Decentralized AI and AI agents driving Web3 2025 supercycle — 0G Labs exec

The decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem was filled with ups and downs —mostly the latter— this week, with two very distinct hack attempts and a heartbreaking departure of a DeFi veteran. In this week’s newsletter, we will also look at derivative exchange dYdX’s plans to go fully decentralized by the end of the year. The price momentum…

According to YCharts data, the average transaction fee of Bitcoin (BTC) has dropped from $4.40 to $1.80 this year, a decrease of 57.97%. This rise may be attributed to a variety of factors. One explanation is that the fast expansion of the Bitcoin Lightning Network, in which transactions are off the blockchain, may have been a…

The CEO of Mastercard believes Bitcoin is too volatile and opaque to drive financial inclusion, however, CBDCs are a different story. 904 Total views 16 Total shares Bitcoin cannot function as an inclusive currency for the unbanked due to its volatility, Mastercard CEO Ajay Banga said during Tuesday’s Fortune Global Forum conference. He also cited…

The online crypto casino reported unauthorized transactions from its hot wallets on Sept. 4 with blockchain security firms estimating at least $41 million pilfered from hackers. 274 Total views 3 Total shares Crypto betting platform Stake has reopened deposits and withdrawals and resumed services for users only five hours after the platform was hacked to

Hedge funds are adopting crypto investments, but one asset manager says it is all a speculative play. 474 Total views 3 Total shares Not all hedge fund managers are sold on crypto as Man Group CEO Luke Ellis has compared cryptocurrencies to tulip bulbs.Speaking to the Financial Times, Ellis remarked that the utility of crypto…

Despite predictions Uniswap’s airdropped token would be dumped in the gutter, UNI has garnered a $217 million market cap. The token, which was airdropped to past Uniswap users in batches of 400 per wallet without warning yesterday, has defied predictions that the market would crash from its initial pricing of $3 as the 75,235 users…

Italian professional soccer club Juventus has released its own token to enable fans to participate in voting and polling.Following a year-long development, Juventus’ branded token is now available on Socios.com, a tokenized fan-voting platform for sports, according to a Dec. 2 announcement. The token’s initial price is 2 euros ($2.22) per token, while a limited amount…

Welcome to Finance Redefined, your weekly dose of essential decentralized finance (DeFi) insights — a newsletter crafted to bring you the most significant developments from the past week.This week, Finance Redefined looks at the growing popularity of zero-knowledge proof-based scalable solutions. Zero-knowledge rollups (ZK-rollups) technology has gained a lot of traction over the past year…

Ukrainian authorities said that crypto mining does not require regulatory activity from governmental oversight bodies or other third-party regulations.In its manifest on virtual assets published on Feb. 7, the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine stated that mining does not require regulation by state authorities as this activity is regulated by the protocol itself and…