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3 blockchain use cases far beyond crypto
13.1.2023
Blockchains are decentralized, transparent, and increase the capacity of a whole network, while giving users full control of their data
Cardano ecosystem set to expand with custom-built sidechains
13.1.2023
The toolkit will allow for creators of sidechains to choose their own consensus mechanism and other application-specific features, whilst inheriting the security of the main chain
Marvel Snap’s Creator Says Players Who Snap At The Start Are Smart, Actually
12.1.2023
You know the moment. You start a game of Marvel Snap, you get ready to play your first card in the first round, and then “OOOOH SNAP!” the game blurts out: your lunatic opponent just snapped first round before the game even started. Awful behavior, right? Well, when Kotaku spoke to the game’s...
Ava Labs Partners With Amazon Web Services to Accelerate Blockchain Adoption, AVAX Jumps 16%
11.1.2023
Ava Labs, the team behind the layer one (L1) smart contract platform network Avalanche, has partnered with Amazon Web Services (AWS), according to an announcement made on Jan. 11, 2023. Founder and CEO of Ava Labs, Emin Gün Sirer, said the collaboration was a “big deal” and,...
New Sony Car Plays PS5 Games, But Also Turns Your Ride Into A Billboard
9.1.2023
Announced last week at CES 2023, Sony and Honda’s new smart car prototype seems to be taking a page from Elon Musk’s Tesla, letting folks boot up PlayStation 4 and 5 games via its interior screens. But Sony may also be planning to use the car as a way to advertise shit on the outside of it while...
Smart Contract Platform Tokens See Double-Digit Gains, Boosting Defi TVL Above $40 Billion
9.1.2023
Decentralized finance (defi) and smart contract platform tokens rallied on Monday morning (ET) and the total value locked in defi jumped above the $40 billion zone for the first time since mid-December 2022. The top smart contract platform coins by market capitalization increased 7.1% on January...
How Smart TVs Could Help the Metaverse Crack the Mass Market
6.1.2023
Web3 features are just beginning to appear on smart TVs, but they could become an on-ramp for general consumers
Crypto companies aim to build trust within future products and services
6.1.2023
Companies are taking new approaches to building trust within Web3 and crypto products
LG Electronics Steps up Smart TV-Metaverse Drive
6.1.2023
The South Korean tech titan LG Electronics has announced that it will intensify its metaverse activities. And the firm claims that a new deal will allow it to bring Web3 and metaverse experiences to owners of its smart TVs.
The company, which made multiple metaverse-related pledges at the 2023...
Undeads Metaverse: Security Audit Completed by Certik
6.1.2023
PRESS RELEASE. Dubai, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, January 2023, Undeads Metaverse announces the completion of its smart contracts’ security audit conducted by Certik, which included a comprehensive multi-level assessment of Undeads Metaverse in-game smart contracts and product functionality....
Unreported Transactions Linked to Disgraced FTX Co-Founder Revealed by Onchain Investigation
5.1.2023
According to onchain research, wallets connected to Sam Bankman-Fried, the disgraced co-founder of FTX, transferred a significant number of previously unreported transactions across various blockchains. The transfers were discovered by Conor Grogan, a director at Coinbase, and while most of...
Code4rena merges with zkSync to audit smart contracts
5.1.2023
zkSync is very pleased and takes great pride in making its official announcement of Code4rena, having completed successfully auditing their newly launched Baby Alpha. They had joined forces for the same and zkSync’s smart contracts. Where Code4rena is concerned, its entire aim and focus are...
DeFi auditor nets $40,000 for identifying Uniswap vulnerability
4.1.2023
A security firm flagged a now-fixed vulnerability to Uniswap, highlighting the potential for reentrancy attacks on the protocol’s Universal Router smart contract
Users need to go under the engine in Web3 — HashEx CEO
4.1.2023
HashEx CEO Dmitry Mishunin summarizes Web3 as read, write, own — a “crazy responsibility” for the end-user
Crypto Incidents Involving Exit Scams, Hacks, and Code Exploits Reach Record Low in December 2022 According to Certik
3.1.2023
According to blockchain security company Certik, the number of cryptocurrency incidents involving exit scams, hacks, and code exploits in Dec. 2022 was the lowest monthly figure of the year. Certik noted that the combined incidents amounted to $62.2 million “lost to exploits, hacks, and scams.”...
Integrating Decentralized Cross-Chain Communication Makes Bridges ‘Substantially Safer’ — Flare Networks CEO
2.1.2023
Although they grabbed less media attention than the collapse of centralized organizations, the so-called bridge exploit incidents in 2022 again proved that the decentralized finance (defi) ecosystem still lacks sufficiently secure solutions, Hugo Philion, the co-founder and CEO of Flare Networks...
New year community advice: Check your smart contract approvals
2.1.2023
A Reddit user has warned of the potential dangers of unchecked smart contracts, advising the community to revoke approvals on a regular basis
‘Ethereum Killers’ Managed to ‘Kill’ Themselves in 2022 Rather Than Beat the Smart Contract Economy’s Heavyweight Champ
30.12.2022
At the end of 2021, a myriad of people thought a handful of smart contract platform tokens, often referred to as ‘Ethereum killers,’ would flip the second-largest crypto asset in terms of market capitalization in 2022. As 2022 comes to an end, statistics show that none of...
Step Aside, Ethereum: Blockchain Project Stacks Wants to Bring Smart Contracts to Bitcoin
29.12.2022
The project claims its Bitcoin sidechain can unlock “hundreds of billions of dollars” in DeFi on bitcoin
Peter Schiff Advises Selling Bitcoin Today — Says It’s ‘the Smart Move’
26.12.2022
Gold bug and economist Peter Schiff has recommended selling bitcoin today, emphasizing that it is “the smart move.” Many people disagreed with Schiff’s analysis of the price of the cryptocurrency, warning that he is telling investors to sell at the bottom. Peter Schiff’s...