Protocol Labs, the developer of the Filecoin decentralized platform, has introduced a free NFT storage service

    The service was developed in collaboration with blockchain startup Pinata based on Filecoin and IPFS technologies. NFT.Storage provides protection for tokens and their associated metadata. When a user uploads data to a service, IPFS generates an address associated with a unique cryptographic hash identifier (CID). This approach avoids a number of problems, for example, the…

    DeFi Conglomerate Equilibrium Raises $8.5M to Win a Place on Polkadot

    Phase one for the project reached its 250,000 DOT token hard cap. Phase two is looking to net the remaining 750,000 DOT required to land a parachain. Decentralized finance (DeFi) platform Equilibrium has raised around $8.5 million as part of the process to launch its suite of services on the Polkadot network. Equilibrium, which calls…