Users can also send SMR tokens (and in the future NFTs and custom Native Assets) to the ShimmerEVM through Firefly.
South Korea’s Crypto Ecosystem Shakes Off Terra Debacle, With Gaming Dominating Web3 Activity
Korean banks are gradually dipping their toes in the market, and gaming firms are trying to capitalize in the crypto-frenzied market.
Scores of Friend.tech Users Remain Active Even as Trading Volumes Drop 95%
Falling revenues have led some market commenters to say the platform has “gone dead.” But has it?
Protocol Village: Binance Labs Invests in Delphinus, a Bet on Zero-Knowledge WebAssembly
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades and announcements.
Friend.tech Becomes Massive Ether Money Machine as NBA Players, FaZe Clan Join In
The application has zoomed to becoming the second-largest revenue maker among crypto protocols in just over two weeks.
Cardano-Based MuesliSwap to Refund ‘High Slippage’ Losses for Users
Users are said to have lost varying amounts of funds by setting slippage too high due to a “misunderstanding.”
Cardano Blockchain Transactions Jumped 49% Last Quarter as ADA Sentiment Grew
Blockchain load – a measure of how much data is contained in blocks over a certain period – rose to 50% in the second quarter from under 40% in the first. It peaked at 81% in May.
A New Bitcoin-Based Arcade Game Is Leaving a Mark on Gamers
A platform that went live last week looks to expand bitcoin usage by attracting players to win-to-earn games that run wholly on the Bitcoin blockchain.
Coinbase’s New Base Blockchain Gobbled Up $68M in Ether, and It’s Not Even Officially Live Yet
Meme coin BALD’s 4,000,000% surge seemed to spark the huge inflows to the nascent crypto bridge.
The Agenda podcast chats with Energy Web on how to fight climate change with help of blockchain
Energy Web CEO Jesse Morris explains why blockchain can make “going green” more efficient, how fighting climate change is easier and why they are building on Polkadot.
Africa-Focused DeFi Platform Mara Releases Ethereum-Compatible Testnet
Developers in Nigeria and across Africa can build and test their decentralized applications on the Optimism forked Mara Chain.
Polygon Mulls Governance Restructure in Polygon 2.0 Roadmap
Developers have proposed an “Ecosystem Council” to push smart contract upgrades, as well as changes to how community-based funding works.
=nil; Foundation and Semiconductor Startup Partner to Collaborate on ZK Proofs Software, Hardware
The effort will accelerate the deployment of zero-knowledge proofs, one of the hottest trends in blockchain technology, they said.
Aave DAO to Vote on Gho Stablecoin Deployment on Ethereum
GHO has been in the works for over a year and was issued on a testnet earlier this year.
Shiba Inu-Based Shibarium Blockchain Expected to Go Live in August
The layer 2 network will utilize bone, treat, shib and leash tokens for applications built on the blockchain.
The EU’s AI regulations sparked a letter signed by 160 tech execs
As the EU works on its upcoming AI bill, executives from 160 companies in the industry drafted an open letter on the implications of too-strict regulations.
Tezos Set to Become 8 Times Faster After ‘Nairobi’ Upgrade
‘Nairobi’ is the blockchain’s fourteenth upgrade.
Latest Cardano Node Upgrade Goes Live on Mainnet
The upgrade 8.1.1 also contains software patches for minor issues from a previous node version.
Ethereum Developers Propose Raising Validator Limit to 2,048 Ether From 32 Ether
Low validator limits have led to waiting times of over one month, as of Monday.
Polygon Spinoff Avail Network Starts Phase 2 of Its Testnet
This second phase will include a more thorough testing environment to encourage validator participation.