Blockchain


Finance

5ire Raises $100M to Fund Expansion of Sustainable Blockchain

The company will use what it calls a Proof-of-Benefit mechanism, saying it is the only sustainability-focused blockchain unicorn in the world.

The 5ire team with Sailesh Hiranandani (second from right). (5ire)

Learn

What Are the Four Kinds of Blockchains?

There are four main kinds of the technology used in the crypto, NFT and Web3 sectors.

What are the four kinds of blockchains? (Unsplash)

Learn

Tezos: What Makes It Different?

The energy-efficient platform has participants "baking" instead of staking their XTZ and allows forkless upgrades.

Tezos's use of baking is one way it is different from other blockchains. (Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Long-Term Bitcoin Investors Stick It Out as Speculator Selling Drives Prices Lower: Coinbase

"Holders are less likely to sell BTC during turbulent periods," the crypto exchange said.

Holders de bitcoin retienen sus tenencias en tiempos turbulentos. (Source: Pexels at Pixabay)

Markets

Bitcoin está en una “fase de acumulación”, según indicadores onchain

El Puell Multiple y la puntuación Z de MVRV indican que la criptomoneda está infravalorada. Lecturas similares han marcado el fondo de mercados bajistas en el pasado.

Indicadores clave sugieren que es momento de acumular bitcoin. (RichardMc/Pixabay, PhotoMosh)

Markets

Bitcoin in 'Accumulation' Phase, On-chain Indicators Suggest

Bitcoin's Puell Multiple and MVRV Z-Score indicate the cryptocurrency is undervalued. Similar readings have marked bear market bottoms in the past.

Indicadores clave sugieren que es momento de acumular bitcoin. (RichardMc/Pixabay, PhotoMosh)

Videos

DYdX Founder on Building a Standalone Blockchain

DYdX Founder & CEO Antonio Juliano discusses the decline in trading volumes amid the market downturn, noting it’s a time to build. Juliano explains why his platform is ambitious about developing its standalone blockchain while touching on liquidity issues across the sector.

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Tech

Polygon Deploys Custom Blockchain Scaling System 'Avail'

The scaling solution allows developers to launch application-specific blockchains on the Polygon network.

Avail is a scaling system designed for developers. (Christopher Adrianto/Unsplash)

Tech

Chainlink’s Smart Contract Products Go Live on Fantom

Two protocols, Keepers and VRF, will allow developers to deploy more sophisticated applications on the Fantom network.

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Finance

A16z Leads $6M Seed Funding Round in Blockchain Linera

The layer 1 chain aims to be low-latency with linear scalability to facilitate the transition from Web2 to Web3.

Andreessen Horowitz co-founder Marc Andreessen (Fortune Live Media via Flickr)