Tue, February 11

Frictionless Crypto Ramping Firm FLUUS Concludes Pre-Seed Round Eyeing Expansion

Before launching its beta, the cryptocurrency payment firm FLUUS announced the conclusion of pre-seed financing. Many angel investors, FHS Capital, Base64 Ventures, and others took part in the round that raised $600,000. A fiat-crypto on- and off-ramp being developed by FLUUS will allow users to access web3 services like token

February 28, 2023 2 mins read

NFT Certification Protocol Wakweli Secures $1.1 Million in Recent Funding Round

After securing $1.1 million, Wakweli, a web3 infrastructure protocol that generates certificates of authenticity for NFTs, has completed its first investment round. Many early investors contributed funds to back Wakweli’s idea of a protocol built on a decentralized consensus algorithm known as Proof-of-Democracy (PoD). The blockchain investment company Summit, Funfair

February 28, 2023 3 mins read

Ethereum Testnet Successfully Upgrade for Shanghai Hard Fork

The world’s largest smart contract network, Ethereum’s second testnet, “Sepolia” successfully completed and pushed the Ethereum blockchain one step closer to its much-awaited Shanghai Upgrade. Today Sepolia testnet has successfully replicated staked ether (ETH) withdrawals on the Ethereum blockchain by upgrading to Shapella. The upgrade was initiated at epoch 56832

February 28, 2023 1 min read

Amid Exploit Investigation MyAlgo Warns Users To Withdraw Funds

MyAlgo, a supplier of Algorand network wallets, has issued a warning to its customers to withdraw cash from any wallets established with a seed phrase because of an existing exploit that has seen approximately $9.2 million worth of assets stolen. On February 27, MyAlgo tweeted the warning, saying that it

February 28, 2023 1 min read

Bored Ape Creators Introduce First Bitcoin NFT Project

Creators of the Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC), Yuga Labs, have unveiled a brand-new NFT collection on Bitcoin named “TwelveFold.” 300 limited-edition works of generative art, each inscribed to the Bitcoin network, will make up the TwelveFold collection. Introducing TwelveFold. A limited edition collection of 300 generative pieces, inscribed on

February 28, 2023 1 min read

Solana Blockchain Outage Finally Fixed After Second Successful Reboot

After another successful reboot, the Solana blockchain is available again. A bug that slowed the blockchain for hours on Saturday has been fixed. The developers are still keeping an eye on how the network is doing. It was previously reported that the Solana network had an outage on the morning

February 26, 2023 1 min read

New Blockchain Innovation Lab Announced by JPMorgan in Greece

The global investment bank JPMorgan has announced the opening of a new innovation center in Athens, Greece. This is where they will experiment with blockchain technology to create new products and services. The bank’s 2020-released Onyx platform will be the primary focus of the lab’s application development efforts. The Blockchain

February 26, 2023 2 mins read

Solana Network Hit With Technical Glitch Hours After Update

As a technical glitch slowed users’ ability to trade cryptocurrencies, move assets, or do anything on the Solana network’s blockchain early Saturday. Infrastructure providers scrambled to fix the problem. According to Solana’s Discord channel, the blockchain began “forking” at about 00:53 New York time. After that, the RAM of validators

February 25, 2023 2 mins read

Blockchain Research and Data Analysis Firm Messari Lays off 15% Workforce

South Korean blockchain research and data analysis service Messari has joined the ranks of crypto-focused businesses that have laid off employees in response to the current economic downturn. They let 15% of their employees go because they knew it was the best move for the company in the long term.

February 24, 2023 1 min read

Here’s Why Coinbase’s Layer 2 Blockchain Launch Powers Optimism ($OP) Token!

Coinbase’s recently launched its Layer 2 blockchain technology. However, the launch has met with excitement and optimism, particularly for the $OP token. The technology is a major step forward for the digital payments industry, allowing for more efficient transactions and faster transfer speeds.  Coinbase’s Layer 2 blockchain supports multiple blockchains,

February 24, 2023 2 mins read