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Coinbase faces a $400 million phishing bill after cybercriminals managed to bribe overseas support agents to expose the personal data of the exchange’s users.
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Decentralization News
What is decentralization? A decentralization definition is that it is the process of distributing and dispersing power away from a central point. Most financial and governmental systems in the traditional mainstream world are centralized, meaning they are controlled and managed by a single authority.
There are several crucial disadvantages to this approach, stemming from the fact that any central authority also plays the role of a single point of failure in the system: Any malfunction at the top of the hierarchy, whether unintentional or deliberate, inevitably has a negative effect on the entire system.
Centralization can also be present on a technical level. Hacking one of a centralized entity’s main points of failure, such as a database, could affect the entire entity and its network.
Decentralization spreads power and information across multiple points. Decentralization advantages can include greater security and diversified control.
Bitcoin was designed as a decentralized alternative to government money and, therefore, doesn't have any single point of failure, making it more resilient, efficient and democratic. Its underlying blockchain technology allows for this decentralization, offering every user an opportunity to become one of the network's many payment processors. As a whole, the crypto industry values decentralization, with projects building on various blockchains and distributed ledger technologies, or DLT
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“The next big wave in Web3 is education,” said Yat Siu, chairman of Animoca Brands, on stage at Consensus Toronto.
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As Canada faces critical compute shortages in AI, decentralized infrastructure offers a strategic advantage to reclaim sovereignty and global leadership.
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Superior agents are set to disrupt Big Tech’s monopoly on AI. Welcome to a decentralized revolution that democratizes access and reshapes industries. Superior agents bring advanced, self-improving intelligence to all.
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OORT's AI image data set reached Kaggle’s front page in multiple categories, highlighting increasing demand for high-quality, community-sourced training data.
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Bitcoin’s unique combination of scarcity, decentralization, and portability makes it a powerful long-term hedge against inflation, offering financial resilience in developed and struggling economies.
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The increase in Ether’s staking cap from 32 to 2,048 ETH could make the feature more attractive to institutional participants.
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SocialFi's struggle to succeed stems from technical hurdles, user experience barriers, and fragmentation. It needs purpose-built infrastructure, seamless user experiences, and innovative social networking models.
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Distributed validator technology is solving decentralization and security challenges as institutional adoption accelerates in Ethereum staking.
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Crypto-funded DeSci group HydraDAO said its researchers restored mobility in rats with severed spines within five days using a novel PEG-chitosan compound.
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The web’s original promise of free speech and open access is threatened by centralized tech giants. Blockchain-powered platforms lay the foundation for a decentralized tech stack that promotes free speech.
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Sky proposed penalties on Maker tokenholders who are slow to upgrade to SKY tokens as the DeFi protocol pushes to finish its changeover.
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Ethereum devs propose ERC-7930 and ERC-7828 to unify crosschain address formats and improve multichain UX.
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As Ethereum continues to evolve, key upgrades like Pectra, Fusaka and Glamsterdam are driving improvements in global usability, layer-2 synergy and long-term resilience.
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Unto Labs, Optimum, Octane, Inco, Towns Protocol, and Colb highlight the latest edition of Cointelegraph’s venture capital roundup.
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