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PayCore Partners today published a new thought leadership paper examining the Australian payments landscape over the past decade.The paper, From Legacy Rails to Real-Time: Payments Then and Now, is authored by Doug Kilburn (pictured), a payments and technology transformation leader with more than 25 years of experience working across retail banking, payments infrastructure, and capital markets in the UK, US, and Australia.The paper is anchored in a 2017 GreySpark Partners research report — co-authored by Doug Kilburn — which forecast the disruption of Australia’s bank-dominated payments infrastructure by real-time rails, open APIs, platform modernisation, and fintech entrants. Reading that original analysis…

The price of Bitcoin (BTC) has broken through $45,000 for the first time in nearly two years as the market prepares for a widely expected approval of a spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF). Bitcoin climbed rapidly from a price of $42,000 on Jan. 1, surging more than 6% in the last 24 hours and 170% over the last year, per CoinMarketCap data.  Bitcoin is up 6% in the last 24 hours and 171% in the last year. Source: CoinMarketCap Bitcoin is trading higher than any price reached in 2023 and marks a significant new yearly high for the asset just…

We’re thrilled to announce the program and speaker lineup for Zcomm 2026, taking place virtually on Tuesday, March 24th, 2026. This year’s event brings together an inspiring group of community builders, organizers, educators, and creators who will share practical skills to help you activate and empower your own communities. Zcomm focuses on the “how”— how to teach, how to organize, how to collaborate, and how to create meaningful engagement. Our speakers will offer hands-on strategies you can adapt to your local context, no matter your experience level. Registration is now open! Click here to add the schedule to your Google…

We’re thrilled to announce that WFB is available for trading on Kraken! Funding and trading WFB trading is live as of March 10, 2026. To add an asset to your Kraken account, navigate to Funding, select the asset you’re after, and hit ‘Deposit’.  Make sure to deposit your tokens into networks supported by Kraken. Deposits made using other networks will be lost. Here’s some more information about this asset: Fractal Bitcoin (WFB) Fractal Bitcoin (WFB) is a recursive Bitcoin scaling solution that leverages virtualization of Bitcoin’s core software to create infinite scalability while maintaining Bitcoin’s security and principles. Fractal gradually…

Ever feel like your support team is just a group of highly skilled firefighters, sprinting from one “emergency” ticket to the next? I’ve spent years in marketing, constantly talking to support teams and customers, and I keep seeing the same pattern: the same how-to questions, the same tickets, the same “just checking in” follow-ups that shouldn’t even land in the customer support inbox. It slows your team down and frustrates customers who just want quick, clear answers to their problems. From where I sit, the fix isn’t hiring more reps. It’s building systems that let customers solve things on their…

Free BJ’s Membership BJ’s Wholesale Club has a promotion for new members. With this offer you can basically get a free annual membership, as you get back what you pay in the form of a BJ’s reward. This membership gives you access to the warehouse and member services, BJ’s gas stations and tire center. Check out the details below. Offer Details Limited-time, risk-free membership offer. Hurry, offer ends 5/3/26. You can choose between the Club and Club+ memberships: BJ’s Club membership Join for $20 (Reg. $60) get a $20 reward after you spend $60. BJ’s Club+ membership Join for $70…

Smart AlarmsSmart alarm clocks have exploded in popularity in recent years, and that tracks. When work bleeds into evenings, kids wake up at 2 a.m., and stress never fully turns off, sleep is usually the first thing to suffer.According to the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, nearly three-fourths of Americans report disrupted sleep due to stress. So it’s not shocking that people are looking for something—anything—that promises better mornings.But here’s the real question:Are Smart Alarm Clocks Actually Worth it?The Short AnswerYes: if your problem is how you wake up, not how you fall asleep.No: if you think a new gadget…

Bitcoin climbed back above $70,000 Tuesday as crude oil staged a sharp reversal, easing near-term fears of accelerating inflation and giving digital asset markets room to recover.According to CryptoSlate’s data, the largest digital currency jumped over 5% in the last 24 hours, peaking at around $71,164 after slipping below $68,000 earlier in the session.Brent crude fell more than 6% to around $90 a barrel, retracing much of the previous day’s surge that had briefly pushed the international benchmark to nearly $120. West Texas Intermediate (WTI), the US benchmark, fell by a similar margin as traders reassessed how long a geopolitical…

Proceeds from Bitcoin sales have paid for healthcare, environmental programs, and government worker salaries in Bhutan — a detail that puts the kingdom’s latest crypto move in sharper focus. Related Reading A Small Nation With A Big Bitcoin Strategy On Monday, blockchain analytics firm Arkham flagged a transfer of 175 Bitcoin, worth roughly $11.85 million, out of Bhutan’s main government wallet. The funds moved to an address created about a month ago, one that had already received 184 Bitcoin from state accounts. As of Tuesday, the coins had not moved again. No sale has been confirmed. But the transfer fits…

Strategy has found a new gear in its Bitcoin accumulation engine, and its STRC preferred stock equity is doing a growing share of the driving.The company, formerly known as MicroStrategy, held 738,731 BTC as of March 8, up from 672,500 at the end of 2025. This represents an addition of 66,231 coins in 68 days, already surpassing its full-year net purchases in 2021, 2022, or 2023.Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) Pace of Bitcoin Purchases Over Past Years (Source: Adam Argo)The pace of these acquisitions is striking by any measure, and what makes 2026 different is where the capital is coming from.For years,…