Jack Ma-backed Ant Group’s enterprise arm has reportedly connected over $8.4 billion worth of Chinese energy infrastructure to its blockchain platform, with experts saying early adoption will likely remain institutional rather than draw in retail investors. Ant Digital Technologies has been monitoring power output and potential outages from wind turbines and solar panels across China,
Key Takeaways Upbit, a leading South Korean crypto exchange, plans to launch an Ethereum Layer 2 network. The new Layer 2 will use the OP Stack framework, based on Optimism’s open-source technology. \Upbit announced plans to launch an Ethereum Layer 2 network using OP Stack technology, according to documentation released today. The South Korean crypto
WINkLink, a popular decentralized oracle ecosystem, has partnered with CoinEx, a well-known platform offering trading services. The collaboration aims to offer exclusive opportunities to drive wider blockchain adoption. As WINkLink’s official social media announcement reveals, the partnership is set to bolster blockchain accessibility. Hence, it will let decentralized applications (dApps) utilize accurate data apart from
Since the crypto and blockchain market is still dynamic with rapid innovation, the next week of September 8 to September 14 features a number of key events in different blockchain projects. Key Crypto Events This Week 🚀 🔹 September 8:– @OriginProtocol: Community Call at 4 PM UTC– @LidoFinance: Dual Governance Vote– @dYdX: Prop #275 Vote
Solana has generated $1.25 billion in revenue year-to-date, enough to make it the clear leader for revenue among blockchain networks. Crypto media platform Milk Road shared the data, noting that Solana has 2.5x of Ethereum revenue. According to the data, Ethereum, while being the closest to Solana in revenue, has only $523.28 million this year.
This is a segment from The Drop newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. You’ve probably heard about superhero fatigue — the oft-written-about concern that moviegoing audiences are burnt out on superhero movies as a genre because studios like Marvel and Warner Bros. have been churning out so many for over a decade now. Some believe
Orochi Network, a verifiable data layer for Web3, has led the charge in the race toward verifiable privacy-preserving data infrastructure. zkDatabase is ready for its highly anticipated mainnet debt, allowing the project to announce the launch of zkDatabase Alliance. zkDatabase Alliance can be defined as a powerful consortium of leading teams of AI, tokenization, DePIN,
Doha, Qatar — The Qatar Financial Centre (QFC) has unveiled a groundbreaking proof of concept (POC) through its Digital Asset Lab, designed to bring blockchain-powered innovation into Islamic finance. Developed with a consortium of partners—Hashgraph, AlRayan Bank, and Blade Labs—the initiative demonstrates how advanced digital infrastructure can drive transparency, compliance, and efficiency across Shariah-compliant financial
Taipei — The Kaia DLT Foundation (Kaia) and Taiwan Mobile, one of Taiwan’s leading telecommunications providers, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to expand the country’s Web3 ecosystem. The partnership combines Taiwan Mobile’s strong local presence with Kaia’s advanced blockchain technology, aiming to lower barriers to entry, foster regulatory-compliant DeFi infrastructure, and accelerate adoption
Ethereum is still far from its goal of becoming a ‘one trillion chain’, but it remains the L1 network with the most significant share of the crypto business. Based on recent data, Ethereum apps hold over $330B in user deposits. Ethereum’s apps signal significant on-chain activity, as they become the L1 with the largest share