Web3 social media protocol launches ‘layer 3’ to provide instant posts

    The new layer relies on Bundlr, a decentralized storage platform built on Arweave, for mass storage of social media data. The team behind Lens, a Web3 social media protocol, has announced the launch of a new “layer 3” network to scale blockchain social media apps. Called “Bonzai,” the new network processes and stores posts, comments…

    Stablecoin payments: Visa shares plans for ‘ambitious’ crypto product

    Visa’s upcoming crypto product is designed to drive mainstream adoption of public blockchain networks and stablecoin payments. Global payment giant Visa continues to explore the benefits of the cryptocurrency industry with a new initiative focused on stablecoin payments. Cuy Sheffield, head of crypto at Visa, took to Twitter on April 24 to announce a new…

    ‘Crypto is dead in America’: Tech billionaire Chamath Palihapitiya

    Palihapitiya did concede the crypto sector has “pushed more boundaries” than other startup sectors, which may have attracted the SEC’s attention. Regulators in the United States have choked out the cryptocurrency sector to the point of death, according to Bitcoin bull and billionaire tech investor Chamath Palihapitiya. “Crypto is dead in America,” he boldly claimed in an April…

    Ethereum is going to transform investing

    Expect to see tokenized securities proliferate in the years ahead — along with heavy investments in Ethereum staking pools. Ethereum is often depicted as traditional finance’s adversary in a Manichean struggle for decentralization. In reality, there isn’t any conflict at all. Rather than subverting the traditional financial sector, Ethereum is improving it. Soon, the two…

    ‘Worst code I’ve ever seen’: Euro stablecoin faces centralization criticism

    Some pundits shared harsh sentiment toward a new euro-pegged stablecoin, but it’s not publicly accessible for the time being. Criticism has been leveled at a new euro-pegged stablecoin released in France due to a decision to restrict peer-to-peer transactions. French bank Societe Generale-Forge (SGF) released the Ethereum-based stablecoin called EUR CoinVertible (EURCV) on April 20, which is…

    Researchers find cryptocurrency ‘signatures of maturity’ similar to equities market

    Scientists at the University of Melbourne and Tsinghua University published pre-print research comparing the cryptocurrency market to traditional equities. A pair of computer science researchers recently published pre-print research indicating that the nascent cryptocurrency market is beginning to show a level of maturity similar to the traditional equities market. Dubbed “Collective dynamics, diversification and optimal…