Leading US venture capital funds own Toncoin (TON) for $400 million
The Open Network (TON) blockchain, which powers Telegram messenger applications, has raised $400 million in investments from well-known American venture capital companies, including Sequoia Capital, Ribbit Capital, Benchmark Ventures, Kingsway Capital, and Draper Associates. In these decentralized applications, payment is made with Toncoin (TON)…
Reddit co-founder joins the hunt for TikTok and wants to bring it to the blockchain
Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian has joined billionaire Frank McCourt’s The People’s Bid for TikTok campaign with acquisition of TikTok — as a strategic advisor. McCourt also leads Project Liberty, an organization that aims to give users more control over their data through the use of blockchain technology.
Blockchain Kava develops the world’s largest decentralized AI model based on DeepSeek R1
Kava blockchain, which combines the speed and interoperability of Cosmos with the development capabilities of Ethereum, announced at the Consensus Hong Kong conference the world’s largest decentralized artificial intelligence (AI) model based on the sensational Chinese model DeepSeek R1.
By the end of 2025, SUI will cost $16, APT — $22: VanEck forecast
Investment company VanEck has published a detailed analysis of two blockchain platforms — Sui and Aptos. Both networks were created by former developers of of the Diem project by Facebook, which aimed to create a stablecoin for the social network.
Blockchain in space: Spacecoin to create global 5G network — first satellite to be launched on December 21
The Spacecoin project is launching the world’s first decentralized physical infrastructure network (DePIN), using nanosatellites to provide high-speed internet access in remote regions. This aims to bridge the digital divide and bring global network access to 2.9 billion people. The project is built on the Creditcoin blockchain and is…
Cryptocurrency bull market 2024: how not to fall victim to your own greed during «euphoria»
The cryptocurrency market finally entered a bull phase at the end of 2024. This offers many opportunities, but inexperienced users can easily get confused and fall victim to their lack of knowledge or greed. Therefore, investing in the middle of a «green» sea requires a competent approach. By following the rules of diversification, project…
E-hryvnia in 2025 — NBU plans to openly test the electronic currency
The e-hryvnia will be available for open test access next year. It is a digital currency (CBDC) based on distributed data, like blockchain. Everyone interested will be able to participate in the test.
Bleap: a blockchain startup from former Revolut employees offers Mastercard payments without fees and cashback up to 2%
A team of former Revolut employees — João Alves and Guilherme Gomes — has raised $2.3 million in pre-seed investment to create the Bleap app. The developers call it a «bank account on the» blockchain. The leader of this round of funding was Ethereal Ventures, founded by Joe Lubin, the creator of Consensys. The investors also include Maven11,…
Scientific blockchain platform Pump Science «lost» key, which immediately fell into the hands of hackers
The decentralized science (DeSci) platform Pump Science has reported about the creation of fake tokens from its Pump.fun account due to a private key leak on GitHub. According to the team, the attacker used this opportunity to create fraudulent coins, including Urolithin from B to E (URO) and Cocaine (COKE).
Trump’s crypto platform has received an unexpected $30 million in investment, but will it save it?
What is $30 million for a person who can afford to buy a banana for $6.24 million? Recently, Donald Trump’s cryptocurrency platform World Liberty Financial (WLFI) received funding from the crypto-billionaire and TRON blockchain founder Justin Sun. He purchased WLFI tokens worth $30 million and is now its largest investor.
Decentralized science and its 10 leaders: from «living» digital organism on the blockchain to DNA databases
While the crypto community is captivated by meme coins, science is not standing still. Blockchain is capable of much more. For example, in combination with medicine and biotechnologies. A new direction called DeSci (short for Decentralized Science) has emerged to transform scientific research, funding, and knowledge management based on blockchain.…
Cardano token (ADA) grew by 80% after news of the blockchain founder’s involvement in a new US crypto policy development
Bitcoin continues to break its own records has already reached $82 thousand. Other cryptocurrencies are also growing gradually, and there are already shouts from around the corner about the beginning of a bull market (but you should be very careful, crypto can surprise not only in a positive way).
SEC may sue Web3 game development platform Immutable
Immutable, a blockchain gaming company, announced that it has received a Wells notice from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) alleging securities law violations and false statements related to its IMX token.
Ubisoft releases a blockchain PC game with $63k worth NFT
Ubisoft has released the NFT game Champions Tactics: Grimoria Chronicles for PC without any loud announcements. It is a PvP tactical RPG on the blockchain where players have to collect and assemble a team of champion figures to fight in turn-based battles. Although Champions Tactics was announced back in June 2023, new information about the game…
Found the wrong guy? Peter Todd is hiding because of an HBO documentary that called him the creator of bitcoin
Peter Todd, a 39-year-old Canadian software developer who played a key role in the early creation of bitcoin, was furious when he was named Satoshi Nakamoto in the documentary Money Electric: The Bitcoin Mystery directed by Cullen Hoback.
Scam Sniffer detects phishing ads on Google: users can lose all cryptocurrency
The security company Web3 Scam Sniffer reported that while searching for the official Soneium website, experts came across sponsored ads on Google for a fraudulent page, after clicking on it, connecting a wallet and signing a permission, users risked losing all digital assets. Suspicious ads appeared when users searched for the term «someium».
Cryptocurrency activity has reached an all-time high, — a16z crypto
According to the «Cryptocurrency State of the Art Report» by a16z crypto, the activity and use of cryptocurrencies reached record levels. In September, 220 million addresses interacted with the blockchain at least once, and this figure has more than tripled since the end of 2023.
Vitalik Buterin presents an updated Ethereum roadmap with a 7k-fold increase in transactions number
In his blog, co-founder Ethereum Vitalik Buterin presented an updated blockchain roadmap with a focus on expanding Layer 2 and improving scalability while maintaining decentralization and security. The initiative is called The Surge.
Cybersecurity experts accidentally spread malware among Radiant Capital hack victims
On October 16, Radiant Capital’s lending protocol suffered the second cyberattack this year, resulting in the loss of more than $50 million. According to data De.Fi Antivirus Web3, the project’s contracts were exploited on the Binance Smart Chain (BSC) and Arbitrum (ARB) chains with the transferFrom() function, which allowed…
Masks off: crypto community names 5 most likely candidates for Bitcoin founder
On October 9, HBO will release a documentary called Money Electric: The Bitcoin Mystery. The creators of the film promised to solve one of the greatest mysteries of our time: who is Satoshi Nakamoto and where did he disappear to? The film was directed and produced by «Emmy» nominated Cullen Hoback, creator of Q: Into the Storm (a documentary…
Fraudsters withdrew $5.7M worth EigenLayer tokens shortly after listing
The EigenLayer protocol team, which on October 1 held listing of its own EIGEN token and announced the second season of airdropreported the theft of 1.67 million tokens worth about $5.7 million. The team is conducting an investigation. But it is already known that the incident is not related to the hacking of the project. The assets were mistakenly…
HBO to reveal Satoshi Nakamoto’s identity in documentary Money Electric: The Bitcoin Mystery on October 9 (+trailer)
American television network HBO promises to show a «bomb» that could shake up the entire crypto world. Therefore, we should prepare for market fluctuations on the eve of and possibly after the premiere.
Crypto projects ranking 2024: the best Q3 blockchains and tokens
Popular analytical platform CryptoRank has published statistics on the most successful cryptocurrency projects of the third quarter of 2024 (Q3).
The world’s first smartphone with a built-in DePIN node — XForge is announced
Blockchain platform XProtocol has unveiled teasers of a branded device called XForge. The company is positioning the smartphone as the world’s first with a built-in DePIN-node. The price of the crypto phone is $299. XForge is designed to improve the gaming experience and integrate with the XProtocol decentralized network.
Mining 2.0: Is there any room for it in 2024?
In 2009, when bitcoin first appeared, anyone could easily become a miner. It was enough to run a special program on a regular computer or laptop to receive up to 50 bitcoins a day. As the popularity of bitcoin grew, mining became more difficult and expensive, and the profit — less and less. Can we […]
Commission on TRON has been halved
TRON has set a new high bar for competitors by reducing fees by 50%. From now on, transactions in the TRON network will be among the cheapest in the industry, which will increase network activity and stimulate developers. This was announced in the X wrote Justin Sun, founder of the TRON.
Solana’s second crypto phone — Seeker: AI agent development, soulbound tokens, and web3 app store
Solana has introduced a new model of its web3 of a smartphone called Seeker. Previously, the crypto phone was presented at the Token 2049 conference in Singapore. Later, the announcement was made on the official pages of Solana Mobile.
«I don’t support cryptocurrencies»: the author of the Flappy Bird game distanced himself from its «revival» in the blockchain
Once a hype Flappy Bird mobile game has been reincarnated as a blockchain project. The author, who once closed the game to prevent addiction, doesn’t like it.
Telegram will display the main country and time of creation of public channels (+ monetization for Ukraine)
Now we will find out which channels are administered by Russians?
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