Vector Smart Chain appoints a former CitiGroup executive and introduces a fixed gas fee model. Gas fees have long been a source of uncertainty in crypto. On Friday, May 9, Vector Smart Chain introduced a fixed gas fee model aimed at balancing security, stability, and scalability on the network. All gas fees on Vector Smart…
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In a push towards overhauling global trade systems, the IOTA Foundation and five prominent international organizations have launched the TWIN Foundation, an initiative aimed at making global trade more sustainable, transparent, and inclusive through decentralized infrastructure. Formed in partnership with the World Economic Forum, the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, TradeMark Africa, the Global…
Sony’s blockchain Soneium is launching a joint campaign with Square Enix’s on-chain game SYMBIOGENESIS to provide NFT rewards on two major Soneium games. According to a press release sent to crypto.news, Square Enix’s narrative-led blockchain game becomes the latest gaming IP to collaborate with Soneium to launch its cross-game campaign. The initiative brings together three…
Sei Labs wants to simplify its blockchain by going all-in on EVM and dropping support for Cosmos transactions and smart contracts. Sei Labs, a core development team behind the Sei blockchain, has unveiled a new proposal to ditch Cosmos transactions and CosmWasm contracts and go all-in on EVM to make the blockchain simpler and easier…
Robinhood Markets Inc. is building a blockchain-based platform to allow European investors to trade tokenized U.S. securities, according to Bloomberg. The initiative will likely involve a partnership with a digital-asset firm, with Arbitrum (ARB) and Solana (SOL) being considered as blockchain infrastructure options, according to Bloomberg reporting. Discussions are ongoing and no agreement has been…
LINE NEXT and stablecoin issuer Tether will bring USDT payments and rewards to new users in Asia through LINE Messenger and Kaia blockchain. Stablecoin giant Tether (USDT) has rolled out its USDT stablecoin on the Kaia blockchain, expanding its reach to users of LINE Messenger, a popular Korean social media platform. According to a Wednesday…
Disclosure: The views and opinions expressed here belong solely to the author and do not represent the views and opinions of crypto.news’ editorial. The recent crypto market pullback may have caught many off guard, but it also did something useful—it forced the DeFi community to talk about an important topic we usually ignore in a…
The team behind Monero has unveiled Tari, a new layer-1 chain that hides transaction data by default and supports crypto mining on personal computers. A new blockchain from ex-Monero developers is betting that privacy, playful crypto mining, and a dose of nostalgia can win over the next wave of crypto users, launching as a standalone…
The Camino Network Foundation has collaborated with Lufthansa Systems and Swiss International Air Lines have teamed up to develop innovative blockchain solutions for the travel industry. The Camino Network Foundation, airline industry information technology provider Lufthansa Systems and Switzerland’s national carrier helped this goal with a web3-focused hackathon in Frankfurt. Per an announcement shared with…
