Elon Musk considers starting social media network that accepts dogecoin
Billionaire and CEO of Tesla and SpaceX Elon Musk is considering launching a social media network that will accept dogecoin and also have the meme token’s tipping feature. Elon Musk has stated that he is “considering” establishing a new open-source social network that supports cryptocurrencies such as dogecoin. After posting a poll on Friday asking […]
Fake ApeCoin Airdrop scams unsuspecting users of $1 Million
Earlier this week, a twitter phising scam hacked verified accounts, and began promoting a phony ApeCoin airdrop which resulted in the loss of more than $1 million for victims. Verified accounts were hacked in a Twitter phishing scam, and some of them had Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) profile pictures . Through a phoney ApeCoin […]
Twitter introduces a crypto team to work on dApps and NFTs
Twitter has announced the formation of a crypto section to oversee its blockchain and crypto-related operations. Twitter goes on to say that it “wants to figure out what crypto can do for Twitter” and that it is willing to pool large sums of money in order to improve and investigate the decentralized technology. Tess Rinearson, […]
Twitter previews its verified NFT as profile photo feature
Twitter has announced the beta release of a widget that will allow users to post a verified NFT as their profile photo. Users will have the option to set crypto collectibles as their profile pic to impress everyone. Mada Aflak, a senior software engineer at Twitter , uploaded a video explaining how users may add […]
New channels and nodes on Lightning Network increase over 20% after Twitter’s Integration
Lightning Network, Bitcoin’s second layer protocol has witnessed an increase in activity following Twitter’s decision to use the network as a means of payments support. Over the previous 24 hours, the number of new nodes and channels on the Lightning Network has climbed by 23.68 percent and 22.24 percent, respectively. The increase in traffic comes […]