The decentralized wireless protocol plans U.S. expansion and new international deployments as investors back a user-owned alternative to legacy internet providers.
Between Kalshi and Polymarket, the two prediction markets platforms have generated a cumulative volume exceeding $45 billion.
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The public launch coincided with a major Cloudflare outage on Tuesday that has brought down key crypto frontends.
Cloudflare experienced a service degradation issue on Tuesday that spilled over into multiple crypto front-ends.
Google said prediction markets data from leading platforms Polymarket and Kalshi will roll out over the coming weeks.
For an industry that prides itself on decentralization and constantly lauds its benefits, crypto exchanges being so reliant on vulnerable centralized cloud platforms for their own infrastructure feels like hypocrisy, argues Dr. Max Li, founder and CEO of OORT.
Recent acquisitions and the launch of the Tempo L1 mark Stripe’s return to crypto infrastructure as AI-driven commerce gains traction.
Base App is meant to be Coinbase's answer for combining social networking, mini-apps, chat, payments, and trading.
PayPay has acquired a 40% equity stake in Binance Japan as part of a capital and business alliance.
DoubleZero is a network built to speed up how blockchain validators talk to each other.
Cloudflare and Coinbase are launching the x402 Foundation to promote adoption of the x402 protocol, a framework for agentic payments.
Currently sitting at 260th in the U.S. App Store rankings, Coinbase's position suggests retail participation remains relatively muted.
Ant has helped three projects raise roughly $42 million through RWA tokenization, according to the Bloomberg report.
DoubleZero was first announced in December 2024 as a blockchain layer intended to be faster than the internet. Since then, nearly 12.5% of SOL staked is operating on the DoubleZero testnet.
MetaMask said it has introduced a new social login feature, allowing users to create wallets with Google or Apple accounts.
A new onchain app development platform called Dreamscape is using Microsoft's AI tools to enable users to launch smart contract.
Sharplink Gaming became the largest corporate holder of ether earlier this week, surpassing the Ethereum Foundation.
Coinbase currently sits at rank 162, marking a dramatic recovery from its three-month low of 436 recorded less than a month ago.
The fake extensions impersonated legitimate tools from major crypto services such as Coinbase and MetaMask, according to Koi Security.
KakaoPay, the payment services subsidiary under internet conglomerate Kakao, recently filed stablecoin patent applications.
The '.brave' domain aims to stand out through native browser integration, making it more accessible than other onchain naming systems.
Microsoft onboards its "first web3 data provider," Space & Time, providing developers access to Bitcoin, Ethereum and other blockchain data.
The so-called "AWS of blockchain" has acquired Solana infrastructure provider DexterLab used by Google, Chainstack, and the Solana Foundation.
It's unlikely the ID system uses blockchain, however, it comes after many contributions to the field by crypto developers.
The Securities and Exchange Commission did not pursue any enforcement action related to PayPal's stablecoin, the company said.
Gnosis, the crypto ecosystem behind some of crypto’s most used and most foundational tools, could help launch a VPN within two years.
Ohanian has long sought to build a decentralized social media platform, and worked to integrate some blockchain features on Reddit.
The app store will allow users to directly own and control their AI agents on-chain for various use cases, including autonomous social media accounts and DeFi trading.
Tools and better user experience are key if we want Web3 to see the fast growth we saw at the inception of the internet, says K3 Labs’s William Herkelrath.