Third non-EU country, Ukraine, joins the European Blockchain Partnership
After Norway and Liechtenstein, Ukraine became the third country outside the European Union (EU) to join the European Blockchain Partnership...
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Bitfrost releases upgraded SALP 2.0 after protocol helped secure $450M via parachain auctions
On Friday, Bitfrost, a Web 3.0 derivatives protocol that provides decentralized cross-chain liquidity for staked assets, launched the updated Slot...
Metaverse could be worth $5 trillion by 2030: McKinsey report
Global spending in the metaverse could reach $5 trillion by 2030, according to a new report from international consulting firm...
Su Zhu’s cryptic statement as rumors swirl of 3AC liquidations and insolvency
Su Zhu, co-founder of Singapore-based crypto venture capital firm Three Arrows Capital (3AC), has put out a cryptic statement on...
Illicit crypto usage as a percent of total usage has fallen: Report
Illicit cryptocurrency activity in 2021 and the first quarter of 2022 has declined as a percentage of overall crypto activity,...
Nexo offers to buy out Celsius’ loans amid withdrawal suspension
There’s a glimmer of hope for the bear market’s most recent victim. Following reports that Celsius is insolvent, Nexo is...
UNFCCC weighs blockchain use cases to fight climate change with Cointelegraph
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) along with climate change entrepreneurs and Cointelegraph delved into discussing the...
Blockchain.com Plans to Provide an NFT Domain Name to 83 Million Wallet Users – Blockchain Bitcoin News
Blockchain.com has announced it has partnered with the Web3 digital identity platform and NFT domain name provider Unstoppable Domains in...
Bitcoin’s real energy use questioned as Ethereum founder criticizes BTC
The ever-raging debate around Bitcoin’s energy consumption has been re-ignited, with founding member of Ethereum Anthony Donofrio claiming that Bitcoin...
‘Father’ of the Metaverse Neal Stephenson launching metaverse blockchain
Neal Stephenson, the author who coined the term “Metaverse” 30 years ago, is launching a metaverse-focused blockchain project called LAMINA1....
IMF recommends eco-friendly CBDCs and non-PoW mechanisms for payments
An International Monetary Fund (IMF) study on energy consumption revealed the importance of design choices within the crypto ecosystem to...
Solana developers tackle bugs hoping to prevent further outages
Developers have fixed the runtime bug that caused the latest outage of the Solana network on June 1. According to...
Australian Mayor downplays crypto volatility, recommends it for rates payments
Tom Tate, the Mayor of Gold Coast, Australia, has suggested that cryptocurrency could be used by residents to pay local...
Yuga Labs’ BAYC, OtherSide Discord groups breached, over 145 ETH stolen
Yuga Labs, the creator of two of the most popular ape-themed nonfungible token (NFT) offerings — Bored Ape Yacht Club...
South Korea ramps up crypto investigations and regulations
On Friday, June 3, South Korea’s Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) began an investigation into payment gateway services that work with...
Vitalik shows support for Optimism’s governance structure and OP gas proposal
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has shown support for Optimism’s new governance structure, noting that proposals such as using the OP...
Accuweather Collaborates With API3 in Order to Provide Blockchain-Powered Weather Data – Blockchain Bitcoin News
On June 1, the American media company that provides commercial weather forecasts, Accuweather, announced it is tethering weather data to...
Optimism airdrop overwhelmed by all-time high demand: ‘Scaling is hard’
Ethereum layer-2 scaling solution Optimism has been overwhelmed with “all-time high demand” following the launch of its highly anticipated airdrop on...
City of Shenzhen airdrops 30M in free digital yuan to stimulate consumer spending
According to local news outlet Shanghai Securities News, the city of Shenzhen will airdrop 30 million digital Chinese yuan (e-CNY)...
Free-to-Mint NFT Collection Goblintown Is Now Worth Over $50 Million – Blockchain Bitcoin News
A non-fungible token (NFT) collection called Goblintown is capturing millions in sales, as the NFT project has recorded $22.85 million...
The next generation of NFTs will be streamlined and trustworthy
Nonfungible tokens (NFTs) have been in the headlines for the past few years. While swaths of the population have tried...
The increasingly acute need for crypto-native insurance
The insurance industry has a long history of providing vital support for major leaps in innovation. It’s no coincidence that...
