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El Salvador Makes First Moves Toward Bitcoin Mining Using Volcanoes
El Salvador’s president, Nayib Bukele, recently uploaded a Twitter video demonstrating the country’s “initial steps” toward enabling Bitcoin mining using renewable energy. The video gave a glimpse of a new volcanic geothermal Bitcoin mining plant under construction in El Salvador, the first country to adopt Bitcoin as legal cash.
While the United States waits, Canada’s Evolve launches the first multi-crypto ETF
When it comes to establishing crypto ETFs in the market, Canada’s Evolve Funds Group is taking the necessary steps. Evolve introduced the country’s first multi-crypto ETF on September 29. Instead of having a specific crypto-focused ETF, the objective is to diversify exposure to multiple cryptocurrencies.
Polygon momentarily surpasses Ethereum in terms of active addresses after a 330% increase
Polygon(MATIC), a layer two aggregator, has experienced a 330% increase in active addresses over the last three months. According to protocol co-founder Mihailo Bjelic, the number of daily active unique addresses on layer two aggregator Polygon has overtaken those on high-cost layer one Ethereum.
Twitter is testing a verification badge for NFT profile photos
Users will be able to set crypto items as their profile pictures in order to wow everyone. The profile picture will also be tagged with a badge to show that it is a genuine article, allowing them to flaunt their massively costly CryptoPunk or Bored Ape profile picture with confidence.
Verifiable Chainlink The Random Function Strikes a Landmark 1,000,000 Requests
Chainlink(LINK) VRF has processed 1 million requests across Binance Smart Chain, Polygon, and Ethereum in 35 use cases. Chainlink’s verified random function (VRF) has generated over 1 million requested random numbers, a significant milestone. Chainlink VRF provides a verified source of randomization for applications running on Binance Smart Chain, Polygon, and Ethereum(ETH).
