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Bitcoin’s latest rally is spilling over into the luxury holiday market.The Financial Times (FT) reported earlier today that private jet firms, cruise lines and boutique hotels are increasingly accepting crypto payments. Flexjet-owned FXAIR, for instance, now takes tokens for transatlantic trips costing about $80,000, while cruise operator Virgin Voyages sells annual passes worth $120,000. SeaDream Yacht Club and boutique hotel groups including The Kessler Collection have also added crypto checkout options, according to the FT. High-end travel is a natural niche for crypto spending. On six-figure invoices, fees and volatility matter less, and merchants can instantly convert payments into fiat.…

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29 Aug Cripto Latin Fest: What You May Have Missed Posted at 14:40h in Education, Events by ricardom This year Bitfinex was the main sponsor at Cripto Latin Fest 2025 in Medellin, Colombia, which took place during Colombia’s Tech Week. Cripto Latin Fest is one of the most important and popular Bitcoin, Web3, and Digital Assets events in Latin America. This year’s event hosted over 5,000 attendees, and facilitated a massive exchange of ideas, networking, and P2P education, discussing the most pressing issues for adoption in Latin America. Couldn’t Make it to Cripto Latin Fest? Here are the Highlights Bitfinex…

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So I’ve heard a lot of folks kind of starting down here and saying, “Community is really important. This is something we have to get off the ground for our business.” And I’m not quite sure that’s always, in some cases it is the right way to go, but always the right direction to go. I’d much rather start up here and invest a little bit of time, test to learn and understand is community and building your own actually the right way for you to go for your brand, your business’ brand, whatever it is that you’re trying to achieve. So…

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Eric Trump, the son of US president Donald Trump and the co-founder of Bitcoin (BTC) mining firm American Bitcoin (ABTC), said on Friday that there is “no question” that BTC hits $1 million in the next several years.Trump previously predicted that BTC would reach $1 million per coin in December 2024. Speaking to the audience at the Bitcoin 2025 Asia conference in Hong Kong, Trump said:“You’ve got nation states that are buying the hell out of Bitcoin. You’ve got Fortune 500 companies that are buying the hell out of Bitcoin. You’ve got the biggest families, you’ve got the biggest companies…

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We have released FROST v2.2.0, which includes a security fix. There are no breaking changes in this release. For full details, please refer to the release notes.Security FixThis release adds validation for the min_signers parameter in the frost_core::keys::refresh functions. Before, it was not clear that it was not possible to change min_signers with the refresh procedure. Using a smaller value would not decrease the threshold, and attempts to sign using a smaller threshold would fail. Additionally, after refreshing the shares with a smaller threshold, it would still be possible to sign with the original threshold; however, this could cause a…

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Connecting an Electrum client To connect to your Electrs server, you will need to point Electrum to your server using the ip_address:port syntax. You will notice that most default servers in Electrum use the 50002 port (which is for SSL connections), while Electrs serves port 50001 and does not provide SSL out of the box. You would need to either use a webserver to provide SSL (see SSL connection below), or connect without SSL. To tell Electrum to connect to your server without SSL, you need to add :t after the port (ie: localhost:50001:t). Please note that this is not…

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In Greek Mythology, Pandora’s “box” was actually a large jar given to Pandora (the first woman on Earth), which contained all the evils of the world. Pandora opened the jar and all the evils flew out, leaving only “hope” inside once she had closed it again. Today, the phrase “Open Pandora’s box” means to perform an action that may seem small or innocent, but that turns out to have severely detrimental and far-reaching negative consequences. How does the metaphor of Pandora’s box apply to trading? Glad you asked 😉 Sometimes, an action or even a thought or idea we have…

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We’ve just shipped the first feature in the Zashi–NEAR integration: a private, decentralized off-ramp for shielded ZEC. Starting today, you can swap shielded ZEC to any NEAR-supported cryptocurrency in Zashi. How It Works Open Zashi and go to More → Swap Enter the amount of shielded ZEC you want to swap. Add the destination wallet address for the cryptocurrency you want to receive. Review the quote and confirm. That’s it! Because you’re swapping from your shielded address, your address, balances, and transaction history remain fully protected. Why It Matters For some of us, centralized exchanges aren’t even an option. For…

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Spot gold has enjoyed a strong run, rebounding off a key support and now pressing against a key resistance level. How high can the yellow metal fly before sellers step in again? We’re checkin’ out the daily time frame, yo! XAU/USD Daily Chart Chart by TradingView The U.S. dollar has been slipping as traders lean into multiple rate-cut expectations and worry about the Fed’s policy independence. At the same time, safe-haven demand has kept gold supported, with Russia-Ukraine tensions and renewed concerns over tariffs and global growth giving the yellow metal a steady bid. Remember that directional biases and volatility…

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By Sean Tinney August 22, 2025 Here’s what happened when ecommerce platform Sellvia implemented automated email workflows: they now generate $370,000+ per month from their email campaigns alone. Even more impressive? They’ve recovered over 2.1 million lost transactions and re-engaged 120,000+ inactive customers—all on autopilot. If you’re questioning whether email marketing still works in today’s crowded digital landscape, you’re asking the right question. With TikTok ads, Instagram reels, and countless other “shiny new” marketing tactics competing for attention, it’s natural to wonder if email has lost its edge. The reality? Email marketing isn’t just surviving—it’s thriving in ways that might…

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