Author: Donald Munn
The number of addresses and user wallets on Cardano have been seeing a great increase over the last year. This article will discuss the reason behind this growth. Reasons for the growth of Cardano addresses Strong growth of wallets in the Cardano ecosystem Despite a rather bearish outlook of the crypto markets, development hasn’t halted. In fact, many, including co-founder of Ethereum Vitalik Buterin, welcome the so-called Crypto Winter, as this means that developers and builders can continue to work without being distracted and pressured by the hype and exaggerated expectations that a bull market brings. This development can be…
This week’s guest on the Cardano SPO Column is a stake pool committed to supporting the global Cardano ecosystem and donating to independently selected charities and not-for-profit organizations: Change [CHG]. Last week’s guest was a stake pool running on 100% renewable energy and focused on realizing Cardano’s green blockchain potential. This initiative is a point of reference for everything Cardano and every week or two we will invite a Stake Pool Operator (SPO) to answer some questions and give us an update directly from within the Cardano community. Considering that many of our readers are new to the crypto space,…
Singapore, 26 April 2022 — Jointly organised by INVADE, Kult, and Chain Debrief, MetaJam Asia 2022 is Singapore’s first digital art and experiential festival. Spanning across three months, from 6 May 2022, the event will bring the world of NFTs and the metaverse closer to all enthusiasts and those curious about the development of Web 3.0. MetaJam Asia 2022 Multidisciplinary exhibits will be presented throughout the event space, with a focus on educating, enabling exploration and offering fulfilling experiences to each individual partaking in MetaJam Asia 2022. Presented jointly with Klaytn, Kakao’s global public blockchain project, along with Mintable, the…
Seeing the great interest in the Cardano SPO Column, we decided to start a similar segment about NFTs that live on this Proof of Stake blockchain. This week’s guest on the Cardano NFT Column is a project that aims to be a world-leading multimedia and entertainment company that is highly interactive, story-focused, and community-driven: ADA Ninjaz. Last week’s guest was a project developing a play-to-earn layer that integrates with existing games like Fortnite and Rocket League. This initiative is a point of reference for NFTs on Cardano and every week or two we will invite someone to answer some questions…
Cronos Chain has announced that there will be network updates at block 2693800 around 10 May 2022. To ensure the safety of funds, CRO, CRC20 and ERC20 tokens will be suspended from the Crypto.com app and exchange. Cronos Chain and blockchain upgrades The new update of the Crypto.com blockchain, Cronos Chain, is coming Cronos Chain’s new Mainnet Upgrade – v0.7.0 will take place at the height of block 2693800, scheduled for 10 May 2022, and contains a number of upgrades that primarily aim for greater network scalability and improvements to the fee system. Specifically, Cronos Chain aims to improve node…
During the Decentralized Lugano blockchain event in April, Ethereum co-founder and author of the Polkadot whitepaper, Gavin Wood, announced XCM. In honour of this great news for the Polkadot ecosystem, Cryptosmart interviewed Gavin Wood. During the interview, Wood announced that XCM will be launched in the coming days. XCM, Polkadot’s new feature unveiled at Decentralized Lugano Gavin Wood announces the launch of XCM on the Polkadot network XCM (cross-consensus messaging) is Polkadot’s feature that defines the language in which messages must be exchanged between different blockchains that want to interact with each other. The aim of Polkadot is to allow…
A new partnership has been forged between two major brands, McLaren Racing and crypto exchange OKX. Officially, the partnership will begin this weekend on the occasion of the Miami Grand Prix 2022 Collaboration between two separate entities, McLaren and OKX Tomorrow will see the announcement of an important new partnership involving two major brands from two seemingly distant worlds: McLaren Racing and OKX. Crypto exchange OKX can now boast of being the first and largest major partner of the McLaren Formula 1 and McLaren Shadow esports teams, the two divisions of the McLaren brand belonging to Formula 1 and esports…
The DSA (Digital Services Act) is coming early, and the President of the European Commission, Ursula Von Der Leyen, announces it as a major breakthrough. European Commission, new DSA New DSA, Ursula Von Der Leyen defines it as a step towards a safer internet With a triumphant tweet on 30 April, European Commission President Ursula Von Der Leyen announced to the world that Europe was taking the first step towards a safer internet. According to the President, Europe has made the world and in particular the online world safe, and with the same rules as the offline world in that…
Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter is already having an impact on the social network, although technically it has not yet been completed. Twitter loses appeal after Elon Musk’s purchase Twitter records a substantial loss of business due to the Elon Musk impact Several major accounts have been reported to have lost hundreds of thousands of followers in recent days. The phenomenon was not triggered when Elon Musk announced his offer, but only after it was announced that it had been accepted. There are still no clear-cut explanations for this phenomenon, but at least two different dynamics underlying it are hypothesized. …
A record loss for Bezos, the CEO of Amazon, which comes as a cold shower after a quarterly report that already smelled like defeat Jeff Bezos loses $20 billion in a few hours Amazon stock loses 14% on the stock market, causing Jeff Bezos to lose about $ 20 billion This is not a good time for Amazon, seeing how the last week has unfolded. The quarterly results of the e-commerce giant have brought a company accustomed to winning and racking up successes back down to earth. The results, which were below expectations, led to an initial thud on the…