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first_img Block gave away 1 Bitcoin at ComplexCon, valued at approximately 85,000 US dollars

Financial technology company Block, founded by Jack Dorsey, gifted a participant at the ComplexCon event in Los Angeles with 1 Bitcoin, which was valued at approximately $85,000 at the time. Block participated in this annual event organized by Complex Networks to introduce Bitcoin to new users through "culture, shopping, and entertainment."Block's Cash App set up a fishing game booth called "Lightning Lake" at the event, where participants could win small amounts of Bitcoin, and one player caught a whole Bitcoin. Maria Pesce, Block's Bitcoin marketing lead, stated that the goal is to make Bitcoin approachable, tangible, and fun, "so that people can go from never having used Bitcoin to making payments with it while walking around the lake." She mentioned that Block's aim is to make Bitcoin a daily currency.Block has long promoted Bitcoin adoption through its products: Cash App allows users to send, receive, and buy Bitcoin, while Square's point-of-sale systems accept Bitcoin payments via the Lightning Network. The company, which is listed on the New York Stock Exchange, also launched an advertising campaign this month to encourage people to use Bitcoin as a medium of exchange. Dorsey left Twitter in 2021 to focus on payment and Bitcoin adoption and has repeatedly expressed his desire for Bitcoin to become a global currency and "everyday money." During the event, Kanye West's daughter North West was also spotted trying to fish for Bitcoin with rapper French Montana at Lightning Lake.

first_img Tangem launched its first physical Visa card, with an initial issuance of 5,000 cards

Swiss cryptocurrency wallet provider Tangem announced the launch of its first physical Visa card, supporting offline and online spending as well as ATM withdrawals, with an initial issuance limited to 5,000 cards. Users can directly top up the card from their self-custody wallets and transfer funds back to the wallet when the card is suspended or closed. The card also offers cashback settled in USDC stablecoin issued by Circle, with Basic users receiving 1% and Plus users receiving 2% on qualifying purchases. Tangem plans to showcase the first batch of physical Tangem Pay cards at the Token2049 event in Singapore.Tangem told Cointelegraph that over 40% of Tangem Pay's payments come from Latin America, with over 30% from the United States, while the supply of physical cards remains limited in some markets. Andrey Ilinskiy, head of Tangem Pay, stated that the issue is not just where people want crypto cards, but rather where demand, regulation, banking infrastructure, and issuance requirements align, and these maps do not always overlap.Tangem stated that it is currently unable to ship physical Tangem Pay cards to about 20 countries, including China, Russia, North Korea, and Palestine. The company noted that these restrictions do not necessarily align with the rules of cryptocurrency itself, as KYC requirements, sanctions, local banking rules, and issuance compliance may all determine the availability of crypto-linked cards.
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