🔮 ZenDaily - 12th Aug 2025 🔮

Stripe Teams Up With Paradigm To Develop ‘Tempo’ Blockchain, Terraform Labs Co-Founder Do Kwon Is Expected To Plead Guilty, Circle Is Set To Launch Arc, And More.

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🗞 NFT NEWSFLASH

• The current Bitcoin price is $120.209K, ETH is $4.190K, and XRP is $3.22.: https://tinyurl.com/4w5m5cfe

• Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon is expected to plead guilty to U.S. fraud charges on Tuesday morning.: https://tinyurl.com/mx3ruv7u

• Circle is set to launch Arc, a Layer 1 blockchain designed specifically for stablecoin-based finance.: https://tinyurl.com/dbwpypxe

• BlackRock buys $639 million worth ETH, and $135 million worth BTC.: https://tinyurl.com/573xyava

• ALT5 Sigma launches $1.5B offering to fund World Liberty Financial’s $WLFI treasury strategy.: https://tinyurl.com/5cz26pcn

• Stripe teams up with Paradigm to develop ‘Tempo’ blockchain.: https://tinyurl.com/5e7jb9pr

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