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BIS Warns Against Unregulated Metaverse: A Call to Prevent Fragmentation and Corporate Control
8.2.2024
The Bank of International Settlements (BIS) has published a report calling on regulators to “future proof” themselves against the adverse effects of an unregulated metaverse on the digital economy. The 31-page report warns that future money and virtual environments run the risk...
Hedera Secures $250 Million Partnership with Saudi Ministry of Investment for Web3 and Deep Tech Development
6.2.2024
Hedera, a leading Proof of Stake (POS) blockchain platform, has embarked on a transformative five-year partnership with the Saudi Ministry of Investment (MISA) to catalyze the development of Web3 technologies in the region. The collaboration, valued at $250 million, was unveiled during...
EU Moves to Ban Bitcoin to Meet Energy Goals – Report
31.1.2024
Source: Pixabay A recent report has indicated that Proof-of-Work (PoW) consensus networks, like Bitcoin, may be banned in the European Union (EU). Daniel Batten, a managing partner at CH4 Capital, shared on his X (formerly Twitter) handle that the European Central Bank (ECB) and European Securities...
Axiom Secures $20 Million in Series A Funding Round
27.1.2024
Axiom announced a $20 million Series A funding round led by Paradigm and Standard Crypto. The company’s approach uses zero-knowledge cryptography to provide a more efficient and cost-effective method for smart contract developers to access and use on-chain data. Axiom Secures $20 Million...
Worldcoin to Redesign Iris Scanning Orb
27.1.2024
Worldcoin will change the design of the Orb, the device used for scanning the irises of users as proof of personhood for the project, to be more friendly and less polarizing. Alex Blania, CEO and co-founder of Tools For Humanity, the company behind Worldcoin, stated that the next iteration would...
EchoLink Launchpad on LBank Ends With Over 130M USDT in Investment, $ECHO Set for Listing
25.1.2024
PRESS RELEASE. Following the triumph of its third Launchpad initiative with ACGN Protocol, LBank has accomplished yet another milestone by concluding its fourth Launchpad event featuring EchoLink. This innovative project marks a significant breakthrough in Decentralized Physical Infrastructure...
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...
Gate.io’s Proof of Reserves Report Reveals $4.3B in Assets with 115% Reserve Ratio for 171 Assets
24.1.2024
Jan. 24th, Panama – Gate.io, a leading crypto exchange and Web3 innovator, has released its January 2024 Proof of Reserves (PoR), verifiably demonstrating $4.3 billion in total held assets with a ratio of 115.47%, representing over $584 million retained in excess of user deposits. The latest...
Gate.io’s Proof of Reserves Implementation Passes Hacken’s Security Audit
22.1.2024
Hacken Finds Gate.io’s PoR ‘Contributes Significantly to the Field’ Jan 22nd, Panama – Gate.io, a leading crypto exchange and Web3 innovator, announced that its latest Proof of Reserves (PoR) methodology passed a comprehensive security review conducted by Hacken, a pioneer...
Mining Digital Gold — These Are the Most Profitable Proof-of-Work Algorithms in 2024
21.1.2024
In September 2022, Bitcoin’s SHA256 algorithm ranked as the seventh most lucrative proof-of-work (PoW) network for mining. Fast forward a year and four months, and this algorithm has ascended to become the third most profitable crypto network for mining operations. 2022 to 2024 Sees...
MetaMask Plugin Connects Hedera Network with 30 Million Monthly Users
16.1.2024
Source: AdobeStock / bilal ulker The MetaMask Snaps plugin, which provides access to the popular MetaMask wallet’s 30 million monthly active users, is now available on the open-source, proof-of-stake network Hedera. This Hedera Wallet Snap plugin, built by Tuum Technologies, enables...
Tokenized Real-World Assets: An Appealing Portfolio Diversification Strategy for Modern Investors – Zaid Ismail
15.1.2024
Despite recently garnering much of the world’s attention, traditional exchange-traded funds (ETFs), including spot bitcoin ETFs, are still inferior to tokenized real-world assets (RWA), according to Zaid Ismail, the COO at the future-proof blockchain Mintlayer. The Appeal of Tokenized Real-World...
Distributed Validator Technology More Primed to Overcome the Ethereum Validator Overload Challenge – Alon Muroch
14.1.2024
While the Ethereum network’s migration to a proof of stake (PoS) consensus mechanism has seen the protocol become less energy-intensive, Alon Muroch, the founder of the SSV Network core team, said if the number of validators is not contained this can lead to a network overload. The Promise...
Unlimited Innovations vs. 2,500 Swimming Pools — AI Faces Similar Environmental Backlash as Bitcoin Mining
29.12.2023
In recent years, attention has centered on bitcoin mining, particularly its energy usage in securing the network and validating transactions through proof-of-work (PoW). As generative artificial intelligence (AI) emerges as a major force in technology, it’s encountering similar environmental...
ZKSpace Officially Upgrades to ZKBase, Launches ZKSwap for BRC20, and Implements 1:1 Exchange between ZKS and ZKB
29.12.2023
PRESS RELEASE. To empower the BTC and ETH ecosystems, the ZKSpace team has rebranded and upgraded to ZKBase. As an infrastructure protocol based on ZK (Zero Knowledge) proof technology, ZKBase is dedicated to providing scalability solutions for mainstream blockchains such as Ethereum and Bitcoin...
Vitalik Buterin Proposes Simplified Ethereum Proof of Stake Design
28.12.2023
Source: DALL·E Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has proposed three alternative methods aimed at simplifying the Ethereum blockchain’s proof of stake design. This initiative, according to Buterin’s latest blog post, is intended to address a potential systemic complexity within...
Worldcoin (WLD) Launches World ID 2.0 with Iris Scanner Orb Authentication in Singapore
27.12.2023
Source: Pixabay The global project focused on digital identity and finance, Worldcoin (WLD), has recently introduced World ID 2.0 in Singapore, in the latest sign of growing global interest in proof of personhood and the Worldcoin project, allowing users to verify their humanness at an Orb....
Making Privacy Solutions EVM-Compatible Is Key to Integrating Them With Blockchains and Dapps — Guy Itzhaki
20.12.2023
While proponents of fully homomorphic encryption (FHE) have sometimes touted it as a better privacy solution than zero-knowledge (ZK) proofs, Guy Itzhaki, the founder and CEO of Fhenix, said both are cryptographic-based technologies which, when combined, can form a robust and efficient encryption...
ETHW Core Team Dissolved Just Weeks After Pleading for Funds to Maintain Servers
20.12.2023
The Ethereum Proof of Work (ETHW) core development organization has been dissolved to help the protocol achieve full autonomy. In late November, the ETHW team pleaded for $200,000 in funding to maintain servers and recruit part-time engineers. ETHW Core team’s development approach has been...
EthereumPOW Core Team Disbands to Achieve Full Decentralization as OneDAO Provides Transitional Support
19.12.2023
The EthereumPOW core team is disbanding to achieve decentralized governance, with OneDAO providing temporary support. Image by Sergey Nivens, Adobe Stock. The core development team behind the proof-of-work (PoW) fork of Ethereum announced on Tuesday its decision to dissolve EthereumPOW’s...