The World Wide Web source code is auctioning as an NFT by inventor

Tim Berners-Lee, the British computer scientist and internet pioneer, is auctioning the source code for the World Wide Web as a nonfungible token (NFT) for charity. Bidding — entitled “This Changed Everything” — will start at Sotheby’s in London on June 23rd at 7:00 pm GMT at $1,000 and end on June 30th. Although a…

Is DeFi technology easy enough to adapt to non-finance industries?

DeFi gets a bad rap for being complex, technology makes it simple enough to cut out middlemen in non-finance industries ranging from energy to e-commerce. Decentralized finance is far and away the hottest topic in crypto, touted as a way to make a fortune by backing the right token, but also a tool for taking…

Mark Cuban warns: Banks should be scared of DeFi

Legendary billionaire investor Mark Cuban said on Sunday that the U.S. government and regulators should start getting behind crypto innovations, like decentralized finance (DeFi). In other ways, the U.S. will “lose the next great growth engine that this country needs.” Cuban outlined his mind in the blog post named “The Brilliance of Yield Farming, Liquidity…

Porsche rushes into NFT with crypto-powered trading cards

Porsche, the world-known luxury sports car manufacturer, wants to join the digital economy, to remain innovative. Now it’s eyeing NFTs, the latest investor fashion. Startup Fanzone has been launched to issue collectible non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Porsche’s digital subsidiary spun off a new minority-owned company, called Fanzone, issuing non-fungible tokens (NFTs) to collect and trade. While…

Nvidia CEO believes the blockchain and NFT-powered metaverse is just around the corner

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said he “believes we’re right on the cusp of” the Metaverse and spoke glowingly of its potential, predicting that users will one day use metaverses to “simulate the future,” while Nvidia’s new Voyager campus shows what it will look like when the Metaverse meets the real world. One of the most…

Quantum computers are imminent, but cryptographers are working on crypto agility now

In ten years, quantum computers could be able to break into cell phones, emails, bank accounts, and Bitcoin wallets. Cryptography engineers are working on a new standard for quantum-safe encryption for the future. Hundred years ago, the quantum revolution in physics ushered the start of new science, which has made possible modern technological advances, such…