Author: Jeremy Ryan

A quiet revolution is underway transforming how we use blockchains, and at its core is one of crypto’s latest buzzwords: “intents.” Simply defined, an intent is a specific goal a blockchain user wants to accomplish. While no two “intent-centric” systems are the same, they all work similarly: users, be they traders or protocols, submit their intent to a service, and then it is outsourced to a “solver” – it could be a person, or an AI bot, or another protocol – that does whatever it takes to get the job done. These are becoming important now because blockchains are expanding…

G2A, a popular website for buying digital keys for video games and other software, has launched a blockchain gaming marketplace called G2A Geekverse, the company announced Tuesday. G2A Geekverse offers a curated selection of gaming NFTs from “trusted business partners,” the platform said in a statement. For a limited time, the marketplace will not charge any transaction fees on NFT sales and aims to fully honor royalties set by collection creators. “We have been following the development of this technology from the very beginning when blockchain and NFTs emerged in gaming through CryptoKitties. For us, it was natural to closely…

Generative art is proving Web3’s creative anchor in the traditional art world. Last month, New York’s Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) made headlines by acquiring Refik Anadol’s “Unsupervised — Machine Hallucinations” (2022) alongside an edition from last year’s “3FACE” project by Ian Cheng. These two mark the first-ever artificial intelligence (AI) and nonfungible token (NFT) additions to MoMA’s collection, already home to relics such as Andy Warhol’s soup cans and Vincent Van Gogh’s “Starry Night.” The landmark acquisitions also supplement MoMA’s longtime legacy of pioneering exhibitions at the intersection of technology and art, from its 1968 show “The Machine as…

Phantom Galaxies officially launches into the early access phase of their space-based, action, MMO game! This launch not only offers new features such as a battle pass system, but it also brings Phantom Galaxies to the regular gaming world with a web2 version available exclusively through Steam! The Phantom Galaxies early access has arrived! And it’s completely free to play! You don’t even need to deal with any blockchain or web3 features if you don’t want to, as the Phantom Galaxies team has also launched a web2 version of their game on Steam! Phantom Galaxies is available for download through…

In the latest Project Guardian proof-of-concept, Onyx by J.P. Morgan used Biconomy’s Sponsorship Paymaster mode. The Fund Managers’ involvement in this project made smart contracts reflecting Fund Investments straightforward to deploy. Their capacity to mint and burn transactions without gas token balances is significant. Collaboration Aims to Establish Institutional Use Cases in Project Guardian This partnership advances asset tokenization and cross-chain interoperability research in conventional banking and decentralized blockchain ecosystems. Biconomy, a trusted Web3 infrastructure supplier with over 400 partners and projects, continues its partnership with J.P. Morgan’s Onyx. The main goal of this collaboration is to establish Project Guardian…

The National Hockey League is embracing digital collectibles, two years after several other major sports leagues aped into the NFT-fueled trend. The initiative, NHL Breakaway, was announced in conjunction with Sweet, a platform for brands to create NFT collectibles under the Ethereum ERC-721 standard on Polygon and the Ethereum mainnet, as well as the Tezos standard for NFTs. Terms of the arrangement between the NHL and Sweet weren’t disclosed. Sports-league collectibles became all the rage in 2021, when the National Basketball Association jumped into the arena with NBA Top Shot and the National Football League announced a partnership with Dapper…

Infura, a leading provider of web3 APIs, has partnered with Microsoft, Tencent, and other companies to build its Decentralized Infrastructure Network (DIN). Other companies in the deal are Covalent and Grove. DIN will be a decentralized Remote Procedure Call (RPC)-as-a-service offering whose goal will be to make Web3 more accessible, reliable, and efficient. It will also provide a new way for developers to connect to Ethereum and other leading blockchains like Polygon, Avalanche, Optimism, and Arbitrum. In a statement, E.G Lugano, the co-founder of Infura said: “Since we announced DIN, the response from the community has exceeded our expectations. Together,…

XRP Cafe, a prominent NFT project on the XRP ledger (XRPL), now ranks as the leading NFT marketplace regarding secondary sales volume on a 30-day scale. According to data from XRPL explorer Bithomp, XRP Cafe has led every other XRPL NFT project with a landslide margin concerning its 30-day transaction volume, particularly in secondary sales. XRP Cafe Leads in NFT Secondary Sales Bithomp statistics showed XRP Cafe recorded 52,909 in minted NFTs and 11,845 in unit sales. This figure in secondary sales represents a 79.75% increase from the number documented on October 15. Collectively, XRP Cafe’s sale volume translated to…

Chiliz, the premier blockchain provider for sports and entertainment, made a significant announcement today as Allnodes officially joined Chiliz Chain as a validator. The news was shared on Chiliz’s official Twitter account, expressing excitement about the continued growth of the SportFi ecosystem. In a tweet, Chiliz stated, “We are delighted to announce Allnodes joining Chiliz Chain as a new validator.” This move comes shortly after Allnodes entered the SportFi ecosystem by releasing their PublicNode Chiliz Chain RPC. By becoming a Chiliz Chain validator, Allnodes is reinforcing its commitment to the platform and the broader blockchain-based sports and entertainment space. We…

ColorTrace is LayerZero’s solution to problems with Colored Coins, including the amount of storage required to color digital assets. Cross-chain communication protocol LayerZero has launched ColorTrace, a value attribution solution that facilitates fair tracking. The solution easily attributes tokens to the entity that minted the token, allowing for easy verification of the token’s origin and making related yield collection seamless. In addition to revenue distribution, ColorTrace can also help with tracking in alliance programs, referral links, and other real-world uses. Colored Coins is a method of creating distinctions among a group of digital assets by attributing colors to specific coins.…