During the last year of beta testing, the crypto and NFT-focused game’s community has grown to over 350,000 people on Discord and over a quarter million on X (formerly Twitter).
Category: Web3
IOTA Eyes Big Crypto Leagues Again With Series of Network Boosting Plans
These changes are supposed to boost the value of iota tokens for holders and investors, alongside improving network security.
Web3 Doesn’t Care About Bitcoin Prices – And Other Musings From Korea Blockchain Week
A packed venue and hopeful cheers from an estimated 10,000 people attending the many Web3 panels could have made one doubt whether the industry remains in one of the deepest bear markets in its young history.
Ripple Acquires Crypto-Focused Chartered Trust Company Fortress Trust
A person with knowledge of the matter said the figure was less than the $250 million price tag for custody firm Metaco, which Ripple acquired in May.
Arbitrum Developer Courts Coders Who Already Know WebAssembly-Compatible Languages
The new feature “Arbitrum Stylus” will make it easy to write smart contracts using computer languages compatible with the WebAssembly or WASM standard – seen as far more common than the Ethereum Virtual Machine or EVM standard that many blockchain developers currently use.
OKX Planning Web3 Foray Into India, Chief Marketing Officer Says
OKX, one of the biggest crypto exchanges by trading volume, is planning to enter India to explore potential Web3 applications.
Saying Goodbye to The Airdrop
Hi, everyone. I have the unfortunate duty of informing you that this is the last edition of The Airdrop. We are enormously grateful to Rosie Perper for leading this project and to various other members of the CoinDesk team who helped pull it together each week. Sadly, after a round of layoffs and cost-cutting at […]
DeGods Sales Leap as Artwork Evolution Is Unveiled
DeGods “Season III” will add artwork to give each holder four artistic assets associated with their one DeGods token. In 24 hours, trading volume increased nearly 200% to 1,359 ETH, or about $2.5 million. It’s uncertain if overall non-fungible token (NFT) trading volume will come back after falling 50% since January, but for popular profile-picture […]
Immutable, Web3 Gaming Platform, Launches zkEVM Testnet in Bid to Diversify Infrastructure
Immutable, a web3 gaming platform, announced today that it is commencing public testing of a new layer-2 blockchain, Immutable zkEVM, in a bid to reduce dependence on a single network infrastructure. The zkEVM is a zero-knowledge (ZK) rollup, a scaling feature aimed at reducing gas fees and increasing transactions, that is compatible with the Ethereum […]
Neal Stephenson’s Metaverse Vision Is One Step Closer as Lamina1 Blockchain Launches Betanet
Metaverse focused blockchain Lamina1 has launched its betanet and Hub for developers and creators. Lamina1 CEO Rebecca Barkin told CoinDesk that they are “not far” from mainnet launch and aiming to put out a product that can be used more broadly and publicly by early next year. Lamina1, the metaverse-focused layer-1 blockchain co-founded by science-fiction […]