Japan has always been a bridge between tradition and innovation, home to centuries-old cultural heritage and world-leading technology industries. That duality is now accelerating into finance and blockchain. Cashless payments have surged from 13% in 2010 to 42.8% in 2024, surpassing the government’s 40% goal a year early. At the same time, Japan’s blockchain market
Get ready for a significant leap in decentralized finance! The world of prediction markets is buzzing with the exciting news of the Kalshi Solana expansion. Kalshi, a leading platform for event-based trading, has officially announced its integration with the high-performance Solana blockchain. This strategic move means users can now engage with prediction markets using SOL
Amid a decrease in Web3 investment in Africa, the Hashgraph Association says its recently launched hackathon aims to help build a blockchain infrastructure that supports crypto businesses and decentralized finance projects. The Hackathon: A Permanent Platform for Growth Despite a vibrant and young population—with 60% of Africans under the age of 25—the continent’s share of
Former Coinbase executive Balaji Srinivasan transforms troubled Forest City development into a laboratory for blockchain-based governance and startup societies in Malaysia. Bloomberg reported that a radical experiment in crypto governance is unfolding in Malaysia’s Forest City. The project explores how cryptocurrency and shared ideology might redefine citizenship. Network School Emerges in Forest City Tech entrepreneurs
Somnia, a gaming and entertainment-focused blockchain, has partnered with Fireblocks, a prominent platform for digital asset custody. The partnership aims to integrate the enterprise-level security infrastructure of Fireblocks into Somnia’s platform to ensure secure issuance, storage, and movement of digital assets. As the platform disclosed in its official social media announcement, the collaboration will build
In the financial industry, security has always been about staying one step ahead of attackers. For years, firms relied on perimeter defenses: firewalls, intrusion detection, layered passwords. But as the industry has discovered, most breaches do not come from the outside, they come from the inside. Insider threats, compromised credentials, and lateral movement within networks
Ten-year-olds still swing machetes on Ghanaian cocoa farms that feed global chocolate giants. After decades of industry promises, over 1.5 million children work in conditions that would be illegal anywhere else. Swiss blockchain firm Fedrok AG and Ghanaian agribusiness FarmRight Ghana have launched a pilot designed to help prevent child labor from cocoa and palm
Spheron Network is excited to announce its groundbreaking collaboration with Datagram to reshape the decentralized physical infrastructure network (DePIN) and real time applications. This partnership aims to empower both builders and users by driving innovation. By doing this, this alliance is set to provide a performance-based and cost-effective backbone for infrastructure. Partnership Alert 👇Say hello
The U.S. Department of Commerce has turned to cryptocurrency exchange Kraken to support a new initiative that will put gross domestic product (GDP) data directly onto public blockchains. Announced by President Donald Trump and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, the plan marks the first time a G7 country will use blockchain to distribute official economic statistics.
Story Highlights Vitalik Buterin warns of 20% chance quantum computers may compromise cryptography before 2030. Metaculus predicts median timeline of 2040 for quantum computers breaking modern cryptographic defenses. Researchers explore post-quantum cryptography, zk-proofs, and STARKs to secure the blockchain future. Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has raised fresh concerns about the future of cryptography in the