Tag: Decentralization

LayerZero CEO Bryan Pellegrino is optimistic about the future of the blockchain industry and the “really important plumbing” LayerZero provides for it. The outlook for the crypto industry is bright. As a matter of fact, the present isn’t even all that grim, Bryan Pellegrino, CEO of cross-chain interoperability protocol LayerZero, told Cointelegraph at the Collision…

Cybernetic organizations automate decision-making so that DAO actions can be taken without proposals — implementing law through code. What makes a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) a DAO? In practice, the democratic structure of these organizations has been compromised because a number of self-purporting DAOs are operating like traditional corporations. With this in mind, developers at Delphi Labs…

Stanford University professor David Tse has pioneered a way to use Bitcoin to secure proof-of-stake blockchains. The Bitcoin network’s proof-of-work consensus mechanism could become a useful means of securing a variety of proof-of-stake (PoS) smart contract blockchain protocols, thanks to efforts from a Stanford University professor. David Tse and his research team are driving the use of the…

The SEC’s charges against Binance and Coinbase could have far-reaching consequences for decentralized finance. The allegations against Binance and Coinbase by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission have substantial ramifications for the decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem, and they are far from positive. DeFi has developed as a promising area within the crypto industry, aiming to disrupt established…

Cross-chain interoperability protocol LayerZero’s infrastructure aims to drive liquid staking adoption across the DeFi ecosystem. Layer-1 blockchain Tenet is set to see its liquid staking derivatives platfrom plug into a cross-chain decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem through a partnership with omnichain messaging protocol LayerZero. Tenet has plugged into LayerZero’s cross-chain protocol to access the wider DeFi…

During an interview, Michael Saylor discussed how crypto networks like Bitcoin can promote security and combat digital trust issues. Bitcoin may be the answer to combat cybersecurity threats driven by artificial intelligence, such as deepfakes, Michael Saylor, executive chairman of MicroStrategy, said during a recent interview with Kitco News. Saylor illustrated his views using social media accounts created…