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Last week in crypto, bitcoin price bounced around the $29k mark, crypto mining retailer Phoneix eyed up an IPO, and BlackRock vowed to democratize crypto through their spot Bitcoin ETF. Worldcoin is a cryptocurrency project aiming to distribute cryptocurrency to every person on the planet. To achieve this, it plans to use biometric identification technology for a fair and equal distribution. The project aims to provide universal basic income and promote financial inclusion globally.  Neobank platform Hi has secured $30M in funding and shared their vision for an NFT debit card offering. Their founder is predicting cards could bridge the gap between physical and digital assets, allowing users to own unique NFT-based debit cards representing their identity and assets. This innovation could revolutionize the financial landscape in the realm of blockchain and NFTs. Elon Musk is proposing to build his own stablecoin, Musk, but proposed legislation regulating stablecoins in the US may impact this. Follow us to get involved in the crypto community, or head to blockchain.com to buy, trade, and store crypto on a platform trusted by millions. Sign up for a Wallet ⁠https://bit.ly/3dpcCQw⁠ Sign up to the Exchange ⁠https://bit.ly/3QzCKGP⁠ For one year, friends of Blockchain.com can get:  15% off 1Password Families  15% off 1Password Individual  Simply follow the link in our bio to claim your discount now.

In segment ‘Blockchain for good’ we’re unearthing real world examples of how blockchain technology is making a real world difference to people, communities and charities all around the world. We’ll learn more about organizations and projects using crypto and blockchain technology to promote social and economic inclusion, and sustainability efforts.  Today we’re joined by Tori Samples, Senior Product Manager the Stellar Foundation to discuss how , the first-of-its-kind blockchain payment solution for digital cash distribution to internally displaced persons (IDPs) and other war-affected people in Ukraine. Sign up for a Wallet ⁠https://bit.ly/3dpcCQw⁠ Sign up to the Exchange ⁠https://bit.ly/3QzCKGP⁠

Express Crypto News: 60-Second Recap shares the top stories in crypto every week.  Last week in crypto, Solana announced significant network performance increases, UniSwap’s founder had their twitter hacked, and Bitcoin’s price dipped back to $29k.  Tourists from Mainland China can now shop in Hong Kong with Chinese central bank digital currency. Hong Kong has been positioning itself as a global offshore trading center, and this is just the beginning. The digital currency’s expansion signals China’s ongoing push towards digitalization in its financial sector. Also in Hong Kong, McDonald’s has launched a McNuggets themed metaverse. Sandbox users can play mini-games in a McNuggets themed virtual space. Players can earn rewards including SAND tokens - the cryptocurrency of the Sandbox ecosystem, as well as in-game accessories. OpenEx closed its latest funding round on its journey to build a unique hybrid exchange model, bringing together centralization and decentralization. Raising 50 million USD, the round includes prominent names in the Web3 space. Unstoppable Domains have partnered with us, Blockchain.com, to release exclusive single-digit .blockchain domains. Making sending and receiving crypto easier. Sign up for a Wallet ⁠https://bit.ly/3dpcCQw⁠ Sign up to the Exchange ⁠https://bit.ly/3QzCKGP⁠ For one year, friends of Blockchain.com can get:  15% off 1Password Families  15% off 1Password Individual  Simply follow the link in our bio to claim your discount now.

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In our latest podcast segment, ‘Blockchain for good’ we’re unearthing real world examples of how blockchain technology is making a real world difference to people, communities and charities all around the world. We’ll learn more about organizations and projects using crypto and blockchain technology to promote social and economic inclusion, and sustainability efforts.  Today we’re joined by Fereshteh Forough, founder of “Code to Inspire”, which is the first coding school for women in Afghanistan to explore “Code to Inspire’s” approach to economic equality. Sign up for a Wallet ⁠https://bit.ly/3dpcCQw⁠ Sign up to the Exchange ⁠https://bit.ly/3QzCKGP⁠

Today, we share the story of Blockchain.com! From our humble start in York, UK, as an open source project to a global crypto company. Blockchain.com Co-Founders Peter Smith and Nic Cary share their journey. Sign up for a Wallet ⁠https://bit.ly/3dpcCQw⁠ Sign up to the Exchange ⁠https://bit.ly/3QzCKGP⁠

Today, we’re joined by Joao Reginatto, VP Product at Circle, to describe how the innovation of stablecoins (a cryptocurrency designed to have a relatively stable price, typically through being pegged to a commodity or currency or having its supply regulated by an algorithm) can impact not just the crypto market, the macroeconomic environment at large. Sign up for a Wallet ⁠https://bit.ly/3dpcCQw⁠ Sign up to the Exchange ⁠https://bit.ly/3QzCKGP⁠

In our latest “The story of” segment of the Blockchain.com Podcast, we’ll chronicle this journey by speaking with some of the most influential people in the space – the pioneers, the advocates, the regulators and the investors. In today’s episode we’re speaking with Bobby Ong, co-founder of CoinGecko, the world's largest independent cryptocurrency data aggregator, to talk about how the demand for crypto data and “doing your own research” has grown alongside the popularity of crypto.  Sign up for a Wallet ⁠https://bit.ly/3dpcCQw⁠ Sign up to the Exchange ⁠https://bit.ly/3QzCKGP⁠

In our latest “The story of” segment of the Blockchain.com Podcast, we’ll chronicle this journey by speaking with some of the most influential people in the space – the pioneers, the advocates, the regulators and the investors. In today’s episode we’re exploring how the development of bitcoin has made us question our relationship with large financial institutions such as banks, and how much “trust” we place on third-parties to look after our funds.  Will Harborne, CEO and Co-founder of Rhino.fi, a “DeFi aggregator, from one self-custodial platform” is here to highlight some of the issues around centralized finance and how decentralized finance may offer some of the solutions. Sign up for a Wallet ⁠https://bit.ly/3dpcCQw⁠ Sign up to the Exchange ⁠https://bit.ly/3QzCKGP⁠ File your crypto taxes with TurboTax https://turbotax.intuit.com/microsite/home.htm?priorityCode=5775000000&cid=all_blockchain_aff_5775000000

In our latest “The story of” segment of the Blockchain.com Podcast, we’ll chronicle this journey by speaking with some of the most influential people in the space – the pioneers, the advocates, the regulators and the investors. Today, we’re joined by Stephen Pair  – Co-Founder and CEO of BitPay to continue on from the whitepaper, and describe how crypto went from zero to a global market cap of over $1 Trillion in, “The story of crypto economics: from Pizza to Porsche” Sign up for a Wallet ⁠https://bit.ly/3dpcCQw⁠ Sign up to the Exchange ⁠https://bit.ly/3QzCKGP⁠