Blockchain


Finance

California DMV Puts 42M Car Titles on the Avalanche Network in Digitization Push

Developed by Oxhead Alpha, the system will let users transfer vehicle titles in minutes and without going to an office versus the two week time frame in the traditional system.

(Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Markets

The Clock Has Ticked on Bitcoin's Post Halving Surge, 100 Days After the Latest Quadrennial Halving

July 29 marks the 100th day since the Bitcoin blockchain cut per block mining rewards to 3.125 BTC from 6.25 BTC.

(Artem Oleshko/Shutterstock)

Markets

Bitcoin Analysts Express Optimism as Price Nears Resistance Level That Stymied It in May

The Bitcoin mining hashrate, a leading indicator for bitcoin rallies, has improved, one observer said, explaining the bullish outlook.

BTC's price nears the trendline resistance that capped upside on Monday. (TradingView/CoinDesk)

Policy

Indian City of Raipur Puts Real Estate Records on Blockchain With Airchains

"Certification should be secure and decentralization is the future we should work on," Abinash Mishra, Commissioner, Raipur Municipal Corporation told CoinDesk in an interview on Thursday.

Abinash Mishra, Commissioner, Raipur Municipal Corporation , Chhattisgarh, India. (Courtesy: Abinash Mishra and AirChains)

Finance

Deutsche Telekom Joins RWA-Focused XDC as Infrastructure Provider in Digital Asset Push

The company already runs nodes on multiple blockchain networks and is considering bitcoin mining, its web3 head revealed last month at a conference.

Mika Baumeister, Unsplash

Tech

Protocol Village: Hemi Labs Announces 'Hemi' as Modular L2 Focused on Interoperability Between Bitcoin, Ethereum

The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of July 18-24.

Protocol Village is CoinDesk's living column chronicling blockchain tech project updates (CoinDesk)

Markets

AgriDex Settles First Agricultural Trade on Solana Blockchain

AgriDex "settled the transactions almost instantly, charging only 0.15% to each side of the trade" while in traditional systems "fees can be several percentage points per trade."

Agriculture (Pete Linforth/Pixabay)

Markets

HNT Token Beats Bitcoin With 40% Surge as Helium Mobile's Subscriber Count Tops 100K

HNT is the second-best performing token of the past seven days.

HNT's price rally. (Coingecko)

Markets

Profit-Making Crypto Address Makes $16M Investment in BTC

The address has made $30 million in trading profits in the past 12 months, according to Lookonchain.

16:9 Wallet (Prasanta Sahoo/PIxabay)

Policy

Blockchain Friendly Roberta Metsola Reelected as EU Parliament President

In 2018, as a member of the European Parliament for Malta, she called for regulation on crypto and blockchain when needed, without stifling innovation.

Roberta Metsola (Pier Marco Tacca/Getty Images)