Economics

Xpring, an initiative by Ripple that enables developers to integrate payments into their applications, announced that it is building a bridge between XRP and Ethereum.  Xpring’s Bridge Between XRP and...

Cardano’s Ouroboros Byzantine Fault Tolerance (BFT) protocol has been successfully deployed. This brings the Cardano blockchain closer to entering its “Shelley era” which will bring about proof-of-stake (PoS), according to...

Sweden has beaten all other major economies to the Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) punch, with testing of the e-krona underway. Riksbank Begins CBDC Pilot Sweden’s central bank, Riksbank, is...

Italian football club Juventus is launching digital collectibles of players, starting with Cristiano Ronaldo, in partnership with blockchain-enabled fantasy football startup Sorare. The deal will enable Juventus to offer digitally...

Block.one’s beta launch of Voice has raised privacy alarms. Home addresses, government identification, and personal photos are required merely to use the platform. More concerning, the service tasked with verifying...

Decentraland has gone live on the Ethereum, opening its blockchain-based virtual world to the public for the first time after raising $24 million in its 2017 ICO. Users can now...

VeChain community engagement metrics have exploded over the past month. Nevertheless, VET trading indicators show price weakness. VeChain’s Community Overwhelmingly Engaged VeChain’s social engagement has been skyrocketing over the past...

Decentralized finance offers some genuinely revolutionary potential. However, given the relative immaturity of the DeFi sector, vulnerabilities are commonplace. The recent incidents with bZx provide a stark illustration of how...