If the main themes of the previous two cycles were DeFi and NFTs, then the keyword for the current cycle is undoubtedly the Bitcoin ecosystem. With Bitcoin reaching historic highs in the first quarter of 2024, the community has begun to recognize that the Bitcoin ecosystem still lacks richer and more advanced infrastructure. To meet the growing demand, the Bitcoin ecosystem has started moving towards a more tangible...

Mina Foundation, the organization serving the Mina Protocol, along with o1Labs, the software company that incubated Mina Protocol, is collaborating with Celestia to integrate Celestia's modular Data Availability (DA) layer with Mina Protocol. Geometry Research, a team of experts specializing in cryptographic proofs, has been jointly selected to build the integration, utilizing state of the art research.

Tevaera is excited to announce the closure of a $5 million funding round led by Laser Digital, Nomura Group. Supported by prominent investors, this funding will advance Tevaera's mission to create a one-stop gaming ecosystem powered by zkSync’s ZK Stack. Participating investors include Hashkey Capital, Fenbushi Capital, Matter Labs, Draper Dragon, Faculty Group, Crypto.com Capital,...

SDAX, Singapore's leading Digital Assets Exchange, has expanded its product offering to include a first of its kind tokenised gold product. In partnership with the Oman-based Muscat Precious Metals Refining Company LLC, the MPMT Gold Token offers investors a gold token in a securitised form, unlike other gold token offerings currently available in the market.

While Bitcoin has gained greater institutional acceptance with the recent ETF launches in the US, it is still not a pure institutional asset, and it is not a pure commodity like gold. It is so much more: secure, decentralized, and programmable value. Zulu Network believes that Bitcoin can be so much more.

XVC Tech, has invested in TradeTogether, a leading Web3 wealth manager based in Singapore. The venture capital firm founded by the creators of the XDC Network blockchain. XDC Network’s ecosystem includes RWA dApps focusing on Private Credit (TradeFinex), Trade Finance (XDC Trade Network), tokenized gold (Comtech Gold) and tokenized US Treasuries (Yieldteq powered by Tradeteq).

Safe, the leading smart wallet infrastructure, with more than $100 billion in value of digital assets secured, has welcomed the senior leadership team of Multis to the Safe Ecosystem Foundation and completed the strategic acquisition of the Multis source code; Multis is an all-in-one financial software designed for crypto businesses.

With the fourth block reward halving around the corner for BTC and BSV, there will be increased focus from miners regarding the scaling potential of blockchain technology, with a focus on revenue, cost efficiencies, and sustainability.

Occurring approximately every four years, Bitcoin's upcoming halving in April 2024 will reduce its new issuance rate by 50% overnight. With miners rewards slashed while coin scarcity spikes, the stage appears set for the next supply-shock bull market. Or does it? Reviewing history, significant appreciation has followed every halving event. Both 2012 and 2016 saw minor initial dips before torrential uptrends kicking off the most parabolic rallies ever — new highs up to 8,800% above prior peaks. And 2020 played out similarly, with values exploding 548% post-halving.

Zeko Labs, a pioneering blockchain company realizing the vision of a world powered by zero-knowledge technology, announces the successful completion of a $3 million pre-seed funding round from a consortium of early-stage investors. This funding will accelerate the development and deployment of the Zeko Protocol, a cross-chain zero-knowledge scaling protocol built on Mina and designed for the next generation of developers shaping the future of finance, AI, gaming, and the internet.