Lindsey McInerney: The Metaverse and the 'Dick Punch'
4.5.2022
Polkadot Becomes a 'Fully Interoperable Multichain' With the Launch of its Cross-Consensus Messaging Format
4.5.2022
Popular blockchain protocol Polkadot (DOT) has launched its messaging system XCM (cross-consensus messaging) to enable communication between its various parachains and allow assets like non-fungible tokens (NFTs) to be transferred from one chain to another.
With the launch of this format...
Polkadot launches cross-chain messaging system to solve blockchain’s bridge problem
4.5.2022
Bridges have become one of the largest points of failure in the crypto industry. Polkadot wants to do away with them
What Is So Smart About Smart Contract Platforms?
4.5.2022
The innovative qualities of Ethereum have led to an explosion of new digital assets in the Smart Contract Platform sector. Here's a look at the sector its significance as a digital asset sector and how CoinDesk Indices is setting standards that define this sector
Happy birthday Hal Finney: Crypto community honors world's first known Bitcoiner
4.5.2022
Hal Finney, a computer scientist and the world’s first publicly known Bitcoiner, would have celebrated his 66th birthday today
Ethereum eyes mini breakout above $3K as Coinbase ETH outflows hit new record
4.5.2022
Macro headwinds continue to hamper Ethereum's long-term upside prospects
Partisia Enters Partnership With Cardano Co-Founder Emurga Ventures
4.5.2022
Cardano levels up its privacy infrastructure with a partnership deal closed by Emurga Ventures, a founding entity of the Cardano blockchain. This deal with Partisia Blockchain will bring a suite of privacy tools like privacy-preserving Zero-Knowledge (ZK) and Multi-Party Computation (MPC)...
Elon Musk swaps Twitter avatar for a horde of Bored Apes, BAYC floor price surges 10 ETH
4.5.2022
The development has caused a stir in the NFT community, with some saying Elon Musk made a collage of bored apes on his avatar to troll NFT owners
Binance’s P2E Binemon Integrates ChainLink VRF for Raffles
4.5.2022
In a Medium post published on May 3, Binemon NFT game announced its new partnership with the ChainLink Oracle Solution. As per the post, the Verifiable Random Function (VRF) from the leading oracle solution will bring secure, auditable, and tamper-proof data to the BNB chain. The NFT game plans...
Elon Musk May Launch Twitter IPO After Takeover - Report
4.5.2022
As Elon Musk is advancing his plan to buy Twitter in a deal valued at some USD 44bn, the Tesla CEO has reportedly told potential investors that the social platform could be returned to public ownership after a few years.
Musk declared that he intended to launch Twitter’s initial public offering...
El Salvador’s Bitcoin Volcano Bonds Launch Still on Hold, According to Treasury Minister
4.5.2022
The date of the launch of the Salvadoran bitcoin bonds, the instrument that would serve to build the announced Salvadoran Bitcoin City, is still unknown. Announced to be released earlier this year, the launch has been affected by the current war in Ukraine, and the deceleration of global markets....
Bitcoin and Ethereum Try to Recover, APE Pumps and Dumps on Musk’s Move
4.5.2022
Bitcoin price remained well bid above the USD 38,000 level, started a short-term upside correction above the USD 38,500 level, and is currently (11:57 UTC) testing the USD 39,000 level. BTC is up over 1% in a day and 2% in a week.
Similarly, most major altcoins are facing key hurdles. ETH must...