Tag: Web3

Expect blockchain adoption to increase in the year ahead, in addition to the culture wars surrounding it – predicts Mahesh Vellanki on Cointelegraph. This year has been a particularly tumultuous one for the crypto market, with many decentralized and centralized entities failing or struggling to stay afloat. It feels as though we are in the…

German car manufacturer BMW will be rolling out blockchain technology for its day-to-day operations and loyalty programs, with the initial roll of the product to customers in Thailand. Coinweb, the contractor, will utilize multiple blockchains, with the BNB chain as the anchor chain. BMW will integrate decentralized tech in two phases – first, in its…

After the collapse of FTX, Web3 VCs say they believe in decentralized tech as much as ever. What the hell else can they say? – Ben Munster writes on Decrypt. Given the contagion and chaos we have witnessed since Sam Bankman-Fried’s crypto exchange FTX had a sudden multibillion-dollar coronary, you may be tempted to conclude…

Polygon founder Mihailo Bjelic makes the case for zero knowledge technology. In 2015, the Ethereum protocol proposed a vision for a decentralized world computer capable of rearchitecting a free and open internet – removed from the whims and constraints of centralized entities. While Ethereum has become the foundation for Web3 as we know it, its…

The BNB Chain has seen its number of unique addresses on the blockchain grow significantly that the network now surpasses by that metric Ethereum, the second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap. In a blog post shared by the BNB Chain’s developers, they claim to be the “largest layer-1 blockchain in the world” because of the rise….

Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) just released an omnibus list of “big ideas” tech builders may tackle in the year ahead, according to various a16z domain partners spotlighting a big idea that startups in their fields may tackle in 2023. The list spans everything from consumer tech and games to enterprise and AI to fintech and of…