Manta Network developer raises $25M in Series A, launches layer 2 for ZK appsThe funds will be utilized to expand the network, attract more users and explore diverse use cases for Manta Pacific.Jul 19, 2023Amaka Nwaokocha
CoinMarketCap’s H1 2023 report says Q2 was a ‘lost quarter’Sectors like virtual and augmented reality soared 704% in year-to-date growth, while artificial intelligence and big data expanded 323%.Jul 19, 2023Ezra Reguerra
Tokenizing music royalties as NFTs could help the next Taylor SwiftTaylor Swift had to rerecord her entire back catalog, but tokenized music royalties show there’s an easier and fairer solution.Jul 19, 2023Jonathan DeYoung
5 free data set sources to use for data science projectsDiscover five reliable sources where you can access diverse and high-quality data sets for free, fueling your next data-driven project.Jul 19, 2023Alice Ivey
Société Générale subsidiary becomes the first fully-licensed crypto provider in FranceForge will have a right to custody digital assets, to purchase and sell them for legal tender, and to trade them against each other.Jul 19, 2023David Attlee
Hong Kong would not go crypto without China’s approval — Animoca execChina looks at Web3 as a powerful tool to challenge the United States’ technological and economic hegemony, the Animoca co-founder said.Jul 19, 2023Helen Partz
Celsius could repay all claims if Bitcoin, Ether prices rose 2X — Simon DixonDixon said creditors should fight to get out of the bankruptcy proceedings before the end of 2023, or before the price of BTC and ETH hit the estimated mark.Jul 19, 2023Prashant Jha
Litecoin halving is 13 days away — So where is the LTC price rally?Going against Bitcoin is a tough pill to swallow for investors in one of the oldest altcoins.Jul 19, 2023William Suberg
Bitcoin miners hedging with recent sell-offs: Bitfinex reportAll-time high hash rates and mining difficulty indicate that miners are bullish on Bitcoin, while recent sell-offs could be a means to hedge positions.Jul 19, 2023Gareth Jenkinson
Nifty News: Vitalik Buterin becomes NFT, Neopets transitions into non-crypto game and moreNFT marketplace OpenSea has delisted a collection of NFTs that represented staked Ether without any warnings.Jul 19, 2023Ezra Reguerra
Dormant pre-mined Ethereum worth $116M resurrects after 8 yearsDuring the pre-mine period, the 61,216 Ether was worth roughly $20 million, but eight years later, it’s worth more than $116 million.Jul 19, 2023Arijit Sarkar
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vows to back US dollar with Bitcoin if elected presidentRFK Jr. says he would use Bitcoin to stabilize the U.S. dollar, as well as make Bitcoin profits exempt from capital gains tax.Jul 19, 2023Tom Mitchelhill
Altcoins ‘bled’ as Bitcoin gained dominance in Q2: CoinGeckoExchange, DeFi and metaverse tokens were hit hard in the second quarter of 2023 while Bitcoin continued to make gains.Jul 19, 2023Martin Young
Australia’s financial regulator cancels license for FTX’s local entityASIC had previously suspended FTX’s license to operate in Australia; now the securities regulator has canceled it entirely.Jul 19, 2023Jesse Coghlan
Polychain Capital, Coinfund raise $350M for new crypto funds: ReportPolychain Capital raised $200M for its newest fund while Coinfund raised a better-than-expected $152 million.Jul 19, 2023Tom Mitchelhill
Meta and Microsoft launch open-source AI model Llama 2Llama 2 is trained on 40% more public data and can process twice as much context as Llama 1, according to Meta.Jul 19, 2023Brayden Lindrea
Bitcoin price falls to $29.5K, but on-chain data reflects investors’ growing interestBTC price dropped below $30,000 again on July 18, but the recent crab market price action is also backed by compelling investor activity on-chain.Jul 18, 2023Ray Salmond
Nevada court approves regulator’s petition to place Prime Trust into receivership, pending hearingPrime Trust will have the opportunity to show why a petition from the Nevada Financial Institutions Division should not be permanently granted in an Aug. 22 hearing.Jul 18, 2023Turner Wright
Crypto survey finds 47% of investors expect Ether to ‘surpass’ BitcoinFidelity Digital Assets gave a bullish forecast for ETH in the next 12 months, while a separate survey from CryptoVantage found 47% of investors expect Ether to “surpass” Bitcoin.Jul 18, 2023Marcel Pechman
Centralized exchanges will become gateways for DeFi — dYdX Foundation CEOCEO Charles d’Haussy doesn’t view centralized exchanges as competitors for dYdX.Jul 18, 2023Tristan Greene
US lawmaker calls on SEC chair to reassess stance on crypto following Ripple rulingRep. Ritchie Torres shares a surname with Judge Analisa Torres in the SEC v. Ripple case and referred to the XRP court ruling as the “Torres Doctrine."Jul 18, 2023Turner Wright
South Korean Shinhan Bank completes stablecoin remittance pilot with Asian partnersThe bank used the Hedera network to settle payments in South Korean, Thai and Taiwanese currencies in real-time in its second stablecoin pilot project.Jul 18, 2023Derek Andersen
Bitcoin rally will lead to “speculative blow-off top” in 2024, Mark Yusko predictsBlackRock’s application for a spot Bitcoin ETF has kicked off the next Bitcoin bull run, which will culminate in 2024 with a speculative parabolic run, according to Morgan Creek Capital’s Mark Yusko.Jul 18, 2023Giovanni Pigni
Coinbase CEO will meet with US lawmakers to discuss crypto legislation: ReportThe crypto exchange is currently involved in a legal battle with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission over allegedly offering unregistered securities.Jul 18, 2023Turner Wright
Bitcoin bulls battle to reclaim $30K amid BTC price RSI ‘reset’Bitcoin returns to a tug-of-war over $30,000, with BTC price action costing its RSI weeks of upside.Jul 18, 2023William Suberg
EU stays on top of Web3 with metaverse, AI and crypto strategiesOver the last year, leaders in the European Union have been vocal about their desire to stay on top of the latest developments in Web3.Jul 18, 2023Savannah Fortis
Vitalik Buterin shares account abstraction challenges in Ethereum: EthCCVitalik Buterin explained how an account abstraction extension called “paymasters” can allow users to pay for gas fees using “whatever coins that they are transferring.”Jul 18, 2023Ezra Reguerra
9 AI coding tools every developer must knowExplore nine crucial AI coding tools that empower developers to streamline their workflow, from machine learning frameworks to code editors.Jul 18, 2023Alice Ivey
Oasis launches Ethereum-compatible privacy blockchain Sapphire The new developer environment aims to drive privacy-first, cross-chain DApp development for the Ethereum ecosystem and smart contract blockchain networks.Jul 18, 2023Gareth Jenkinson
Valkyrie ‘BRRR’ spot Bitcoin ETF enters SEC’s Nasdaq rulemaking listThe SEC has accepted Valkyrie’s spot Bitcoin ETF filing for review. The fund would trade under “BRRR,” a reference to a popular meme in the Bitcoin community.Jul 18, 2023Helen Partz