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.
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,…
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.…
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…
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.
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.
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.
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