In an era dominated by centralized entities, decentralized infrastructures (or clouds) emerge as the bedrock for a new wave of decentralized applications. Decentralized clouds such as Dfinity's Internet Computer, Filecoin's decentralized storage, and OORT's decentralized data cloud drive technological innovations. The building blocks of this decentralization technology are diverse, involving blockchain, networking science, coding theory, and s...
What is Phygital?
In the ever-evolving terrain of consumer experiences, a buzzword has taken the stage to encapsulate the fusion of physical and digital realms — Phygital. This innovative concept marks the seamless integration of tangible, real-world items with immersive digital experiences. This shift is perhaps most apparent in Millenials and Gen Z, with 40% claiming they would want to buy real world items from metaverse environments in add...
Crypto tokenization was supposed to be a killer app for financial services. So why after nearly a decade and top tier backers like Goldman Sachs and McKinsey, hasn’t it gained any traction?
On July 17, 2023 two partners from the McKinsey consultancy took the stage at the New York Stock Exchange to tell dozens of government regulators and financial executives about the charms of the blockchain, insisting that its utility goes far beyond the...
Having impressed the FTX brain trust, tokens for this Ethereum rival were concentrated in the wrong portfolio at the wrong time. But the technology that won over Bankman-Fried is impressing investors anew.
One of the biggest casualties of the collapse of the FTX crypto conglomerate a year ago was sol, the native token of the Solana
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blockchain.
FTX absolutely adored the coin and invested heavily, accumulating a stash of approximatel...
