s high fees, long wait times, and unstable value. Meanwhile, blockchain technology has evolved. So-called stablecoins, cryptocurrencies pegged to fiat currencies like the U.S. dollar, enable stable payments on new blockchains at record speeds. Stripe…

Basically, any application that includes functions for storing and handling cryptocurrencies can be called a crypto wallet. A detailed introduction to how wallets work and an overview of different types of crypto wallets and their use cases. It is important to note that cryptocurrencies are not stored on the wallet itself, but on the blockchain. The coins/token on the blockchain are assigned to a publicly visible address. These addresses can be viewed with block explorers. Apart from privacy coin logs, transaction histories and balances of addresses are publicly accessible. The public address is generated from the private key by a complex mathematical…

What is blockchain technology and what is it used for? Basics and explanations with further resources in the CVJ.CH Academy.

What happened this week in the world of blockchain and cryptocurrencies? Current events and background reports in the weekly review.

In the next 24 hours, the bitcoin inflation rate will be reduced by another “halving” – all relevant information.

A SEC lawsuit accuses protocol developer Uniswap Labs of violating United States securities laws.

A complete overview of the day’s events on the crypto markets. Compactly summarized in the CVJ.CH Market Commentary.

DePINs revolutionize industries utilizing blockchain technology. They are a game-changer, offering cost efficiency, user-friendliness, security, and enhancing data utilization.

What happened this week in the world of blockchain and cryptocurrencies? Current events and background reports in the weekly review.

The Swiss National Bank (SNB) is moving forward with the Helvetia III pilot project, becoming the first central bank in the world to issue a tokenized central bank digital currency (CBDC) on a regulated third-party platform. The SNB has been extensively researching the development of a digital central bank currency (CBDC) and identified early on the privacy issues associated with a central registry of all financial transactions. As part of “Project Helvetia,” research has been underway since 2019 on how to settle securities transactions and cross-border payments using blockchain technology and a digital Swiss franc. Despite the potential benefits of…

The Zug-based startup Zippy aims for global cryptocurrency mass appeal with several unique features of its new app.

The Swiss Metaverse Association publishes the first Swiss position paper on regulating the Metaverse.

What is Bitcoin? The decentralized network represents the first functional concept capable of transferring value over the internet without central authorities. An overview of the history and fundamentals of the oldest and largest cryptocurrency. We’re in the year 2008, the internet revolution has entered a sustainable growth phase. Users can transfer data across the globe within seconds. Communication and electronic commerce via websites have become everyday occurrences. However, transferring money over the internet remains difficult. There’s no way around the major financial institutions that act as intermediaries. Credit card companies, banks, and payment service providers divide the global payment traffic…

Everyone uses it, but few know the history of our number one medium of exchange. Money – from its origins to the present day.

The US dollar stablecoin market is currently concentrated in the hands of two companies: Tether and Circle. Now, Ripple wants to enable blockchain payments with a dollar stablecoin via the XRP ledger. Is the company waving the white flag and admitting the failure of its own XRP cryptocurrency? Ripple was founded in 2012 as a crypto startup with the goal of creating a decentralized digital payment system. The company wanted to enable low-cost cross-border transactions and differentiate itself from Bitcoin by offering a more scalable solution. The foundation of this payment network was to be the XRP cryptocurrency, formerly known…