Announcements

Twitter has launched its long-anticipated NFT profile picture feature for Twitter Blue subscribers. It allows iOS users to link their crypto wallets to Twitter and display their NFTs in a hexagonally-shaped profile picture as proof of authenticity. On Thursday, Twitter announced the launch of its NFT profile picture feature for Twitter Blue users, a paid…

Based in Bahrain, crypto exchange platform Rain has raised $110 million in a Series B funding round, led by global venture capital investors, including Kleiner Perkins, Coinbase Ventures, and Paradigm. According to the statement issued by Rain, other investors participated in its latest funding round, including Global Founders Capital, MEVP, Cadenza Ventures, and CMT Digital….

The first country in the EU, Spain, is trying to control the way cryptocurrencies are marketed, with new restrictions on influencers’ promotions. According to the new rules published Monday, posts promoting crypto-assets must now include the appropriate disclaimer. Fines for non-compliance could reach €300,000. The new rules will come into force in February. The fast…

BitPay, one of the world’s most popular crypto payments processors, revealed that over 2021, Bitcoin’s use at merchants that use its payment services dropped to about 65%, down from 92% in 2020. Ether purchases accounted for 15% of the total, stablecoins were 13%, while Dogecoin, Shiba Inu, and Litecoin, added to BitPay in 2021, accounted…

Block, the Jack Dorsey-led payments company (formerly known as Square), wants to democratize access to Bitcoin mining by building an open mining system. This comes amidst fears that Bitcoin mining is becoming too centralized. Block is building an open Bitcoin mining system as it continues to expand beyond its core payments business and embraces CEO…

Dogecoin soared 25% and briefly topped the $0.2 price range following Tesla’s announcement that it would begin accepting the meme coin. Tesla CEO, Elon Musk, tweeted that the automaker would finally begin accepting DOGE, a move that the meme coin community had greatly anticipated. Musk, a big proponent of Doge, had teased this adoption numerous…