Tagged: decentralization

January 29, 2023 @ 6:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Astroport, which claims to be one of the most “popular” decentralized exchanges, launched its beta on the Injective testnet. Injective is described as a fast blockchain built for finance. As the “first” smart contracts platform optimized for building decentralized finance applications, dApps such as Astroport… Read More

January 29, 2023 @ 1:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Marinade Finance, Solana’s No.1 protocol by total value locked (TVL), has announced a major drive “to increase staking of SOL on the blockchain as the protocol aims to increase Solana’s decentralization and grow liquidity throughout its decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem.” Launching February 1, Marinade’s Open… Read More

January 23, 2023 @ 10:09 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Tenderly, creators of a Web3 development platform, and Cronos, a decentralized, open-source, energy-efficient public blockchain with high speed and low transaction fees,  announced the integration between Tenderly and Cronos as well as its testnet. Cronos is an Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM)-compatible Layer-1 blockchain network built… Read More

December 21, 2022 @ 10:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Flux, the frontrunner in building decentralized infrastructure to power Web3 development, today announced a partnership with OVHcloud, the European cloud leader, “to expand its edge cloud solution options.” This partnership will “enable each company to expand its reach into previously untapped markets – Web3 for… Read More

December 18, 2022 @ 10:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

THORChain, a non-custodial decentralized native asset protocol that enables wallets, decentralized exchanges (DEXs), and users to seamlessly transfer their digital assets across blockchains, has completed its integration with Trust Wallet, a self-custodial and multi-chain wallet provider. This integration “unlocks decentralized multichain swaps for the more… Read More

December 11, 2022 @ 11:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Nuon, which claims to be the first “unbiased,” decentralized and overcollateralized “flatcoin” whose value is pegged to an independent cost of living index, has announced that it has “joined the Chainlink BUILD program.” Nuon’s goal is “to move the needle towards the next evolution of… Read More

November 30, 2022 @ 11:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) are gradually gaining traction in the Web3 space and beyond as many are beginning “to explore possible ways of contributing to one.” While DAOs have significant operational benefits such as organizational transparency, decentralization, and ability “to utilize a wide variety of… Read More

November 20, 2022 @ 7:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Input Output Global, Inc. (IOG), one of the builders of Cardano, the proof of stake blockchain, has partnered with the University of Edinburgh, one of the “most highly rated” academic institutions in the United Kingdom, “to develop the blockchain industry’s first ‘decentralization index’.” The Edinburgh… Read More

November 10, 2022 @ 9:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Truflation, the independent, real-time inflation data aggregator, has partnered with Haptics DAO, a “decentralized” voice command platform that uses audio and haptic feedback “to help visually and hearing impaired users access wallets, trade cryptocurrencies, and explore price feeds and inflation data.” The Haptics DAO project… Read More

November 7, 2022 @ 8:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is now making the claim that all ETH transactions fall under U.S. jurisdiction due to the network’s high concentration of nodes within the country. If this claim is found to be accurate, we will very soon see a… Read More

November 5, 2022 @ 1:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Evmos, the port-of-entry from Ethereum to Cosmos, sees its core developer, Tharsis Labs, announcing it has raised $27M in Seed funding “to accelerate the growth of its ecosystem of interoperable dApps.” The round was “led by Polychain Capital with participation from Galaxy, Huobi, HashKey, Coinbase… Read More

November 1, 2022 @ 10:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Sei, a first sector specific Layer 1 specialized for trading and fastest chain to finality, joins together with Alpha Venture DAO, a Web 3.0 venture builder, “to deliver the most competitive incubation program, ‘Alpha Incubate Batch 2’ to DeFi builders.” They are collaborating to give… Read More

November 1, 2022 @ 6:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CQG, a global provider of high-performance technology solutions for market makers, traders, brokers, commercial hedgers and exchanges, and NUTS Finance, a blockchain development lab, announced today that they have just launched “Optio Research,” a Web3-based innovation lab “focused on developing decentralized cryptocurrency infrastructure and trading… Read More

November 1, 2022 @ 7:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The ‘Learn & Earn’ course launched with Revolut will “broaden newcomers’ understanding of DeFi and help to shape their decentralized future experience in an easy, fun and efficient way.” Aiming to empower more people with DeFi knowledge, the 1inch Network is happy to announce “the… Read More

October 30, 2022 @ 10:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ConsenSys, a blockchain technology company, announced the launch of MetaMask Grants DAO. This employee-led, fully-funded Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) structure issues grants “to developers outside of ConsenSys, who are building impactful experiences within the MetaMask ecosystem.” It is “open to any meaningful project that adds… Read More

October 30, 2022 @ 9:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fun, a blockchain software development company building applications that leverage dynamic and decentralized wallet (dWallet) technology, announced it “raised $3.9M in a pre-seed funding round led by JAM Fund, and joined by SOMA Capital, NOMO Ventures, and Great Oaks Venture Capital, as well as prominent… Read More

October 23, 2022 @ 4:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

As most of their users might know, ShapeShift transitioned to a DAO (decentralized autonomous organization) in July last year. This has “proven to be an amazing journey, allowing us to offer so much more to [their] users, such as more options for buying, trading, investing,… Read More

October 19, 2022 @ 9:05 am By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently connected with Li Jun, Founder of Ontology, the project that claims it is bringing trust, privacy, and security to Web3 through decentralized identity and data solutions. Li Jun has commented on the key developments in the crypto and blockchain space following the Ethereum… Read More

October 16, 2022 @ 6:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

OKX, which claims to be the world’s “second largest” cryptocurrency exchange (presumably after Binance), announced that it is partnering with Pyth network, a next-generation Oracle solution built on the Solana blockchain and designed “to provide trusted and verifiable market data to decentralized applications.” Pyth operates… Read More

October 13, 2022 @ 6:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The CosmWasm integration is the first of many other planned steps that ShareRing, a blockchain-enabled digital identity ecosystem, is taking in order “to move towards achieving the goal of providing frictionless access to goods and services.” This integration reportedly “results in smart contract functionality, greater… Read More