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Lufthansa and SWISS team up with Camino in Web3 hackathon to tackle travel’s toughest challenges

6 May 2025 at 06:03

Lufthansa and SWISS are shaking up how travel gets sold—this time through blockchain. In a bold push to rethink flight distribution, the two airlines teamed up with the Camino Network Foundation to host a Web3 Hackathon in Frankfurt. Over 48 […]

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Flare launches USD₮0 to boost cross-chain stablecoin liquidity for XRP DeFi

28 April 2025 at 08:01

Flare is stepping up its interoperability game with the launch of USD₮0, the omnichain deployment of USDT, the world’s most widely adopted stablecoin. Now that USD₮0 is live, Flare is connecting the world’s largest stablecoin directly to XRP, the second-biggest […]

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Smart Contracts and Startup Employment: Automating HR Functions for Growing Teams

25 April 2025 at 13:20

In 2025, startups face intense competition for talent while managing limited resources. With the Bitcoin price stabilizing after years of volatility, one technology has emerged as a powerful solution to these challenges: blockchain-based smart contracts. These digital agreements automatically execute […]

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Pulling timely and relevant data for AI agents using Bright Data

23 April 2025 at 04:33

AI agent adoption is skyrocketing in all verticals, as part of the shift towards autonomous AI systems that can complete complex tasks without human involvement. Many organizations are benefiting from the value they can deliver, but there’s a significant obstacle […]

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Concordium secures native launch of four stablecoins backed by major currencies, expanding PayFi ecosystem

22 April 2025 at 06:00

Stablecoins have become a cornerstone of crypto transactions, but most still rely on smart contracts—code that’s been at the center of countless hacks and exploits. Concordium is rewriting that script. The enterprise-focused Layer 1 blockchain just landed four new stablecoins—each […]

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How Early-Stage Blockchain Startups Can Win Over Cautious Investors

20 April 2025 at 15:09

Raising capital for your blockchain startup is not quite as easy as it used to be. Back in 2017, all you needed was a catchy idea, a whitepaper, decent tokenomics, and you’d be halfway towards raising millions through an ICO. […]

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A new kids’ show will come with a crypto wallet when it debuts this fall

18 April 2025 at 14:43
A new animated kids’ series expected to premiere this year won’t be headed for a TV network. Or a streaming service. Instead, the founders of production studio We Ghosted Media plan to launch on a decentralized web platform that uses blockchain technology. And yes, a crypto wallet will be involved.  We Ghosted Media — founded by […]

Silo V2 Lending Reduces Risk and Ramps Up Rewards on Sonic

18 April 2025 at 14:14

Risk-isolated lending protocol Silo has launched V2 of its protocol on Sonic, the high-speed Layer 1 that was once known as Fantom. Risk-isolation has always been synonymous with Silo, whose lending and borrowing protocol has hundreds of millions of dollars […]

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Blackbird gobbles up $50M for its blockchain-based payment-loyalty app for restaurants

8 April 2025 at 05:08
A founder who has carved out a name for himself building products to help restaurants connect better with would-be diners has raised $50 million for his latest startup: a new take on the idea of customer loyalty.  Blackbird Labs has built a payments-meets-loyalty-meets-blockchain platform for restaurants to grow repeat business while reducing some of the […]

A web3 startup aims to change the game in the tariff wars

3 April 2025 at 06:00
With President Donald Trump’s latest round of tariffs coming out today — a day he is calling “Liberation Day” — a web3 startup thinks it could track tariffs automatically on goods coming into and out of the USA using its blockchain platform. The claim may well be bold — and typical of many such bold claims […]

Lightchain AI Could Make you a Millionaire in Days

28 March 2025 at 04:29

Bitcoin’s first millionaires took years – Lightchain AI can do the same in a matter of days. This new crypto positioned itself as a game-changer in the blockchain space, raising incredible amounts during the presale. New, game-changing projects are achieving […]

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Trump administration’s blockchain plan for USAID is a real head-scratcher

According to a memo circulating among State Department staff and reviewed by WIRED, the Trump administration plans to rename the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) as US International Humanitarian Assistance (IHA), and to bring it directly under the secretary of state. The document, on which Politico first reported, states that as part of its reorganization, the agency will “leverage blockchain technology” as part of its procurement process.

“All distributions would also be secured and traced via blockchain technology to radically increase security, transparency, and traceability,” the memo reads. “This approach would encourage innovation and efficiency among implementing partners and allow for more flexible and responsive programming focused on tangible impact rather than simply completing activities and inputs.”

The memo does not make clear what specifically this means—if it would encompass doing cash transfers in some kind of cryptocurrency or stablecoin, for example, or simply mean using a blockchain ledger to track aid disbursement.

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Circular Protocol, Arculus and IT Lab Launch the First Blockchain Compliant Ecosystem for Healthcare Providers

20 March 2025 at 07:18

The Circular blockchain delivers infrastructure to build the first digital network for on-chain verification and authentication of medical records and transactions Boston, MA –March 20th, 2025 – Circular Protocol today announced a new commercial initiative with two leaders in the […]

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