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The Avalanche Foundation has launched the Avalanche Card, a Visa crypto card. The Visa card links to a self-custody wallet and supports various cryptocurrencies. Initially available in Latin America and the Caribbean, Avalanche Card has no spending fees. The Avalanche Foundation, known for its innovative contributions to the cryptocurrency and blockchain landscape, has announced the launch of the Avalanche Card, a Visa cryptocurrency spending card. This new financial tool allows users to spend their digital assets seamlessly, marking a significant step in the integration of cryptocurrency into everyday transactions. The Avalanche Card Announced on October 21 via the social media platform X, the Avalanche Card is designed to enhance user experience by supporting a variety of cryptocurrencies, including Circle’s USD Coin (USDC), Wrapped AVAX (WAVAX), and BENQI Liquid Staked AVAX (sAVAX). Introducing the Avalanche Card! 🔺 Spend your WAVAX, USDC, sAVAX, and more wherever Visa i...

Buenos Aires has launched a digital identity service called QuarkID that uses zero-knowledge proofs. The service enables privacy by verifying documents without revealing personal data. QuarkID will expand nationally, with pilots in other Argentinian regions underway. The city of Buenos Aires has unveiled a groundbreaking digital identity service called QuarkID, aimed at enhancing residents’ privacy through advanced cryptographic technology known as zero-knowledge proofs. Integrated into the miBA app, a platform that has facilitated access to municipal services for the past seven years, QuarkID seeks to give approximately 3.6 million porteños greater control over their personal information. Zero-knowledge proofs allow users to verify the authenticity of documents without revealing unnecessary personal data. For instance, residents can confirm their age when purchasing alcohol without disclosing their full birthdate or address. This approach is designed to empower citizens by pro...

Key takeaways Bitcoin Dogs will launch its game by the end of the month. $0DOG is up 12% in the last 24 hours as it climbs above $0.010 Bitcoin Dogs to roll out its game by month-end The Bitcoin Dogs team has revealed that it will launch its Web3 game by the end of the month. In an X post over the weekend, Bitcoin Dogs told its community to prepare to earn big. Bitcoin Dogs’ Telegram-based Play-2-Earn (P2E) game looks to leverage the millions of users already playing several Telegram games. The Telegram game will feature an in-game currency known as Bark, which players are expected to earn by playing.  What is Bitcoin Dogs? The cryptocurrency market performed excellently over the last seven days, with Bitcoin touching the $69k level again. This allowed new projects like Bitcoin Dogs to recover from their recent bearish move and rally higher.  Bitcoin Dogs is a new project offering products and services to users in the Bitcoin ecosystem. The project is the first...

Stripe has closed a $1.1 billion acquisition of stablecoin firm Bridge. The company reestablished support for crypto payments in April, adding USDC on Ethereum, Solana and Polygon in October 2024. Stripe has completed the acquisition of Bridge, a stablecoin platform that helps companies and businesses accept payments in stablecoins. According to TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington, Stripe’s deal for Bridge is valued at $1.1 billion and is the fintech company’s largest to date. The TechCrunch founder shared the news via X. Stripe’s acquisition of Bridge comes after reports of talks for a deal surfaced last week. This also comes after Stripe, which has recently increased its visibility in the crypto space with recent deals such as TaxJar and Lemon Squeezy, unveiled its latest crypto-focused feature. The ‘Pay with Crypto’ feature, which integrates Paxos , allows companies to add stablecoins to their checkout systems. It’s a step that has also seen several other platforms partner ...

Mountain Protocol has integrated Chainlink’s cross-chain transfers technology. The cross-chain interoperability protocol, CCIP, will help USDM users transfer yield-bearing stablecoin across Ethereum, Base and other chains. Mountain Protocol has announced that it will tap into oracle network Chainlink ’s technology for cross-chain transfers of its yield-bearing stablecoin USDM. The USDM token is fully backed by US Treasuries. Mountain Protocol integrates CCIP According to a blog post , the integration involves Chainlink’s cross-chain interoperability protocol (CCIP). Mountain Protocol will leverage the standard for cross-chain  transfers of its stablecoin USDM across Ethereum, Optimism, Arbitrum, Base, and Polygon PoS. Users can use the Chainlink-powered XSwap bridge for these transfers. Mountain Protocol launches USDM cross-chain native bridging with @chainlink 's CCIP, simplifying transfers and unifying liquidity across multiple blockchains while ensuring security. You ...

Worldcoin has rebranded to ‘World’ and introduced several new features to enhance its World ID. The project also announced the mainnet launch of its blockchain World Chain. Worldcoin is now simply “World” after the blockchain-based identity verification project announced it’s rebranding on Oct. 17. Sam Altman and Alex Blania, co-founders of World, announced the name change during a company event in San Francisco. As well as the rebranding, the project unveiled several updates aimed at bringing ‘proof-of-humanity’ technology to more people . One of the key announcements is World’s unveiling of a new version of the biometric identification device the Orb. The company said the next-gen Orb is powered by NVIDIA’s latest Jetson chipset and offers as much as fivefold the AI performance of the previous version. World has also introduced World ID 3.0, an advanced version of World ID and designed to enable further verification across the globe. The World ID Credentials and Deep Face f...

October, known as “Uptober,” historically boosts Bitcoin prices significantly. Bitcoin Dogs (0DOG) could surge alongside BTC, with predictions of 100X growth. Upcoming catalysts include a Telegram game and NFT collection driving demand. As October unfolds, the cryptocurrency market is buzzing with excitement, and Bitcoin Dogs (0DOG) is emerging as a prominent player in this landscape. Historically known as “Uptober,” this month has seen Bitcoin (BTC) experience significant gains, averaging around 22% in previous years. Analysts are optimistic that Bitcoin Dogs , as a leading beta play in this market, will follow suit and deliver impressive returns for investors. Historical context and macro conditions Bitcoin’s average performance through October indicates a strong likelihood of hitting $73,000 before the month’s end. Coupled with China’s stimulating economic measures and expectations of a 50 basis point cut in interest rates from the Federal Reserve, conditions appear ripe f...