Decentralized science, dubbed DeSci, is creating new markets for knowledge and new opportunities on commercial markets. New technologies may have rapid, dramatic effects on society, but they may also spread slowly and subtly. Blockchain-powered decentralized science (DeSci) is taking off after some years of gestation. Its impact is being felt not only in the rarified...Continue Reading

The Solana network seems to be battling persistent outages while seeking to address the industry’s blockchain trilemma. Like most new-age networks, Solana was developed to resolve major issues confronting the blockchain industry. While the network has addressed some of these issues by its very nature, it has also encountered a few unique problems. From resource...Continue Reading

A class of 2021 Bitcoiner in Mozambique is using the Lightning Network to transact while using Bitcoin to protect his savings. Bitcoin (BTC) is for all. For you, for Michael Saylor in Miami, and for 38-year-old Jorge, a Mozambican family man who’s using the largest cryptocurrency to make ends meet. Jorge, who goes by his first name...Continue Reading

PayPal-backed crypto firm Talos has raised fresh funding from companies like Ken Fox’s private equity firm Stripes, BNY Mellon, Citi and others. PayPal-backed cryptocurrency firm Talos is becoming the latest unicorn in the industry, reaching a $1.25 billion valuation following new funding. Talos has raised $105 million in Series B funding round led by a...Continue Reading

Long positions suffer across Bitcoin and altcoins as BTC gets sent back to exchanges for potential sale. Bitcoin (BTC) upended buy trends through May 10 as BTC/USD sank below $30,000 for the first time since July 2021. Data from on-chain analytics firm CryptoQuant showed exchange reserves start increasing as panic gripped crypto markets. BTC flows...Continue Reading

A crypto analyst claimed that staking Bitcoin within exchanges allows them to sell it to someone else; Cointelegraph reached out to the platforms for more info. Security breaches and hacks often highlight the risks of storing Bitcoin (BTC) on centralized exchanges. One analyst even claims that keeping your BTC on exchanges is also a factor...Continue Reading

The market value of UST, Terra’s stablecoin offering, recently fell below the expected $1 price point as LUNA’s price witnessed a sharp decline owing to a significant selloff. As the crypto community still tries to decipher Terra’s ongoing pegging-de-pegging fiasco in relation to its stablecoin offering TerraUSD (UST), major crypto exchange Binance temporarily suspended the...Continue Reading

A frantic effort to rescue UST continues as Bitcoin weathers the storm to receive a $35,000 target next. Bitcoin (BTC) fell below $30,000 for the first time in ten months on May 10 as turmoil at Blockchain protocol Terra continued. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView Bitcoin price bounces at $29,700 Data from Cointelegraph...Continue Reading

Nouriel Roubini is helping develop a tokenized financial instrument aiming to act as an alternative to the U.S. dollar for major investors. Economist and cryptocurrency critic Nouriel Roubini is heading up the development of a tokenized asset to combat fears of rampant economic stagnation and inflation. Roubini has long been a skeptic of the cryptocurrency...Continue Reading

Floor prices for some of the most popular NFT collections are slipping to their lowest levels in over a week, including the top-traded Otherdeed for Otherside Metaverse land. The contentious Otherdeed for Otherside nonfungible token (NFT) floor price has dropped below its mint price to 2.45 ETH worth about $5,713 as other major collections are...Continue Reading