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Web3   -   Aug 15, 2023 Calaxy Brings the Creator Economy to Hedera Hashgraph Blockchain
Calaxy Hedera Creative Marketplace

The Calaxy social marketplace finally went live last week, allowing creators to easily monetize their efforts, backed by the benefits of blockchain technology.

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Adoption   -   Aug 14, 2023 Hedera Hashgraph-based Dropp Showcased as FedNow Service Provider
FedNow Hedera Hashgraph Dropp

The DLT-powered ultra-low-cost merchant payments solution features on the FedNow instant payments website in its service provider showcase.

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Newsletters   -   Aug 13, 2023 Sunday Review 13/08/2023
Observers Sunday Review 13/08/2023

Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic launched the first tourist flight to space this week, carrying a former Olympian and a mother and daughter from the Caribbean. But wen moon? Maybe a recap of the week's crypto news will help us to find out. Two big launches here

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Adoption   -   Aug 11, 2023 Aptos Labs Partners Microsoft: Using AI to Assist Web3 Onboarding
Aptos Labs Partners Microsoft: Using AI to Assist Web3 Onboarding

Aptos Labs hopes to remove some of the barriers to Web3 adoption by partnering with Microsoft to provide a natural language AI assistant to answer user questions regarding the transition from Web2.0

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Exchanges   -   Aug 09, 2023 Crypto is More Beanie Baby Than Security: Coinbase Defiant Against SEC
Crypto is More Beanie Baby Than Security: Coinbase Defiant Against SEC

Coinbase has moved to have the SEC lawsuit against it dismissed, arguing simply that it does not trade securities. But as it launches its own Ethereum L2 network, we are getting mixed messages over crypto’s worth and whether or not the SEC asked it to delist all tokens but bitcoin.

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Stablecoins   -   Aug 08, 2023 PayPal Finally Launches Dollar Stablecoin After SEC-related Delays
PayPal PYUSDT stablecoin

On Monday, online payments processor PayPal announced the launch of its long-promised dollar-pegged stablecoin. The token was originally expected in Q1 2023, but was delayed following an SEC notice against issuing partner Paxos.

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Payment System   -   Aug 07, 2023 Apple Savings Top $10 Billion, But Goldman Sachs Reportedly Wants Out
Apple Savings and Goldman Sachs

Apple Card’s high-yield savings account has seen over $10 billion in customer deposits since its launch in April, but banking partner Goldman Sachs allegedly wants to walk away from the arrangement, as it reduces the consumer-facing side of its business.

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Newsletters   -   Aug 06, 2023 Sunday Review 06/08/2023
Observers Sunday Review 06.08.2023

This week, a Chinese zoo felt the need to assure the general public that its sun bears were not people in costume, after a video went viral showing Angela the sun bear standing on her hind legs and waving at visitors in a very human-like manner. Conspiracy theorists on social

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