Brazilian UFC fighter Luana Pinheiro becomes the first female sportswoman in Latin America to receive her entire salary in BTC. Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) fighter Luana Pinheiro announced that she has partnered with Bitwage to receive her salary in Bitcoin (BTC). Pinheiro said she continues to receive fiat payments from her sponsors but converts them...Continue Reading

Web3 advisor Hilary Kivitz discussed countermeasures that DAOs can employ against hostile takeovers during her talk at the EthCC 5. At the Ethereum Community Conference 5 in Paris, France, a presenter explored decentralized autonomous organizations (DAO) and what countermeasures they could employ against hostile takeovers.  Hilary Kivitz, a Web3 advisor and former partner at a16z...Continue Reading

Cryptocurrencies hijack most blockchain-related headlines, but their underlying technology’s adoption has been growing rapidly. A blockchain can be seen as a distributed database whose information is stored across every node running the network. Because the database is distributed among those running the network, it guarantees data stored within it is accurate and securely stored. As...Continue Reading

A selection of leading artists and creators are set to provide novel creations and assets through the launch of the 3D NFT marketplace MetaMundo. MetaMundo looks to bring three-dimensional art and assets to some major metaverse environments with the launch of its marketplace and nonfungible token (NFT) architecture. Users from popular metaverses like Decentraland, Cryptovoxels,...Continue Reading

A busker in British Columbia got a lesson in the Lightning Network after a passerby offered to send some Bitcoin his way. The Canadian band The Carbons got a little more than just a tip during a live performance in Kelowna, British Columbia. When passerby Ben from BTCSessions, a Youtuber and Bitcoin (BTC) educator, saw...Continue Reading

The cross-chain liquidity protocol has put special focus on user experience with a simple user interface without them having to deal with complex virtual networks. At a time when the decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols have seen a significant outflow of funds from the market, maintaining liquidity has become even more challenging. Liquidity plays a central...Continue Reading

Aave will leverage Pocket’s distributed network of 44,000 nodes to access on-chain data from various blockchains. Aave (AAVE), an open source decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol, is teaming up with decentralized Web3 infrastructure provider Pocket Network to offer developers increased scalability and ease of use when building decentralized applications (DApps) on the Aave Protocol. According to the...Continue Reading

APE has been pursuing a rare ascending triangle reversal breakout, with its profit target at $8.40. ApeCoin (APE) rallied to start the week as traders considered Yuga Labs’ decision to open its Otherside metaverse for selected users. In doing so, the token broke out of a technical pattern that hints at another 45% price rally...Continue Reading

For Bitcoin energy usage to increase to absorb more of the world’s waste energy, its market cap would end up being $420 trillion, calculates Sjors Provoost. A new contributor to the Bitcoin (BTC) energy debate says that 1 BTC would have to cost $20 million to use 100 times its current energy demands. In a...Continue Reading

The emirate launches its Dubai Metaverse Strategy to create more than 40,000 virtual jobs by 2030. One of the leading crypto hubs in the Middle East, the emirate of Dubai, launches the Dubai Metaverse Strategy that aims to turn it into one of the world’s top 10 metaverse economies. The strategy promotes Dubai’s ambitions to...Continue Reading