What is Web3? And why are all the crypto people talking about it?

    What is Web3 and what is its connection with the crypto world, Aaron Mak describes on Slate. If you’ve been perusing cryptocurrency forums or video-game news recently—or spying everything from New York Times job listings to zany Twitter threads claiming that the traditional job interview is about to be replaced by blockchain-based “quests, adventures and…

    Crypto market cap hits all-time high above $3 trillion

    Major cryptocurrencies rose on Monday, hitting their highest levels in three weeks, while the global cryptocurrency market cap crossed the $3 trillion mark, according to CoinGecko. Cryptocurrencies are gaining confidence as mainstream investors are increasingly adopting crypto assets, pushing the global cryptocurrency market to more than $3 trillion, said CoinGecko, which tracks prices of more…

    UAE’s Phoenix Tech orders crypto mining rigs for $650 million, the largest deal on record

    Phoenix Technology Consultants LLC, a tech firm based in the UAE, has ordered crypto mining rigs for $650 million. This one of the largest purchases on record was revealed on Tuesday by Phoenix Tech CEO Munaf Ali at the World Digital Mining Summit (WDMS) in Dubai. The brand new generation machines delivery will start in…

    DeFi in 5 years can be 100 times larger than today

    The decentralized finance sector currently represents only 0.1% of its maximum potential, and its significant growth is inevitable, as predicts Artem Tolkachev on Cointelegraph. Decentralized finance (DeFi) is a natural product made possible by blockchain technology and has the right and ready infrastructure to propel the technology to a bigger playing field. The space has…

    NexChange CEO: Blockchain has already revolutionized the financial industry

    In an interview with Gulf Business, Juwan Lee, chairman and group CEO of NexChange Group, shared his insights on the current market trends and how blockchain technology will revolutionize the financial sector in the Middle East. Speaking regarding the ongoing hype around blockchain technology, Juwan Lee mentioned the fact that the world is moving from…

    Ripple partners with Pyypl to deploy cross-border payment services in the Middle East

    Ripple has announced that it would be partnering with international fintech company Pyypl to deploy the first-in-market On-Demand Liquidity (ODL) services in the Middle East using XRP. While the SEC’s lawsuit against Ripple Labs is confirmed to stretch to 2022, the San Francisco-based blockchain company seems to look overseas more eagerly. Ripple is now intensively…