Metacask and BitPay make investor-grade spirits available to wider crypto audience 

Metacask, the online marketplace which allows users to buy, sell and collect investor-grade spirits using the blockchain, has teamed up with crypto payment processor  BitPay in a partnership that will allow spirits collectors to buy and store premium casks and bottles more easily using cryptocurrency.

The partnership with BitPay, the world’s largest provider of cryptocurrency payment services, makes it simple and secure to use crypto currencies on the Metacask marketplace when...

18 September 2023 | Blockchain

Renee Francis, Take3: The transformative potential of Web3

The Block caught up with Renee Francis, Founder and Director of Take3, to discuss the transformative potential of Web3.

With a background in marketing and extensive experience with platforms such as Facebook, LinkedIn, and Google, Francis offers a unique perspective on the issues that Web3 aims to address.

In this interview, she shares insights into the benefits of Web3, the challenges it faces, and her excitement for various projects in the space.

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15 September 2023 | Altcoins

Kayak makes blockchain push with new enterprise corporate travel offering

Travel search engine Kayak is dipping its toe into the water for corporate travel for large companies – and is looking to eliminate expense reporting for flights with a solution built on blockchain technology.

The company launched its free Kayak for Business tool in 2020 for small- and medium-sized organisations, with a full launch coming a year later. Yet the enterprise-focused solution – which understandably carries a much bigger prize – has come about through a...

13 September 2023 | Blockchain Applications

SushiSwap is a community-driven decentralised exchange

SushiSwap, a community-driven decentralised exchange, is expanding to Aptos, the Layer 1 blockchain bringing users scalability, reliability, security and usability.

This integration is a milestone as it marks Sushi's first expansion onto a non-EVM chain. With the integration of Sushi v2 AMM and SushiXswap, Sushi’s cross chain swap, Sushi further strengthens its leading position in the cross-chain/multi-chain landscape.

Aptos is a Layer 1 blockchain created for safe...

13 September 2023 | Blockchain

Web 3.0, the metaverse and NFTs are capturing UK consumer interest

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Toluna, a global insights technology and panel provider, today revealed key UK insights from its worldwide consumer study, 'A new age of the internet: Web3, the metaverse, and NFTs'. 

With blockchain technology ushering in a new digital era in the form of Web 3.0, the research study explores consumer perceptions of emerging Web 3.0 concepts – such as non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and the metaverse. Toluna’s research aims to decipher how consumers view and interact with these...

5 September 2023 | Banking

Casper Network first Layer-1 blockchain to enable native smart contract debugging

The Casper Association, the Swiss-based organisation that oversees the Casper blockchain and supports its continued decentralisation, has announced the successful 1.5 protocol upgrade.

This upgrade introduced a host of new and improved features, making Casper the only Layer-1 blockchain to enable the debugging of live,  composable smart contracts on mainnet.

“The 1.5 upgrade is a major landmark in our path to creating a blockchain environment that fosters innovation...

4 September 2023 | Blockchain

Coinbase’s CEO shares his top 10 most exciting Web3 ideas

Coinbase co-founder and CEO Brian Armstrong is basking in the glow of a successful week as the value of his company's stocks soared, riding on the rising hopes for a Bitcoin spot Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF).

Armstrong kept the good vibes going by sharing the 10 ideas he’s “most excited about” in the Web3 space.

"We're actively developing numerous projects at Coinbase, but considering the vast landscape, it's not possible to tackle everything. Therefore, I thought...

31 August 2023 | Altcoins

SK Telecom and Polygon Labs partner to build Web3 ecosystem

SK Telecom (SKT) and Polygon Labs have entered into a strategic partnership to build a flourishing Web3 ecosystem.

The signing ceremony for the agreement took place at SK Telecom's headquarters in Seoul and was attended by Oh Se-hyun, Vice President and Head of Web3 CO at SKT, and Marc Boiron, CEO of Polygon Labs.

The agreement outlines several key initiatives that SK Telecom and Polygon Labs will jointly undertake.

A highlight of this collaboration includes...

21 August 2023 | Altcoins

OKX DEX Integrates with Linea Bridge and Orbiter

Vitalik Buterin calls Craig Wright a fraud

OKX has integrated Linea Bridge and Orbiter to provide better cross-chain trading for users.

By automatically finding the best trading route and cross-chain bridge, this integration allows OKX to provide industry-leading low prices and ease of use when swapping ETH to Linea.

Linea is a network that scales the experience of Ethereum. Its out-of-the-box compatibility with the Ethereum Virtual Machine enables the deployment of already-existing applications, as well as the...

8 August 2023 | Cryptocurrency

Researchers bet on blockchain to help protect cultural artifacts

A new project has launched which aims to use blockchain technologies and NFTs to help verify the provenance of cultural artifacts.

The project, called Salsal – or AGUR – is the brainchild of Adel Khalifi, professor of computer science at the University of Abu Dhabi, and Mark Altaweel, professor at the UCL institute of archaeology.

Salsal is aimed at cultural heritage collectors, such as museums. They, the ‘collector’, uploads a collection and submits it for...

1 August 2023 | Blockchain Applications