In brief Ethereum rollups “roll up” a bunch of transactions into one. They come in two basic forms: optimistic rollups and zero-knowledge rollups. Even after the latest crypto crash, Ethereum remains expensive for many to use. That’s because the Ethereum blockchain is slow and has maxed out its capacity. Now you must pay through the nose for every additional byte…
By: Hermine Wong, Director of the Coinbase Institute Tl;dr: Today signals the launch of the Coinbase Institute, a global crypto-native think tank. Our mission is to accelerate rigorous, novel research, and to bring together the best minds across disciplines to fuel progress on decentralization, web3, and the future of finance. Today, we’re launching the Coinbase Institute — a global crypto-native…
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On Wednesday, ShapeShift — a Swiss decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) hosting a cryptocurrency trading ecosystem — announced that its centralized corporate brand, ShapeShift AG, has formed the FOX Foundation. The nonprofit organization’s stated purpose is to oversee the decentralization of its namesake trading platform and assets. The FOX Foundation’s charter includes handling tasks such as paying bills in fiat currency,…
In brief Aave has launched Lens Protocol, an NFT-based decentralized social media protocol that runs on Polygon. Lens Protocol can power an array of potential social media apps and services. Popular DeFi lending protocol Aave is going a very different route for its latest Web3 project, today announcing the public launch of Lens Protocol, a decentralized social graph that uses…
We’re thrilled to announce that Kraken now supports Civic (CVC), Radicle (RAD) and SuperFarm (SUPER)! Funding and Trading Funding is live, and trading will begin on May 19 at approximately 14:30 UTC. Keep an eye on the status page for updates. You can add these tokens to your Kraken account by navigating to Funding, selecting the asset, and hitting Deposit.…
The first digital financial assets based on Russian blockchains may be issued as early as this year, a high-ranking parliamentarian announced. Three platforms are already registered as issuers, said Anatoly Aksakov, who chairs the Financial Market Committee at the State Duma, the lower house of Russian parliament. Russian Digital Financial Assets Likely to Appear by Year’s End Authorized Russian blockchain…
Seven major crypto companies — Binance.US, Circle, Solana Foundation, The Aave Companies, Hedera, TRM Labs and Civic — joined hands to launch a community-driven scam reporting tool. Named Chainabuse, the tool aims to enable crypto users to issue warnings and discuss ongoing fraudulent activity such as scams and hacks in real-time. Launched on Wednesday, the Chainabuse platform aims to counter…
ATOM moved closer towards a one-year low on Wednesday, as prices dropped by nearly 10%. This came as DOT also declined during today’s trading session, when global crypto markets fell by over 3% as of writing. Cosmos (ATOM) On Wednesday, ATOM was one of the biggest movers in the session, as it fell by nearly 3% lower during hump-day. ATOM/USD…
Despite the generally negative price action across the crypto industry, continued venture capital investments in the space indicate that the industry is healthy and continues to evolve. Cointelegraph Research’s new venture capital database tracks the activity of VC firms and gives users access to the most important bellwether of innovation and early-stage activity. Macroeconomic factors have been strangling the crypto…
