Blockchain


Finance

World's Biggest Companies Invested $6B in Blockchain Firms September-June: Study

Google parent Alphabet participated in four funding rounds that raised a total $1.5 billion, Blockdata found.

Money growing from the ground. (Shutterstock)

Layer 2

Tell Us What You Know About Crypto and Blockchain Education

CoinDesk is seeking community opinions by Sept. 7 about the universities and colleges that produce the most brilliant and influential thought leaders, researchers, working professionals or students in the blockchain and crypto industries.

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Tech

EOS Network Foundation Members Switch Support to Crypto Protocol Antelope After Hard Fork

Once the split takes place, the protocol will be led by a coalition connected to the EOS Network Foundation, following the foundation’s separation from Block.one.

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Finance

World Bank Affiliate IFC Backs Blockchain-Based Platform for Carbon Offsets

The Carbon Opportunities Fund aims to push investments for tokenized trading of carbon credits.

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Learn

How Blocks Are Added to a Blockchain, Explained Simply

Blocks of information are linked on a virtual chain, creating a shared, unchangeable digital record of all transactions.

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Finance

Jump Crypto Picked to Revamp Solana to Make Blockchain More Reliable

The crypto trading firm and builder is reupping its commitment after the once-hot blockchain hit potholes.

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Tech

DeFi Firms Iron Bank, Yearn Finance Join Layer 2 Protocol Optimism

Developers of the DeFi protocols said companion blockchain networks offer improved security and capital efficiency for users.

After weeks of delays, the VanEck Bitcoin Strategy ETF is ready to launch. (Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Tests $25K Before Retreating; S. Korea Play-to-Earn Ban Unlikely to End Soon

The South Korean government has yet to show any sign of wanting to change current laws, said attendees at Korea Blockchain Week; ether falls.

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Finance

What Bear Market? Canada’s Largest Blockchain Conference Beamed With Bullish Energy

The main takeaway from the Blockchain Futurist Conference was that spirits are high despite the crypto winter.

Vitalik Buterin speaks at the Blockchain Futurist Conference in Toronto. (Aoyon Ashraf/CoinDesk)