Gamers made up nearly half of all blockchain activity in January: DappRadar Report

    A new report from DappRadar revealed that during the first month of 2023, blockchain gaming made up 48% of all DApp activity. Play-to-earn blockchain gaming experienced a downturn over the last year as gamers prioritized improving the gameplay experience. However, according to a new report from DappRadar, in the first month of 2023, gamers made up nearly…

    Proof of Stake Alliance publishes white papers on legal aspects of liquidity staking

    Experts from 10 industry organizations contributed to this pioneering examination of legal questions surrounding proof of stake. The Proof of Stake Alliance (POSA), a nonprofit industry alliance, has published two white papers examining on the status of deposit tokens in United States securities and tax law on Feb. 21. The papers were authored by representatives…

    Coinbase staking ‘fundamentally different’ to Kraken’s — chief lawyer

    After the Securities and Exchange Commission’s crackdown on Kraken, Coinbase chief legal officer Paul Grewal outlined the differences between that exchange’s staking product and its own. The staking services offered by cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase are “fundamentally different” to what was offered by its peer exchange Kraken — which recently came under fire from the United…

    Cryptocurrency miners are leading the next stage of AI

    A globally distributed AI network that relies on mining rigs will be difficult for governments to control, according to Dr. Ben Goertzel. As artificial intelligence (AI) rapidly works its complex magic on one sector of the economy after another, there is an increasingly pressing need for compute resources to power all this machine intelligence. Training…

    Modular blockchains could be the next hot crypto market trend in 2023

    As the crypto industry recovers, a new generation of modular blockchains could replace centralized bridges and exchanges. The public blockchain sector grew from less than a few million dollars in the last decade to a $1 trillion industry. However, one thing that the space has yet to achieve is a decentralized, secure interoperable solution. Let’s…

    Bitcoin ‘fixes democracy’ and fights corruption: Human Rights Foundation

    Human Rights Foundation CSO argues that Bitcoin represents free speech, property rights and open capital markets — stifling the power of tyrannical governments. Bitcoin fixes broken democracies and fights government corruption by limiting its power to control its people, argues Bitcoin advocate and chief strategy officer of the Human Rights Foundation, Alex Gladstein. In a…

    What is a supernet, and how does it work?

    A supernet or umbrella network combines multiple smaller networks or blockchains into one larger network. Supernets enable communication among distinct blockchain networks, considerably improving the usefulness of the overall system by enabling the transfer of assets and data among different blockchains. Furthermore, shared infrastructure and resources can be made possible by interconnected networks, which can lower…

    ‘Privacy has become a taboo,’ says crypto-anarchist project DarkFi

    A group of pseudonymous developers from DarkFi spoke with Cointelegraph about how crypto is evolving amid privacy challenges, bad actors and government oversight. Pierre-Joseph Proudhon introduced one of the first critiques of centralized authority in 1848, a few years after publishing his now-classic book What is Property? and calling for the abolition of property and the state….

    Bitcoin market cap ‘flips’ payments giant Visa for the 3rd time

    While the collapse of FTX shaved $100 billion off of BTC’s market cap in just four days last year, BTC has managed to fully recover and stack on another $65 billion. A 48% Bitcoin price surge since the start of the year has pushed BTC’s market cap past that of payment processing giant Visa once again….

    Crypto’s next bull run will come from the East: Gemini co-founder

    Gemini co-founder Cameron Winklevoss believes the next crypto bull run will come from Asia, while America has two options — embrace crypto or be left behind. Crypto’s next bull run will start in Asia, according to Cameron Winklevoss, an American investor and co-founder of crypto exchange Gemini. His comments have come amid an increase in…