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Visa has completed the testing for a process that would allow users to pay the on-chain gas fees in fiat currency with their credit card. (Wonderlane/Creative Commons)
Visa Tests Way to Make Paying Ethereum Gas Fees Easier
The process is too complex for the masses, the company said.
Visa has completed the testing for a process that would allow users to pay the on-chain gas fees in fiat currency with their credit card. (Wonderlane/Creative Commons)

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Crypto Wallet Giddy Lets Polygon Users Pay Gas Fees in USDC
“Autogas will support even more tokens in the future,” the CEO of the wallet company said.
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Polygon Completes Hard Fork to Reduce Gas Fee Spikes, Disruptive Reorgs
The software upgrade to the Ethereum-scaling project went live on Tuesday and included two proposals from December that Polygon validator teams voted to approve.
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Polygon’s Blockchain to Undergo Hard Fork
The software upgrade scheduled for Jan. 17 will address gas spikes and chain reorganization.
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Web3 Platform Alchemy Has a Plan to Thwart Bad Actors in NFT Mints
It’s new technology, Spearmint, is an “allow list” designed to keep out speculators and bots who drive up gas fees.
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The city of Shanghai. (Edward He/Unsplash)
What to Expect From Ethereum’s Next Big Upgrade
“Shanghai” will make it possible to withdraw staked ETH, but a long-wished-for pathway to lower gas fees might be missing from the update.
The city of Shanghai. (Edward He/Unsplash)

Ethereum's Vitalik Buterin Explains Why He's Against Canada Invoking Emergencies Act and Blacklisting Crypto Wallets of Protesters
Ethereum’s Vitalik Buterin Explains Why He’s Against Canada Invoking Emergencies Act and Blacklisting Crypto Wallets of Protesters
CoinDesk’s Christine Lee speaks to Vitalik Buterin about the challenges of transitioning into Ethereum 2.0, gas fees, layer 1 competitions as well as his views on the Canadian...
Ethereum's Vitalik Buterin Explains Why He's Against Canada Invoking Emergencies Act and Blacklisting Crypto Wallets of Protesters

Skale CEO Announces $100M Ecosystem Grant Program
Skale CEO Announces $100M Ecosystem Grant Program
Skale Co-Founder and CEO Jack O’Holleran joins CoinDesk TV’s Christine Lee at the 2022 ETHDenver conference to announce the new $100 million grant program for projects in the...
Skale CEO Announces $100M Ecosystem Grant Program

JPMorgan: Ethereum Losing NFT Market Share to Solana
JPMorgan: Ethereum Losing NFT Market Share to Solana
Ethereum’s dominance in non-fungible tokens (NFTs) is shrinking because of congestion and high gas fees, JPMorgan said in an analyst report. “The Hash” team discusses their as...
JPMorgan: Ethereum Losing NFT Market Share to Solana

Is 2022 the Year of Ethereum?
Is 2022 the Year of Ethereum?
Global Innovation Leader at Ernst & Young Paul Brody discusses his CoinDesk article titled “2022 Is the Year of Ethereum,” offering insights into why Ethereum will become the...
Is 2022 the Year of Ethereum?