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Protocol Village: Valora Introduces 'Mobile Stack' to Simplify Web3 Apps on iOS, Android
5.7.2024
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of July 5-10
QED Protocol Raises $6 Million for Scaling With Bitcoin-powered Tech
4.7.2024
PRESS RELEASE. HONG KONG, JULY 4, 2024 — QED Protocol, the first zk-native execution layer for powering the Web3 ecosystem emerging on Bitcoin, announced today that it has raised $6 million in a funding round led by Blockchain Capital. The fresh influx of capital furthers QED’s mission of utilizing...
Nigeria plans nationwide AI and blockchain research centers
4.7.2024
The research centers count as another step toward taking a leadership position in artificial intelligence (AI) development in Africa
Softbank lost 99% when the dotcom bubble burst, now it’s all-in on AI
3.7.2024
Softbank Group stocks reached an all-time-high on a market capitalization of $97.2 billion
The Protocol: 'Private Jet Brandization' Is One Way Polkadot Burnt Cash
3.7.2024
Crypto twitterati showed no mercy as Polkadot published a transparency report detailing spending on $87 million of DOT tokens – a lot of it on marketing. PLUS blockchain tech news and project highlights from the past week
Big Tech produced more carbon since 2019 than all Bitcoin mining ever
3.7.2024
U.S. tech firms made huge commitments to “net zero” carbon emissions, but that was before ChatGPT hit the scene
Obol Labs Forms Industry Group to Push for Decentralized Validator Technology
3.7.2024
As blockchain projects push to further decentralize, the developer Obol Labs has formed a group of companies working in the Ethereum ecosystem to concentrate on the growing field of "distributed validator technology," or DVT
Bittensor’s TAO Slides 15% After $8M Wallet Drain Attack
3.7.2024
The blockchain was paused early Wednesday to contain the exploit, with security researchers suspecting a private key leakage
Crypto Exchange Kraken Is Considering Going Nuclear
2.7.2024
Massive demand for energy from high performance computing and artificial intelligence firms is changing the landscape in terms of power stability, the company’s CTO said in an exclusive interview with CoinDesk
Bitcoin Could Get Ethereum-Style Restaking as Startup Lombard Raises $16M
2.7.2024
Lombard is partnering with staking startup Babylon to let users earn interest for "restaking" with Bitcoin – using the asset to secure other crypto networks
Pi Squared, Building 'Universal ZK Circuit', Raises $12.5M
2.7.2024
The startup, led by a University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign computer science professor, uses zero-knowledge technology to enable “trustless remote computing" along with other blockchain use cases including AI
RedStone, Blockchain Oracle Project Pushing Into Restaking, Raises $15M
2.7.2024
The fresh round of capital will go towards hiring new team members, according to a press release
South Korea’s 2nd largest chipmaker to invest $75B in AI through 2028
30.6.2024
The investment comes after a March commitment to spend $90 billion on a chip fabrication facility near Seoul
OpenAI inks deal with Time while facing added lawsuit from news nonprofit
27.6.2024
The nonprofit suing OpenAI produces the Mother Jones and Reveal news websites
MegaLabs, Behind the 'Real-Time' Blockchain, Raises $20M, Led By Dragonfly
27.6.2024
The fresh round of capital will go towards building out the MegaETH protocol, with the aim of having a testnet go live in the next few months
The Prize for Owning Web3 Distribution Is Enormous. Here’s Why It Won’t Go to Big Tech
27.6.2024
Ten years from now, decentralized organizations will be the new leading class, with the FAANGs of the world as specialized service providers. Who will lead distribution is even more intriguing, says Alex Felix, Co-Founder and Chief Investment Officer of CoinFund
Protocol Village: Crypto Losses From Hacks, Rug Pulls Doubled to $572M in Q2: Immunefi Report
27.6.2024
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of June 27-July 3
Tezos, Smart-Contract Blockchain of ICO Fame, Reveals Roadmap to Rejuvenate
27.6.2024
The decade-old blockchain's development plan, which goes out through 2026, calls for splitting off transaction execution into a separate "canonical rollup" that would support multiple programming languages
The Protocol: Blast's $3B Airdrop and Bitcoin's Mt. Gox Moment
26.6.2024
In this week's issue of CoinDesk's weekly blockchain tech newsletter, we're covering $100 million of fundraisings, project updates from Solana and other teams, complaints over LayerZero's "pay-to-claim" airdrop and nervousness surrounding the Mt. Gox bitcoin distribution
Ora, Aiming to 'Unlock Design Space for AI Dapps,' Raises $20M
26.6.2024
The project, founded in 2022, says it aims to incorporate AI into decentralized applications with its "on-chain AI oracle."