decentralization

The means by which humans communicate and coordinate are ever-evolving. People went from sending smoke signals and messengers on horseback to sending letters and telegrams, and since the dawn of the digital era, the pace of innovation has exploded.Today, hundreds or even thousands of peopl ...

In their quest for scalability and cost-effectiveness, many layer-2 networks adopt a centralized approach to on-chain transaction processing, introducing a single point of failure vulnerability. The Metis blockchain, however, has pioneered a distributed sequencer pool to improve security a ...

Decentralized crypto trading with leverage has grown in popularity over recent years — but something is holding the sector back: a lack of reliable platforms for noncustodial transactions.Users often face clunky and poorly designed interfaces that are difficult to understand and nea ...

The governing body of Cosmos Hub has endorsed a proposal to decrease the maximum inflation rate of its native token, ATOM (ATOM), from approximately 14% to 10%.As per the proposal, the authorized modification would reduce Atom’s annualized staking yield from around 19% to approximately 13. ...

Indexed Finance, an Ethereum-based project that suffered a $16 million hack in 2021, has successfully thwarted two hijacking attempts. The project’s decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) control will be returned to its founders, aiming to allocate the remaining treasury to victims of ...

“I literally had two coffees and a beer, and I had this eureka moment at four in the morning," Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko recalls as he leans back thoughtfully. Speaking to Cointelegraph at the annual Breakpoint conference in Amsterdam, the co-founder recounts a late nig ...

HyperCycle is a decentralized network that connects AI machines to make them smarter and more profitable. It enables companies of all sizes to participate in the emerging AI computing economy.Artificial intelligence (AI) is a rapidly evolving field that seems likely to fall into the ...

What are utility NFTs and how do they work?How do utility NFTs relate to agriculture?What problems do NFTs solve in agriculture?How can utility NFTs benefit farmers and consumers in the agricultural sector?What concerns or risks should the agricultural ...

Research and development firm Dfinity Foundation has partnered with artificial intelligence (AI)-focused blockchain firm SingularityNET to improve the infrastructure of decentralized AI and allow decentralized applications (DApps) on the Internet Computer blockchain to access large language model ...

Yearn.Finance's governance token (YFI) plummeted over 43% in just five hours on Nov. 18 after rallying almost 170% early in the month, stirring fears about a possible exit scam. During the dramatic drop in value, over $300 million was wiped out in market capitalization from November's ...

Decentralized finance (DeFi) group Aave Companies has been rebranded to Avara as it looks to broaden its user base across the Web3 ecosystem.Stani Kulechov, founder and CEO of Avara (formerly Aave Companies), tells Cointelegraph that the company’s growing number of offerings, including liq ...

goodcryptoX, a new DeFi trading platform, leverages Ethereum’s account abstraction feature to provide users with advanced trading functionality and a seamless user experience.Decentralized finance (DeFi) offers unique advantages over centralized platforms, empowering individuals and ...

Microsoft, Tencent and 16 other Web2 giants have partnered with Consensys on its mission to decentralize the Infura network — the key point of access to Ethereum for much of the decentralized finance (DeFi) sector.The partnerships aim to increase decentralization on the Infura networ ...

The next iteration of the internet, Web3, is proposing a new infrastructure based on blockchain technology to build a democratic global social media ecosystem that caters to all stakeholders.Web3 adepts hope that the widespread adoption of blockchain technology will solve some of th ...

Non-government organization Bitcoin Argentina presented a draft bill proposing to regulate the cryptocurrency market in a way that preserves decentralization and strengthens public trust.The proposed legal framework was pitched by Bitcoin Argentina's president Ricardo Mihura at LABITCONF 2 ...

The growth of social media has made it possible for everyone to become a content creator. And while the creator economy grew, incentives to become part of it continued to diminish. Since the $100 billion market is dominated by a handful of centralized platforms, creators hardly ever see a fair co ...

AAA gaming studio Ubisoft has partnered with blockchain game firm Immutable to collaborate on developing Web3 games through its Strategic Innovation Lab.An announcement shared with Cointelegraph said the two studios will combine their expertise to intertwine mainstream gaming development q ...

Over 100,000 GPUs from data centers and private clusters are set to plug into a new decentralized physical infrastructure network (DePIN) beta launched by io.net.As Cointelegraph previously reported, the startup has developed a decentralized network that sources GPU computing power from va ...

Moody’s Analytics is launching a new stablecoin service that will use AI to predict probable depeggings “in a 24-hour time horizon” while providing real-time insights about stablecoin issuers’ liquidity and stability.The stablecoin market is getting stabler, Moody&r ...

Decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Aave paused a number of markets on Nov. 4 after receiving reports of an issue affecting “a certain feature,” according to a post on X (formerly Twitter). The pause affects multiple networks, including Aave V2 Ethereum Market and certai ...

Web3 has been gaining ground in mainstream industries with the rise of Web3 business models based around nonfungible tokens (NFTs), blockchain technology and crypto. But it’s still an open question whether it’s actually improving mainstream industry and products. According ...

Web3 theft hit a low point for the year so far in October, CertiK reported. Losses to hacks, exploits and scams confirmed by the blockchain security firm amounted to $32.2 million for the month across 38 incidents, with no single incident leading to a loss of over $7 million.Compared to th ...

While the development of artificial general intelligence (AGI) comes with a truckload of benefits, it also comes with massive risks if the technology falls into the wrong hands. However, decentralization using blockchain technology might help prevent a catastrophe, according to Janet Adams, the c ...

Blockchain company LBRY Inc. — the creators of the LBRY blockchain — has issued its final message to the crypto, citing “several million dollars” of debts that have now made it impossible for the firm to continue.“This will be our last post,” said the LB ...

JPMorgan has reported that Ethereum's recent upgrades, known as the Merge and Shanghai, have led to increased centralization in the network and a decline in overall staking yields. The research report highlights concerns about the concentration of control and rehypothecation risks associated with th ...

Decentralized network provider Nodle is collaborating with Adobe and the Linux Foundation to employ blockchain technology in confirming the legitimacy of real-world content captured by devices. In an interview with Cointelegraph, Garrett Kinsman, co-founder of Nodle, outlined the company's upcomi ...

The Silencio Network, in collaboration with the Peaq blockchain ecosystem, has deployed over 35,000 smartphones as noise sensors to address global noise pollution. This initiative involves community members contributing noise pollution data and receiving tokenized rewards for their participation. ...

Solana's Roadmap for Rebuilding Trust After a Challenging Year In an effort to move past the repercussions of FTX's collapse last year, Solana, a layer-1 smart contract blockchain, is charting its course for the next five years. Anatoly Yakovenko, co-founder of Solana, outlined a long-term value ...

The rise of nonfungible token (NFT) marketplaces has ushered in a new era, fundamentally reshaping the way we perceive and interact with digital assets. They provide a new medium for artists to showcase their creations and establish a direct and meaningful connection with their audience. OpenSea ...

Raj Gokal, co-founder of blockchain protocol Solana and chief operations officer of Solana Labs, started his career in venture capital with a focus on high-growth tech business. For seven years, Gokal focused on health tech, first with wearable sensors using Bluetooth Low Energy as a ...

While lacking in performance, micro Bitcoin mining devices should be seen as a stand against the Bitcoin ecosystem’s purportedly biggest flaw, its inventors argue.Micro Bitcoin mining devices — often open-source and pocket-sized — have been serving a niche part of the mar ...

Matter Labs co-founder and CEO Alex Gluchowski has proposed an Ethereum court system resembling a hierarchical court system similar to the real world.In a Sept. 2 post on X (Twitter), Gluchowski floated the idea for an “Ethereum Supreme Court” — which would work similar t ...

Binance CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao predicts that decentralized finance (DeFi) has the potential to surpass centralized finance (CeFi) in the next bull run.In an Sept 1 live X Spaces (formerly Twitter Spaces), titled CZ AMA, CZ stated his predictions for the future of DeF ...

At least five Ethereum liquid staking providers have either imposed or are working to impose a self-limit rule in which they promise not to own more than 22% of the Ethereum staking market — seen as a move to ensure the Ethereum network remains decentralized.Among the Ethereum stakin ...

The landscape of web development has undergone a profound transformation with the emergence of Web3 technologies. As blockchain and decentralized applications (DApps) gain momentum, developers are embracing this new paradigm to create a more open, secure and user-centric internet. This article wi ...

Decentralized exchange (DEX) platform dYdX will unlock $14.02 million worth of DYDX (DYDX) tokens dedicated to the community treasury and rewards for traders and liquidity providers. On Aug. 29, dYdX will release 6.52 million in-house tokens, representing 3.76% of the DYDX circulating supply. Out ...

Peer-to-peer Bitcoin (P2P) marketplaces remain an important cog in allowing users to move money across borders, but their future depends on becoming permissionless and unstoppable according to Paxful's Ray Youssef. Youssef, alongside Nicolas Gregor ...

What is Base? Unpacking Coinbase’s new layer-2 network and its impact Base, Coinbase’s new layer-2 blockchain network, was built to enhance Ethereum’s capacity for decentralized applications, improve user interfaces, and r ...

PayPal’s new Ethereum-based stablecoin, PYUSD, has been seen as bittersweet news for the crypto community. While it could finally see Ethereum find its place in mainstream adoption, it could also spell trouble for decentralization and personal control of assets, warns the community. ...

BlackRock, a multinational investment company, shocked many in the cryptocurrency industry in June when it filed an application for an exchange-traded fund (ETF), the iShares Bitcoin Trust. It’s seeking to overcome 10-year-long opposition from United States regulators to cryptocurrency ETFs ...

Decentralized network provider Nodle has launched a bluetooth hardware sticker that is aimed at increasing Internet-of-Things (IoT) connectivity for a variety of industrial use cases.The firm announced that it will open source it's Nodle NanoComputer (N1), which features a Hardwa ...

For many in the global workforce, the 9-to-5 workday is outdated. After a lengthy commute to work, which for some may be three hours each day, many find that upon returning home, they are too exhausted to enjoy their lives, leaving them in a vicious working cycle. Fortunately, with more co ...

The alleged Alphapo payments provider hack of July 23 is now estimated to have caused losses exceeding $60 million, according to a July 25 report from on-chain sleuth ZachXBT. The loss was previously reported at roughly $31 million.Hack ...

Decentralized blockchain oracle service Goracle provides real-world information so anyone can build better Web3 apps based on off-chain data.The blockchain ecosystem was changed forever with the introduction of smart contracts — digital agreements between two parties th ...

As people become accustomed to traditional, online-only banking, crypto innovators are building decentralized solutions that could radically change everyday finance.A quick Google search of the term “neobank” will bring up the 2007–2009 crisis for a good reason. In the aftermath of ...

This week’s episode of Cointelegraph’s Market Talks welcomes Alvin Xu, the co-founder and CEO of Maverick Protocol, a platform that is taking a new approach to building decentralized finance (DeFi) infrastructure. Xu has been in the crypto space since 2018, and before co-founding M ...

United States Sen. Jack Reed sponsored a bipartisan bill introduced into the Senate on July 18 that would tighten Know Your Customer (KYC) and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) regulations and sanctions requirements for decentralized finance (DeFi). According to a news release on Reed’s website, ...

Ignoring the original, utility-driven ideas introduced in the early documents on digital cash became the new normal once adopters stumbled upon a cryptocurrency price ticker. Are new price tickers a sign of innovation?  There is a critical paradox when thinking about inven ...

Oasis has launched its confidential Ethereum Virtual Machine-compatible blockchain, Sapphire, which it says will allow decentralized applications (DApps) to tap into improved privacy features. With Sapphire and the Oasis Privacy Layer (OPL) now live, existing DApps on EVM network ...

Decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Aave has launched its algorithmic United States-dollar pegged stablecoin GHO on the Ethereum mainnet, with $2.19 million worth of GHO minted so far.Aave announced the launch of the new stablecoin in a July 16 blog post, describing the new stablecoin GH ...

The cryptocurrency market has encountered its share of ups and downs over the past year, but blockchain technology continues to see impressive growth as businesses seek digital transformation. Recent findings from the market research platform, MarketsandMarkets, estimated the global b ...

The travel industry has long been a behemoth, catering to the diverse needs of nearly 2 billion digitally savvy users each year. When it comes to technological innovation, however, it has remained a sleeping giant. That is, until now. The industry is finally waking up to the tr ...

Decentralized finance protocol Synthetix is preparing to expand its range of affiliated products.Synthetix founder Kain Warwick revealed intentions to introduce a new derivatives front-end called Infinex to the decentralized trading infrastructure of Synthetix. The upcoming exchange w ...

A pair of researchers from the University of Texas at Austin and Princeton University conducted a study to determine how tokenization affects decentralization in decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs). Their findings indicate that many of the challenges to autonomy are related to the reaso ...

In an email dated Jan. 17, 1993, Hal Finney — a developer and early contributor to Bitcoin — shared the concept of “encrypted digital cards,” which are now known as nonfungible tokens (NFTs).“Giving a little more thought to the idea of buying and selling digital cash, I thought of a way to ...

Data privacy has come a long way since the widespread use of technology kicked off in the early 2000s. Now, every click, Tweet and Instagram post makes up a personal data footprint that stands shoulder-to-shoulder with people’s fundamental rights as one of the most val ...

Via a July 6 announcement, decentralized social media protocol DeSo has issued a $1 million bounty for building a competitor to Reddit using its native blockchain. In supporting the decision, developers wrote:"Reddit recently sparked controversy within its community following a de ...

On-chain derivatives are set to become the next big growth sector in the decentralized finance (DeFi) space, says Henrik Andersson, the chief investment officer of Australian crypto investment firm Apollo Crypto.In a wide-ranging interview with Cointelegraph, Andersson said he thinks the i ...

The crypto industry has faced significant challenges over the past few years, dealing with issues such as failed exchanges, regulation, collapsing projects and depegged stablecoins. These hurdles have contributed to an atmosphere of uncertainty and skepticism within the industry. However, ...

Welcome to Finance Redefined, your weekly dose of essential decentralized finance (DeFi) insights — a newsletter crafted to bring you the most significant developments from the past week.The second quarter of 2023 saw over $208 million exploited and hacked from DeFi protocols, and with jus ...

Academic institutions house some of the world’s most important data generated from years of research. Yet centralized data storage models are becoming a concern for many universities looking to keep critical information safe and accessible. Danny O’Brien, a senior fellow at the Fileco ...

The outlook for the crypto industry is bright. As a matter of fact, the present isn’t even all that grim, Bryan Pellegrino, CEO of cross-chain interoperability protocol LayerZero, told Cointelegraph at the Collision conference in Toronto. “2015 was basically unbearable. […] Nob ...

Italy’s top banking authority has called for a “robust, risk-based” regulatory framework for stablecoins, which could help prevent a worst case scenario — a “run” on stablecoins. The central bank’s recently released “Markets, Infrastruct ...

While Bitcoin (BTC) offered the world an era of true decentralization, the introduction of centralized exchanges and custodial services has lured people away from the original premise of crypto — trustlessness and self-custody. However, the collapse of major crypto exchanges such as FTX ac ...

Ramp, a financial technology company specializing in crypto infrastructure, has announced a significant expansion of its platform’s compatibility, adding 40 new fiat currencies. According to a June 21 announcement, the expansion is set to allow users to more easily transact with vario ...

EDX Markets, a newcomer to the cryptocurrency exchange landscape, has made a notable entry with backing from prominent financial institutions such as Citadel Securities, Fidelity Investments, and Charles Schwab. The company recently unveiled the launch of its digital asset market on June 20, mark ...

Proof-of-work coins that had a fair distribution at their launch are the most likely to avoid being labeled as securities by the U.S. SEC, according to Bitcoin OG and educator Dan Held. Last week, the SEC sued Binance and Coinbase, accusing them of offering a number of altcoins as&nbs ...

What makes a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) a DAO? In practice, the democratic structure of these organizations has been compromised because a number of self-purporting DAOs are operating like traditional corporations.With this in mind, developers at Delphi Labs proposed an al ...

On June 12, Polygon Labs announced “Polygon 2.0,” a set of upgrades that seeks to establish the “Value Layer” of the internet, which the company says will allow users “to create, exchange, and program value.” ...

The allegations against Binance and Coinbase by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission have substantial ramifications for the decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem, and they are far from positive. DeFi has developed as a promising area within the crypto industry, aiming to disrupt establish ...

Decentralized wireless (DeWi) network operator World Mobile said on June 8 it has completed field tests of its DeWi technology in Kenya, Mozambique, and Nigeria, bringing it closer to a full rollout across the African continent, the company said in the announcement.World Mobile, which aims ...

Messari CEO Ryan Selkis has praised a newly proposed Republican crypto bill, commenting it is a “10x improvement” on all other crypto bills introduced to the United States Congress so far.The “Digital Asset Market Structure” (DAMS) bill, introduced on June 1, propos ...

A hack that drained $35 million from Atomic Wallet users since June 2 impacted less than 1% of its monthly active users, according to the company. In the aftermath of the attack, Atomic Wallet — along with individual blockchain investigators — have amped up efforts to track and revert ...

Focusing too much on the tokenization of assets instead of encoding social relationships of trust was a key complaint regarding the current state of Web3 that found a clear voice in a mid-2022 paper published by Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin along with E. Glen Weyl and Puja Ohlhaver. ...

American billionaire and reality TV star Shark Tank offered a way for cryptocurrency issuers to avoid SEC harassment. Mark Cuban believes that cryptocurrency issuers could immediately issue their assets and use them to provide liquidity through decentralized finance (DeFi), ...

The CEO of Ledger confirmed that because of the new firmware of Ledger Nano X hardware cryptocurrencies, authorities will be able to access private keys for the sake of investigations. Last week Ledger announced the launch of Ledger Recovery service to restore access to c ...

Cryptocurrency exchange Hotbit announced its closure after five years of operation and asked users to withdraw their remaining assets by June 21. All operations on the exchange will cease today, May 22. The company explained that to a large extent the decision to close wa ...

The company has given an official response on the scandalous item In short, MetaMask users are not threatened Last week there was an uproar on the networks about the updated rules of ConsenSys (MetaMask owner). There is a clause stating that the company reserv ...

The ability to pay with memcoins everywhere is the innermost desire of many crypto-enthusiasts. But what are the real prospects for this initiative? Security and reliability of memcoins The role of memcoins in today's marketplace r ...

It will become the node operator for the Chainlink ecosystem They have previously launched nodes on Aptos, Ethereum, Flow, Solana and Algorand This will benefit decentralization and oracle protection Coinbase Cloud will become the node operator for Or ...

Canadian psychologist Jordan Peterson called BTC the only alternative to money in a world dominated by central bank digital currencies and suggested storing IQ test information in a Bitcoin blockchain. Jordan Peterson, a well-known Canadian psychologist and political comm ...

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Gary Gensler said that rules for token issuers and cryptocurrency exchanges already exist, but they are fundamentally unwilling to comply. While speaking at a Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta conference, Gary Gensler was ...

According to Tether's CTO, the two solutions should not be banned And the current queue problems are a "puncture" of the big CEX The Blockchain Week Rome 2023 conference concluded last week.. Tether CTO Paolo Ardoino was among the speakers at the event. In a p ...

But the true cause of the failure is still unknown Prysm and Teku customers have already installed the patch In the past week, May 11 and 12, user transactions in Beacon Chain were not fully processed for some time. And if the first time the failure lasted 25 ...

The Ethereum Foundation developers have released a software update for Prysm and Teku clients to prevent further network failures. Large-scale outages occurred May 11 and 12, when the Ethereum network experienced block finalization problems twice in a 24-hour period. T ...

British accounting firm Ernst&Young (EY) has launched a beta version of an Etherium blockchain-based platform that businesses can use to track their carbon emissions. Ernst&Young said the EY OpsChain ESG platform is now available in beta on the EY Blockchain SaaS ...

The past week was eventful: The U.S. Federal Reserve shared its plans, a string of banking collapses continued, updates were released on some digital platforms. How did it affect prices? Bitcoin Bitcoin price fell 2.5% in the week ...

This is what the CertiK report Exploits played a special role here Let's explore in detail Analysts at CertiK presented the traditional report on cryptocurrencies. ...

Jack Dorsey's Block Company has completed development of a prototype ASIC chip that should accelerate the market entry of an open-source bitcoin mining rig. The Block team claims the new five-nanometer (5nm) chip will be the key to decentralizing bitcoin mining. It will ...

The chief technology officer of Ripple responded to critics who claim that XRP Ledger is not decentralized enough. David Schwartz defended XRPL, insisting on a level of decentralization similar to PoW consensus algorithm blockchain projects, "albeit in a slightly differen ...

The focus is on performance and UX Outcoming this quarter is update 0.12.0, designed to improve throughput Next year, the focus will shift to decentralization The interaction experience (UX) and performance are the main aspects that the StakWare team ...

According to John Deaton, the founder of CryptoLaw, who advocates for XRP cryptocurrency owners, the recent transition of the Ethereum network to the Proof-of-Stake (PoS) consensus algorithm may lead to Ethereum being recognized as a security by regulators. In an interview with Real Vision Crypto ...

Robert Kennedy Jr., an American political figure, has praised bitcoin as a safe haven due to its decentralization, which makes it less vulnerable to the risks inherent in traditional finance. In a recent tweet, Kennedy also brought up the FedNow platform, which allows for instant payments between ...

According to recent reports, the European Union's Council has passed a new amendment to data law which requires smart contracts to have the option of forced termination. Smart contracts are automated programs stored on the blockchain that can be executed without the need for a third party. The ...

At the Paris Blockchain Week '2023 (PWD), a prominent venture investor delivered a speech titled "Decentralization of Everything" and concluded it with a unique touch - a self-composed song about bitcoins. During his address, Tim Draper highlighted the distrust of centralized governments towards ...

The potential recognition of Ethereum as a security could have a significant impact on the cryptocurrency industry. While regulators have generally recognized ETH as a commodity, the recent lawsuit filed by the New York Attorney General's Office against Seychelles-based exchange KuCoin has raised ...

Charles Hoskinson, the creator of Cardano, has vehemently rejected claims made by cryptanalyst Vanessa Harris regarding the decentralization of the Cardano network. In a series of 17 tweets, Harris had argued that Cardano was, in fact, centralized due to its management by several individuals, and ...