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Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) Releases Soroban Preview
2.8.2022
The Stellar Development Foundation recently released the preview for its upcoming smart contracts platform, Soroban. The platform will help developers to experiment with what the venture has developed. The SDF engineers were almost ready to share the preview back in June. However, they were unable...
Meta’s Metaverse Is Still Not Profitable: Reality Labs Unit Registers $2.8 Billion Losses During Q2
29.7.2022
Meta, the social media company, has reported that its metaverse division, the Reality Labs Unit, is shedding lots of money. In its recent earnings call, the company informed that, while the Reality Labs unit managed to pull more than $400 million in sales, its losses reached $2.8 billion, mainly...
Sango – The First Digital Monetary System Built on Bitcoin
28.7.2022
PRESS RELEASE. Sango, the Central African Republic’s crypto-initiative, has set off a wave of excitement in the crypto space, fuelling curiosity and anticipation. Supported by a comprehensive Legal Framework, Sango will enable the creation of both the digital and physical infrastructure that would...
UK Law Commission Publishes Proposals to Reform Laws Relating to Digital Assets — Says Reforms Must Not ‘Stifle Development’
28.7.2022
According to the Law Commission, the United Kingdom statutory body, digital assets play an increasingly important role in modern society and as such, the law relating to these must be reviewed. Reforming the laws will not only protect the rights of users and maximize the potential of digital assets...
Gamestar+ Confirms Partnership With Ava Labs and Impending Launch on Avalanche
27.7.2022
PRESS RELEASE. Streaming social game platform Gamestar+ has confirmed an official partnership with blockchain developer Ava Labs, commencing the development of the technological framework that will allow Gamestar+ to bring the most iconic and well-known interactive IPs and entertainment brands...
Explore the Value Behind KCC Through KCC Validator Election
20.7.2022
With the development of the public chain and the growing adoption of blockchain technology, public chains initiated by crypto exchanges are getting more attention. Relying on the advantages of the exchange’s cutting-edge technology team, the exchange public chain has differentiated itself...
Aave taps Pocket Network to beef up decentralized app development
19.7.2022
Aave will leverage Pocket's distributed network of 44,000 nodes to access on-chain data from various blockchains
Report: Bank of Spain Worried About Inflation and Its Consequences in Latam
18.7.2022
The Bank of Spain has issued a new report about the performance of Latam economies during the first six months of the year. The document states that the current inflationary development that several countries of the region have can lead to institutional instability, even as the region is still...
Globant Survey: Most Gamers Believe Metaverse Will Change the Gaming Industry Positively
18.7.2022
A survey published by Globant, a software development firm, and Yougov, found that most gamers believe that metaverse will change the gaming industry in a positive way. The survey, which consulted the opinion of 1,000 PC, console, and mobile gamers, also found that most gamers are still...
Fearing Unity And Unreal Abandonment, Russia May Build Its Own Game Engine
15.7.2022
Russia is looking into the possibility of developing a national video game engine to support the country’s developers should American companies like Unreal Engine creator Epic Games and Unity Technologies refuse to do business with them over the Russian government’s ongoing assault on Ukraine...
Shanghai Aims to Grow a $52 Billion Metaverse Cluster by 2025
15.7.2022
The Government of the city of Shanghai has proposed a group of guidelines to help it shift into a metaverse power. The plan of action defines each one of the technologies that the municipality needs to focus on to achieve the goals of building a $52 billion metaverse economy, while at the same time...
Blockchain Company Polygon Chosen to Participate in Disney’s 2022 Accelerator Program
14.7.2022
The blockchain company Polygon has been chosen to join Disney’s Accelerator program, according to a Walt Disney Company blog post published on Wednesday. The company’s 2022 Disney Accelerator initiative is a business development program that aims to “accelerate the growth...
Bitfinex donates 36 BTC to Salvadoran businesses to support economic development
14.7.2022
The Bitcoin-friendly Latin American country has put BTC at the center of its economic revitalization strategy
Bank of Russia Says Stablecoins Are Not Suitable for Settlements
14.7.2022
The Central Bank of Russia has spoken out against stablecoins, which it says are highly risky and not fit for payments. The monetary authority reacted to a statement by a top finance ministry official who suggested that his department would support the development of Russian stablecoins....
Adshares Establishes Premium Partnership With Sandbox
14.7.2022
PRESS RELEASE. Adshares (ADS) is putting another stake in Metaverse’s advertising territory through a partnership with Sandbox (SAND). The long-awaited partnership by the Adshares community has finally come to a head. The official partnership will bring the two projects closer, in order...
Nigerian Mobility Fintech Secures $20 Million From British Development Finance Institution
12.7.2022
A Nigerian fintech, Moove, recently secured a $20 million investment from British International Investment (BII). Moove said the funds will be used to democratize access to vehicle ownership in Africa. Credit Extended Based on Drivers’ Performance and Revenue Analytics The British...
Everscale Trail-Blazes Through H1 2022
12.7.2022
With live-tested transaction speeds of 64,000 TPS, infinitely scalable blockchain Everscale is undeniably one of the fastest out there, and if H1 2022 is anything to go by, its development progress is no less rapid. Despite seriously bearish trends in the crypto market triggered in large part...
Developer Ambushes NFTs In Public Talk, Makes Crypto Sponsors Real Mad
12.7.2022
During Brazil’s International Games Festival last week, developer Mark Venturelli (Chroma Squad) was scheduled to give a talk called “The Future Of Game Design”. A few seconds in, he flipped and revealed the presentation’s real title—“Why NFTs are a nightmare”—to a room full of applause.Read more
Kenya Has Highest Proportion of Crypto Owning Citizens in Africa UNCTAD Data Shows
10.7.2022
The latest data from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) suggest that Kenya has the highest proportion of crypto-owning inhabitants than any other African country. To counter the growing use of cryptocurrencies, UNCTAD said it recommends the imposition of taxes that...
Fed conference hears stablecoins may boost USD as global reserve currency
6.7.2022
The underlying tech of a central bank digital currency wasn’t enough to convince some panelists at a Fed conference that it could change the international currency system