Tagged: decentralization

May 25, 2026 @ 8:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has shared his personal views on the evolving direction of the Ethereum Foundation (EF), portraying it as a transition toward a more compact and enduring structure. He described the organization as a somewhat “smaller ship,” signaling a seemingly intentional move away… Read More

May 22, 2026 @ 12:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Ethereum Layer 2 project known as Zero Network has said that it will end its independent operations. Launched roughly 18 months ago in late 2024 by the developers of the Zerion wallet, the initiative had aimed to deliver a seamless, fee-free experience for cryptocurrency… Read More

May 5, 2026 @ 1:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Decentralized finance, or DeFi, has been a hot buzzword for the past 7 years. Although DeFi total-value-locked or TVL has surged dramatically over the years from merely $500 million (roughly speaking) in 2018 to currently in the tens of billions of dollars (according to available data), the… Read More

April 10, 2026 @ 1:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Covenant AI, a subnet developer that has been quite active on Bittensor, recently revealed that it has decided to leave the AI-powered network ecosystem. As mentioned in a post on social media platform X, Covenant AI Founder Sam Dare claimed that the company may no… Read More

April 2, 2026 @ 7:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Venture capital firm Paradigm is poised to expand its footprint in the rapidly expanding prediction markets sector by developing a dedicated trading terminal tailored for sophisticated participants. According to sources cited by Fortune, the firm—already a significant backer of leading platforms in the space—is crafting… Read More

March 31, 2026 @ 9:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

TRM Labs has indicated that prediction markets—platforms allowing traders to buy and sell contracts tied to the outcomes of real-world events like elections, geopolitical conflicts, economic shifts, sports results, and pop culture happenings—have evolved from niche forecasting tools into a major financial phenomenon. Once limited… Read More

March 25, 2026 @ 1:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Decentralized prediction markets platform Polymarket has unveiled a major policy shift: starting March 30, it will impose taker fees on nearly all trading categories for the first time. The new structure introduces variable rates that peak at 1.8 percent for crypto-related contracts, with effective fees… Read More

March 25, 2026 @ 8:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In a somewhat surprising twist amid fierce industry competition, the leaders of two top prediction market platforms have pooled resources to back a specialized venture capital fund. Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour and Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan are key investors in 5c(c) Capital, a new firm… Read More

February 22, 2026 @ 2:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has outlined a new initiative to enhance the blockchain’s foundational architecture. On Friday, February 20, 2026, Buterin shared his vision for creating what he calls a “cypherpunk principled non-ugly Ethereum” — a specialized layer designed as a seamless bolt-on addition to… Read More

February 11, 2026 @ 3:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Kalshi has emerged as key player focused on prediction markets, a platform where users bet on real-world outcomes to generate collective insights. Established seven years ago, the company was built on the conviction that crowd-sourced wisdom can cut through misinformation, prioritizing data-driven markets over subjective… Read More

February 5, 2026 @ 3:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Prediction markets, where participants wager on the outcomes of real-world events ranging from elections to sports, have surged in popularity as a innovative segment of the web3 ecosystem. Platforms like Kalshi and Polymarket allow users to buy and sell contracts tied to these events, effectively… Read More

February 5, 2026 @ 8:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In a move to bridge traditional finance and decentralized markets, Ripple has unveiled new support for Hyperliquid within its Ripple Prime platform. This development, announced on February 4, 2026, aims to broaden institutional investors‘ entry into onchain liquidity for derivatives. Hyperliquid, known for its efficient… Read More

January 4, 2026 @ 5:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In a bid to mend tensions within one of decentralized finance’s flagship protocols, Aave founder Stani Kulechov has signaled a potential shift in how value flows between developers and token holders. On January 2, 2026, Kulechov posted on the Aave governance forum, pledging that Aave… Read More

January 1, 2026 @ 9:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Grayscale Investments recently submitted a preliminary registration statement to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). This filing paves the way for the potential launch of an exchange-traded product focused on Bittensor, a key player in the decentralized artificial intelligence space. The proposed trust, set… Read More

December 28, 2025 @ 2:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Uniswap governance community has now overwhelmingly passed the UNIfication proposal, which is being described by its supporters as a comprehensive reform package that is aimed at activating long-dormant protocol fees and establishing an ongoing token-burn system for UNI. Voting had reportedly concluded on December… Read More

October 21, 2025 @ 10:24 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Daylight has reportedly raised $75M in order to build the decentralized energy network powering the world’s most “important” commodity: electricity. This funding round helps them move faster toward an electric grid that delivers what the old one “no longer can: affordability, reliability, and abundant power.”… Read More

October 21, 2025 @ 9:08 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Péter Szilágyi, an experienced web3 developer for Ethereum’s Geth client, recently voiced concerns regarding Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin’s considerable influence over the ETH protocol and called into question the Ethereum Foundation’s rather “centralized” decision-making process / structure in a public letter. According to Szilágyi’s observations,… Read More

October 14, 2025 @ 10:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Pyth Network, a provider of institutional market data, announced its partnership with Kalshi, the U.S. federally regulated event-exchange platform, to deliver its prediction market information across 100+ blockchains. This reportedly marks the first time regulated event data will be streamed onchain at scale, allowing web3… Read More

October 12, 2025 @ 7:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Co-founder Tarek Mansour noted that Kalshi recently raised $300M+ at a $5B valuation, led by Sequoia and a16z. Since then, he claims that they have grown more than 3x, reached $50B of annualized volume, and became the largest prediction market in the world. And now,… Read More

October 1, 2025 @ 9:32 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Chainlink announced a technical solution enabling financial institutions worldwide to manage digital asset workflows from their systems “using Swift messaging and the Chainlink Runtime Environment (CRE).” With Swift messages and CRE, banks and institutions can “access blockchains through the same Swift infrastructure they have relied… Read More