Decentralized AI startups are raising significant amounts of cash, creating some interesting new tools, products and networks, and they’re even making AI systems more intelligent. What’s more, all of this is being done for the greater good, to try and weaken the grip of the biggest technology companies on one
The SSV Network protocol’s governing organization, SSV Network DAO, has revealed two brand-new community initiatives. SSV community engagement and participation will rise as a result of the SSVDivers Ambassador Program and Community Associates Program, which both provide incentives for participation. The goal of the SSVDivers Program is to provide community members
BlockDAG has rolled out significant enhancements in its latest Dev Release 76, which includes updates aimed at improving the user experience and enhancing security. As the presale for Batch 20 continues with the price of BDAG jumping from $0.001 to $0.015—a staggering 1400% increase—BlockDAG remains a focal point for investors
Recently, Toncoin—the native token of the TON (The Open Network) made a huge leap forward. The statistics revealed by ‘The Block Pro’ today indicates that the number of daily active addresses on the network increased by an astounding 5360% year-over-year this month. In addition, analytics, gaming (P2E), and investments are
A recent update to Hydra has caused the Total Value Locked (TVL) of Cardano Decentralized Finance (DeFi) to rise. According to DeFiLlama’s data, the Cardano DeFi TVL has reached $243.17M. In little over two weeks, the network has seen a rise of almost 20% compared to July 6. With a
Despite the market volatility and the disappointing CrowdStrike failure, the Bitcoin (BTC) mining hashrate has stayed relatively unchanged. This hashrate really saw a significant uptick, which happened to coincide with the current uptick in the price of Bitcoin. The current Bitcoin mining difficulty is estimated at 82.05 trillion, according to
The chief executive officer of blockchain firm Messari, Ryan Selkis, has resigned. Part of the reasoning for the choice was what happened last week leading up to the US presidential elections. Selkis has been outspoken on the necessity for transparent regulation of the cryptocurrency sector and other related laws. The
Industry’s one of the leading digital asset custodians, Copper, today announced that it has expanded on a prior initiative with the Swiss non-profit DFINITY Foundation, a major contributor to the Internet Computer (ICP), to allow institutional investors to securely hold and stake their ICP assets directly in the Copper Platform. Copper will
On July 19, Mudit Gupta, CISO of Polygon Labs, confirmed that despite a global IT infrastructure outage caused by a CrowdStrike update, their systems were unaffected. Gupta stated that Polygon Labs employs CrowdStrike’s services but ensures rigorous testing of updates, a key security measure that shielded them from disruption. The
The crypto world has seen an increase in hacks recently, with one notable incident involving the Indian exchange WazirX, which lost nearly $230 million. Each transaction’s caller in this hack was funded by Tornado Cash, a decentralized protocol for private transactions. Tornado Cash has been highly involved in recent hacks
