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There has been a lot of talk about Dogecoin (DOGE) making its way into X’s payment platform. X owner Elon Musk has showered much support for the dog-themed memecoin. Musk has repeatedly said that DOGE is his favorite cryptocurrency. The tech billionaire has even enabled DOGE payments for Tesla merchandise. Also Read: Pi Network (PI) Faces 50% Correction: Should You Buy The Dip? Grok AI Sheds Light On Dogecoin Integration On X Source: Watcher Guru According to X’s in-built AI chatbot, Grok, “ Whether X will include Dogecoin in its payment platform remains uncertain as of now. “ Despite the uncertainty, the AI chatbot highlighted Musk’s fondness for DOGE. Grok further said that X has pursued money transmitter licenses across the US. The platform has approvals in 38 states as of 2025. The payment platform could go live sometime later this year. Also Read: Bitcoin Reserves a ‘Time Bomb’—Russian Economist Warns of 50% Crash According to regulatory documents from...

Flare (FLR) price surged on Monday to reach highs last seen in June 2023. The gains after Flare announced Google Cloud had joined its network as an infrastructure provider. The native token of EVM-based Layer 1 blockchain Flare (FLR) is surging after a major ecosystem development announced today, Monday January 15, 2024. After trading at lows of $0.017 early in the day, FLR spiked double digits to hit highs of $0.023. The surge saw FLR reach price s last seen in early June, 2023. If the upside continues, buyers could target May 2023 resitance levels above $0.030. The FLR token is a utility token used for payments, transaction fees and staking. The community can also delegate them to FTSO data providers as Wrapped FLR (WFLR). These can also be staked to allow for governance voting Why is Flare price rising? Today’s price increase for Flare (FLR) comes after the blockchain platform announced that cloud computing giant Google Cloud had joined its netwo...

zkLink has unveiled Nexus, a Layer-3 platform for seamless Ethereum Layer-2 integration. Nexus ensures security with zk-SNARKs, adaptive liquidity rebalancing, and a unified SDK for easy dApp deployment. Nexus was unveiled at the Layer-3 Summit during Devconnect in Istanbul, Turkey. Blockchain solutions developer zkLink has unveiled Nexus, a groundbreaking Layer-3 (L3) platform designed to enhance the Ethereum ecosystem’s scalability, reduce gas costs, and provide unparalleled customizability for decentralized applications (dApps). This development addresses the persistent challenge of liquidity fragmentation within different zk-Rollup Layer-2 (L2) ecosystems. Bridging the gap in Layer-2 ecosystems Nexus serves as a vital infrastructure layer, offering a unified trading layer for Ethereum’s Layer-2 protocols. Developed to seamless ly integrate with popular L2 solutions like zkSync, StarkNet, and Polygon zkEVM, the platform allows dApp developers...

Coinbase is considering integrating Bitcoin’s Lightning Network to facilitate quicker crypto payments. The exchange’s CEO, Brian Armstrong, hinted at it in response to a tweet by Jack Dorsey. The Twitter co-founder, in his turn, questioned Coinbase’s approach toward Bitcoin (BTC) and Lightning Network adoption. We’re looking into how to best add Lightning. It’s non-trivial, but I think worth doing. I’m all for payments taking off in Bitcoin. Not sure why you think we’re ignoring Bitcoin – we’ve onboarded more people to Bitcoin than probably any company in the world. Let’s build it… https://t.co/9dFGYd6XZt — Brian Armstrong ️ (@brian_armstrong) August 2, 2023 Armstrong voiced enthusiasm for integrating it into Coinbase, emphasizing that although the integration is complex, the advantages of facilitating speedier Bitcoin payments make it worthwhile. You might also like: Binance integrates The Bitcoin Lightning Network Coinbase’s apparen...