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NFT Sales Soar 138% in Past Week, Blur Market Dominates This Week’s ETH-Based NFT Sales
24.2.2023
Non-fungible token (NFT) sales have soared this past week, climbing 138.15% higher than the week before. Sales recorded between last Friday and Feb. 24, 2023, indicate that $801 million in NFT sales have been settled over the last seven days. Ethereum Digital Collectibles and Mutant Ape Yacht Club...
Eclipse to Launch Rollup Blockchain for Polygon Network with Solana Compatibility
24.2.2023
Customizable rollup provider Eclipse announced that the startup is launching a scaling solution that is compatible with Solana and Polygon. Eclipse disclosed that the Layer 2 blockchain can run smart contracts on Solana, and decentralized applications (dapps) will be easily migratable to...
Crypto Exchange Coinbase Launches Ethereum L2 Scaling Network Called Base
24.2.2023
The cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has announced the deployment of Base, an Ethereum layer two (L2) scaling network, after developers launched the Base testnet on Thursday. The company said it is incubating Base within Coinbase and that the L2 chain will progressively decentralize over time....
DAOs Don't Have to Be Completely Decentralized
23.2.2023
Complete organizational decentralization isn’t always the most effective path for Web3 communities
Russian Founders of Defi Platform Forsage Indicted in $340 Million Crypto Ponzi Scheme
23.2.2023
Four Russians have been charged in the U.S. with operating a crypto pyramid and Ponzi scheme that defrauded investors of millions of dollars. If convicted, they would face a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison for their roles in the purportedly decentralized finance (defi) platform Forsage....
DeFi Protocol Platypus to Repay at Least 63% of User Funds After $9M Hack
23.2.2023
The Avalanche-based protocol worked with crypto exchange Binance to identify the exploiter responsible for the exploit last week
Coinbase launches its own Ethereum Layer 2 network for building decentralized apps
23.2.2023
The network, known as Base, is designed to be a low-cost, secure, and developer-friendly environment that Coinbase said will serve as a bridge to bring users into the crypto economy
TUSD Leverages Chainlink Proof of Reserve for Real-Time Verification of Stablecoin Minting
23.2.2023
On Wednesday, the stablecoin project Trueusd announced that it is leveraging Chainlink Proof of Reserve (POR) technology to provide real-time verification for the minting of trueusd tokens. The trueusd crypto asset has a circulating supply of over 968 million tokens and is the sixth-largest...
Federated Learning Consortium (FLC) for Decentralized AI to Launch in Hong Kong, Led by Phoenix and APEX Technologies
23.2.2023
PRESS RELEASE. After over a year of preparation and restructuring, decentralized and privacy-enabled AI organization Federated Learning Consortium (FLC) is set to launch as a for-profit research consortium in Hong Kong, China, shifting from a previously non-profit approach. FLC is set to be led...
Decentralized Storage Protocol Starts Beta Testing, Will Allow Users to Buy or Rent Storage
22.2.2023
The platform has 2,500 nodes, with storage costs averaging 50 cents per terabyte per month
LinksDAO likely to put in ‘compelling offer’ to buy Scottish golf course
22.2.2023
If the final tally remains in favor of the purchase, the LinksDAO acquisition committee will officially put out a “compelling offer” to purchase the golf course
Filecoin, Storj Tokens Outperform Bitcoin Amid Increased Use of Decentralized Storage Protocols
22.2.2023
The utility FIL token jumped 62% over the past week. Decentralized storage protocols recently gained attention as their use has increased, an analyst said
Superchain Network Raises $4M to Build Decentralized Data Indexing Protocol
21.2.2023
The $4 million combined seed and pre-seed round included participation from Blockchain Capital, Maven 11 and other investors
What Are VCs Funding After FTX? More Decentralized Infrastructure
21.2.2023
Infrastructure projects and regulatory-resistant protocols have attracted cautious investors
Ethereum’s Transition to Proof-of-Stake Yields Deflationary Results
20.2.2023
After the transition from proof-of-work (PoW) to proof-of-stake (PoS), Ethereum’s annual issuance rate has been reduced to negative 0.057%, according to statistics 158 days after The Merge. The metrics indicate that more ethereum tokens have been removed than issued, and if the chain were...
Bitcoin Continues to Record Blocks Above the 3.75 MB Range as Ordinal Inscriptions Near 150,000
19.2.2023
As Ordinal inscriptions approach the 150,000 mark, blocks larger than 3 MB have become commonplace, with many blocks near the 4 MB range. Meanwhile, after the average transaction fee on-chain rose 122% higher at the beginning of February 2023, the average fee has remained the same over the last...
Metaverse, AI, and Liquid Staking Tokens Lead Year-to-Date Crypto Asset Gains Among Top 125
19.2.2023
In 2023, the leading crypto assets, such as bitcoin and ethereum, have captured decent gains. Bitcoin has increased 17.2% over the last 30 days, and ethereum has risen 9.3% in the same timeframe. However, year-to-date statistics show that bitcoin is down 38.3%, and ethereum has lost 39.3% against...
Sony and Astar Network Launch Web3 Incubation Program for NFT and DAO-Focused Projects
19.2.2023
On Feb. 17, 2023, Tokyo-based Sony Network Communications announced that it is co-hosting a Web3 incubation program with the multichain smart contract platform Astar Network. The program has started accepting applications, and Sony and Astar will jointly mentor Web3 projects “focused on...
Arbitrum Native Decentralized Exchange Camelot Growing Massively in February
17.2.2023
The price of GRAIL, the native token for Camelot, has soared 520% since Feb. 1, per CoinGecko
Report: FTX Promised High Earnings to African Students That Successfully Recruited Fellow Learners
17.2.2023
The collapsed crypto exchange FTX reportedly used the lure of high earnings to convince African university students to become its ambassadors. In addition to encouraging new FTX investors to use the platform, student ambassadors were also required to teach them about crypto and the blockchain. Some...