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On the Road to Yuan Internalization: Petrochina Completes First Digital Yuan Settlement
24.10.2023
Petrochina, the largest Asian oil and gas producer, has completed a settlement using the Chinese central bank digital currency (CBDC), the digital yuan. The operation, which involved a purchase of 1 million crude barrels through the Shanghai Oil and Gas Trading Center platform, marks the first time...
Circle launches Web3 development platform for Web2 developers
19.10.2023
Circle announced the launch of a new platform that uses pre-vetted templates to make building Web3 apps easier for traditional developers
Circle to Let Merchants Pay for Customers' Gas Fees With Web3 Wallet Upgrade
19.10.2023
Southeast Asian super app Grab is currently piloting the "Gas Station" to cover gas fees for its Singaporean users if they use NFT vouchers
India state refiner HPCL uses blockchain to verify purchase orders
19.10.2023
Hindustan Petroleum, one of India’s largest oil and gas companies, is launching a blockchain system to enable automated verification of purchase orders
Agnostic Nature of Blockchain Technology ‘Makes It the Ideal Foundation for Global Travel Industry’ — Pablo Castillo
16.10.2023
Although the travel industry is said to be in great need of digital innovation, according to Pablo Castillo, the CTO of the blockchain-based travel firm Chain4travel, “aviation is the most obvious sector to innovate with blockchain.” To support this assertion, Castillo, a former group...
Big Oil's Using Fortnite, TikTok, And Twitch In Effort To Convince Kids Fossil Fuels Are Cool
6.10.2023
Kids today only care about online free-to-play shooter Fortnite. They don’t even talk about how great gasoline is! Luckily for us, one large oil company wants to change that using Fortnite, TikTok stars, and Twitch streamers. Welcome to Hell. Read more
Argentinian oil company to start mining crypto with gas power leftovers
27.9.2023
Tecpetrol hopes to reduce environmental impact by avoiding gas emissions, and generate some additional profits in the meantime
Argentinian Oil Producer Will Mine Crypto with Associated Gas
27.9.2023
Tecpetrol, a major Argentinian oil producer, has announced plans to mine crypto using associated gas.
The Buenos Aires-based firm explores and produces oil and gas in Argentina, as well as other LATAM countries like Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, and Colombia.
And per Rio Negro,...
Venezuela extends reorganization shutdown of crypto agency to March 2024
26.9.2023
The government will spend six additional months to ‘reorganize” the entity, which de-facto stopped its work in March 2023
High Gas Fees Alert: Binance Wallet Records $840,000 in Abnormal Ethereum Charges
22.9.2023
The Ethereum (ETH) network experienced a surge of abnormally high gas fees on Thursday, with over 140,000 transactions directed to a wallet address labeled by Etherscan as “Binance 14.”
While the Ethereum network's average gas fee hovered around 10 gwei, Binance’s transactions consistently paid...
Binance wallet spends almost $1M in ETH gas fees in one day
21.9.2023
Binance reportedly said that they were doing a wallet aggregation process to ensure the safety of user funds
Environmentalists Rally Against Crypto Mining Facility Renewal in New York, Citing Climate Concerns
11.9.2023
Environmental advocates are redoubling their efforts to persuade New York officials to decline an air permit renewal for a cryptocurrency mining facility in North Tonawanda. They assert that the operation imperils residents’ quality of life and undermines the state’s climate objectives...
‘I’m Bullish on Bitcoin’ — Ted Cruz Champions Bitcoin’s Boon for Texas and Power Grid Boosts
9.9.2023
Ted Cruz, the U.S. Republican senator from Texas, expressed his optimism on Friday, stating he’s “bullish on bitcoin,” after a recent interview with Forbes released on September 8. During the conversation, Cruz highlighted emerging reports indicating that bitcoin mining...
Green Bitcoin Mining: Nodal Power Secures $13M for Landfill Gas Conversion
30.8.2023
Utah-based Nodal Power, which specializes in turning landfill gas into energy for powering bitcoin (BTC) mining hubs, recently announced a successful $13 million seed round backed by strategic investors. Bryan Black, Nodal’s CEO, stressed the technology’s “potential to make...
The Protocol: Friend.tech Fades as Crypto Craze, but Ethereum Is Scaling
30.8.2023
This week in blockchain tech: Polygon's new "chain development kit," Farcaster's move to Optimism, Shibarium's return and Interlay's new Bitcoin layer-2 network, and Pancake Swap expands to Consensys's Linea
Ethereum Handled Friend.tech Frenzy Without 'Gas Fee' Spike. Why That’s a Big Deal
30.8.2023
Friend.tech, Crypto's latest fad, didn't drive up congestion and fees on Ethereum the way frenzies have in the past – possibly a sign that the blockchain's efforts to scale by fostering supplemental "layer-2" networks, like Coinbase's new Base, are bearing fruit
Indian Official: De-Dollarization Remains Distant, Rupee Should Become Dominant Currency
27.8.2023
India’s oil and gas minister says de-dollarization is a long way away. The official emphasized his desire to conduct all transactions in rupees, expressing his wish for the Indian currency to become “the lead currency in the world.” Indian Official on De-Dollarization India’s Minister...
Visa Eyes Mass Adoption of Crypto by Testing On-Chain Gas Fee Payment Through Fiat
11.8.2023
Visa says managing ether (ETH) balance to cover gas fees is “burdensome” and too complex, according to a blog post
Visa Completes Off-Chain Gas Payments Test Using Visa Cards
11.8.2023
Payment solution giant Visa revealed that it has successfully completed initial tests that allow users to pay their on-chain gas fees directly in fiat money through Visa card payments.
Mustafa Bedawala, a product manager at Visa, unveiled the project, shedding light on a common obstacle faced...
Visa explores crypto gas fees payments through cards
11.8.2023
Visa’s innovative solution employs Ethereum's ERC-4337 standard and the "paymaster" smart contract, enabling off-chain gas fee settlement