DoorDash Pays Drivers in Stablecoins via Tempo

DoorDash has begun building stablecoin payment infrastructure on Tempo, the Layer-1 blockchain incubated by Stripe and Paradigm, to pay delivery workers and merchants across more than 40 countries at near-instant settlement speeds and fixed US dollar fees, in one of the largest real-world stablecoin payment deployments by a publicly traded US company to date. Summary…

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Polish Crypto Exchange Zondacrypto CEO Flees to Israel as $97M Fraud Probe Deepens

Key Takeaways: Polish prosecutors launched a fraud investigation into Zondacrypto, identifying losses of at least 350 million PLN ($97M) affecting up to 30,000 users. CEO Przemysław Kral is reportedly in Israel, where his citizenship may prevent extradition as Israel does not extradite its own citizens. Kral’s last public communication confirmed 4,500 BTC in an inaccessible…

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Israeli airstrikes hit Hezbollah positions in Lebanon amid ceasefire doubts

Israeli airstrikes targeted southern Lebanon following Netanyahu’s orders, hitting Hezbollah positions. The Trump-endorsed Israeli ceasefire by April 30 market sits at 100% YES, but that number may be misleading given the escalation on the ground. Market reaction The current 100% YES odds across all three related markets reflect resolved or illiquid binary contracts, not actual…

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E-cash.org Predates Bitcoin.org by 29 days

Key Takeaways: Historians like Gwern Branwen link e-cash.org, registered July 20, 2008, to Satoshi Nakamoto based on timing with bitcoin.org. The domain was registered 29 days before bitcoin.org, matching Satoshi’s private draft file named ecash.pdf. The domain remains under privacy-protected ownership via Dynadot with a renewal extending to 2028. E-cash.org Domain Draws Renewed Interest The…

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Pi Network Sponsors Consensus 2026 Miami

Pi Network has confirmed it is an official sponsor of Consensus 2026 in Miami, with co-founders Nicolas Kokkalis and Chengdiao Fan each presenting at the event on May 7 and May 6 respectively, as the network simultaneously faces a mandatory April 27 deadline for all node operators to upgrade to Protocol 22. Summary Pi Network…

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