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We must rethink purchasing power parity (PPP) in the cryptocurrency era

Cryptocurrencies are promising a novel avenue for stabilizing global purchasing power parity amidst traditional economic turbulence. This article delves deep into the transformative capabilities of digital assets, identifying both potential opportunities and hurdles that lie ahead. Nestled securely and transparently within the realms of blockchain technology, digital assets are scripting a

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‘End of an era’ — Consensys sunsets Truffle, Ganache amid shift to Metamask Snaps

Ethereum developers are gathering to salute the teams behind Ganache and Truffle, two toolkits that were once vital in the early days of Ethereum smart contracts.In a Sept. 22 post, Consensys announced the sunset of the two products amid a broader shift to Metamask Snaps and SDK. Consensys is announcing

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Bitcoin will bring global payments out of the ‘fax era’ — Ex-PayPal boss

While information today can be easily transferred over the internet via email or text, global payments have remained in the “fax era,” according to the former president of PayPal. In a Sept. 11 interview with CNBC, David Marcus, the former PayPal executive and co-founder of Bitcoin Lightning-focused payment service Lightspark said he

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Spanish central bank official talks about private payment services in era of digital euro

Deputy Governor of the Bank of Spain Margarita Delgado spoke to university students and others about the introduction of the digital euro in Pamplona on Aug. 25. Looking into a future through the lens of the European Commission’s recently proposed digital euro legislative plan, she spoke at length about how

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PancakeSwap Joins The Ranks Of DeFi Giants On zkSync Era: Here’s Why It Matters

Decentralized Exchange (DEX) PancakeSwap (CAKE), has announced the launch of PancakeSwap v3 on zkSync Era, a Layer 2 scaling solution that promises to deliver improved scalability, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness to its users. According to the announcement, with the popularity of ZK rollups increasing and users and builders increasingly looking to L2

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Decentralized Exchange PancakeSwap Expands to zkSync Era Blockchain

As a DEX, PancakeSwap relies on smart contracts instead of middlemen to process trades, lending and lottery services for users. The DEX is available on the BNB Chain, Ethereum, Polygon zkEVM, Aptos and now zkSync Era. The protocol held over $1.57 billion worth of tokens as of Wednesday, DefiLlama data

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