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Tech

Protocol Village: Firoza Finance Launches $2M Pilot Program for Shariah-Compliant DeFi With 'Mudarabah Smart Contract'

The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of Sept. 26-Oct. 2.

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Finance

Fan Tokens Have Much Larger Market Than NFTs, Says Chiliz CEO as Blockchain Prepares New Memecoin 'Pepper'

Chiliz CEO Alexandre Dreyfus called out the disproportionate hype around NFTs in comparison to fan tokens in an interview with CoinDesk.

16:9 Chiliz CEO Alexandre Dreyfus in Singapore during Token2049 (Courtesy: Amitoj Singh/CoinDesk)

Markets

Celo Challenges Tron's Leadership in Active Stablecoin Addresses

The CELO token rallied over 20% on Wednesday as Vitalik Buterin cheered Celo's progress.

Top chain by active stablecoin addresses. (Artemis)

Tech

Protocol Village: BitcoinOS, Bitcoin Layer-2 Project, Open-Sources 'BitSNARK' Verification Protocol

The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of Sept. 19-25.

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Tech

Protocol Village: Delphi Ventures Leads $6M Investment Into Gunzilla Games, Becomes Project's Largest Validator

The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of Sept. 12-18.

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Finance

Hemi Labs Raises $15M to Launch Modular Blockchain in Round Led by Binance Labs

The Hemi Network testnet is now live, with a mainnet launch planned for the fourth quarter.

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Policy

OMFIF Survey Respondents Believe Substantial Level of Tokenization is Still Three Years Away

The Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum's digital assets report said that 92% of its respondents believe that financial markets will experience significant tokenization at some point.

Blockchain (Yuichiro Chino/GettyImages)

Markets

Tokenized Real-World Assets (Excluding Stablecoins) Market Value Hits Over $12B: Binance Research

RWAs continue to experience growth led by tokenized U.S. Treasuries.

Market value of onchain RWAs. (Binance Research)

Tech

Protocol Village: Oracle Platform DIA Introduces 'Lumina,' HashKey Cloud Helps Decentralize Metis Sequencer

The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of Sept. 5-11.

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Markets

AI Tokens ICP, FET Buck Crypto Market Drop as Apple Flags Artificial Intelligence Foray

The iPhone maker's "It's Glowtime" event on Monday focused on bringing AI capabilities to the smartphone.

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