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Quick Take Payment processing giant Stripe has enabled crypto purchases via its technology in the EU, according to the Irish Independent. Online vendors in the region can reportedly now add a widget on their sites for users to purchase Bitcoin, Ether and Solana, among others.
Worldcoin token unlock for investors and “team members” of Tools for Humanity is set to kick off on July 24.The project also announced that the unlock schedule for 80% of the tokens held by Tools for Humanity team members has been extended from three years to five years.
Quick Take UK High Court Judge James Mellor is referring Craig Wright to the Crown Prosecution Service to consider perjury and forgery charges. Judge Mellor ruled in March that Craig Wright is not Satoshi Nakamoto or the author of the Bitcoin whitepaper.
BlackRock’s IBIT led with $117.25 million in inflows on July 15, also being the most traded Bitcoin ETF.
Quick Take Polygon Labs announced that Plonky3, the latest version of its ZK proving system, is now production-ready for developers. Polygon plans to use Plonky3 in its upcoming AggLayer, an interoperability layer designed to facilitate unified liquidity and security across a network of chains.
- 13:43Video protocol Toji on Solana ecosystem receives investment from a16z CryptoThe video protocol Toji on the Solana ecosystem has announced an investment from a16z Crypto, with the specific amount yet to be disclosed. The new funds will support its creation of a popularity market based on videos on the Solana blockchain, and also create a TikTok model on-chain.
- 13:40The U.S. stock market opens, the NASDAQ starts up 2.4%The market shows that U.S. stocks opened, with the Dow Jones up 0.98%, the S&P 500 index up 1.6%, and the Nasdaq up 2.4%. Large tech stocks rose across the board, with Nvidia (NVDA.O) rising nearly 3%, Apple (AAPL.O) rising nearly 7%, Intel (INTC.O) rising nearly 4%, and Tesla (TSLA.O) increasing over 3%. Goldman Sachs (GS.N) rose more than 3% as its Q1 stock business revenue exceeded market expectations.
- 13:26Tether: Will deploy computing power in the OCEAN mining poolAccording to official news, Tether has announced plans to deploy its existing and future computing power on the OCEAN mining pool. Furthermore, the OCEAN mining pool was founded by LukeDashjr, a senior developer of Bitcoin Core. This strategic move strengthens Tether's support for the resilience, transparency and decentralization of Bitcoin infrastructure.