Tagged: decentralization

June 28, 2022 @ 3:09 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Unstoppable Domains, which claims to be the leading platform for Web3 digital identity with more than 2.4 million registered NFT domains, recently announced an integration with ShapeShift, a “decentralized,” non-custodial cryptocurrency platform “supporting over 5000 assets.” Now, ShapeShift customers will be able “to replace complicated… Read More

June 13, 2022 @ 7:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ocean Protocol, the open-source, decentralized data exchange protocol to unlock data for AI, announces the launch of OceanONDA V4. The upgrade caters to data publishers, data consumers, and data marketplace operators “with data NFTs for more flexible data management, one-sided staking to solve rug pulls,… Read More

June 12, 2022 @ 2:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Web3 is here to “revitalize” the way in which our entire society operates, “ushering in a new era of trust and collaboration,” according to an update from Ontology. When it comes to building the infrastructure for #Web3, we believe you should #OWN your value. We… Read More

June 8, 2022 @ 9:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

  As the crucial underlying infrastructure of a public chain ecosystem, the mainnet’s performance “determines its development,” the IOST team notes in an update. Since the mainnet launch, the IOST development team claims it has “maintained an innovative attitude and has released frequent updates and… Read More

June 8, 2022 @ 11:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The non-fungible token (NFT) boom of 2021 not only brought “mainstream attention” to digital art investment, it also “catalyzed increased development of the crypto metaverse,” according to an update from Kraken. The Metaverse — a previously “esoteric” term first used in the 1992 science fiction… Read More

June 4, 2022 @ 1:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Pyth network, a specialized oracle solution for “latency-sensitive” financial data that is typically kept behind the “walled gardens” of centralized institutions, recently announced the deployment of its first-party financial data on BNB Chain, a “community-driven,” “decentralized” and “censorship-resistant” blockchain, and integration with BNB Application… Read More

June 1, 2022 @ 10:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Waves Enterprise, a hybrid blockchain platform combining public and private chains, has announced its intention “to move to a decentralized governance model and open-source its entire codebase.” The Waves Enterprise stack and further development of WE ecosystem “will be managed not by a group of… Read More

June 1, 2022 @ 11:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

KuCoin, which claims to be a “leading” global cryptocurrency trading platform, has launched its “brand-new” decentralized product — KuCoin Wallet, with its website “going live for users to access the service starting June 1st.” The official app of KuCoin Wallet is also expected “to launch… Read More

May 30, 2022 @ 4:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Current fixed-rate products available in the Decentralized Finance (DeFi) industry are a critical component in the financial derivatives market; but drawbacks, “such as low interest rates, intense competition and lower overall attractiveness to investors remain,” according to an update from Huobi. A revamp that consists… Read More

May 29, 2022 @ 5:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Presearch, the private, “decentralized” search engine with 3.8 million registered users and 150 million monthly searches, has announced its Mainnet launch, “shifting all search traffic to run on its decentralized network of community-run nodes.” Rather than using centralized computing infrastructure that is fully controlled by… Read More

May 23, 2022 @ 12:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Aave Companies recently announced the launch of Lens Protocol, an open-source tech stack for “building decentralized social networking applications.” Lens has been launched on Polygon’s “low-cost” and “eco-friendly” blockchain . Using Lens’ open-source blockchain tech, developers can now “build Web3-powered social media apps, marketplaces, recommendation… Read More

May 22, 2022 @ 10:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

With a goal to build the infrastructure and deliver the tools that will power Web3, Ontology has been “focused on the Decentralized Identity (DID) field since day one. ONT ID is Ontology’s decentralized identity framework, designed to be both trustless and private, empowering users and… Read More

May 19, 2022 @ 8:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

ConsenSys, a blockchain tech firm, and LivePerson (NASDAQ: LPSN), a global firm focused on conversational AI, announced plans to create a “decentralized” customer care platform: VillageDAO. VillageDAO will focus on “empowering Web3 brands to self-service issue resolution by enhancing community engagement.” Community members will be… Read More

May 11, 2022 @ 12:41 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Decentralized technologies have changed the way we “interact online,” with tools that have redefined ownership, security, finance, and a lot more, according to an update from Gemini. At Gemini, they claim to be on a mission “to unlock the next era of financial, creative, and… Read More

May 7, 2022 @ 4:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

API3, the first-party blockchain Oracle solution offering a “seamless” Web3 wrapper that enables web API providers to offer their data directly on-chain, recently announced that API3 QRNG, based on the Australian National University (ANU) Quantum Numbers API, “is now live, allowing Web3 entities to access… Read More

April 28, 2022 @ 10:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The XYO Network (Coinbase: $XYO), which claims to be the “first” blockchain geospatial oracle network backed with cryptography, has reported “record” financial results for the full fiscal year “ending December 31, 2021.” Among its 2021 achievements, the company “doubled in revenue for the full fiscal… Read More

April 24, 2022 @ 4:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Tintra PLC, the Regtech firm building a global, borderless banking infrastructure to democratize payments for emerging markets, recently announced share issue details of the “latest receipt of a $2 million private funding round, valuing the company, in the private market at least, at $100 million,… Read More

April 18, 2022 @ 12:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Arweave, a “decentralized” solution for archiving data using a blockchain-like “blockweave” and a proof-of-access consensus mechanism, has expanded to Avalanche. Now, Avalanche users can “utilize Arweave to store records, files, metadata, and other data.” Arweave strives “to store data cheaply and immutably for at least… Read More

April 8, 2022 @ 8:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Luna Foundation Guard (LFG), a recently formed non-profit to support decentralization, economic sovereignty, and foster the growth of the Terra ecosystem, “will add AVAX to its new UST Decentralized Forex Reserve.” By diversifying the base of non-correlated assets “to major assets like BTC and… Read More

April 4, 2022 @ 11:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Syntropy, a Web3 connectivity firm, and Entain, which claims to be one of the largest sports betting and gaming companies, announced the successful implementation of Syntropy’s relay network with its “decentralized autonomous routing protocol (DARP), connecting the data centers across the globe.” Syntropy’s DARP technology… Read More