Upon analyzing over 1,200 publicly available crypto pre-seed and seed rounds from 2022, Lattice Fund found that the seed-stage crypto market saw investors refocus on the more stable and established sectors of Infrastructure and Centralized Finance (CeFi). This came after a period of exploration into emerging sectors in 2021. Infrastructure and CeFi According to the...Read More
NEAR Foundation announced plans to cut its team down by about 40% as part of its realignment initiative, impacting 35 employees. In 2023, the NEAR Protocol managed to host three of ten top Web3 apps, achieve a record number of users daily, and gain more Ethereum community partnerships. NEAR Foundation Realignment Efforts NEAR Foundation has...Read More
Tether – the company behind the largest stablecoin – announced the launch of USDT on Kava (a layer 1 proof-of-stake blockchain network). Following the latest development, the token is now live on over a dozen networks, including Ethereum, NEAR Protocol, Solana, Tron, Algorand, and more. The stablecoin issuer praised Kava network for its scalability and...Read More
Decentralized Finance (DeFi) players have been left unscathed as the unmonitored control of off-chain capital of centralized crypto entities led to misdeeds and bad trades, and subsequent collapses. Be it multi-billion dollar bankruptcies, fraud allegations, rampant scandals, or plunging crypto-asset prices, 2022 was characterized by tragic events, culminating mostly from CeFis, which, in turn, enhanced...Read More
Octopus Network – a multichain crypto network supporting Web3 applications – will lay off 40% of its staff members to ensure its survival amidst the ongoing crypto winter. The adverse macroeconomic factors have taken their toll on numerous other industry leaders who took similar action over the past several months. Some examples are Coinbase, CryptoCom,...Read More
As one of the more prominent networks, the NEAR protocol is a building block for many blockchain ecosystems. One of these is USN, a stablecoin built on top of NEAR in April and run independently by Decentral bank. In an effort to prevent a catastrophic collapse mirroring that of Terra earlier this year, Decentral Bank...Read More
Near Foundation – the Swiss non-profit that oversees the development of Near Protocol – reportedly partnered with the VC firm Caerus Ventures to launch a $100M venture capital fund and venture lab. The main goal will be to support engineers, builders, and developers who work in the emerging Web 3 sector. Earlier this year, Near...Read More
Tether will be launching its stablecoin (USDT) on NEAR Protocol. With this, the cryptocurrency will be circulating on a total of twelve different blockchains. According to a press release shared with CryptoPotato, NEAR Protocol will be the next to adopt the leading stablecoin by means of total market capitalization – USDT. Commenting on the matter was Paolo...Read More
An attacker trying to steal funds from Rainbow Bridge on Saturday was stopped within 31 seconds, losing 5 ETH in the process. Alex Shevchenko – CEO of Aurora Labs – broke down how the protocol mounted its automated defense, without needing an immediate response from the security team. Another Successful Bridge Defense In a Twitter...Read More
The blockchain enterprise Near Protocol has reportedly secured a $350 million fundraiser. The initiative was led by Tiger Global Management – an American investment firm with over $90 billion in assets under management. Cited by Bloomberg, Amos Zhang – a Partner at MetaWeb VC (a company focused on investments that are part of the cryptocurrency...Read More
