Ripple and the University of California, Berkeley have jointly unveiled a new accelerator program to help developers turn early-stage blockchain ideas into deployable products on the XRP Ledger. According to the stablecoin issuer’s press statement published on Friday, Ripple University’s Blockchain Research Initiative is launching a University Digital Asset Xcelerator (UDAX) that promises to provide
Jim Cramer says chip stocks are going up because companies can’t build new chips fast enough. Not because they don’t want to. They literally don’t have the tools. “We don’t have enough equipment to expand production of these chips, and we can’t put it together fast enough,” Jim said on his CNBC segment Friday night.
The adoption of blockchain by large enterprises is entering a new phase. An increasing number of global companies are considering the creation of proprietary on-chain infrastructures, no longer as mere experiments, but as strategic components of their business model. We discussed this with Kyle Jenke, Chief Business Officer of Optimism, in an exclusive interview where
Internal notes from early discussions between Elon Musk and the founders of OpenAI show that Musk briefly supported the idea of an initial coin offering (ICO) as a way to fund the organization, before abandoning the plan and ultimately leaving the project. According to call transcripts published as part of OpenAI’s response to Musk’s lawsuit,
Tokenization is now the fastest-growing sector in the crypto ecosystem, according to Token Terminal. The frontier has experienced remarkable growth in the last few years due to the influx of financial institutions such as BlackRock and J.P. Morgan. Tokenized assets now emerge as a rapidly evolving sector in the crypto ecosystem. The sector has attracted
Conflux Network and AutoStaking have formed a strategic alliance that combines AutoStaking’s intelligent yield optimization technology with Conflux’s powerful Layer-1 infrastructure. They aim to develop creative solutions that will expand the relationship between traditional commerce and decentralized finance. Combining AI Intelligence and Blockchain Scalability AutoStaking makes DeFi simplified with an AI-based wealth manager that can
Strive’s acquisition of Semler vaults the firm into the top tier of corporate bitcoin holders, amassing nearly 12,800 bitcoin as it accelerates an aggressive treasury strategy alongside a growing healthcare business. Strive–Semler Deal Creates 12,798 Bitcoin Balance Sheet, Signals Aggressive Treasury Expansion A major corporate transaction has reshaped a bitcoin-focused balance sheet. Strive Inc. (Nasdaq:
THORSwap, a renowned decentralized exchange (DEX), has unveiled a new cross-chain integration through the L1 blockchain NEAR Protocol. Specifically, THORSwap is extending the cross-chain trading network by integrating Bitcoin Cash ($BCH) via NEAR Intents, the abstraction layer of NEAR Protocol. As per THORSwap’s official social media announcement, the upgrade provides complete Bitcoin Cash ($BCH) swap
Sentora’s terse X post on Friday cut to the chase: “This week saw a massive shift towards BTC accumulation with -$1.65 billion in net outflows from exchanges. This indicates a strong preference for cold storage holding, effectively creating a supply shock that removes significant liquidity from the sell-side order books.” The datapoint, echoed by the