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Lab to Ledger: Funding Science on the Blockchain

Lab to Ledger: Funding Science on the Blockchain! Scientific innovation has always relied on funding — but traditional grant systems are often slow, bureaucratic, and limited in scope. Researchers spend months writing proposals, navigating politics, and waiting for approvals before they can even begin their work. Meanwhile, countless groundbreaking ideas never see the light of day because funding is concentrated in the hands of a few centralized institutions. Blockchain technology is changing this. By moving science funding from labs to ledgers , researchers, investors, and communities gain new ways to support and accelerate discovery. Why Blockchain for Science? Transparency & Accountability Every transaction is recorded on a public ledger, ensuring research funds are used as intended. This prevents mismanagement and builds trust between funders and scientists. Decentralized Access Instead of relying on a handful of centralized agencies, funding can come from a global pool of con...

Google Cloud Challenges Ripple, Stripe And Circle With New Layer-1 Blockchain For Financial Institutions

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Google Cloud is launching its own layer-1 blockchain for financial institutions, taking on Ripple, Circle, and Stripe in payments. Google Cloud’s Web3 Head of Strategy, Rich Widmann, shared new details about the blockchain, called the Google Cloud Universal Ledger (GCUL), in an Aug. 26 post on Linkedin .  “GCUL brings together years of R&D at Google to provide financial institutions with a novel Layer 1 that is performant, credibly neutral and enables Python-based smart contracts,” Widmann wrote.  “Besides bringing to bear Google’s distribution, GCUL is a neutral infrastructure layer,” Widmann added.  “Tether won’t use Circle’s blockchain – and Adyen probably won’t use Stripe’s blockchain.  But any financial institution can build with GCUL.”   By moving into blockchain payments infrastructure, Google Cloud is positioning itself to compete over the financial rails that coul...

Pantera Capital and Jump Crypto Lead Financing Round of Palm-Scanning Project at $1,100,000,000 Valuation

Digital assets-focused investment firms Pantera Capital and Jump Crypto reportedly helped a new palm-scanning blockchain project reach a more than $1 billion valuation. According to a new report by Reuters, the decentralized identity project Humanity Protocol has raised its fully diluted valuation to $1.1 billion after closing a $20 million funding round led by Pantera and Jump. The project aims to develop a network that uses palm scans to verify that online accounts belong to real people. Says Terence Kwok, founder of Humanity Protocol, “The protocol allows people to prove they are human without revealing personal details. This helps solve problems like bots, fake accounts and online fraud.” Kwok also says he expects the project to issue a token soon with “final preparations underway to ensure a smooth launch.” The company says the funding will help their project scale up. “The funding will accelerate Humanity Protocol’s de...

Top AI Coins to Consider for 10x Potential Gains

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The growing adoption of blockchain technology has sparked rapid growth in the Artificial Intelligence (AI) sector, leading to several successful multi-billion-dollar projects. A simple Google search on AI crypto leads to numerous results, often listing a variety of cryptocurrencies. A more direct approach, however, involves using resources like CoinMarketCap, which categorizes projects by their focus. Two main categories exist: general artificial intelligence and AI agents. AI tokens are experiencing strong growth, especially after large investments in AI infrastructure, while AI agents represent a newer and potentially more profitable area. This article highlights three AI agent projects with high potential: Virtuals Protocol, AI 16z, and MIND of Pepe. Let’s explore these tokens and their potential for up to 100x returns. Virtuals Protocol (VIRTUAL) Virtuals Protocol, a top contender in the AI space, especially given its prominent role in building AI agents, announced plans...

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink Sees Bitcoin Hitting $700K As Goldman Sachs CEO Says BTC Isn’t A Threat To The Dollar

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BlackRock CEO Larry Fink said Bitcoin will hit $700k amid currency debasement fears while Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon said BTC is not a threat to the dollar. The comments from the top Wall Street CEOs come as the largest crypto by market cap experienced a more than 3% drop in price over the past 24 hours to trade at $102,661.93 as of 1:09 a.m. EST, according to CoinMarketCap . Larry Fink Sets BTC Price Target At $700K Speaking to Bloomberg on Jan. 22 during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, BlackRock CEO Fink said that small BTC allocations between 2-5% from asset managers would be enough to push the price of Bitcoin to the predicted $700K target. “If you are frightened of debasement of your currency…you can have an internationally based instrument called Bitcoin….I’m a big believer…” – Larry Fink of @BlackRock pic.twitter.com/C3VJQpqTML — Michael Saylor⚡️ (@saylor) January 22, 2025   He ad...

New Cryptocurrency Releases, Listings, & Presales Today – Dmarketplace, Alienxchain, Beezee

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Bitcoin shows signs of a breakthrough after months of sideways trading patterns. Bernstein predicts an incredible surge to $200,000 by the end of 2025. This forecast represents a potential 200% gain from current price levels. Wealthy investors and hedge fund managers are rapidly accumulating Bitcoin positions. Market sentiment strengthens as experts anticipate post-election price rallies in 2024. This bullish outlook is inspiring new token launches that are hoping to ride Bitcoin’s momentum. New Cryptocurrency Releases, Listings, & Presales Today Following the announcement of their launch, users can check their $AIX eligibility and claim their rewards. $BZE network’s recent announcement of a successful upgrade to version 7.1.1. Is making attracting investors.  1. AlienXChain ($AIX) A revolutionary force emerges in blockchain technology with AlienXChain’s AI-driven network. This innovative platform harnesses 50,000 AI nodes for enhanced security and netwo...

Decentralized Credit Unions: Reinventing Savings and Loans

Decentralized Credit Unions: Reinventing Savings and Loans! In an age where decentralized finance (DeFi) continues to challenge traditional banking systems, decentralized credit unions are stepping in as the next evolution in financial services. By leveraging blockchain technology, decentralized credit unions aim to offer savings and loans in a way that reimagines the relationship between people and their money. The Rise of Decentralized Credit Unions Traditional credit unions have long served communities by pooling members’ resources for mutual benefit. Unlike banks, which are profit-driven, credit unions are non-profit organizations that prioritize the needs of their members. However, these institutions face challenges with limited geographical scope, governance complexities, and regulatory pressures. Decentralized credit unions (DCUs) are tackling these issues head-on by introducing decentralized networks powered by smart contracts and blockchain technology. Unlike their tradit...

The Orbs project, together with its community, is building a public and permissionless ecosystem. As an expression of this value, the Orbs Ecosystem Grant Program provides grants to teams that make contributions to the project. Introducing the Orbs Third call for grants program.

The Orbs project is now launching a new call for grants under the OEGP. This call follows the recent announcement that Orbs is building on TON as its first non-EVM L1. For this round, the focus will be on development that will establish Orbs as a key TON ecosystem participant that is implementing new L3 use cases for protocols running on top of TON. Ethereum Virtual Machine When operating as L3, Orbs is naturally augmenting an existing base L1 blockchain layer and builds on top of it. Ever since Orb’s inception, this base layer L1 has always been the EVM – Ethereum’s Virtual Machine. Orbs run on top of all prominent EVM flavors, from Ethereum mainnet to Polygon, BSC, Avalanche, Fantom, and more and allow smart contract developers on these platforms to enhance the capabilities of their applications. While Orbs strongly commits to the EVM and will continue forever building on Ethereum and EVM-compatible networks, they have never lost the dream to reach billions of end use...