According to Ricardo Da Ros, CEO of the crypto platform Patex, many crypto users in Latin America (LATAM) seem to prefer using centralized exchanges (CEXs) over decentralized ones. He attributes this preference to a culture in the region that “has been built on trust in authority.” Da Ros suggests that this culture, combined with the…
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Web3 gaming app, Munchables, announced on March 27 that an individual who exploited the system agreed to return the stolen funds without a ransom demand. This announcement came just hours after a former developer siphoned off more than 17,400 ethereum coins by gaining access to the Munchables lock contract. Distribution of Blast Rewards Set to…
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The layer-two (L2) initiative BOB, an acronym for ‘Build on Bitcoin,’ successfully secured $10 million during its seed funding round, led by Castle Island Ventures. The financial boost is set to advance the deployment of a Bitcoin L2 that is compatible with the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM), aiming to spur creativity across the network and…
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The teams from Fetch.ai, Ocean Protocol, and Singularitynet (SNET), three top projects in artificial intelligence (AI) on the blockchain, have announced their intention to amalgamate their tokens into a unified cryptocurrency named “artificial superintelligence (ASI).” 3 Top AI Tokens to Combine Into a Single Coin Called ‘ASI’ In a communication dispatched to Bitcoin.com News, the…
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Layer 1 blockchain Sui announced a partnership and collaboration with the banking service provider Revolut. According to the press release shared with Cryptonews, the partnership aims to bolster awareness and adoption of blockchain technology among Revolut’s user base of 40 million customers globally. It also wants to open “new avenues for Sui’s growth, particularly across…
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According to Kevin Lu, social finance, or “socialfi” — a combination of social media and decentralized finance — is an innovation that extends Satoshi Nakamoto’s vision of a decentralized financial system to social media. Although it’s not intended to replace today’s traditional social media platforms, socialfi addresses “significant value gaps in current consumer products,” said…
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On March 26, 2024, the Web3 modular infrastructure startup 0G secured $35 million in funding from over 40 strategic backers. Representing “zero gravity,” 0G is dedicated to enhancing infrastructure scalability through modular design. Its primary focus is on addressing the essential challenges necessary for the deployment of onchain artificial intelligence (AI) solutions within the Web3…
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The layer two (L2) project Stacks has officially released its public Nakamoto Testnet, offering a refined testing ground for developers and signers ahead of the mainnet launch. Stacks Introduces Nakamoto Testnet for Comprehensive Pre-Mainnet Testing In a significant step forward for the Stacks ecosystem, the Nakamoto Testnet has been introduced, providing a formal and public…
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In an exclusive interview with Cryptonews, Gerald Heydenreich, the founder of Web3 email platform EtherMail, talked about his path from Web1 to Web3, the similarities between Web1 and Web3, and reinventing email, which is used by 4.3 billion people globally. The veteran entrepreneur further explained what EtherMail is and why it’s an industry changer. In…
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A senior executive at Binance, who was detained by Nigerian authorities in late February, has since escaped from custody. The executive Nadeem Anjarwalla is believed to have left the country using a Kenyan passport. The Nigerian government confirmed Anjarwalla’s escape and said it would ask Interpol to issue an international arrest warrant. Binance Executive Departs…
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