The crypto market is full of platforms that make Airdrop for active users. Our experts tell you how to identify a promising project based on three criteria

Airdrop has become an extremely popular trend in the cryptocurrency market. On the one hand, users are migrating en masse to second-tier networks in the expectation of hunting for future Airdrops there. On the other hand, projects everywhere announce the release and distribution of tokens in advance in order to attract the audience.

Thus, the market is in a hype, which greatly disperses the attention of users. Previously, there were only a few projects on the public ear, for the manifestation of activity in which you should expect a solid distribution of tokens. Now, since money and time are limited. And there are a lot of options – we have to choose which Airdrop is really worth hunting for.

The first and foremost criterion in selecting a project is the amount of investment involved in that project

There are several reasons for this. First, the presence of large financial injections indicates a potentially high valuation of the project in the future. This directly affects the rate of the future token and, consequently, the size of the eirdrop in terms of dollars.

Secondly, the presence of large investors is also a kind of guarantor that there are no fraudsters behind the platform. As a rule, investment funds do know where they put their money. The identities of the developers are known, where they live, where they are registered. This significantly reduces the risk that the founders of the project will be able to misappropriate the assets of users and hide with them. Since in this case it will be easier for the police to find them.

Third, significant investment is a resource for both creating a good product and organizing a successful marketing campaign.

It is especially good when the investors are well-known large investment funds. For example, such as Binance Labs, Blockchain Capital, a16z and others. These are titans of the crypto market who know their business and usually support projects at the development stage and beyond.

Second criterion is the number of users and competition in this Aridrop

The presence of large investments and big names among investors is not enough. At least because the project may fail and not pay off. But another reason could also be “overfarming”. When there are too many users hunting for a giveaway. And the allocation of tokens for each may turn out to be too small.

So, if you have chosen a few projects with good investments. Then you should check them for the number of users chasing the future Airdrop. Or check what you need to do to get at least into the first 50% of the user rating.

To do this is not so easy, projects do not always give transparent information on this matter. So you have to look for it in roundabout ways. Here are two options:

Today, many projects have introduced a points system, on the basis of which future tokens will be distributed. As a rule, the project publishes a rating of users by the number of points they have accumulated. Having analyzed this rating, you can estimate what you will need to do to get ahead of most of your competitors.

If, say, to get into the top 20-30% of users will require a huge effort – probably, the project is “overfarmed”, and it is not worth spending time and money on it. And vice versa: the easier and cheaper it is to gain points and move higher in the ranking. The greater the potential of the airdrop size specifically for you.

Another example: the derivatives platform Satori.
Despite the huge number of users, get into the first 10 thousand by rating. And it is enough to invest on the platform a couple of thousand dollars for a few weeks.

In the second option and when working in the networks of the second level, the analytical platform Dune will help you. It allows you to see statistics on different blockchains for all wallets. You can find out how much users have invested. And how many transactions they made and for how much, how many days and months they were active.

Based on this information, you can figure out what you need to do to outperform most of your competitors in terms of activity. Our experts recommend trying to get at least into the first 30% of the rating. It is likely that those who are not in the top 50% will be left without an Airdrop or receive a low allocation.

Third criterion is the time the project has been in existence and the expected time to Airdrop

We have selected a few projects with large investments – then we have weeded out those with large competition – now we need to understand how long we have left to wait for a potential Airdrop. If there is a high probability that the distribution will be in a month or two, it is better to skip this project for two reasons.

First, you risk not having enough months of activity to get an eirdrop.

Secondly, even if you know that airdrop is a month away and the snapshot hasn’t been made yet – it’s still debatable to stop on this project. You’ll be way behind in points from early users and won’t have time to gain much allocation. Therefore, it only makes sense to participate in such giveaways if there are no alternatives. It is better to strive to join the project at an early stage.

Conclusions

It is not easy to find interesting projects with good airdrop potential, but it is not so difficult. Yes, you need to spend time, gather statistics and analyze them. But this is the job of an ” airdrop hunter”, and it is important to do it. It will help you avoid an extremely unpleasant situation. And in which you will not only waste money and time on an empty project. And you’ll also miss out on another good giveaway.

Of course, you can do simpler and focus on airdrop, which are known to everyone. This is also a working solution: if a huge community is hunting for a particular giveaway, it’s for a reason. However, by following the masses and Influencers, you are more likely to arrive at an “overfarmed” project and later than others.

Your main task is to find a project with good investments, enter it before the majority. And when it becomes famous – move to the next potential airdrop.

The growth of TON price coincided with the public expansion of the messenger. Our experts assessed the prospects for a cryptocurrency ecosystem with its support

The cryptocurrency Toncoin (TON) has secured its place in the top ten largest crypto assets by capitalization. And at the same time taking the ninth line of the CoinMarketCap rating between Dogecoin and Cardano. The price of the coin has grown two and a half times in the past month. The growth of its rate was greatly accelerated after the release of an interview of the founder and owner of Telegram Pavel Durov to the Financial Times. And in which he said that the messenger received a preliminary valuation of $ 30 billion before a possible IPO.

In the sensational interview with Tucker Carlson, Durov mentioned that he had “several hundred million in dollars and bitcoins” 10 years ago. And he “didn’t do anything with them” because Telegram was “never about money” for him. Earlier, Durov said that of all cryptocurrencies he only holds Bitcoin and Toncoin.

Cryptocurrencies in Telegram

Formally, Telegram has nothing to do with projects in the TON ecosystem. And for which Toncoin serves as the main currency. But the messenger team is obviously supporting the developers. The messenger interface includes a cryptocurrency wallet that supports only bitcoin, USDT stablecoin and Toncoin itself. In it, you can also activate an additional Ton Space wallet. And which serves to interact with online projects operating on the TON blockchain. And tokens and NFTs issued on this blockchain.

On April 19, Durov is scheduled to make an announcement at the Token2049 cryptocurrency conference in Dubai together with Paolo Ardoino, the head of Tether, a USDT steiblcoin issuing company. Officially, the topic of the speech was not advertised. But in thematic Telegram channels and chats, the probable launch of USDT in the TON network is widely discussed.

Possible difficulties for the growth of the Ton ecosystem

The main difficulty that awaits TON is related to the market’s transition into the inevitable phase of correction. The bulk of the audience today are “newcomers looking for an easy profit”. And the cryptozyme crisis will hit such people the hardest, our experts believe. Indirectly, there are also risks from the U.S. Department of Justice, which may provoke new proceedings against Telegram. Especially since the precedent already exists in the legal field of the country and transferring it to a new token will be easier from the point of view of the law.

Possible difficulties may be related to excessive attention of regulators, primarily the US and the EU. Formally, Toncoin may fit the definition of an investment contract. And be considered as a security by the US SEC. In Europe, MiCA legislation comes into full force this year, and how European regulators will classify Toncoin is still unclear.

Another potential problem is abuse by criminal elements. This point will be especially relevant if the TON blockchain is used to issue stablecoins. For example, the Tron network (the most popular of those on which USDT operates) has already been accused of aiding and abetting terrorists. According to the U.S. authorities, Tron is used by them even more than bitcoin – it is the stablecoins that are used first and foremost.

SnoopyBabe is not just a memecoin project dedicated to China’s cutest cat. This project has launched a useful Ecosystem: SnoopyBabe TON Tools | SnoopyBabe SOL Tools | SnoopyBabe Play | New app Web3 Soon

SnoopyBabe combines in its ecosystem several Solana and Ton networks, two of the fastest and most promising blockchains. The project initially launched its $SBABE token on the Solana blockchain. And it also launched a useful Web3 ecosystem on the Solana network, which is constantly being expanded and updated.

The SnoopyBabe ecosystem on the Solana network and their token $SBABE

SnoopyBabe SOL Tools bot V1.1

SnoopyBabe developed and are launching SnoopyBabe SOL Tools: https://t.me/sbabe_tools_bot

This bot will be useful first of all for investors to have all useful tools for Solana in one place.

In this version 1.1 , you can track price changes on other projects and receive customizable notifications. This project increased to 15 contract addresses for tracking in this version.
Additionally in this Version 1.1 they added Security Check feature: Mintable | Mutable Info | Creation TX | Ownership Renounced | Creator Address | Creator Balance | Token % of Creator | Freezable. In a future V1.2 update, they add the LP Burn | LP Locked check feature, as well as expand the number of contracts in the basic free version and add other useful features.

A little later they will add paid subscriptions that will give advanced features, but all the basic features will be available for free. The project will also add a referral program so that you can recommend SnoopyBabe SOL Tools to your friends and colleagues and get additional bonuses and rewards.

SnoopyBabe Play: Solana Web3 blockchain gaming platform

Play, earn and have fun together at SnoopyBabe: https://play.snoopybabe.com 

SnoopyBabe are launching this new kind of Web3 ecosystem through which you can test your luck and try to win $Solana or $SBABE tokens. All SnoopyBabe games in our “Play” section uses a verifiable randomized game protocol on the chain, Gamba. (https://explorer.gamba.so/) Guacamole, Fronk Casino, SolVegas, etc. are launched on this platform. But you can see SnoopyBabe design and  development has gone further than these projects. Just compare SnoopyBabr Play site and slots and you will see the huge difference yourself! Therefore, everything is completely clear and safe.

SnoopyBabe Web3 ecosystem on the TON network and their token $SBABE

SnoopyBabe TON Tools V1.0: a useful tool for all investors on the TON network

SnoopyBabe TON Tools has officially been added to Ton.app – https://ton.app/utilities/ton-tools-bot?id=1546

SnoopyBabe developed  and are launching SnoopyBabe TON Tools. This bot will be useful for all investors in the TON network. Investors will be able to receive customizable price change alerts to make a timely decision to sell or buy. In this version, you can add up to 10 contract addresses for tracking purposes. This early version adds a Security Check (Audit): Check for Ownership Revoked | Check for Mint more jettons | Check for Change Metadata.

In the next updates project improve the Security Check and add more parameters that bot will check. Additionally project will integrate Telegram Wallet into SnoopyBabe TON Tools and that will allow investors to buy and sell directly in bot. In the future project will add SnoopyBabe Sniper TON Bot feature that will allow to quickly find new projects in TON network and make profitable deals for investors at an early stage. SnoopyBabe TON Tools starts with the V1.0 release, and then every month additional useful features and functions will be added.

A little later project will add paid subscriptions with payment feature in $SBABET and $TON, which will give advanced features, but all basic functions will be available for free. SnoopyBabe TON Tools will be a separate ecosystem within their main ecosystem.

Fairlaunch of the $SBABET token (Ton network) on the Launchpad TonRaffles

The project is currently running a Fair Launch for their new token $SBABET. It is taking place on the TonRaffles Launchpad and will run until April 02. The project has already raised over 1000 TON and continues to grow. Also works affiliate program: bring friends and contacts on your affiliate link and get 5% in TON from the amount of their participation.

Tonraffles Launchpad: https://tonraffles.app/jetton/fairlaunch/SBABET

Conclusions

This project though is a live cat meme from China, but it’s not just a meme coin. They are working hard on their ecosystem and constantly expanding it. They are releasing new useful applications, and as we have checked they are immediately working versions and not empty promises. And also as we noticed everything looks very high quality. Now they want to combine two networks in their ecosystem and launch more useful applications and even create a bridge between the networks. But as said by SnoopyBabe project developers they don’t give empty promises. And that’s why they announce only when their useful application is ready to launch. You can see their project yourself and check their already launched ecosystem and check everything yourself.

Website: https://snoopybabe.com/
SnoopyBabe TON Tools: https://t.me/sbabet_tools_bot
SnoopyBabe SOL Tools: https://t.me/sbabe_tools_bot
SnoopyBabe Play: https://play.snoopybabe.com/
White Paper V3.0: https://snoopybabe.com/Snoopy_Whitepaper.pdf
FAQ: https://docs.snoopybabe.com/sbabe/

Solana has surpassed Bitcoin in growth since the beginning of the year and is second only to the regular cryptocurrency market leaders in terms of cryptocurrency market share

The rate of native blockchain token Solana (SOL) on March 18 reached its highest since December 2021, momentarily reaching $209+ on the Binance exchange when paired with the Tether USD (USDT) stablecoin.

The capitalization of SOL, according to CoinMarketCap, reached an all-time high of $89.4 billion. And that made the token the fourth largest crypto asset after bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH) and the USDT stablecoin. SOL’s previous capitalization high was $77.9 billion in November 2021.

Solana’s price has risen more than 100% since the beginning of the year. But the token is trading below its all-time high at $250, reached in November 2021 during the peak of the crypto market.

New Solana Records

On March 18, the SOL token overtook the BNB cryptocurrency from the Binance exchange in terms of capitalization, which had long been ranked fourth in the Coinmarketcap rankings.

Search queries for the word “Solana” reached the index of 100. And that is an absolute record in the five-year history of the cryptocurrency. The previous peak was recorded in early September 2021 – then the value of search activity was 84. Experts attribute the surge of interest in Solana to the SOL price exceeding the $200 mark.

Benjamin Stani, director of business development at Matrixport analytical company, linked the growth of SOL price to active trading of memcoins issued on the Solana blockchain.

Over the weekend, Solana surpassed Ethereum in trading volume due to increased interest in Solana-based memcoins. Trading volume on SOL reached $3.52 billion on March 16, according to data from DefiLlama. And that’s $1.1 billion more than the daily trading volume on Ethereum. However, the increase in activity has taken a toll on the network.

Our experts predict the coin to update the historic high, provided the rally in the cryptocurrency market continues. And expansion of the Solana blockchain application ecosystem.

The Uniswap proposal involves distributing a portion of the commissions. And which it charges from exchange pool liquidity providers to the UNI token holders involved in managing the protocol

The management token of leading decentralized exchange Uniswap (UNI) rose 70% in just an hour and a half on February 24. And reaching the maximum since April 2022. This happened after the developers suggested sharing the service’s revenue with token holders.

The UNI token is the management token of Uniswap, the largest decentralized cryptocurrency exchange by capitalization. Its holders can participate in the management of the protocol through voting on various community proposals. Right now, the UNI token is trading at $10. But trading volumes dropped by more than 50% a day after the initiative appeared. The total value of blockchain assets on Uniswap exceeds $5 billion.

Uniswap Foundation announced a new motivational strategy for UNI token holders. The company plans to distribute commissions from protocol transactions to UNI token holders. And actively participating in the protocol management process. Key parameters related to commissions will continue to be controlled by the Uniswap Foundation itself.

Devin Walsh, executive director of the Uniswap Foundation, said the proposal aims to incentivize active delegation (of votes). And which will lead to the long-term success and sustainability of the protocol.

This isn’t the first time the idea itself has been brought up for discussion, but this is the time when it could actually be implemented. According to Blockworks analyst Matt Feibach, it is unlikely that the Uniswap Foundation would have taken such a step without carefully assessing the sentiments of the largest token holders.

The idea of sharing profits with token holders immediately resonated with other projects. Following Uniswap, the Frax Finance protocol team is going to put a proposal to the community to vote on the distribution of the protocol’s revenues among the holders of the project’s derivative tokens. Following the publication that Frax plans to follow Uniswap’s lead, the FXS token reacted with a short-term rise of 16%.

Our experts also note that the founder of the largest NFT platform Blur and the new blockchain ecosystem Blast under the pseudonym Pacman is also interested in the implementation of a user reward mechanism. And like Uniswap: he stated that the Blur community should follow their lead. The Blur token reacted to the publication by growing by more than 10%.

Our experts talked about the sources of new capital in the cryptocurrency market. And the trends shaping the demand for cryptocurrency

The interest of users in the cryptocurrency market and the demand for cryptoassets are driven by both global expected events and new trends. Our experts told us what exactly could trigger capital inflows into bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies in 2024.

Halving and new highs

In 2024, one of the most anticipated events for the crypto industry will take place – bitcoin halving. This term refers to the halving of payments to miners – members of the cryptocommunity who mine cryptocurrency.

Halving is a planned halving of the number of newly issued bitcoins that are created and distributed to miners who perform verification and validation of transactions on the network. The procedure is embedded in bitcoin’s program code to ensure that the total number of coins in the network never exceeds 21 million units.

Bitcoin halving occurs about once every four years. The event reduces the inflow of coins to the market by half. But the demand for them at the same time remains unchanged. As a result, there is a shortage of bitcoins, which pushes the cryptocurrency’s rate up. Statistics show that bitcoin updates the absolute maximum value about a year and a half after halving. That is, theoretically, the new peak of the rate will be reached in 2025.

But there are speculations according to which the maximum, contrary to history, can also be registered in 2024. The reason is the likely launch of spot bitcoin-ETFs in the US. The battle of market participants for the approval of the instrument has been going on since 2013. With its appearance, institutional investors’ money may flow into the crypto industry.

New capital sources

The year 2024 has several prerequisites to become favorable for the cryptocurrency market. First, investors are full of positive expectations due to hopes of approval of a bitcoin-ETF by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Market participants expect the emergence of a bitcoin-linked exchange traded fund. And that will push asset managers from the world of traditional finance to embrace cryptocurrencies as another tool to diversify portfolios. This will encourage capital to flow into the cryptocurrency market.

Secondly, we can expect to see continued growth in interest in Ordinals, which are now available not only on the bitcoin network. But also in other blockchains. This gaining popularity, which was born in the bitcoin blockchain, is now spreading to other networks as well.

The interest in the new standard also facilitates the flow of capital into the crypto market and contributes to its growth. Above all, the positive impact stimulates interest in bitcoin. And whose blockchain has become the progenitor of the “ordinals”.

The year 2024 could also be a watershed year for the NFT market as a whole. And which has long been dominated by networks such as Ethereum or Solana. In November 2023, the volume of NFT trades in the bitcoin network exceeded that of Ethereum. And this was made possible by the emergence of Ordinals. This will probably be one of the major trends for the NFT market in 2024 – the flow of capital and users to the bitcoin network.

The third trend in 2024 will be the boom of ecosystems and so-called Layer 2 applications. These are focused on infrastructure creation and development of blockchain tokenomics. It is worth paying attention to the DePIN concept. The emergence of new concepts and applications like these. It could help stimulate adoption and demand for cryptocurrency by a wide range of users.

PayPal has launched its own dollar stablecoin. We tell you why it is necessary and what it means for the cryptosphere. As well as what prospects the new instrument has on the global financial market

After two years of development and portability, PayPal has launched its own dollar-stablecoin. And actually became one of the first major payment companies that were able to bring their crypto product to the mass market.

The stablecoin from the payment service was named PayPal USD and the stock ticker PYUSD. Its issuer is Paxos and it will be fully backed by dollar deposits, short-term treasuries and similar financial instruments. Its exchange rate is pegged to the U.S. dollar exchange rate. And the company will initially gradually make it available to PayPal customers in the US.

Stablecoin from PayPal will be exchangeable for dollars or other cryptocurrencies available in PayPal wallets. The company will set an exchange rate that includes the service’s commission on each conversion. PayPal USD will also be able to be used to pay for purchases through a wallet in Venmo, a popular payment app from PayPal. In addition, it will be possible to transfer the token to compatible third-party wallets that are not part of the PayPal network. At an early stage, PayPal expects that PYUSD will be used mainly in the cryptocurrency and Web3 sectors, for example, to exchange for other crypto-assets or for payments in blockchain games. Even then, steiblcoin will gradually gain traction in areas such as money transfers and micropayments.

Stablecoin from PayPal has every chance to join the list of the most popular stablecoins in the future.

PayPal itself has a developed infrastructure and is represented in many countries. It greatly facilitates cross-border payments and speeds them up.

PayPal is actively used by freelancers and developers with international customers. Our experts believe that PYUSD will be a convenient way for them to get paid. It is also interesting that PayPal by the readiness of its infrastructure bypasses many central banks that are just trying to develop digital national currencies (CBDC). In other words, we are witnessing the emergence of a corporate currency that has a chance to become a significant player in the currency market, displacing central banks.

PayPal is one of the global payment giants, so we would like to believe that the future of PYUSD is very bright. At least due to the support of 430 million users of the platform.

Pay Pal and cryptocurrencies

PayPal has been supporting transactions with cryptocurrencies for some time now. And allows users to store such of them as Bitcoin (BTC), Bitcoin Cash (BCH), Ethereum (ETH) and Litecoin (LTC). In its earnings report for the first quarter of this year, the company said it stores about $1 billion worth of cryptocurrencies for its customers.

Since last year, users have been able to transfer cryptocurrency from PayPal accounts to third-party wallets. The company also invests in blockchain startups. And that includes recently leading a $52 million investment round for Magic. Which provides infrastructure for integrating digital wallets into online services and enterprise projects.

PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund venture capital fund began investing in Bitcoin back in early 2014. Shortly before the collapse of the crypto market in the spring of 2022, the fund sold almost all cryptocurrency assets, earning about $1.8 billion.

In 2021, it first became known that PayPal began looking for developers to create its own dollar-stablecoin. Despite regulatory scrutiny, problems over the BUSD issue, Paxos remained PayPal’s launch partner for the steblecoin. The company said the partnership was a milestone for the entire industry.

“PYUSD is a first-of-its-kind currency that represents the next stage in the evolution of the U.S. dollar on blockchain,” Paxos said.

And calling PayPal USD “the world’s most secure dollar-backed digital asset.” On the day of the announcement of the stablecoin, the U.S. House of Representatives issued a press release. And where it says that with proper regulation, stablecoins “could become the basis for a 21st century payment system in the United States.”

The PYUSD stablecoin is not yet available on cryptocurrency exchanges. And to purchase it, you must be verified on PayPal’s website.

The Aave project has launched a GHO token with a peg to the dollar exchange rate. We tell you how it works and how it can help popularize the sphere of decentralized finance

The Aave lending platform eliminates traditional intermediaries such as banks. And the service runs on the Ethereum blockchain and uses software smart contracts to automate lending and borrowing operations. Aave was founded in 2017 by Stani Kulechov, a Finnish entrepreneur with a legal and financial background.

A user-friendly interface and a number of innovative functional solutions have made Aave one of the leading DeFi platforms. The protocol allows users to earn interest on their crypto assets. And by investing them in so-called liquidity pools. From these pools, borrowers get loans. They pay interest on the funds. And that is shared between the lending users and the platform itself. Interest rates depend on market conditions and are set on the basis of supply and demand.

To work with Aave it is enough to have a cryptocurrency wallet with the function of signing transactions, such as MetaMask, and cryptocurrency to deposit into the protocol. Once deposited, there is an immediate opportunity to either lend the funds. And at the same time receiving interest, or to borrow some assets against their collateral. Borrowers have access to many assets, including the cryptocurrencies bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH). As well as the largest by capitalization stablecoins – Tether USD (USDT) and USD Coin (USDC). Aave is now entering the territory of the latter, but is taking a slightly different approach.

Stablecoins linked to the dollar exchange rate are some of the most popular assets on Aave and other similar platforms

The most capitalized stablecoins are USDT and USDC, issued by Tether and Circle, respectively. Both coins are managed by centralized organizations. And which maintain reserves for their “stablecoins” in fiat currencies, gold, securities, and other assets. These reserves provide stability to the exchange rate. And the loss of that stability, even short-term, is considered an abnormal event for the market.

However, Aave’s own stablecoin, issued under the ticker GHO, is backed by assets backed on Aave. And is programmed so that its value on the Aave network is always exactly $1. This is another attempt by the crypto market to create less volatile cryptocurrencies that are not dependent on a centralized issuer.

Borrowers often pledge cryptocurrencies on Aave to borrow specifically stablecoins. Due to the lack of exchange rate volatility, they can be more convenient for payments than, for example, the same bitcoin.

There are already several decentralized (algorithmic) stablecoins on the market. The most capitalized of these is Dai (DAI), operated by MakerDAO, a credit DeFi platform that competes with Aave. Like Dai, GHO will not be issued by a single issuer. It will be managed by a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) known as AaveDAO. And its issuance will take place in transactions on the lending platform. To oversimplify somewhat, it will actually be collateralized by collateral.

GHO platform stablecoin

The platform’s native stablecoin helps diversify [traditional] stablecoins. And that includes in the Aave protocol itself. As well as the GHO revenue generated by the interest. And charged to borrowers in the Aave protocol, will allow AaveDAO to allocate more funds to community participants. And including risk managers, developers and security experts.

Our experts say that GHO in its own way will help popularize DeFi as a non-volatile crypto asset. The company is also developing a social protocol called Lens. And it needs a network effect and interested users. On the basis of this protocol it is possible to build full-fledged analogs of existing social networks.

Wallet Pay tool can be integrated into any bot or service in Telegram to pay in Bitcoin or USDT

Messenger Telegram has introduced a new Wallet Pay cryptocurrency payment service in Bitcoins. As well as the cryptocurrency Toncoin (TON) and the Tether USD (USDT) stablecoin.

Wallet Pay is a tool that can be integrated into any bot or service in Telegram. And giving users the ability to pay in the three cryptocurrencies through the messenger interface.

The list of jurisdictions supported by Wallet Pay includes most countries in the world.

But with the exception of the United States and those states that are blacklisted by the Money Laundering Task Force (FATF). In particular, the technology does not work in Iran, Myanmar and North Korea.

The restrictions do not apply to Russia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Egypt. And other states where paying for goods and services with cryptocurrency is officially prohibited.

A Wallet Pay spokesperson said that the support team has received “several hundred” applications to join the service, but the developers have not yet implemented the Know your customer (KYC) service. And they are not yet ready to say who exactly will be the first users.

The Telegram Open Network (TON) blockchain was launched by brothers Nikolai and Pavel Durov in 2018. However, in 2020, the Durovs abandoned the project due to litigation with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The TON network was supported by members of the TON Foundation community and they continued its development.

Our experts note that although Telegram is not directly involved in the development of the TON ecosystem, it remains interested in this network.

The number of active developers in cryptocurrencies is now higher than it was before the crypto market’s record growth in 2021

The number of developers in the field of cryptocurrencies has almost doubled in three years. This data follows from the report of the venture capital company Electric Capital. The growth of the indicator from June 2020 to the same month of this year was 92%.

Now the number of active developers is still higher than it was before the crypto markets hit record growth in 2021.

As of 1 June, the figure stood at 21,300. And that’s a quarter more compared to the same period in 2021. And about five months before Bitcoin set a record high above $69 thousand.

The authors of the report track the number of so-called commits – public edits and updates to the software code of projects. And which are placed in the public domain on the Github site. Analysts consider those developers who have continued to participate in writing the code of crypto services for at least a year to be beginners. Beginners are programmers with an experience of one to two years. And seasoned professionals are those whose experience exceeds two years.

Our experts note that professionals who have worked in the field of cryptocurrencies for at least one year. They also continue to make the majority of code commits.