Tag: dApp

According to the Department of Justice, Forsage employed smart contracts that were coded in ways consistent with a Ponzi scheme. The founders behind the alleged $340 million “global Ponzi” scheme Forsage have been indicted by a federal grand jury in the District of Oregon. The four Russian founders — Vladimir Okhotnikov, Olena Oblamska, Mikhail Sergeev…

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…

DeFi protocols have seen significant growth in total value locked in January, with Lido Finance leading the charge. Decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols experienced a boom in total value locked across different staking pools in January. The market hit $74.6 billion worth of staked assets, increasing by 26% from December. In its latest monthly report, DappRadar…

StarkNet, the layer-2 (L2) scaling solution established by Ethereum protocol StarkWare, announced that the first few decentralized apps, or DApps, built on the platform have been deployed since it launched on the Ethereum Mainnet in November. Now that the StarkWare team has developed all of the infrastructure needed for DApps to deploy, the company shared the nine…

Polygon, a decentralized Ethereum scaling platform, has raised $450 million in a private token sale led by Sequoia India. The funding will be used to build Web3 decentralized applications or dApps, including Polygon PoS, Polygon Edge, and Polygon Avail. This is Polygon’s first major financing round since the project began in 2017. According to Bloomberg,…

After Bitcoin’s launch in 2009, a robust industry blossomed, stemming from the asset, its concept, and its underlying technology. The crypto and blockchain space boasts different niches in which projects and companies develop solutions for various use cases. One such niche is the decentralized finance (DeFi) sector, which was created as an alternative to traditional…