Network states will one day compete with nation-states — Web3 exec

    Dr. Corey Petty, the chief insights officer at Logos — an initiative focused on developing decentralized peer-to-peer infrastructure for a network state — told Cointelegraph that network states will one day rival established countries and governance structures. According to Petty, blockchain technology provides individuals with the three necessary components to establish self-governing, sovereign communities in…

    Swiss bank UBS tests blockchain for digital gold investments on ZKsync
    02 Feb 2025
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    Switzerland’s largest bank, UBS, is experimenting with blockchain technology to modernize digital gold investments for retail investors. The Union Bank of Switzerland (UBS), with over $5.7 trillion in assets under management, has completed a proof-of-concept for its fractional gold investment product, UBS Key4 Gold, on the Ethereum layer-2 (L2) network ZKsync Validium. By leveraging ZKsync,…

    Coinbase acquires ads platform Spindl to tackle ‘onchain discovery problem’
    02 Feb 2025
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    Crypto exchange Coinbase has acquired Spindl, an onchain advertising and attribution platform, as part of a broader push to expand the reach for projects built on its Ethereum layer-2 network Base. “Coinbase has acquired Spindl, an onchain ads and attribution platform (re)building the ad tech stack onchain, to improve the onchain discovery problem for onchain…