Venture capital exec says ‘lack of innovation’ drives funding away from crypto

    Foresight Ventures partner Tony Cheng said that most of the narratives like layer-2 solutions, zero-knowledge tech and nonfungible tokens have already “played out.” Compared to 2022, where the first and second quarters of the year saw a combined $20.3 billion flow into the space through venture capital funding, 2023 has been significantly lacking. Venture capital…

    Web3’s revolution: Why the digital wallet is the new marketing gold

    The cookie-less internet presents an opportunity, not a risk. It has the ability to redefine and strengthen the connection and trust between consumers and brands. The marketing landscape has shifted in the past few years and is ready for upheaval in the coming few years. Stringent regulations, the retirement of third-party cookies, privacy-conscious Gen Z,…

    Stablecoin de-pegging plagued USDC and DAI more than others: Analysts

    Stablecoins from Circle and MakerDAO have been more unstable than those from Tether and Binance over the past couple of years, according to a new report from S&P Global. Dollar-pegged stablecoins are not immune to dropping their pegs, but some such as Circle’s USD Coin and MakerDAO’s Dai, have been more prone to depegging than others,…

    Arbitrum (ARB) falls to all-time low as network usage metrics decline

    ARB’s price slumps to a new low as a decline in TVL, a decline in active addresses engaging with its DApps and a general malaise across the crypto market take their toll. Arbitrum has emerged as a leading contender within the Ethereum network’s layer-2 scalability solutions, boasting a significant total value locked (TVL) and notable…

    Arbitrum’s fraud proofs haven’t been used in the two years since it launched

    Offchain Labs co-founder Ed Felten said there were one or two fraud challenges submitted on a version of Arbitrum running on the Ethereum proof-of-work fork after the Merge, which was defeated. Not a single fraud proof has been submitted on Arbitrum since it first launched its mainnet with the built-in security feature in August 2021,…

    FTX sues LayerZero Labs, seeks to recover over $21M moved prior to bankruptcy

    FTX is seeking the cancellation of agreements made days before it collapsed, as well as the return of millions transferred to LayerZero Labs and its affiliates. Bankrupt crypto exchange FTX has filed a lawsuit against cross-chain protocol LayerZero Labs, seeking to recover $21 million in funds that were allegedly illegally withdrawn prior to FTX’s shutdown in November….