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What’s Interesting Today: Worldcoin has expanded its World ID verification services to Guatemala, Malaysia, and Poland, addressing the rising need for secure online identity verification in response to AI-driven fraud. In these countries, users can verify their identities via the World App. Worldcoin also introduced Face Auth, a private,

What’s Interesting Today: Citrea has launched its BitVM-based bridge, Clementine, on the Bitcoin testnet, aiming to utilize Bitcoin as a settlement layer for global finance. The Clementine bridge facilitates a trust-minimized two-way peg, allowing Bitcoin to be locked on the main chain and equivalent tokens to be minted for

What’s Interesting Today: 21.co, the parent of 21Shares, integrated Chainlink's Proof of Reserve on Ethereum and Solana to enhance the transparency of its wrapped Bitcoin product, 21BTC. This integration allows for real-time reserve verification, ensuring 21BTC is fully backed by Bitcoin in cold storage, bolstering user

What’s Interesting Today: Australian energy tech firm Powerledger is expanding into the Solana ecosystem, aligning with shared values of sustainability and transparency amid growing interest in Regenerative Finance (ReFi). This integration aims to enhance clean energy narratives within blockchain and represents a commitment to aligning financial innovation with planetary

What’s Interesting Today: Worldcoin has introduced Face Auth, a security feature for its World ID protocol that ensures only verified users can access their World App wallets. Face Auth is a private, on-device face comparison that matches a selfie against an image captured during the orb verification process, enhancing

What’s Interesting Today: Chain-key Bitcoin (ckBTC), a non-custodial Bitcoin token built on the Internet Computer blockchain (ICP), will soon bridge to the Cosmos ecosystem via the decentralized exchange Osmosis. This move introduces a secure, non-custodial Bitcoin option to Cosmos, amid concerns over centralization in existing wrapped Bitcoin solutions like

What’s Interesting Today: Sui, a Layer 1 blockchain, is set to launch Circle's native USDC and Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol (CCTP), becoming the first blockchain using the Move programming language to support these protocols. This integration enhances Sui's security, utility, and interoperability, while bringing more liquidity

What’s Interesting Today: Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) is now live on ZKsync, enhancing cross-chain DApp development and interoperability. This integration allows developers to create DApps that operate across multiple blockchains and facilitates programmable token transfers and cross-chain smart contracts. The move supports asset tokenization and increases blockchain

What’s Interesting Today: On September 13, Worldcoin announced the integration of its World ID with the Solana blockchain through a new cross-chain protocol from the Wormhole Foundation, which received a Worldcoin Wave 1 Community Grant. This integration enables seamless authentication for Solana-based decentralized applications (DApps) and enhances cross-chain compatibility

What’s Interesting Today: Grayscale Investments has introduced the Grayscale® XRP Trust, offering accredited investors a way to invest in XRP, the digital asset that powers the XRP Ledger (XRPL) for cross-border transactions. This Trust is available for daily subscriptions and operates like Grayscale's other single-asset investment products.