The blockchain industry is rapidly maturing, with new platforms on the scene seeking to address the shortcomings of previous platforms. Somnia is a revolutionary platform that is shattering ceilings and creating a tidal wave thru the digital sphere. Its high-performance testnet recently achieved more than 1 million TPS! This impressive...
The buzz is undeniable. Lightspeed Faction leads $7.5M seed funding into MagicBlock Ephemeral Rollups, a new technology that offers to combine Solana’s speed with Web2’s customizability. Real-time on-chain games, high-frequency trading – this is all very cool stuff. Wait, let’s pump the brakes for a second. As someone who's seen...
As shown by the news from this year’s Dutch Blockchain Week, Dutch Blockchain Week 2025 is set to be a landmark event in the mobility space. Scheduled from May 19 to 25, the week-long event promises a comprehensive exploration of blockchain technology and its myriad applications. Anchored by the Dutch...
Dutch Blockchain Week (DBW) 2025 is shaping up to be the premier event for anyone serious about blockchain, Web3, and the future of digital assets. Attending isn't enough. In order to fully maximize the experience, you need to be a little more intentional about your networking. This guide will provide...
Let's be honest: every year, another "blockchain week" pops up, promising to finally deliver on the Web3 revolution. We see and read about decentralized finance, NFTs revolutionizing art, blockchain eradicating world hunger. It’s cool, it’s new, it’s sexy and quite frankly, 90% of the time, it’s hype. Dutch Blockchain Week...
The world of finance is rapidly changing, looking for innovative solutions to create greater efficiency, transparency, and security. Project Promissa, an innovative initiative leveraging blockchain technology, is poised to revolutionize how multilateral development banks (MDBs) manage promissory notes. Digitizing and streamlining the entire process promises to make that happen. This...
Project Promissa is a joint initiative between the BIS Innovation Hub, Swiss National Bank and the World Bank. This new program would be a big step toward changing that mindset and fundamentally improving the way we use promissory notes. This program serves as the proof-of-concept platform for tokenized promissory notes....
Imagine this: A small village in sub-Saharan Africa desperately needs a new schoolhouse. The money is committed, the contracts are expected to be in place. Months wear on, the rainy season arrives, and work ceases to a halt. Why? This cumbersome, opaque system of promissory notes—the foundation for most of...
Some thinkers believe decentralized, blockchain-based, prediction markets could be the answer to the scientific community’s reproducibility crisis. These platforms allow users to wager on the results of scientific research. They offer a highly innovative approach to crowdsource validation and improve our collective judgment. Platforms like Polymarket and Pump.science demonstrate the...
The scientific community is grappling with a significant challenge: the reproducibility crisis. These are studies that cannot hold up under scrutiny — research, even published in top tier journals, that other researchers can’t reproduce. This undermines the reproducibility of findings and stalls progress in science. Now, decentralized prediction markets are...