Latest Blockchain News

Crypto Influencer Cooper Turley Unveils $10M Music Startup
Cooper Turley says Coop Records sees itself as a hybrid between a musical label, an incubator and a web3 venture…

European Union to use Blockchain & NFTs to Fight Forgery
The EUIPO plans to have a working system by the end of 2023 and will create a registry system for…

KPMG Forecasts Slowdown in Crypto Interest for the Rest of 2022
The KPMG report notes that there will be rising interest in stablecoins for the rest of 2022, especially from corporates…

Robotos’ Founder Launches Humankind, the Next-gen IP Web3 Studio
The studio has launched three core divisions, ‘Humankind Studios’, ‘The Humankind Foundation’ and ‘Blockchain, technology and decentralization’.

Snap Lays Off a Fifth of its Staff Including its Web3 Team
The company announced that it would no longer invest in Snap Originals, Minis, or Games, as well as Pixy.

Helium Developers Proposes Migration to Solana Blockchain
Community voting will ensue from September 12 to September 18 to decide.

OpenSea Announces Integration of Polygon into Seaport Protocol
Using Seaport on Polygon allows the introduction of new features such as no listing thresholds and bulk transfers.

Cardano Developer Funds $4.5 Million Stanford Blockchain Research Hub
The developer of Cardano blockchain, Input Output Global (IOG) has announced the funding of a $4.5 million blockchain research hub…
Will Wright Raises $6M to Build Blockchain Game ‘Proxi’
The popular game “The Sims” creator Will Wright has raised $6 million to build the blockchain game ‘Proxi’. Venture capital…

DTCC Launches Blockchain-based Platform Ion
Project Ion is currently processing an average of over 100,000 bilateral equity transactions per day on blockchain technology.

‘India Blockchain Forum’ Launched to Facilitate Web3 Adoption
The forum was launched in Telangana and will have community chapters across India for better education and access to best…

CoinFund Announces Early-Stage $300M Web3 Venture Fund
The CoinFund Ventures I fund is expected to invest in 30 to 40 startups, with funds ranging from $6 million…

Google’s Alphabet Invested a huge $1.5B in Blockchain Companies
Alphabet invested $1.56B over four rounds, Blackrock invested $1.17B over three rounds, and Morgan Stanley invested $1.1B over two rounds.

NAS Academy to introduce Token-gated Web3 Courses
Starting from September 1, one can join Invisible College provided they hold at least one Decentralien NFT.

Avocado DAO and Pro Gamer DAO to Grow GameFi Space
The metaverse gaming community, Avocado DAO announced its strategic partnership with the Korea-based web3 gaming community, Pro Gamer DAO to…

Web3 Vacation Platform Dtravel Completes First Smart-contract Booking
The renter can pay the host in stablecoins such as USDC, USDT and BUSD.

Pearson to Write New Chapter in Web3 with its NFTs
CEO Andy Bird opined that NFTs have the ability to help publishers earn money from textbook resales.

Polkadot’s Parachain Astar Partners with Alchemy for Web3 Development
This partnership allows developers to use Alchemy's Supernode API, Explorer & Mempool Visualizer, Alchemy SDK, and Alchemy Notify.

Starbucks to Unveil Web3 Initiative to its Iconic Rewards Program
The "new Web 3 enabled initiative" will give Starbucks new ways to engage with customers and expand the "digital third…

Europe Leads the Blockchain Venture Deals in Q2
The global meltdown in blockchain venture funding has caused venture deals in the USA and Asia to rapidly decline in…

US’ Chips Bill creates a Blockchain and Crypto Specialist Position
The specialist will be responsible for “advising the President on matters relating to blockchain and cryptocurrencies.”

Mercedes Benz & Polygon Launches Decentralized Data Sharing Network
Acentrik is tailored to corporate users, with Know Your Business with NFT representing each dataset and metadata hash stored with…

Cardano Vasil Hard Fork Delayed for a Few More Weeks
"Our priority is to get things done right, and if that takes more time, so be it,” as the IOG…

Variant generates $450M fund for New Web3 Projects
Investments have dropped drastically since last year’s record $12.5 billion to current year’s $9.3 billion.

Step-Counter App Sweat Economy raises $13M to Develop Move-to-Earn game
Established in 2015 as Sweatcoin - as of late rebranded Sweat Economy - means to rouse clients to work on…

Framework Ventures Invests $10M in Web3 Firm Space and Time
Framework Ventures leads the seed funding round in the decentralized web3 data warehouse for its Power of SQL protocol.

Unstoppable Domains Touches Unicorn Status after Raising $65M
Unstoppable Domains will utilise the funding to fuel product development and develop the organisations in the web3 space.

Crypto Game Studio Immutable to Layoff Staff Members
The Gods Unchained web3 game developer studio announces laying-off “more than 20” staff members.

Crypto Custodian Komainu Joins Dubai’s New Blockchain Industry Hub
Crypto.com and Hong Kong-based crypto custodian Hex Trust also acquired regulatory approval to direct business in the area in June.

NYC’s Interplay is Generating $10M for New Blockchain Fund
This launch marks Interplay's first committed introduction to the web3 space, whereas the funding arm participated in Coinbase's Series A…