After Friend.tech’s failure, SocialFi must ‘cross the chasm’ to succeed

South Korea’s rising interest in nascent tech could prompt other nations to take up the idea of metaverse more seriously. 47 Total views 20 Total shares South Korea, a nation known for its strict crypto regulatory stance, is betting big on the metaverse. The government will invest over 223.7 billion won ($177.1 million) directly in…

Crypto Twitter has been abuzz with debate after a new conspiracy theory has suggested FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried may be secretly behind one of the most controversial new memecoins on Base.The BALD memecoin, which draws its namesake from a humorous reference to Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong, was launched on July 30 and witnessed an incredible…

The Reserve Bank of India has described central bank digital currencies as a mixed bag in its report on currency and finance for 2020–2021. 2138 Total views 13 Total shares India’s central bank has recognized the potential benefits of central bank digital currencies but not without including a few pitfalls.The Reserve Bank of India offered…

The United States is the world’s leader in blockchain-related jobs, according to a research by The NextWeb (TNW) published on March 8.To prepare the report, TNW gathered information from job and recruiting site Glassdoor, finding all the job offerings that had the term “blockchain” in the job listing in countries around the world.The results reportedly…

The oil and gas giant launched the pilot program in January 2021 and is now reportedly considering expanding it to Nigeria, Argentina, Guyana, and Germany. 794 Total views 50 Total shares United States-based energy producer Exxon Mobil has reportedly been running a pilot program aimed at using the energy from excess gas to power crypto…

Opinion by: Leroy Hofer, co-founder and CEO at Teneo Protocol As the old wisdom goes, nobody knows you’re a dog on the internet. Often enough, nobody knows if you’re a bot either, to the point where the dead internet theory sometimes feels disturbingly tangible.  Bot traffic share hit its highest level in 2024, up 2%

Many of you closely follow the gathering of the decision-makers at Davos during the annual World Economic Forum. Many of you have very strong opinions about these gatherings, which I share. Right now, however, I would like to discuss what inspired me the most during those five days of the summit. This was my first…

Wired considered donating their holdings to charity back in 2013, but instead decided the “obvious” choice was to destroy the key to their wallet holding 13 BTC. 1110 Total views 40 Total shares There has been no shortage of people and institutions that woefully underestimated the potential of cryptocurrency. Among the ranks of once-were Bitcoin…