The rise of DePINs: From noise pollution sensors to robo-cafes

The Japan Virtual and Crypto Assets Exchange Association says it plans to make it easier for authorized exchanges to list digital currencies by loosening the screening process. 319 Total views 5 Total shares The Japan Virtual and Crypto Assets Exchange Association, the governing body that deals with crypto assets in Japan, released documents of plans…

Bitcoin and Ethereum markets face a crunch day with volatility predicted around the Ether ETF decision.

Cryptocurrency exchange HitBTC has denied allegations that it froze Brazillian investment startup Atlas Quantum’s funds, claiming the evidence is forged.Atlas Quantum claims the exchange froze $20.7MIn a Twitter argument which began on Oct. 2, the exchange said it had no record of blocking the accounts of Atlas Quantum. The latter had alleged in a video on…

Bitcoin is staging a comeback, but the lingering threat of regulation continues to weigh on DeFi tokens and select altcoins. 285 Total views 3 Total shares On May 19, the total cryptocurrency market capitalization nosedived by 19% and has since failed to recover to the $1.8 trillion mark. More than 40 days have passed, and…

An out-of-the-box solution says it enables anyone, even with no experience, to build their own blockchain in under 10 minutes.According to Nuls, businesses are going through a similar evolution as they did with the early internet, when every company wanted their own website: They now want their own blockchain. And although these firms may not…

Vitalik Buterin says both blockchain and antitrust laws have the same goal: preventing the creation of monopolies by imposing decentralization. 1516 Total views 47 Total shares In a recently published paper, Ethereum cofounder Vitalik Buterin along with Harvard faculty Thibault Schrepel argued that blockchain is positioned to help antitrust laws in areas where regulations are…

Welcome to the latest edition of Cointelegraph’s decentralized finance newsletter.As the market attempted to recover from last week’s pummeling, decentralized finance (DeFi) was once again the topic of discussion in high-profile U.S. governmental offices. Read on to learn more about this news and much more from the world of decentralized finance.What you’re about to read…

Anime and Animoca BrandsBlockchain gaming and Metaverse company Animoca Brands has launched a strategic subsidiary in Japan after raising $10 million in seed funding.The new subsidiary, named Animoca Brands KK, plans on expanding popular Japanese content into NFTs, the Metaverse, and fungible tokens through Web3 applications. The content includes anime such as My Hero Academia…

Lower interest rates and accelerating crypto adoption are spurring more financial institutions to try Bitcoin-backed lending.