Stop shoving crypto ‘down people’s throats’ — Pudgy Penguins CEO on NFTs

    Luca Netz suggested that Pudgy Penguins is pushing for Web3/blockchain as a “back end not front end” approach, as it makes its IP as accessible as possible. The CEO of Pudgy Penguins — a nonfungible token project that recently launched a line of “phygitals” on Amazon despite the bear market — has offered one piece…

    Emirati-based blockchain Bahamut goes live with PoSA consensus

    The proof-of-stake-and-activity (PoSA) consensus mechanism adds an extra layer of security to blockchain. Bitcoin launched with the ideal technology for the era it was introduced in. Proof-of-work (PoW), the underlying consensus that predates the first cryptocurrency, provides a self-sustaining mechanism where numerous miners around the world can contribute to verifying BTC transactions. As the crypto ecosystem expanded and…

    Chinese city launches gov’t-backed metaverse platform

    The platform aims to consolidate the resources of academic institutions and enterprises in China, and bolster research efforts in areas related to the metaverse. On May 22, Nanjing, the capital city of China’s eastern Jiangsu province, inaugurated the China Metaverse Technology and Application Innovation Platform to advance metaverse research and development across the country. The…

    Pepe would be ashamed by PEPE investors

    Death threats, viral rap videos and a stream of frog-themed insults. That’s the state of my social media profiles after hosting a Twitter Space on May 8 about PEPE, the new token based on the “Pepe” meme. Poignantly hosted during a monumental PEPE price crash, Cointelegraph set out in the May 8 Twitter Space to understand…

    Stripe tackles ‘cold start problem’ with the launch of fiat-to-crypto onramp

    Web3 companies can utilize the Stripe-hosted fiat-to-crypto onramp to allow their customers to buy crypto at the “precise moment they need it.” Internet payment processor Stripe has introduced a fiat-to-crypto onramp to address the “cold start problem” faced by Web3 companies, as a result of customers not having “crypto in their wallets to carry out…

    Mastercard launches Web3 user verification solution to curb bad actors

    Mastercard’s new solution revolves around providing “secure transactions between users, verified according to standards” set by the company. Global financial services giant Mastercard has launched a new Web3 solution aimed at enhancing user verification standards and “reducing the opportunities for bad actors” in the digital asset space. The solution is dubbed the “Mastercard Crypto Credential”…