The four-week average of initial jobless claims in the U.S. for the week ending July 5.

A fresh wave of Studio minds will gather in Riga, Latvia in just two weeks as the iGaming Studio Summit 2025 opens its doors for the first time on 6 – 7 August at the Radisson Blu Hotel & Spa, Daugava Riga. More than just a meeting of peers, the summit promises to be a working ground for studios

VISA has selected 23 African startups for its inaugural Africa Fintech Accelerator, predominantly from Nigeria, followed by Ghana and Kenya. Participants will receive mentorship, training, and funding to enhance their business growth and digital transformation initiatives.

You roll Boundless, I roll soundness, everyone has a bright future. @SoundnessLabs Soundness has released a new task, and it's not competitive at all. 🔹If you have previously run a light node and obtained the Onboarded role, the system will randomly assign you a new role among Wava, Bloop, Echo, Zippy, and Blu. 🔹With this role, you will see a new channel #game-arena. Currently, only the three roles Wava, Bloop, and Echo can see this channel, while the remaining 2 roles will have to wait. 🔹Enter command: /8queens to start the game 🔹This game is a bit like a Sudoku, where you can directly copy the answers. 🔹After finishing the game, you will receive a private message, Sound_Game. Click on Proof Generated and wait a few minutes to receive the OG character. Currently, the robot is having some issues and may not receive private messages. You can go ahead and open a ticket, or wait for the project team to resolve the issue before proceeding. 🔹Soundness is not competitive at all, with only over 4000 people for 5 roles. What is Soundness? Soundness is a Web3-based decentralized verification layer project built on the Walrus and Sui blockchains, utilizing zero-knowledge proof (ZKP) technology to enhance data security, privacy, and blockchain scalability. 🔶Core objective: Create a decentralized verification layer through ZKP, innovate data verification and protection, optimize online value flow, focus on user data privacy and profit potential, and build a secure and efficient internet ecosystem. 🔶Technical Foundation: 🔸Based on the Walrus and Sui blockchains, combined with efficient infrastructure. 🔸Utilize SP1 to provide real-time proof and low-cost verification. 🔸Verify the authenticity and integrity of data through ZKP, protecting privacy and enhancing scalability. 🔶Positioning: It is a non-zero-knowledge Rollup, but rather a cross-chain ZKP verification layer, providing efficient verification services for multi-blockchain networks.

The Blur Airdrop is stirring a new wave in the NFT space, detailing the Token economic model and governance mechanisms. The highly anticipated Blur Airdrop officially concluded in the early morning of February 15, 2023, distributing 360 million Blur Tokens to the NFT community and Blur users. Community feedback indicates that many users received hundreds of thousands of Blur Tokens, and even non-heavy users received Airdrops worth thousands to tens of thousands of dollars, once again triggering the wealth effect in the crypto world. Data platform statistics show that as of February 15, 1 PM, 80.15% of the Blur Airdrop has been claimed. Among them, 35.8% of the airdrop quantity is between 100 and 1000, 39.6% of addresses received between 1000 and 10000 coins, and 7.8% of users received between 10,000 and 100,000 coins. Currently, the top three wallets in terms of airdrop claims have received 3.2 million, 2.97 million, and 2.5 million BLU respectively.

VISA has selected 23 African startups for its inaugural Africa Fintech Accelerator, predominantly from Nigeria, followed by Ghana and Kenya. Participants will receive mentorship, training, and funding to enhance their business growth and digital transformation initiatives.