Announcements

Ethereum scaling solution Polygon has partnered with phone maker Nothing to bring Web3 tech to mobile users. The upcoming Nothing Phone (1) will integrate Polygon’s tech for easier mobile access to dApps, games, payments, and more. While Solana recently announced its Solana Mobile Stack (SMS) software initiative and Saga phone, Polygon revealed Wednesday its own…

Iran’s government is taking steps in preparation for the launch of a new digital currency, referred to as the crypto rial. The monetary authority in Tehran hopes to initiate the project’s pilot phase within the next two months. The authorities of the Islamic Republic are taking the necessary measures to launch a pilot of the…

Hazam (HZM), the Arabic cryptocurrency project from Bahrain, has signed a strategic partnership with ChicMic, one of India’s leading software development companies, to launch its own metaverse world and Web3-based communication applications. HZM, one of the first Arab cryptocurrencies founded by Bahrainis, partnered with ChicMic to be its technological arm. ChicMic will oversee the completion,…

Digital asset brokerage Voyager Digital said Friday that it is pausing all customer trading, deposits, and withdrawals. The crypto company claimed it had been affected by the liquidation of Three Arrows Capital. Voyager Digital is suspending trading, deposits, and withdrawals in the latest sign of the deepening crisis in the crypto markets. Voyager said the…

Djed, Cardano’s algorithmic stablecoin, developed in collaboration with the COTI network, might launch shortly after the Vasil Hard Fork mainnet launch, its team revealed. The tentative date of the launch could be in the last week of July. “We are also waiting for Cardano’s Vasil Hard Fork to take place. The Vasil Hard Fork will…

Two Saudi agencies – Access Abu Dhabi and the Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO) – and Web3 identity and NFT domain name service provider Unstoppable Domains signed a partnership to give away free crypto domains to female residents in Abu Dhabi, aiming to incentivize them to participate in Web3. Abu Dhabi is looking to attract…