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There is lots of exciting news happening: The SEC approved the Ethereum ETF, and two mainstream financial service providers stepped into crypto… Is mass adoption around the corner?

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Paypal USD stablecoin $PYUSD is live on Solana. The stable coin issued by Paxos will leverage Solana and token extensions to serve merchants and users.

PYUSD Launches on Solana

https://x.com/solana/status/1795802766700605873


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Another mainstream financial service provider Mastercard also announced that Mastercard Crypto Credential has gone live with peer-to-peer transactions. Users can use Mastercard Crypto Credential aliases, instead of the typically long and complex blockchain addresses. This is now available in selected countries and regions.

Mastercard Crypto Credential goes live with first peer-to-peer pilot transactions, adds new partners to the ecosystem

https://x.com/MastercardNews/status/1795812231407349887


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ENS will extend their protocol to a L2 network. The “.eth” name registration will be moved to L2. In their v2 design doc, ENS addressed these changes in more details.

ENSv2: The Next Generation of ENS | ENS Blog

https://x.com/ensdomains/status/1795440186513576318


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