The IVS KYOTO Executive Committee is thrilled to announce that in the next weeks, it will host one of Japan’s biggest and most renowned annual crypto conferences. This year’s Japan Blockchain Week Summit will take place at the Kyoto Pulse Plaza with the three-day IVS Crypto 2024 KYOTO event, which runs
Multiple recent operational outages on the Zilliqa network have affected mainnet block production. Nevertheless, the network is fully operational again as of May 10th, and the reason for this is still being investigated. After brief interruptions to block production on mainnet, Zilliqa informed the community that the network was back
In the ever-evolving cryptocurrency industry, significant developments are emerging from major players such as Cardano, Cosmos, and BlockDAG. Each is pushing the boundaries of blockchain technology in unique ways. Cardano is preparing for its Chang hard fork to enhance governance, Cosmos is upgrading its system to improve inter-blockchain communication, and
Chiliz, an industry-leading blockchain provider for sports and entertainment, and SBI Digital Asset Holdings Co., Ltd. (SBI DAH), the digital asset division of SBI Holdings, plan to form a Joint Venture (JV) in Japan. With this collaboration, Japanese sports fans will have unprecedented access to tokens from some of the world’s best
The world of artificial intelligence (AI) is experiencing massive growth. Artificial intelligence has been taken to a new level by big language models (LLMs) such as Llama2 70B and the soon-to-be-released Grok 314B. These models require massive parameter counts, and hundreds or even thousands of high-end GPUs (such as H100,
In order to test distributed ledger technology for financial settlements utilizing tokenization, Mastercard has partnered with major US banks including Citigroup, Visa, and JPMorgan. This collaboration between the payment processor and the banking titans is a test run in Regulated Settlement Network (RSN), a distributed ledger technology. Through RSN, it
Sophon, the entertainment-focused zkSync Hyperchain, has successfully raised almost $60 million in less than a week from the start of their node sale. The Hyperchain modular blockchain architecture, developed by Matter Labs, the group that created zkSync—the first zk-rollup in the Ethereum Layer 2 space—is used by the blockchain. With
Synternet, a provider of blockchain data infrastructure, has announced that it has integrated Peaq’s network into its flagship Data Layer. Layer-1 blockchain peaq is intended to serve as the preferred foundation for DePIN and Machine RWAs. It will enable peaq’s on-chain data to be accessed as a live data stream
The world’s first Ethereum-compatible and quantum-resistant blockchain testnet has been launched by QANplatform, enabling developers to code smart contracts in any programming language. This testnet’s launch comes after a member state of the European Union successfully implemented QANplatform’s quantum-resistant technology. The new QAN TestNet, which is a forerunner to the QAN MainNet
A leader in blockchain privacy technology, Silent Protocol has announced the launch of the innovative modular Layer 1.5, called Ghost Layer, for the Ethereum ecosystem. This new method is designed to provide public blockchains compliant privacy improvements that are suitable for institutional and retail use. The Ghost Layer combines its
