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Mastercard, Polygon join hands to launch web3-focused artist incubator Global payments and technology company Mastercard partnered with Polygon to launch a web3-focused incubator to help artists connect with fans through a new medium, at the Consumer Electronic Show (CES) 2023. According to TechCrunch, the new web3 project will provide emerging artists with the web3 tools and skills to help them connect with their fans. Polygon is a blockchain platform that connects and scales blockchain networks. Its goal is to build a multi-chain blockchain ecosystem tha...
Mastercard, Polygon join hands to launch web3-focused artist incubator
Mastercard, Polygon join hands to launch web3-focused artist incubator
Source: IANS
8/01/2023 3:58:20 PM
Ethereum`s dominance in crypto market up 20% after the `Merge`  The domiannce of Ethereum, the second largest cryptocurrency after Bitcoin, is up 20 per cent in the global crypto market following the 'Merge', a report shpowed on Wednesday. The historic upgrade of Ethereum, known as the 'Merge', last month will create a more energy-efficient network based on the second largest cryptocurrency with a promise to save the environment. According to niche news publisher BanklessTimes.com, the Ethereum merge created a lot of Buzz, with...
Ethereum`s dominance in crypto market up 20% after the `Merge`
Ethereum`s dominance in crypto market up 20% after the `Merge`
Source: IANS
27/10/2022 9:17:33 AM
Crypto losses reach $428 mn in Q3 globally, hacks top concern  The world saw crypto losses up to $428 million in the third quarter (Q3), down 36 per cent from Q2, from hacks and frauds, a new report has shown. An analysis of the crypto losses by bug bounty platform Immunefi found that fraud accounts for only 7 per cent of the total losses in the Q3 2022, while hacks account for 93 per cent. "The global Web3 space was valued at $3 trillion in 2021, and with billions locked across different smart contracts, this capital represents an unpar...
Crypto losses reach $428 mn in Q3 globally, hacks top concern
Crypto losses reach $428 mn in Q3 globally, hacks top concern
Source: IANS
5/10/2022 2:20:46 PM
After Merge, ether heads for a $20 billion Shanghai splurge  The Merge came, saw and conquered. Not that you'd guess from crypto prices. The Ethereum blockchain's mega-upgrade finally went live on Sept. 15, moving it to a less energy-intensive "proof of stake" (PoS) system with hardly a hiccup. Even though anticipation of the event had seen ether rise about 85% from its June doldrums, it has since sunk 19%, hit along with bitcoin and other risky assets by investor angst over inflation and central-bank policy. Nonetheles...
After Merge, ether heads for a $20 billion Shanghai splurge
After Merge, ether heads for a $20 billion Shanghai splurge
Source: Reuters
20/09/2022 4:18:11 PM
Indian Blockchain industry hails Ethereum merger for greener crypto  The Indian blockchain industry on Thursday hailed the historic upgrade of Ethereum, known as the 'Merge', that will create a more energy-efficient network based on the second largest cryptocurrency (after Bitcoin) with a promise to save the environment. The Merge was the most complicated upgrade to Ethereum to date-- from a proof-of-work consensus mechanism to a proof-of-stake Blockchain -- to make Ethereum at least "99 per cent more energy efficient". Ethereum c...
Indian Blockchain industry hails Ethereum merger for greener crypto
Indian Blockchain industry hails Ethereum merger for greener crypto
Source: IANS
16/09/2022 9:23:41 AM
Bitcoin surges past $20K, Ethereum crosses $1,100 per coin After witnessing free fall for weeks, Bitcoin finally managed to rebound past $20,000 per digital coin on Monday, around 16 per cent gain over the weekend. The rally came after Bitcoin, the largest cryptocurrency by market capitalisation, dropped below $18,000 per digital coin on Sunday -- a massive over 70 per cent drop from its record high of $68,000 in November last year -- as mayhem in the crypto market continued. The global market cap of cryptocurrencies sank below $850 billion, wh...
Bitcoin surges past $20K, Ethereum crosses $1,100 per coin
Bitcoin surges past $20K, Ethereum crosses $1,100 per coin
Source: IANS
20/06/2022 10:45:16 AM