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US Federal Reserve’s launches FedNow for instant payments

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The United States Federal Reserve has officially launched FedNow, an instant payment service offering round-the-clock payments and settlements. Initially, the service has a transaction limit of $100,000 per customer, which could be later extended to $500,000. The Federal Reserve’s new payment service, FedNow, promises consumers the ability to send and receive money within seconds. However, it’s worth noting that the solution will be under the central bank’s control. FedNow will be accessible to Americans every day of the week throughout the year, empowering residents to make instant payments for their daily necessities and send funds to their loved ones. Additionally, businesses can promptly pay their suppliers through this network. You might also like: FedNow program aims to introduce fully digital US currency Initially, the service sets a transaction limit of $100,000 per customer. Nevertheless, the Federal Reserve has suggested the possibility of ra...

Web3 social media protocol launches ‘layer 3’ to provide instant posts

The new layer relies on Bundlr, a decentralized storage platform built on Arweave, for mass storage of social media data. The team behind Lens, a Web3 social media protocol, has announced the launch of a new “layer 3” network to scale blockchain social media apps. Called “Bonzai,” the new network processes and stores posts, comments and shares, taking this data off the Polygon network and thereby increasing scalability for Lens, according to an April 26 announcement viewed by Cointelegraph. Introducing Bonsai, an Optimistic L3 scaling solution, that will process transactions at hyperscale, and is designed to support the next generation of Web3 social users. Available for Lens devs in closed beta today. pic.twitter.com/AaqfikZWxT — Lens Protocol (@LensProtocol) April 26, 2023 Lens is a blockchain protocol that allows users to form a portable “social graph,” or digital set of connections, between themselves and others. When users form a connection with another person on one Len...