Blockchain

The investment round was accompanied by the launch of Wormhole Labs, an independent technology company “emerging from stealth to become a core contributor to Wormhole.” Wormhole, a blockchain protocol designed to address the interoperability challenges of pioneer blockchain networks such as Bitcoin and Ethereum, has secured $225 million in funding, propelling the company’s total valuation to a new high of $2.5 billion. According to an official announcement on Wednesday, the cross-chain...

When TinyTap introduced the concept of Publisher NFTs, it aimed to use it to support content creators in the line of education and publishing. Animoca Brands announced that Season 2 of its Publisher NFTs surpassed all expectations, having already sold out. It shared this in a recent announcement, revealing that the sale of all 720 Publisher NFTs brought in 538,560 EDU tokens in total. That is approximately $315,517, at the time of sale. The sale follows a November 2022 announcement when...

The Polygon community is looking forward to several community updates announced for this year, beginning with the Connect event in India. Polygon cofounder Sandeep Nailwal has shared a few updates the Polygon community should expect as the year comes to an end. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Nailwal promised the community “exciting days ahead”. Polygon fam, as we approach the year end, some exciting days ahead for us. Save the dates. 7/12/23 : At Polygon Connect, We bring in an...

The new partnership with Taurus suggests that Banco Santander anticipates a greater role for crypto in traditional finance. Spanish banking giant Banco Santander is partnering with cryptocurrency asset management platform Taurus to offer its customers custodial services for their digital assets. Banco Santander recently emerged as the only Spanish bank to appear on the 2023 list of financial institutions of global systemic importance. The list comprised 29 names classified by the Financial...

Aside from his involvement with OCEAN, Dorsey has supported many other blockchain projects with strong potential to benefit the crypto space. Wyoming-based software development company Mummolin has raised $6.2 million in an investment round led by Jack Dorsey, an American internet entrepreneur and billionaire CEO of the financial services company Block, for the launch of its decentralized Bitcoin (BTC) mining pool, OCEAN. In a press release published on November 28, the company said it had...

While the recent headlines may have captured Binance and CZ’s legal troubles and the increased regulatory scrutiny on centralized exchanges, there has been a notable shift in the Ethereum staking pool dynamics. With the increase in the number of validators exiting the pool, ETH issuance has seen a slowdown in its growth rate. This has subsequently resulted in the first reduction in the staking pool balance since the Shanghai upgrade. Validator Exodus According to blockchain...

The Blast Mainnet is scheduled to go live on February 24, 2024, enabling withdrawals and allowing users to redeem their Blast Points for actual rewards starting from May 24 next year. Recently launched Ethereum (ETH) Layer-2 blockchain Blast has earned itself some popularity in the last few days, although a significant portion of this fame has not been for the right reasons. Blast is the first-ever Layer-2 blockchain protocol to provide its depositors with native yield and this singular...

The Forbes Under 30 List, including all categories and individual profiles are available on the Ethereum blockchain for permanence. Forbes has announced the launch of its annual Under 30 list on the Ethereum blockchain. The announcement represents news of the first time a publication like this is launching on the blockchain and is a pointer to the potential of using blockchain technology to permanently store published data. Forbes is doing this to ensure that all of the achievements under...

Even though Binance acts as an approved broker in some places overseas, it still has to meet many legal requirements to handle securities activities in the Philippines under the country’s Securities Regulation Code. The Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has greatly increased its regulatory fight against the global crypto trading giant Binance. The SEC accused the crypto exchange of illegally operating in the country without licenses. In a recent notice, the Philippine SEC...

The revised proposal allows the ETF to utilize both in-kind and cash mechanisms. The ETF plans to store Bitcoin in cold storage, with custody services provided by Coinbase Custody Trust. Franklin Templeton has submitted an updated S-1 filing to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), seeking approval for the launch of a Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF). This move comes shortly after the SEC decided to postpone the consideration of the previous proposal. The Franklin Bitcoin ETF...