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Non-fungible tokens ([NFTs]()) have been a part of the cryptocurrency industry for many years now. However, the NFT space truly began to gain traction in 2021, as this was the period in which it caugh

In the early days of the internet, if you wanted to access a website, you had to type in an IP address – a long string of numbers that identified a particular server. This was a cumbersome and error-p

Arbitrum is a Layer 2 scaling solution for Ethereum that aims to increase transaction speed and reduce gas fees. It accomplishes this by using off-chain computation to process transactions faster and

It’s impossible to ignore the influence artificial intelligence (AI) is having on our lives today — and it's just the beginning. AI is also leaving its mark, inevitably, on crypto. To understand what's going on, here's our recap of five areas where AI is impacting crypto in a big way. 👇

DeFi (decentralized finance) keeps putting forward attractive alternatives to conventional financial offerings — those we can neatly place under the TradFi (traditional finance) umbrella. DeFi’s shiny

A global meetup series to bring together pioneers, builders, artists and creators from the Ordinals world We're teaming up with Ordzaar and other community partners from the Bitcoin ecosystem to take on a World Tour, spanning Asia, Europe and the US. It's a chance to connect and build deeper relationships in real life, and for artists and builders from other ecosystems to learn more about Ordinals. Most of all, it's going to be a whole lot of fun.

Optimism is a popular Ethereum Layer 2 (L2) blockchain designed to increase scalability. As a result, bridging is an essential part of using the technology. Optimism increases efficiency by processing transactions off Ethereum and periodically syncing them. This results in transaction fees and processing speed being significantly lower than Ethereum, making one of the most popular Ethereum L2 solutions. 

A powerful force is emerging in the gaming world — one that's poised to revolutionize how we play and experience games. Meet Fusionist, an innovative company that has secured substantial funding and is rapidly becoming a prominent player in the Web3 gaming domain.

The introduction of blobs during Ethereum's Dencun hard fork is a major development in blockchain technology. Blobs are data structures that allow for settlement via Layer 2 (L2), rather than using calldata. Blobs were created to improve Ethereum's scalability and efficiency, particularly for rollups, resulting in increased accessibility and cost-effectiveness.

What are inscriptions? Inscriptions are a powerful new method of storing images, videos, audio, text, and code directly on a blockchain. Similar to NFTs, you can view inscriptions as digital artifacts. For example, if we were to examine ordinals, the metadata is encoded on a satoshi, the smallest unit of . Ordinals are a means of tracking individual satoshis, which you can attach data to the blockchain by inscribing them directly on chain.

What would happen if technology could transform the public web into a decentralized platform? The Internet Computer (ICP) provides a glimpse at what might be possible, being a cloudless environment that offers another way to deploy decentralized applications (DApps).

2023 witnessed an explosion of artificial intelligence (AI) models, largely driven by the widespread success and adoption of applications like OpenAI’s ChatGPT . Within five days of its launch, ChatGPT attracted over a million users, setting the record as the world’s fastest-adopted online tool. The impact was swift and profound, representing a watershed moment in the everyday use of AI tools in the years to come.

A self-paying loan may sound alien in the traditional banking industry, but anything is possible in the crypto space. Alchemix is one of the fast-paced decentralized finance (DeFi), applications deplo

Ever since 2013 and the appearance of Dogecoin, similar projects have been trying to get some of DOGE’s popularity. While very few have succeeded, one definitely stands out from the rest. Shiba Inu (S

Damus caused a stir a few months ago when it arrived as a decentralized alternative to Twitter. Backed by Twitter's own co-founder and former CEO, Jack Dorsey, Damus is built on the  Nostr protocol , which allows developers to create decentralized and censorship-resistant social media platforms.

__Authored by Sally Gu, researcher @OKX Ventures__ ## TL; DR Blockchain oracles were in the crypto spotlight in 2023, but what long-term potential does the technology have? OKX Ventures' view is that

Kadena is an open-source, hybrid blockchain platform that looks to increase blockchain adoption among businesses and the general population. Kadena intends to do this by improving on the issues of sca

Virtual reality (VR) has come a long way since the early days of Web1. VR experiences were as basic as a stick figure drawing back then. But as technology advanced and the web became more interactive,

Remember the good old days of Web1? The dawn of the internet era connected people from all corners of the world, allowing us to collaborate and learn from each other like never before. But that was ju

Over the years, e-commerce has evolved from the static pages of Web1 to the dynamic platforms of Web3. In the early days of Web1, online shopping was a novelty, with simple sites that displayed produc

One of the main goals of blockchain technology is achieving interoperability. This is essential for the advancement of Web3, but it also allows other blockchains to access new features. The Flare Netw

Crypto staking is one of several ways investors can earn passive income from cryptocurrencies. Investors can lock up their assets for a certain period and earn rewards on centralized exchanges (CEXs)

Atomic swaps, also known as cross-chain swaps or atomic cross-chain trading, refers to the process of exchanging of one cryptocurrency for another between two parties without the need for a centralize

Censorship resistance is a concept that is becoming increasingly important in today's world, where the internet and other communication technologies are essential for social, political and economic in