Bitcoin NFT marketplace Bioniq eyes lofty goal of alleviating network congestion
A new Bitcoin nonfungible token (NFT) marketplace aims to reduce network fees associated with the advent of Bitcoin Ordinals inscriptions by tapping into the Internet Computer Protocol (ICP).Developed off the back of the creation of Bitcoin Ordinals in early 2023, Bioniq operates on the IC ...
Dfinity taps SingularityNET to bring AI services to DApps
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 ...
Sushi taps into ZetaChain to begin testing native Bitcoin DeFi swaps
DeFi platform Sushi has partnered with interoperability platform ZetaChain to explore the possibility of native Bitcoin swaps for its users across 30 different blockchain networks.Sushi’s deployment of its decentralized exchange (DEX) on ZetaChain is touted to enable trading of BTC without ...
Onyx Protocol exploiter begins siphoning $2.1M loot on Tornado Cash
Decentralized peer-to-peer lending protocol Onyx Protocol lost roughly $2.1 million in an exploit of a market with no liquidity that was deployed on Oct. 27. The Onyx Protocol hacker exploited a known bug, a rounding issue behind the popular CompoundV2 fork, explained blockchain inves ...
Binance CEO CZ forecasts DeFi outgrowing CeFi in the next bull run
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 ...
dYdX to unlock 6.52M tokens worth $14M for community treasury, rewards
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 ...
Unibot maintains first-mover status among Telegram crypto trading bots
Unibot (UNIBOT) token was among the top crypto gainers in July as its price rallied by 400% in a month to reach an all-time high of $199.90 on July 28. The project defied the market’s negative trend as both Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) dropped by nearly 4%.However, by August 3, 2 ...
‘Pro-crypto bill’ passes out of US House Agriculture Committee
Tact was pervasive in the United States House of Representatives Agricultural Committee’s consideration of the Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act on July 27. With many references to bipartisanship and self-congratulatory mentions of the members’ cooperation a ...
Rapid growth in DeFi-focused Ethereum liquid staking derivatives platforms raises eyebrows
Ether’s (ETH) DeFi activity has declined in the bear market and the sector faces further competition from Ethereum’s annual staking reward of 4%, according to Glassnode analysts. However, a DeFi narrative is building around liquid staking derivative (LSD) tokens that could revive Ethereum’s netwo ...