We took a spin through some of the side events and preparations taking place Tuesday ahead of CoinDesk's annual conference, which starts Wednesday in Austin.
Dune, a prominent web3 data analytics platform, has introduced Dune Catalyst, an enterprise solution designed to streamline blockchain data integrations. This new offering aims to assist blockchain teams in making their data accessible to the world’s largest crypto data community through either a fully managed or hosted solution. Interested parties can schedule a call via […]
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Crypto firm MoonPay is targeting digital experience for brands in its new Web3 platform, a market estimated to reach over $25 billion by 2029.
Solana validators voted to allocate 100% of priority fees to themselves on May 27, ending the previous 50/50 split between burning fees and rewarding validators. The proposal, known as SIMD-0096, passed with 77% approval. It aims to address perceived flaws in the current system and align incentives for network security and efficiency. The change in […]
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Stripchain’s funding round included investors such as Sora Ventures, Hyperithm, Shima Capital, Mechanism and several crypto angel backers.
The zkEVM, called Kakarot, already in testing, will be available via the Starknet Stack.
Polimec, a decentralized and community-driven funding parachain, has officially launched on Polkadot and is set to begin its first project evaluation, according to a May 20 statement shared with CryptoSlate. The platform evaluates Web3 projects for potential fundraising, aiming to bring transparency, accessibility, and regulatory compliance to the process. Polimec’s launch marks a new era […]
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US billionaire Frank McCourt is leading a consortium to acquire TikTok and decentralize it using the Decentralized Social Networking Protocol (DSNP) from Project Liberty. TikTok, boasting over 170 million users, is being pressured by the US government to sell due to national security concerns and purported links to the Chinese government. McCourt’s initiative, termed the […]
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Geoffrey Hinton also warns that advanced AI could pose an existential threat within the next five to 20 years.
The investment figures come alongside a record high 2.9 million daily unique active wallets (dUAW) for the month.
The Bitfinity EVM is designed to allow developers to Bitcoin-based Solidity smart contracts, allowing them to transfer BTC, Ordinals and Runes.
Solana-based DeFi memecoin platform Pump.fun experienced a significant breach on May 16 when an exploiter apparently utilized flash loans to manipulate the platform’s bonding curve contracts. The platform has since paused all trading activities. In a statement on social media, Pump.fun acknowledged the exploit and assured users that the platform is investigating the issue. The […]
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The US Treasury Department intends to place a significant emphasis on addressing the risks posed by cryptocurrencies and other emerging technologies in the coming months via comprehensive regulation. The Treasury has made digital assets a key area of focus in its 2024 National Strategy for Combating Terrorist and Other Illicit Financing report. The strategy outlined […]
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First there was "The Bait." Then there was "Unblinding the block," followed by "The Search," and ultimately "The Propagation." U.S. prosecutors detailed an incredibly complicated Ethereum exploit in an indictment.
The symbiotic relationship between AI and crypto is still in its nascent stages, according to tech execs.
Liquity V2 will allow borrowers to set their borrowing costs, a novel approach in DeFi, and pays the lion's share of protocol revenues back to liquidity providers.
A new feature from Colony Lab, a developer and project incubator in the Avalanche blockchain ecosystem, called "liquid vesting," lets users sell their tokens before their vesting period is over.
Ethereum's recent Dencun upgrade, which was designed to reduce fees and help scale the network, has caused ether {{ETH}} to revert back to an inflationary asset -- potentially reversing one of the key benefits of last year's Merge.
Ethereum Layer-2 (L2) Optimism has urged Layer-3 (L3) blockchain to join its Superchain by building with OP Stack and sharing sequencer revenue with the Optimism Collective. Superchain is a decentralized blockchain platform comprising many chains that share security and a technology stack (OP Stack). It already boasts several successful L2 networks, such as OP Mainnet […]
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AI has been a key part of rap’s biggest beef in years. Here's how it helped juice the Drake vs. Kendrick Lamar showdown.
In this week's issue of The Protocol newsletter, we dive into the crypto industry's fundraising method du jour – it's all about the decentralization! PLUS: Polyhedra says its ZK prover is 2x faster than anyone else's.
The blockchain project's founders aren't even publicly named, but they've enjoyed remarkable success in fundraising, partly thanks to this increasingly popular fundraising method, where the longer you wait, the higher price you pay.
Polkadot developer Kian Paimani has proposed a flexible inflation upgrade for the network to address the issues tied to the blockchain’s inflation logic. According to the proposal’s GitHub document, the Polkadot relay chain’s current state presents various challenges, including high inflation rates. These stem from outdated infrastructure and parachain slots’ ineffective influence on inflation. Additionally, […]
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The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of May 2-8.
It's the first step on a more ambitious roadmap to transform how Ethereum's biggest wallet works under the hood.
The financial mogul’s commentary came during Berkshire Hathaway’s annual meeting.
Paolo Ardoino, the Chief Executive Officer of Tether and co-founder of peer-to-peer platform Holepunch, recently hinted at plans to potentially develop a “Pear Phone” in the future. In an X post, Ardoino floated the idea of building an Android-compatible phone based on the Android Open Source Project (AOSP). The device would come pre-installed with Holepunch’s […]
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Kusama, Polkadot’s canary network, recently marked a significant milestone by selling its inaugural batch of Agile Coretime. Reports revealed that three cores were sold for a total of 70 KSM, worth approximately $1,980—each core was sold at an average price of 23.4 KSM, roughly $660. Coretime allows developers to buy up to 4 weeks or […]
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Mirror and Paragraphs are rivals in the Web3 publishing space, and their deal allows Mirror's team to operate as an independent company focused exclusively on social media.
MicroStrategy’s chairman, Michael Saylor, revealed the firm’s ambitious plan to introduce a decentralized identity solution called MicroStrategy Orange on the Bitcoin network during his Bitcoin For Corporations talk on May 1. Saylor underlined the potential of establishing a universal standard with the distinctive orange checkmark, envisioning it as a global alternative to the commonly recognized […]
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