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'Don't Mess with Texas Innovation' — advocates criticize bill removing crypto mining incentives
10.4.2023
Lawmakers in a Texas Senate committee moved forward on Senate Bill 1751 on April 4, paving the way for a floor vote for the legislation some have labeled as against crypto miners
Texas Senate committee moves forward on bill removing incentives for crypto miners
4.4.2023
Under the proposed legislation, certain crypto mining firms participating in a program to reduce the load on Texas' energy grid would not receive an abatement on state taxes
Ethereum layer-2 solutions may focus less on token incentives in the future
11.3.2023
Token incentive models may become obsolete as layer-2 networks focus on ease of functionality and low fees, but how will this impact decentralization?
Opensea Drops Fees to Zero and Announces New Creator Earnings Model in Response to Shifting NFT Landscape
18.2.2023
The largest marketplace for non-fungible tokens (NFTs), Opensea, has announced major changes to its fee structure and policies in response to a shift in the NFT ecosystem. The company detailed that it will drop fees to zero for a limited time and offer an optional creator earnings model with...
Italian Parliament Approves 26% Tax for Cryptocurrency Gains in 2023 Budget Law
2.1.2023
The Italian Parliament has introduced a 26% capital tax on cryptocurrency gains as part of the 2023 budget law, which was approved on Dec. 29. The document also offers incentives for taxpayers to declare their cryptocurrency holdings, proposing a 3.5% aliquot for undeclared cryptocurrencies held...
Swarm, Ethereum’s Storage Network, Announces Mainnet Storage Incentives and Web3PC Inception
21.12.2022
PRESS RELEASE. Swarm, the decentralised storage and communication system built on Ethereum, is announcing the mainnet release of its storage incentives programme, a mechanism to reward storage providers, which now incorporates staking. Swarm has been in development for the past five years, having...
SushiSwap CEO reveals DEX lost $30M on LP incentives this year
12.12.2022
"Ultimately, we must harden the business model to produce more swap volumes & generate more fees," wrote CEO Jared Grey
Data Lake Launches Consent-to-Earn Medical Data Donation System
24.11.2022
PRESS RELEASE. The EU-funded web3 startup Data Lake has launched the world’s first medical data donation system, based on Distributed Ledger Technology and with a novel incentives mechanism that rewards people for their medical data altruism called “Consent-to-Earn” (C2E). They recently launched...
Bank of Russia Suggests Tax Cuts for Long-Term Digital Asset Holders
9.11.2022
The Central Bank of Russia is proposing to introduce tax incentives for long-term holders of digital financial assets. The idea has been circulated with a consultation paper published for public discussions on the development of the digital asset market in the Russian Federation. Bank of Russia...
Organic Communities in Web3 No Longer a Myth: Player Nodes in the Upland Metaverse Feature Multi-Property Takeovers
21.10.2022
Online communities that develop organically are the holy-grail of Web3 projects. Not only are they an indication of the strength of a virtual platform, but represent a cornerstone in the formation of social and economic immersion. While the web3 metaverse industry still relies heavily...
Decentralized Web3 Protocol Golden Raises $40 Million Backed by A16z
5.10.2022
Golden, a startup that seeks to build a decentralized data hub, has raised $40 million dollars in a Series B funding round. The round, which was led by a16z crypto, will allow the company to keep building its concept, which revolves around combining data submission and validation with Web3-based...
Human Protocol Develops New Layer Featuring Voting, Proof-of-Balance, Liquidity, and Slashing – the Routing Protocol
10.8.2022
HUMAN Protocol is an infrastructure to reshape how humans work, by supporting distributed job markets in which any job, of any size or type, can be securely tokenized, published, and completed. The HUMAN team is now developing a new blockchain coordination layer to empower communities for positive...
Crypto firms failed to deliver 'promised benefits' from lawmaker-backed incentives, says nonprofit
4.8.2022
“At a minimum, the public should have a say in these crypto handouts," said the Tech Transparency Project
Eden Network Launches yyAVAX On Avalanche With Align Incentives
29.7.2022
Eden Network has announced the launch of yyAVAX, a liquid staking product, in partnership with Yield Yak and Geode Finance on Avalanche. The new product launched is a yield-bearing derivative awarded to AVAX token stakers. Native tokens are often required to be staked by users to secure...
Tokenomics not Ponzi-nomics: Influencing behavior, making money
28.7.2022
Pocket DAO Passes Two Key Proposals on Node Incentives
28.7.2022
PRESS RELEASE. Pocket Network, a decentralized Web3 infrastructure provider that services blockchain data requests for applications and developers, is implementing key protocol changes after its community DAO voters rallied to boost network efficiency and bring costs down. As of late June,...
Binance Wash Trading Behind Huge Bitcoin Volume Surge, Incentives Being Removed, CZ Says
11.7.2022
The removal of some trading fees on the major crypto exchange Binance is believed to be the reason behind a surge in trading volume on Friday that ended up barely moving the price at all. Now, Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ) has announced steps to combat so-called wash trading on his exchange....
L2 Scaling Startup Optimism Reveals Governance Collective, Native Token, and ‘Many Airdrops’
27.4.2022
The layer two (L2) Ethereum scaling project Optimism has announced the launch of Optimism Collective, “a large-scale experiment in digital democratic governance” managed by the newly created Optimism Foundation. In addition to the governance collective, the plan is to launch a token...
KyberSwap Launches on BitTorrent Chain With $1.5M in Liquidity Mining and Incentive Rewards
23.4.2022
Kyber Network and BitTorrent have announced the integration of KyberSwap with BitTorrent Chain (BTTC) as their 11th chain integration, with more than $1.5M in liquidity mining and trading incentives available to users immediately. The partnership will accelerate DeFi’s adoption with...
Fantom Ecosystem Partners with Gitcoin Grants $335 Million Incentives Program
1.4.2022
Fantom Incentive Program received more than 100 applications and $ 35 million FTM was disbursed to the apex-level TVL projects on Fantom. This step aims to contribute to the massive growth of the Fantom ecosystem and, at the same time, to build invincible applications on a blockchain that...