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Report: Japan's E-Commerce Giant Mercari to Accept BTC Payments

January 10, 2024
Starting in June, users of Mercari, one of Japan’s biggest e-commerce platforms, will be able to pay for products using bitcoin. Users of the platform will also be able to use proceeds from sales to buy and sell bitcoin. Mercari Set to Continue Displaying Yen Prices One of Japan’s biggest online marketplaces, Mercari, has announced that soon its customers will be able to make payments using…
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Standard Chartered: BTC Could Hit $200K in 2025 With Spot Bitcoin ETF Approval

January 10, 2024
Standard Chartered has predicted that the price of bitcoin could rise to $200,000 next year with the approval of spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The bank’s analysts described: “We see this as a watershed moment for normalizing bitcoin participation by institutional money, and we expect approval to drive significant inflows and…
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Samsung fires off new generation of AI-driven 8K OLED TVs

January 9, 2024
Samsung has been the No. 1 global TV brand for 18 years and the company plans to keep that going with a new generation of TVs and OLED screens unveiled today ahead of CES 2024. Samsung showed off a wide gamut of smart screens with features spanning accessibility, sustainability,free content, connectivity and security. It’s part of its plan to make “screens for all,” and it signals some of…
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Qcells to supply Microsoft with a whopping 12 GW of solar panels

January 9, 2024
In a massive new deal, Solar giant Qcells will supply Microsoft with 12 gigawatts (GW) of solar panels over eight years. Qcells’ largest agreement ever will supply Microsoft with enough solar panels to power the equivalent of more than 1.8 million homes annually, as well as engineering, procurement, and construction services. The two companies originally agreed to a 2.5 GW contract in January…
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