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Advanced Blockchain Technologies
Notwithstanding this bear market, Web3's more pressing issue is its inability to handle large volumes, writes Greg Gopman. Can sidechains offer a solution?
Greg Gopman
Regulation
Lack of public trust remain a big barrier to crypto adoption, writes Tristan Roozendaal. Here's why regulators should ‘move fast and break things.’
Tristan Roozendaal
Blockchain Security
Harmony’s Horizon cross-chain bridge is now the third of its kind to suffer a major hack this year. What are the alternatives that may be more secure?
Kadan Stadelmann
Regulation
One door closes and another opens, which seems to be what’s happening in Singapore as the crypto price slump restructures the trading environment.
Pradipta Mukherjee
Advanced Blockchain Technologies
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has launched a blockchain-based trade financing pilot project in collaboration with top lenders including HDFC bank, ICICI Bank and State Bank of India, among several others, Economic Times reported, citing unidentified sources. See related article: India FM: RBI to issue blockchain-based digital rupee Fast facts Belgium-based SettleMint, U.S.-based Corda […]
Pradipta Mukherjee
NFT Marketplaces
E-commerce giant eBay has acquired U.K.-based non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace KnownOrigin, the company announced in a press release on Wednesday. See related article: Alibaba Cloud launches service to build NFT marketplaces Fast facts According to the press release, both companies signed and closed the deal on Tuesday, but the purchase price and further details on […]
Dylan Butts
Web3 Development
As the internet fractures into silos degraded by censorship and disinformation, DAOs and public blockchains may offer ways to restore trust.
Zara Gleasure
Economic Impacts
An open and interoperable metaverse economy will drive consumer activity — and it’s on a similar track for growth as e-commerce, writes Ben Caselin of AAX.
Ben Caselin
DeFi News
JPMorgan Chase & Co. blockchain business unit Onyx aims to bring trillions of dollars in tokenized assets to decentralized finance (DeFi), Onyx head of digital assets Tyrone Lobban said at CoinDesk’s Consensus 2022 conference. See related article: JPMorgan sees upside for Bitcoin, crypto amid market downturn Fast facts “Over time, we think tokenizing U.S. Treasurys […]
Dylan Butts
Altcoins
The Helium Network, a decentralized wireless network, announced a model expansion on Saturday to address the demand for unlimited wireless protocols. See related article: Fantom releases upgrades to enhance speed, scalability, and decentralization Fast facts The Helium Network, which rewards crypto to users for deploying hotspots and providing network coverage, has launched over 848,000 hotspots […]
Monika Ghosh
