Blockchain News

Soccerverse, the company behind the massively multiplayer online game of the same name, announced a $3.1 fundraise led by Japanese gaming giant Square-Enix on July 11. The game, which is currently available in beta, is a blockchain-based sports simulation similar to the Football Manager series that allows users to take on various roles such as […]

Core, a Bitcoin-powered layer-one blockchain, announced today that Animoca Brands has launched a validator on its network. This move marks the next step in Core’s mission to unlock over $1.3 trillion of trapped liquidity on Bitcoin and advance the Bitcoin finance (BTCfi) ecosystem. Core, which specializes in EVM-compatible smart contracts, has been gaining traction in the […]

As the crypto world continues to evolve, the focus on utility and real-world applications becomes increasingly critical. The key question remains: Which areas of blockchain and crypto will emerge as indispensable in our daily lives? In a recent discussion, Roundtable anchor Rob Nelson, Noah Newton, CEO of Moby Media, and Brian Dixon, CEO of Off […]

A decade after Ethereum’s initial coin offering, which raised $18.5 million in Bitcoin by selling roughly 60 million Ether, debates about whether different forms of manipulation tactics were involved still swirl in social media. One theory questions whether the Ethereum founders double-spent investors’ funds to artificially inflate the success of the ICO while allowing them […]

Kraken announced that it has co-founded the Blockchain Security Standards Council (BSSC) with several other major industry players to enhance security within the crypto sector. The other co-founders include Anchorage Digital, Coinbase, Fireblocks, Bastion, Figment, Halborn, OpenZeppelin, Ribbit Capital, and Sentinel Global. Consensus-driven security The nonprofit organization aims to create uniform security standards across the crypto industry, addressing pressing […]

BRUSSELS – Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin gave a keynote talk about hardening the Ethereum blockchain as a base layer, in front of a packed room full of an estimated 1,100 attendees, at a developer conference in Brussels on Wednesday. Buterin spoke at length during his presentation at the Ethereum Community Conference (EthCC) about the strengths […]

Central banks worldwide are increasingly exploring blockchain technology adoption, with the European Central Bank (ECB) being the latest example. The ECB recently completed a blockchain experiment for its central bank digital currency (CBDC) with Zama, according to the firm’s chief academic officer, Nigel Smart. He said during a panel discussion at FHE Summit 2024: “We did one with […]

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s Worldcoin project has launched a developer preview of World Chain, a new blockchain that claims to prioritise humans and scale with the growth of the Worldcoin ecosystem. World Chain – built on the OP Stack and integrated with the Worldcoin protocol – aims to provide developers with access to over 10 […]

A new project called TON Applications Chain (TAC) is building a layer-2 network for the TON Blockchain ecosystem, known for its affiliation with the popular messaging app Telegram. The project, which is backed by The Open Platform, an investor focused on the TON blockchain ecosystem, will rely on technology from the Ethereum-focused layer-2 developer Polygon, according to […]

Pavel Durov, CEO of Telegram, one of the most popular messaging applications, has remarked on the relevance that Hamster Kombat, a tap-to-earn game where players role-play as a hamster who is the CEO of a crypto exchange, will have in bringing blockchain to millions. 239 million have signed to be part of the game, according […]