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
With great excitement, exSat announces that BitTrade will become one of our network’s prestigious Data Validator nodes. With this collaboration, we will work with a licensed institution for the first time, greatly bolstering scaling solutions via the exSat Docking Layer and improving the Bitcoin ecosystem. exSat: Bitcoin’s Docking Layer ExSat is
Universal crypto app Venga has appointed Michael Stroev as the CEO. The former COO and Head of Product of Nebeus is now leading Venga, an organization that aims to speed up the adoption of web3 by bridging innovations from the decentralized space and conventional finance. As a company, Venga is committed to helping
Unioverse, a web3 game creation platform, has named Eric Peterson its Chief Creative Officer. The co-founder of Star Citizen will be crucial for Unioverse’s attempts to bring web3 gaming mainstream and onboard gamers. Eric Peterson has joined Random Games, the developer of Unioverse platform, to take the helm of game development and oversee creative
Omnichain liquidity transport protocol Stargate officially announced that Flare, the blockchain for data, has been integrated. Stargate V2 now incorporates the Flare network, which links it to over 25 chains and permits free flow of liquidity. A crucial link between Flare and more than 25 chains, including as Ethereum, Arbitrum, Optimism, and
The sale of Lumia’s HyperNodes will usher in a new era for onchain liquidity and data availability. The zkEVM Layer 2 network Lumia has made its HyperNodes available for sale. Nodes may now be purchased at node.lumia.org, enabling the community to contribute to the Layer 2 decentralization effort and help Lumia
Zeebit has announced that it would be launching the first completely decentralized risk-on microgaming platform on Solana. The on-chain gaming platform, which is developed using Sonic infrastructure, will include a variety of cutting-edge web3 gamification features and be tailored for cryptocurrency enthusiasts. The Sonic Virtual Machine (SVM) was used in the development of the Zeebit
Zivoe, a Real-World Asset (RWA) credit protocol, is excited to announce its forthcoming launch, with a targeted launch date of July 31. This event represents a critical turning point in the use of blockchain technology to democratize credit accessibility. Zivoe connects on-chain liquidity with actual borrowers in an effort to increase credit access.
