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Coinbase Card integrated with Apple Pay and Google Pay

For years, being crypto rich in the Metamask wallet while having an empty, paycheck to paycheck IRL wallet has been a thing.
Crypto traders tend to go all or nothing because once you truly understand the tech and its possibilities, turning away is impossible. Wouldn’t it simplify life if you could pay with your crypto balance?

In a move that’s likely to turn on the liquidity tap for many, Coinbase integrated its Visa Coinbase Card with both Apple Pay and Google Pay. The card is linked to your Coinbase wallet, allowing you to seamlessly spend crypto anywhere Google Pay and Apple Pay are accepted.

Ever notice how Apple Pay and Google Pay are accepted almost everywhere? By extension, Coinbase Card’s integration means crypto payments have officially gone mainstream.

The way it works is incredibly simple. When you use Apple Pay at a retailer, select the Coinbase Card, then hit pay. The card automatically converts crypto from your portfolio into USD. You spend crypto, the retailer receives USD, and everyone walks away happy.

But it gets even better. Every time you spend crypto, the Coinbase Card rewards you with up to 4% back paid in crypto.
Coinbase merging with two of the most prominent payment rails brings crypto to the masses — and it’s a beautiful thing.


Scaling wars heat up as Polygon competitor Arbitrum nears release

Sometimes, Ethereum is so slow and expensive to use it’s painful. That’s not even a point of contention. But, Ethereum is also a revolutionary blockchain and the undisputed home of DeFi.

The sheer potential Ethereum contains only needs a tiny spark to reveal itself. Right now, the spark needed is a Layer 2 scaling solution. With an adequately adopted L2, Ethereum can finally become the world computer serving the financial needs of billions worldwide.

Two L2 solutions have popped up as apparent front-runners. Polygon (previously called Matic) has the first-mover advantage. Aave, Curve, Sushi, and hundreds of other projects have opened Polygon markets that have captured billions of dollars in total value locked.

However, it’d be premature to consider the sidechain game locked up. Arbitrum, a scaling solution that’s community operated and available to developers first, is quickly gaining mindshare within the crypto community.

Why? Because of one name: Uniswap.

The Uniswap community recently, and overwhelmingly, voted in favor of adopting Arbitrum as a scaling solution for Uniswap V3. That’s a pretty big deal any way you look at it — Uniswap has topped Coinbase in trading volume on several occasions.

So, the logic goes, wherever Uniswap is, liquidity is sure to follow. Sure enough, projects that have already deployed to Polygon are also deploying to Arbitrum. Sushi is one of them, but the Arbitrum team promised more big names in a recent spate of hype tweets.

Regardless of who wins the scaling wars, we the users come out on top. Nobody likes paying $50 to trade on a decentralized exchange, and such high fees hinder adoption.

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