This integration will enable users to pay in-app using ETH, DOT, BTC and SOL tokens as well as USDC and USDT stablecoins, with plans to expand options. Raise is also planning to integrate blockchain deeper into its tech stack. Raise, the company behind the popular gift card purchasing app, is...

Gift card giant Raise partners with WalletConnect on crypto payments option

The speculative nature of Bitcoin won’t catapult digital assets into the mainstream, according to Kevin O’Leary. Rather, the ascension of crypto tech will be driven by the disruptive potential of stablecoins tied to real-world currencies, the Canadian investor and “Shark Tank” star believes. “We should expand...

Shark Tank's Kevin O'Leary Lays the Blueprint for Crypto Mass Adoption

U.Today has prepared a summary of the top three news stories over the weekend. XRP gears up for biggest breakout in price history. In the light of recent favorable legal developments, all eyes are again on XRP, the Ripple-affiliated token. Over the last seven days, the price of XRP has seen 17.26% growth, while its daily trading volume is standing at over a billion dollars. What makes investors even more excited about the token is a bullish triangle pattern that is starting to form on its monthly chart. This technical pattern, which is characterized by trendlines converging within an ongoing uptrend, often indicates significant price changes. The pattern shows buyers are becoming more numerous, and there is a considerable likelihood that XRP will break above the upper trend line, possibly resulting in a major rise in price. However, investors should still exercise caution as the crypto market is still volatile.

XRP Gears up for Biggest Breakout in Price History, Crucial Bitcoin Security Warning Issued by Samson Mow, Coinbase Announces Two New Listings: Crypto News Digest by U.Today

Charles Hoskinson addresses some of the challenges and potential intersections between AI and blockchain. Artificial Intelligence is undoubtedly one of the hottest topics within the cryptocurrency industry (and well beyond it) throughout the past few years. With the advent of firms dedicating their efforts to further improving and developing various...

Cardano (ADA) Founder Charles Hoskinson on the Use Cases of Artificial Intelligence in Blockchain

Bernstein rated Riot Platforms, CleanSpark, IREN and Core Scientific as “outperform.”. At the same time, it rated Marathon Digital as “market perform.”. The assessments are based on production, operational efficiency, power, hash costs and AI strategy. In a bitcoin mining report card published today, Bernstein has rated Riot...

Bernstein rates bitcoin miners Riot, CleanSpark, IREN and Core Scientific as 'outperform'

Virginia State

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Disclaimer: This article was written with the help of A.I. software. On July 28, 2024, a TikTok video posted by Erica W., known as @tasteofmelanin on the platform, garnered significant attention after she exposed disturbing racist decorations in an Airbnb rental. The incident occurred in a rental property that Erica had booked, although the exact location remains unspecified. The video has since gone viral, prompting widespread concern and leading to the removal of the listing from Airbnb's platform.

Airbnb Listing Taken Down After Black Woman Finds Hanging Monkeys and Cotton Used As Decor

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In addition to collecting more than 8,000 used needles in the past year from Denver drug users, the Harm Reduction Action Center passed out 10,000 meth pipes and “snort kits,” according to a newsletter sent to its supporters Thursday. They also connected about 1,700 people to medical, mental health and substance abuse treatment.

Denver group hands out 10K meth pipes, ‘snort kits,’ connects 1,700 to treatment annually

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Mark Zuckerberg on Monday predicted a future where hundreds of millions of people regularly wear AI-powered smart glasses like Meta's Ray-Bans.

Mark Zuckerberg predicts a future where nearly everyone is wearing AI-powered smart glasses

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A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

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On Tuesday, licensed Ohio dispensaries began legally selling non-medical marijuana to consumers; however, the drug’s possession, growth and/or usage are still prohibited on Ohio State’s campus. Credit: Jefferee Woo/Tampa Bay Times/TNS [Original caption: Four citizen-led petitions with proposals to update Dallas’ charter hit the 20,000 valid signature threshold to make it on the Nov. 5 election ballot, including one that would ban police officers from arresting or citing people carrying less than four ounces of marijuana.] As of Tuesday, students 21 and older can now legally purchase marijuana in Ohio.

Dispensary sales of recreational marijuana began Tuesday; possession and usage still prohibited on Ohio State’s campus

Google’s Meet app is getting a few more features designed for calls. Meet, the videocalling app Google rolled Duo into a couple of years ago, is designed to handle both meetings and personal video calls. The update, which will roll out over the coming months, focuses on the personal side. It offers an updated UI and features like in-call messaging — things that have only been available in meetings until now.

Google Meet’s latest update includes a new UI and in-call messaging

Increased spot bitcoin ETF inflows from institutional investors is a ‘promising’ indicator: Coinbase. The following is adapted from The Block’s newsletter, The Daily, which comes out on weekday afternoons. Happy Friday! In today's Daily, we look at Worldcoin human verification tech launching in Malaysia, the "promising" rise...

The Daily: 'Promising' spot bitcoin ETF inflows, Worldcoin launches operations in Malaysia and more

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In a divided vote on Senate Bill 1084, which would make a variety of regulatory changes including putting a ban on lab grown meat state-wide, Florida’s Senate and House ultimately decided to pass it, sending it on to Governor DeSantis for approval. DeSantis officially approved it on May 1, 2024, and the law came into effect on July 1, 2024.

DeSantis Signed New Florida Law: Selling Lab Grown Meat Is Now A Second Degree Misdemeanor

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin recently deposited 200 ETH ($534,000) to the Kraken exchange, according to data provided by cryptocurrency analytics platform Lookonchain. The second-largest cryptocurrency is changing hands at $2,647, down 3% over the past 24 hours. Buterin's previous transfer took place on Aug. 9 when he transferred as much...

Ethereum’s Vitalik Makes Major ETH Transfer to Kraken

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Since 2020, the condition known as long COVID-19 has become a widespread disability affecting the health and quality of life of millions of people across the globe and costing economies billions of dollars in reduced productivity of employees and an overall drop in the work force .

Expert: Long COVID puzzle pieces are falling into place – picture is unsettling

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According to cruise industry reports, the world's largest cruise ship is sailing well above 100% capacity, thanks to more beds being filled on recent sailings. Royal Caribbean’s newest flagship, the Icon of the Seas, is proving to be an unprecedented success, with occupancy rates far exceeding expectations.

The Largest Cruise Ship in the World is Sailing at 132% Capacity: How This is Even Possible

All of the investments made this year by Bezos' family office — called Bezos Expeditions — have been in artificial intelligence, according to data provided to CNBC by FINTRX, a private wealth intelligence platform. Bezos Expeditions has always tilted heavily toward tech. Fully 70% of the family office's...

Jeff Bezos' family office is making big investments in AI

Illicit activity on-chain has dropped by almost 20% year-to-date, according to a new Chainalysis report. Although overall crypto crime has declined, the report added that two categories of illicit activity — stolen funds and ransomware — are rising. Illicit cryptocurrency activity has decreased since the beginning of the...

Illicit crypto activity on-chain down nearly 20% since January: Chainalysis

Apple has expanded Near Field Communication (NFC) capabilities to external developers, signalling a transformation in the realm of mobile payments. Rather than limiting transactions to Apple’s digital wallet, this new flexibility allows for transactional applications with a wider range of capabilities. The move is expected to bring more convenience and efficiency into everyday payment methods.

Apple expands NFC capabilities, reshaping mobile payments

The co-founders of crypto analytics platform Glassnode predict a six-figure price tag for Bitcoin (BTC) by 2025. In a new thread, Jan Happel and Yann Allemann, who go by the handle Negentropic, tell their 63,000 followers on the social media platform X that the crypto king will skyrocket to $100,000 by next year.

$100,000 Bitcoin Incoming, According to Glassnode Co-Founders – But There’s a Catch

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Bitcoin sidechain developers unveil BitVM2 whitepaper with improved scaling capabilities

Bitcoin sidechain developers released a whitepaper on the second version of Bitcoin Virtual Machine, BitVM2, and the updated BitVM Bridge. Bitcoin scaling developers released a new...

Bitcoin sidechain developers unveil BitVM2 whitepaper with improved scaling capabilities

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