Blockchain is increasingly presenting new opportunities for applications in combination with AI. In fact, Future Market Insights estimates that the global market for blockchain AI will skyrocket to $3.5 billion by 2032, with a 23% CAGR from 2023 to 2033 driven in part by small and medium enterprises adopting AI-based blockchain platforms to enhance smart contracts, payment systems and more. “Reaching consensus on reality” Paul Brody, Global Blockchain Leader at consulting powerhouse Ernst & Young (which has also become a blockchain powerhouse owing in large part to Paul’s thought leadership the last 7 years—including his early advocacy of Ethereum as the platform of choice for enterprise), has a characteristically nuanced…
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The Spark token airdrop helped XRP soar and then crater… but why?
SPARK is the native token of Flare Networks, an unlaunched blockchain that aims to let XRP compete with Ethereum
These tokens are going to run on Flare Network, a blockchain that’s yet to launch, with the intention of delivering smart contract functionality to the XRP Ledger. But what are these tokens meant to achieve, and what effect could they have on the value of XRP as we head into 2021?
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Decentralized insurance firm Bridge Mutual wants to cover your stablecoins
The company aims to provide insured access to decentralized finance interest-yielding applications
Bridge Mutual aims to provide coverage for the risks involved in holding stablecoins, which now have a total market cap of over $20 billion and are growing fast. While many in the cryptocurrency space believe this kind of asset is mostly devoid of risk, stablecoins can lose their value if they stop being accepted, sometimes can be hacked, and often require a company to be trusted to hold assets to back them.
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How to lose nearly $25,000 by distracted DeFi-ing
An unlucky crypto collector lost 59 ether by carelessly selling a non-fungible token with a skin of YouTuber PewDiePie for the mobile game Wallem on NFT exchange Opensea
There’s no going back on a smart contract, particularly one agreed to on a decentralized exchange. One cryptocurrency investor found that out the hard way on Nov. 4, accidentally selling a non-fungible token of YouTuber PewDiePie for 59 ether (WETH) less than he had bought it for a few hours earlier. That’s a loss of nearly $24,500 as of press time.
