The Ethereum Foundation (EF) has allocated $32,647,065.32 in grants during the first quarter of 2025, demonstrating a significant commitment to bolstering blockchain research and development. This funding is intended to accelerate Layer 2 scalability solutions, ZKPs and educational programs around the world. EF’s strategic investment aims to secure long-term economic...
$32 million. That's the headline figure from the Ethereum Foundation's latest Ecosystem Support Program (EFESP). A significant chunk of change, no doubt. Across the vastly emerging Layer 2 (L2) landscape, we witness fortunes being made and lost at a pace rarely heard of or seen. So, is this a winning...
The decentralized finance (DeFi) market has become a red-hot segment of the fintech industry, pulling in tens of billions of dollars. This remarkable expansion has been marred by an alarming context of insecurity. According to a new report from CoinTelegraph Consulting, in 2024 alone, users have lost close to $1.5...
T-Rex—a new entertainment, content and culture virality-focused blockchain ecosystem that’s made huge strides in the entertainment and music world—has recently raised $17 million. This investment, together with the announcement of its Incubation Fund, signals a massive bet to redefine the content publishing space online. Our main goal remains the same,...
T-Rex, an new blockchain ecosystem built specifically for consumer-facing applications, has raised $17 million in funding. T-Rex EVG — the largest Web3 product builder and publisher in the APAC region. This Web3-native platform is aiming to reimagine the Web3 attention layer through a state-of-the-art PoE (Proof-of-Engagement) mechanism. To guarantee instant,...
Crypto’s comeback—after a dramatic crypto winter, the market’s pulse is starting to race again. Investors are never far away, tweeting and trolling and sniffing around for the new hotness. While Bitcoin and Ethereum grab headlines, a new generation of DeFi projects is quietly building the infrastructure for a truly decentralized...
Rollup fragmentation. Ugh. It’s the biggest thorn in my side as a blockchain optimist. We have all been sold on the idea of a frictionless, flowing, interoperable Web3. Instead, we got self-contained walled gardens, each proudly boasting their own ecosystem but incapable of interoperability with each other. It's like the...
Okay, fam, let's be real. The blockchain space, for all of us, but particularly those of us who love NFTs, often feels like walking in a moon crater. We're promised interoperability, but what we actually get is a fragmented mess of Layer 2s and Layer 3s, each with its own...
Consider too that the blockchain world is already moving at breakneck speed. New Layer 2 scaling solutions – especially rollups – have taken off lately to help improve transaction speeds and reduce costs on Ethereum. This growth has resulted in a very fragmented landscape. This has led to a cumbersome...
The world of Bitcoin scaling is an exciting place right now, filled with brilliant developers and researchers who are expanding the horizons of what’s possible. The newest genius development is GOAT BitVM2. Their innovative solution has the potential to drastically improve transaction speeds and efficiency overall on the Bitcoin network....
