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    One less crypto-friendly candidate — Miami mayor ends US presidential run

    In an Aug. 29 announcement on X (formerly Twitter), Suarez said that while running for U.S. president had been “one of the greatest honors of [his] life,” he made the decision to end his campaign and suggested he would support “a strong nominee” from the Republican Party. The Miami mayor announced in June he intended to seek the Republican nomination for U.S. president in the 2024 election, but he did not qualify for the first party debate on Aug. 23. Continue Reading on Coin Telegraph More

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    USDC will launch natively on Base network ‘next week’ — Jeremy Allaire

    Coinbase’s Base network launched on Aug. 9. At the time, no native version of USD Coin (USDC) existed on the network. Users could not deposit cash into a Circle account and receive equivalent USDC on Base. To solve this problem, the Base team allowed users to bridge USDC from Ethereum via an official bridge app. The token issued by the bridge is called “USDbC” and is backed by native USDC locked on the Ethereum network. Continue Reading on Coin Telegraph More

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    6 Questions for Leila Ismailova

    I remember my audacity as a child, just sneaking into the buildings with newspapers and magazines it was called the House of Press, Ismailova recalls in an interview with Cointelegraph. I would handwrite my stories and sneak into the building because I didnt have a pass by making up stories that I was someones granddaughter, or by just going in when someone else entered. And I would find the doors that said editor or editor-in-chief, and I would just walk in and give them my articles. People smiled, and Im sure they felt I was naive, but I felt they also had some respect for me doing this work.Continue Reading on Coin Telegraph More