The smart contract will automatically allocate part of the Algorand blockchain’s transaction fees to purchase carbon credits at the carbon offset marketplace ClimateTrade. Proof-of-stake blockchain protocol Algorand will implement a smart contract that will automate the offsetting of the network’s carbon emissions. In a recent announcement, Algorand revealed that a new smart contract would take...Continue Reading

How a small-scale Bitcoin education project involving a former brewery collided with plans for Bitcoin as de facto legal tender. Few crypto enthusiasts around the world could point to the remote island of Roatán prior to the Bitcoin 2022 conference in Miami.  Dušan Matuska was one of them, a Bitcoin (BTC) educator whose plans to...Continue Reading

Following a successful Bitcoin ATM pilot by Europe’s largest electronics retailer, 12 new Bitcoin ATMs are coming to Austria’s MediaMarkt stores. Austrians have “sufficient funds” for more Bitcoin ATMs — that’s the verdict that MediaMarkt, a German electronics retailer, reached following a successful Bitcoin ATM pilot in Austria.  MediaMarkt will roll out Bitcoin (BTC) ATMs...Continue Reading

Web3 development has become a top priority for the blockchain industry as infrastructure providers look to enable the new internet economy. Proof-of-work (PoW) blockchain Kadena has launched a $100 million grant program to encourage Web3 development on its platform, potentially opening the door to more use cases for the layer-one protocol.  The grant program is...Continue Reading

DAO structures could provide workers with greater ownership and decision-making opportunities, but how soon will these models be implemented? Web3 has given rise to a number of innovative business models. In particular, decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) have started gaining traction as Web3 as the creator economy comes to fruition.  Natalie Salemink, CEO and founder of...Continue Reading

In an interview at the Paris Blockchain Week Summit, NEAR Foundation CEO Marieke Flament shared insights on institutional investments, regulation and DAOs. Cointelegraph’s Joseph Hall interviewed Marieke Flament, the CEO of NEAR Foundation at the Paris Blockchain Week Sumit (PWBS) last week, discussing a range of topics such as the struggle by institutional investors to...Continue Reading

“There was a tremendous amount of interest activity experimentation happening in the (crypto) space, but not a tremendous amount of adoption from real use cases,” said Zinder. Alex Zinder, a capital markets veteran who jumped on the blockchain train last year, attended the Paris Blockchain Week Summit, where he sat down with Cointelegraph to discuss...Continue Reading

How a blogger who buys €500 of Bitcoin every month since 2017 plans to retire early, and the lessons he learned along the way. Motivations for buying Bitcoin (BTC) are numerous: a hedge against inflation, financial independence or even hopes for a Lamborghini and life in the sun.  For “Mr. ERB,” a keen blogger and...Continue Reading

Concentrated liquidity has become the latest trend in the DeFi world with several projects shifting to the new liquidity model on various blockchains. Decentralized exchange (DEX) protocols have become a key part of the decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem where liquidity and liquidity providers play a pivotal role in keeping the vastly growing space moving. While...Continue Reading

Whales may be indecisive about accumulating, but bulls are getting vocal with their Bitcoin price targets. Bitcoin (BTC) regained fresh ground on April 21 after bears failed to gain control of short-term price action overnight. BTC/USD 1-day candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView Trader: Holding $42,300 could open up path to $50,000 Data from Cointelegraph Markets...Continue Reading