Corporate AI could undermine Web3 and decentralization — Industry observers

Polkadot parachains can now choose to add Chainlink price feeds to their runtime. 1868 Total views 15 Total shares Polkadot and Chainlink have announced the release of Chainlink’s Price Feeds as a module, or “pallet” in Polkadot terminology, for the Substrate blockchain framework.The release means that any project building on the Substrate framework — which…

The decentralized finance (DeFi) industry is breathing a sigh of relief as Congress relaxes reporting obligations, but questions remain about how lawmakers will regulate DeFi. On March 12, the House of Representatives voted to nullify a rule that required DeFi protocols to report gross proceeds from crypto sales, as well as info on taxpayers involved

A board member of the Bitcoin Voter Project described the group as nonpartisan and planned to take a different approach than initiatives like Stand With Crypto.

Ether (ETH) has outperformed Bitcoin (BTC) in terms of year-to-date market performance, rising more than 320% against BTC's 54% returns. But, according to Bloomberg Intelligence senior commodity strategist Mike McGlone, Bitcoin would soon catch up to Ether's gains, which might even push its per-unit price to $100,000."If Bitcoin were to catch up to Ethereum's performance…

Ads pertaining to blockchain tech, industry news, as well as events and educational materials for cryptocurrencies can now be displayed on Facebook without prior approval. The social media giant announced the development on Facebook Business on May 8.This marks a change from last year, when Facebook implemented a policy that required crypto and blockchain promoters…

Several investment firm executives have debated the likelihood of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) licensing a U.S.-based Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded fund (ETF) during a CNBC broadcast on March 7.The discussion follows the SEC’s recent rejection of its last pending Bitcoin ETF application. Wilshire Phoenix had first filed the application for its proposed ‘United States…

Multinational computing giant IBM is adding to its arsenal of blockchain patents with a new implementation to manage data and interactions for self-driving vehicles (SDVs). The patent was published by the United States Patent and Trademark Office on April 2.IBM — which has, according to the documents, previously filed extensive patents for various inventions related…