Category: Blockchain

Why Bitcoin Price Dropped Below $67,000, According To Blockchain Firm

The cryptocurrency market experienced a sudden and sharp downturn on Friday, April 12, which saw the Bitcoin price and the value of other large-cap assets take severe hits. The price of Bitcoin, which has been mostly moving sideways over the past few days, fell below the $67,000 mark for the first time in more than a week. As a result of the abrupt decline, the crypto market has witnessed nearly $900 million in liquidations in the past 24 hours. According to Futures market data from Coinglass, losses from leveraged Bitcoin…

99Bitcoins Launches Learn-To-Earn Presale and Raises $150K On First Day – Blockchain News, Opinion, TV and Jobs

New York, United States, April 12th, 2024, Chainwire 99Bitcoins, established in 2013, has recently begun its token presale in an effort to harness the current upward trend in Bitcoin’s value. The 99BTC team, seizing this opportunity, offers its learn-to-earn platform, a longstanding resource in cryptocurrency education. What is 99Bitcoins? 99Bitcoins has been breaking down technical concepts and onboarding newcomers to the crypto world for over ten years as the team can show by the numbers on its social media accounts: over 700,000 YouTube followers, 16,000 Twitter followers and 2 million…

AI bias: how blockchain can ensure its safety

Blockchain technology can combat bias in AI systems through decentralized, transparent smart contracts, but challenges like scalability, interoperability, and regulatory compliance need to be addressed. As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes increasingly integrated into our daily lives, concerns about bias within AI systems have garnered significant attention. Bias in AI refers to the systematic errors or inaccuracies in decision-making processes, often resulting from the unconscious prejudices of its developers or the data used to train the algorithms. Addressing bias in AI is crucial to ensuring fairness, equity, and safety across various…

Mystic Moose and WowWee Join Forces To Create Planet Mojo Toys Connected to Blockchain – Blockchain News, Opinion, TV and Jobs

Boston, United States, April 11th, 2024, Chainwire Leading Web3 gaming ecosystem teaming up with globally recognized toy company, renowned for bringing beloved game characters to life. Planet Mojo, a leading web3 gaming ecosystem, and WowWee, an award winning global toy company with such hits as Fingerlings and Robosapien, today announced a collaboration to create toys and products around Planet Mojo’s IP, characters and lore. The toys will bring the physical and virtual worlds together by connecting the real world toys with Planet Mojo’s in-game Digital Collectibles (NFTs). At its heart,…

A16z Crypto Introduces Jolt zkVM for Blockchain Scaling

Andreessen Horowitz (A16z) Crypto has introduced Jolt, a zero-knowledge solution that integrates SNARKs, enabling faster SNARK-based Layer 2 solutions and enhanced security for developers. To tackle the scalability issues that blockchain networks are facing, A16z Crypto, the investment company Andreessen Horowitz’s cryptocurrency-focused branch, has unveiled Jolt, a zero-knowledge solution known as zkVM. This creative technique integrates SNARKs (Succinct Non-Interactive Arguments of Knowledge) in an effort to expedite and simplify blockchain scaling procedures. What is zkVM (Jolt)? Jolt is a revolutionary approach to virtual machine construction validated using SNARKs. It offers…

Half of Solana Blockchain Pre-Sales Are Scams, Crypto Security Firm Blockaid Says

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Game-Changing Telegram Trading Bot, Bitbot Reaches $2M Mark in Presale – Blockchain News, Opinion, TV and Jobs

London, United Kingdom, April 10th, 2024, Chainwire Mere weeks after hitting seven figures, Bitbot has continued its presale success, now with over $2.1 million in the bag, 80k Twitter/X followers, and over 27k in its Telegram community. For the Bitbot team, familiar with the market landscape and confident in their compelling product offering, this level of engagement and support comes as no surprise. Bitbot (BITBOT) is available to buy on the official site. Back in October, the Telegram trading bot market had under 10k daily active users. However, it has…

Permissionless Capital Invites Web3 Startups to Apply for Its Competition – Blockchain News, Opinion, TV and Jobs

Tel Aviv, Israel, April 10th, 2024, Chainwire Web3 platform for startups, Permissionless Capital has invited web3 startups to apply for its Permissionless Opportunities Event. The program will provide eligible web3 startups with access to the resources they need to successfully build out their concept and bring their product to market. Permissionless Opportunities provides outstanding web3 startups with the tools, funds, and connections to navigate the blockchain industry and launch their product. Applications for the Permissionless event can be made in just 90 seconds, with no fees or pitches required. Dozens…

Solana (SOL) Validators Approve “Timely Vote Credits” Proposal to Accelerate Blockchain Transactions

Solana validators have approved a proposal called “Timely Vote Credits” to reduce consensus vote latency and incentivize timely votes, potentially speeding up blockchain transactions, before implementing the mechanism. Solana (SOL) validators have voted in favor of a proposal called “Timely Vote Credits” that aims to reduce the latency of consensus votes, potentially accelerating blockchain transactions. This proposal introduces a mechanism to incentivize validators to make timely votes, addressing an issue where some validators delay their votes to maximize earnings without penalty. Currently, Solana validators receive a fixed one-vote credit for…

dWallet Network brings multi-chain DeFi to Sui, featuring native Bitcoin and Ethereum – Blockchain News, Opinion, TV and Jobs

Dubai, UAE, April 9th, 2024, Chainwire dWallet Network, a trailblazer in decentralized, native multi-chain technology, and Mysten Labs, a Web3 infrastructure company and the original contributor to Sui, announced their strategic partnership, focusing on the introduction of multi-chain interoperability into the DeFi ecosystem on Sui, the groundbreaking Layer 1 and smart contract platform. With the integration of the dWallet primitive, applications built on Sui can sign transactions on Bitcoin and Ethereum, opening up new cross-chain experiences on Sui.  Sui is renowned for its secure, high-throughput, and low-latency blockchain capabilities, utilizing…