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Proof-of-Stake Chains Team Up to Prove DeFi Is Bigger Than Ethereum

Terra is joining forces with Cosmos, Web3 Foundation and Solana to roll out a DeFi product meant for a wider consumer audience. Meet Anchor.

By Brady Dale

Jul 28, 2020 at 6:00 p.m. UTC

Jul 28, 2020

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Cosmos

Researcher Hopes Cosmos-Style 'Checkpoint' Could Fix Ethereum's Data Problem

The “ReGenesis” proposal by Ethereum researcher Alexey Akhunov would “nuke” the state for certain nodes. It might just fix the network’s growing data issue.

By William Foxley

Jul 13, 2020 at 7:56 p.m. UTC

Jul 13, 2020

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China

How Chainlink and Cosmos Fit Into China's Grand Blockchain Initiative

Chainlink will help the state-backed Blockchain-Based Service Network with oracles, and Cosmos-powered Irisnet will assist with interoperability.

By David Pan

Jun 23, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. UTC

Jun 23, 2020

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Art

A Digital Art Project Might Have an Answer to the Woes of Staking Centralization

Drawing inspiration from Reddit's r/place, AstroCanvas is an experiment in boosting staking participation – without appealing to financial incentives.

By Brady Dale

Jun 6, 2020 at 9:36 a.m. UTC

Jun 6, 2020

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Alibaba

Alibaba Claims Patented Cross-Chain System Is Better Than Cosmos

The e-commerce firm says its new patent would improve upon current systems used by blockchains to communicate with one another.

By Paddy Baker

Jun 1, 2020 at 3:00 p.m. UTC

Jun 1, 2020

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Bitcoin

Zcash Alliance Aims to Bring Privacy Tech to Bitcoin, Cosmos and Ethereum

Zcash-inspired privacy tools are coming to Bitcoin's Lightning Network and many other blockchain ecosystems, creating a shared cryptocurrency privacy layer.

By Leigh Cuen

May 11, 2020 at 3:00 p.m. UTC

May 11, 2020

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Smart contracts

Ready Layer One: Base Layer Protocols Team for Virtual Developer Event

A virtual conference is being organized by a bevy of base-layer protocols – the Web3 Foundation, Near, Cosmos, Tezos, Protocol Labs and Polkadot.

By Brady Dale

Apr 7, 2020 at 6:05 p.m. UTC

Apr 7, 2020

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Interoperability

What Is Going On With Jae Kwon and Cosmos?

Internal tensions at Tendermint, the company building the Cosmos blockchain, have begun to spill out into public view.

By Brady Dale

Feb 4, 2020 at 10:35 p.m. UTC

Feb 4, 2020

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Ethereum

'One Network, Many Chains' – The Case for Blockchain Interoperability

Inter-blockchain communication (IBC) is poised to be a major theme of 2020. And, like most trends in crypto, it has its fair share of hope, hype and haters.

By Brady Dale

Jan 30, 2020 at 5:15 p.m. UTC

Jan 30, 2020