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KIP Protocol Closes Strategic Funding Round Led by Animoca Ventures
1.2.2024
PRESS RELEASE. Hong Kong, 1 February 2024 – KIP Protocol, the Web3 base layer for artificial intelligence (AI), has successfully closed its strategic funding round led by Animoca Ventures. KIP Protocol builds secure and gas-efficient Web3 infrastructure that makes it possible for AI creators...
Fintech Provider Portal Raises $34 Million in Seed Funding
1.2.2024
Portal, the provider of a decentralized Bitcoin ecosystem, announced on Jan. 30 that it has raised $34 million via a seed funding round. Portal said the raised capital is set to fund the development of a decentralized exchange platform and a wallet. Layer 2 Atomic Swap Technology Portal, a fintech...
Is Manta Network Going to Crash? MANTA Price Drops 5% as New Cloud Mining Project Lures Global Investors
31.1.2024
The Manta price has dived by 10% in the past 24 hours, falling to $3.17 as the wider crypto market endures a 2.5% loss today. Despite this fall, MANTA remains up by 13% in the past week, as well as 57% up since the layer-two coin listed earlier in the month. Yet it has lost […]
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Areon Gears up for Mainnet Integration on Exchanges by Jan 31
30.1.2024
PRESS RELEASE. Crypto enthusiasts hold their breath as excitement builds around the upcoming integration of Areon Network‘s new layer 1 chain with major exchanges. Scheduled for January 31 at 14:00 UTC, the integration marks a significant milestone for the project, the resumption of trading...
Portal Raises $34 Million to Develop Decentralized Bitcoin Cross-Chain Swaps
30.1.2024
Fintech provider Portal has raised $34 million in seed funding to develop its Bitcoin-based decentralized exchange (DEX) which will aid cross-chain swaps between multiple networks. In a Jan 30 announcement, the company disclosed an exit from stealth mode and an inflow of $34 million to build...
Is Mantle Going to Crash? MNT Price Falls 5% as New Mining System Receives $9.8 Million in Funding
30.1.2024
Mantle has gained by a modest 0.4% today, with the MNT price rising to $0.6034 in the past 24 hours, as the wider market increases by 2.5%. MNT is now flat in the past week and down by 17% in the last 14 days, with the layer-two token also having fallen by 8% in a […]
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Is It Too Late to Buy Sui? SUI Price Pumps Up 43% as Meme Kombat Approaches Exchange Listings
30.1.2024
The SUI price has jumped by 11% in the past 24 hours, rising to $1.62 as the cryptocurrency market as a whole rises by 2% today. SUI has now risen by 52% in the past week and by 95% in the last 30 days, with the layer-one utility token benefitting from the rapid growth of […]
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Report: Bitcoin and L2 Networks Lead Fee Generation Surge in Blockchain Landscape
29.1.2024
The PWN DAO Foundation, linked to the peer-to-peer lending protocol PWN, has released a comprehensive report analyzing user-incurred onchain fees within major blockchain networks and decentralized applications (dapps) for the past year. The 2023 analysis examines Ethereum, BNB Chain, Bitcoin,...
As Blockchains Push Toward Decentralization, These People Serve as Ultimate Guardians
29.1.2024
The goal of these "protocol councils,” sometimes called “security councils,” is to nudge these nascent networks toward increasing decentralization, by gradually removing them from under the control of their original developers. How are they different from boards of directors?
Ethereum Foundation Reveals Finalized Dencun Upgrade Timeline
26.1.2024
In a recent announcement by the Ethereum Foundation, the Ethereum blockchain network is set for a major enhancement through the introduction of Dencun. The foundation elaborated that Dencun is scheduled to launch on the Sepolia network at epoch 132,608 on Jan. 30, 2024, and will subsequently...
BitcoinOS Unveils ‘Superlayer’ Protocol, Introducing Rollups to Enhance Bitcoin
26.1.2024
Source: Adobe / top images A new platform named BitcoinOS aimed at bringing Bitcoin into the decentralized finance (DeFi) landscape has been introduced by a team of blockchain developers at Sovryn. The platform, which the developers describe as an “operating system” for Bitcoin, utilizes...
Polygon Nearly Matches Ethereum in Crypto User Acquisition in 2023
26.1.2024
Layer-2 scaling network Polygon (MATIC) came close to matching Ethereum (ETH) in terms of crypto user acquisition in 2023. According to blockchain analytics firm Flipside, Polygon acquired an impressive 15.24 million users during the year, falling just shy of Ethereum’s 15.4 million users....
Celo, Shopping for Blockchain Partner, Turns to the Delicate Issue of Money
25.1.2024
A standalone blockchain, Celo is looking to migrate to become a layer-2 network atop Ethereum. The months-long selection process has started to look like "The Bachelorette," with teams behind the Arbitrum, Optimism, Polygon and zkSync networks all vying to win the technology mandate
Is It Too Late to Buy Manta? MANTA Price Blasts Up as Meme Coin Traders Shift Funds to This New Coin
25.1.2024
Promising layer-2 zkEVM Manta Network has seen its native token MANTA blast up in a dramatic rally. Given the rise, many are now asking whether it’s too late to buy Manta? The substantial price move has seen MANTA price hammer-up to a new all-time high, fresh off the back of an impressive...
Polygon Introduces ‘AggLayer,’ Aims to Simplify Blockchain Integration Across Platforms
25.1.2024
Polygon Labs plans to release “AggLayer,” a new blockchain aggregation layer, in February. This development aims to enhance interoperability across blockchain platforms. According to Polygon’s recent blog, AggLayer is designed as a centralized protocol that aggregates zero-knowledge (ZK) proofs...
SatoshiVM Marred by Controversy Days After SAVM Issuance
25.1.2024
SAVM jumped several thousand percent to a market capitalization of as high as $90 million a few hours after issuance
Polymer Labs Secures $23 Million to Build Ethereum’s ‘Interoperability Hub’
25.1.2024
Polymer Labs, the inter-blockchain communication (IBC)-based networking layer two (L2), recently disclosed that it had raised $23 million via a Series A funding round. Polymer said only Ethereum and all chains under the IBC control will initially be compatible with its interoperability solution....
Polygon (MATIC) Competitor Pandoshi (PAMBO) Raises $2 Million in Presale
24.1.2024
A new decentralized finance (DeFi) platform, Pandoshi (PAMBO), is creating quite a stir in the crypto community. This multi-faceted ecosystem has raised an impressive $2 million in its ongoing presale, showcasing its vast potential in the DeFi space. Powered by a Layer 2 network and...
Is It Too Late to Buy Aptos? APT Price Turns Green As This Latest Meme Coin Prepares for Exchange Listing
24.1.2024
The Aptos price has surged after ecosystem summit announcements sparked renewed interest in the layer-1 blockchain protocol. Image by Kerem Goktug Kaya, DALL-E 3. Aptos is currently capturing investor interest following the first day of the Aptos Ecosystem Summit, which revealed major updates...
Coinbase Begins Technical Assessment to Onboard New Ethereum Execution Client for Diversity
23.1.2024
Digital asset exchange Coinbase has revealed its effort toward Ethereum execution client diversity after users complained about the platform’s overreliance on Go.Ethereum (Geth). In a Jan 23 X (formerly Twitter) post, Coinbase quelled community concerns about the dominance of Geth as the only...