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Terra co-founders Daniel Shin and Do Kwon (Terraform Labs)
Finance
Stablecoins
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.
Terra co-founders Daniel Shin and Do Kwon (Terraform Labs)
By Brady Dale
Jul 28, 2020 at 6:00 p.m. UTC
Jul 28, 2020
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Tech
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.
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By William Foxley
Jul 13, 2020 at 7:56 p.m. UTC
Jul 13, 2020
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Tech
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.
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By David Pan
Jun 23, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. UTC
Jun 23, 2020
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Josh Lee and Tony Yun of Chainapsis (Credit: Chainapsis)
Tech
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.
Josh Lee and Tony Yun of Chainapsis (Credit: Chainapsis)
By Brady Dale
Jun 6, 2020 at 9:36 a.m. UTC
Jun 6, 2020
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Ant Group and Alibaba founder Jack Ma
Tech
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.
Ant Group and Alibaba founder Jack Ma
By Paddy Baker
Jun 1, 2020 at 3:00 p.m. UTC
Jun 1, 2020
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Electric Coin Company CTO Nathan Wilcox speaks at Zcon1 in 2019. (Credit: Electric Coin Company)
Technology
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.
Electric Coin Company CTO Nathan Wilcox speaks at Zcon1 in 2019. (Credit: Electric Coin Company)
By Leigh Cuen
May 11, 2020 at 3:00 p.m. UTC
May 11, 2020
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Tech
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.
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By Brady Dale
Apr 7, 2020 at 6:05 p.m. UTC
Apr 7, 2020
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Jae Kwon speaks at Construct 2017. (Photo via CoinDesk archives)
Finance
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.
Jae Kwon speaks at Construct 2017. (Photo via CoinDesk archives)
By Brady Dale
Feb 4, 2020 at 10:35 p.m. UTC
Feb 4, 2020
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'HERESY': Andreas Antonopoulos articulated why "winner takes all" is out and inter-blockchain communication is in, at the Blockstack Summit in San Francisco. (Credit: Gary Sexton/Blockstack Summit 2019)
Tech
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.
'HERESY': Andreas Antonopoulos articulated why "winner takes all" is out and inter-blockchain communication is in, at the Blockstack Summit in San Francisco. (Credit: Gary Sexton/Blockstack Summit 2019)
By Brady Dale
Jan 30, 2020 at 5:15 p.m. UTC
Jan 30, 2020
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Binance.US CEO Catherine Coley
Markets
Proof-of-stake
Binance US Now Offers Staking Rewards for These Two Cryptocurrencies
Binance US has joined other major exchanges in the staking game, adding staking rewards for cryptocurrencies algorand (ALGO) and cosmos (ATOM).
Binance.US CEO Catherine Coley
By William Foxley
Jan 29, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. UTC
Jan 29, 2020
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