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Cryptocurrency giant Ripple has partnered with Kyoto University and the University of Tokyo as part of its University Blockchain Research Initiative (UBRI). Ripple announced its new Japanese partnerships in a press release on July 30.Emi Yoshikawa, senior director of global operations at Ripple, noted that there is high interest in blockchain within Japanese academia:“Japan is…

Developers can now try out the upcoming WebAssembly smart contract platform. 1751 Total views 14 Total shares The Iota protocol (MIOTA) is continuing its pivot toward implementing smart contracts with an alpha release of IOTA Smart Contracts Protocol, or ISCP.As announced on Thursday, the project has released a more stable iteration of its smart contracts…

Ethereum (ETH) co-founder Vitalik Buterin says that high ether prices are important both for network security and the wider ecosystem’s development. Buterin made his remarks during an interview for Laura Shin’s crypto-focused “Unchained,” hosted at the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism and live-streamed on March 20.In response to Shin’s question as to whether protocol designers…

Borrowing positions automatically roll their expiry and can be refinanced should one party unilaterally decide to terminate. 138 Total views 1 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTOn May 1, nonfungible tokens (NFTs) marketplace Blur launched Blend, a peer-to-peer perpetual lending protocol that supports NFT collateral. Developed with venture…

FTX’s collapse dealt a major blow to the already fragile sentiment among cryptocurrency investors. Although a quick recovery is unlikely, Blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis said that the crypto universe could emerge stronger from this crisis. Chainalysis’ research lead Eric Jardine arrived at the conclusion after comparing FTX’s fall to that of Mt. Gox.Another calming statement…

The world’s richest man giveth, and the world’s richest man taketh away. 5033 Total views 25 Total shares The value of Dogecoin (DOGE) sunk 23% in a matter of hours on Feb. 15, after Elon Musk drew attention to the vastly unequal distribution of DOGE coins and urged major holders to sell off their holdings.…

Reduced network activity is resulting in lower fees for Bitcoin and Ethereum as both recede heavily from their all-time highs. 3888 Total views 8 Total shares The cost of using the Bitcoin and Ethereum blockchains is on the rapid decline, as evidenced by a 93%–95% reduction in average transaction fees over the past couple of months.Fees…