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Opera Launches Multichain Compatibility For Bitcoin, Solana, Polygon, And Other Blockchains
pera, a technology company developing the world's first Web3-native browser, has launched multichain compatibility with Bitcoin, Solana, and Polygon, among other blockchains through its Crypto Browser project initiative.
With the release of this update, Opera users may now access decentralized ecosystems from Polygon and Solana dApps, and also open access to Layer 2 decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols. This is enabled through DeversiFi, a platform powered by StarkWare, a blockchain scaling solution. Aside from the integrations for Bitcoin, Solana, and Polygon, Opera's multichain will also be compatible with StarkEx, Ronin, Celo, Nervos, and IXO.
According to Opera, the initiative aims to ease the introduction of Web3 to its over 380 million users worldwide who access the browser from both mobile and desktop builds. With this update, Opera users may now access Web3 and gain support for crypto exchanges and NFT marketplaces, as well as decentralized applications. The browser now also features a built-in non-custodial crypto wallet. Read More
Nifty Gateway Partners With Samsung to Develop 'First-Ever Smart TV NFT Platform'
Nifty Gateway, the non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace has announced that the company has partnered with the electronics giant Samsung. The two firms have been working on the “first-ever smart TV NFT platform” and Nifty Gateway is already integrated into Samsung’s 2022 premium TV product lines.
During the first week of January, the electronics company Samsung revealed it was getting into non-fungible token (NFT) technology and NFTs would be introduced into the company’s TV products. At the time, Samsung didn’t get into too many details except that it would offer the first smart television product line with NFT capabilities.
Now just over two months later, the Gemini-owned Nifty Gateway NFT marketplace announced that it has partnered with Samsung. The partnership is meant to “develop the first-ever smart TV NFT platform for exploring, purchasing, and trading digital art and collectibles.” According to the press release, Nifty Gateway is already integrated into Samsung’s 2022 premium TV product lines, which include the QLED and Neo QLED smart TVs. Read More
Cardano Witnessing Institutional Demand As Large Transactions Skyrocket: Analytics Firm IntoTheBlock
A leading crypto analytics firm says institutional investors appear to be buying bulk into global payments platform Cardano (ADA).
In a new tweet, IntoTheBlock says that the volume of ADA’s on-chain transactions greater than $100k has increased by 50x in 2022 alone.
“Yesterday, a total of 69.09 billion ADA were moved in these large transactions, representing 99% of the total on-chain volume.”
Cardano is a blockchain platform supporting its native cryptocurrency ADA for global payments. It also supports non-ADA native assets. Cardano allows people to send and receive funds instantly and for minimal fees. It also allows developers to build smart contracts and decentralized applications. Read More
Avocado unveils its plan to create All-in-One Blockchain, Crypto, and NFT Solution
Avocado, a new cryptocurrency platform, is set to revolutionize the crypto space as it intends to create one system that houses NFTs, cryptocurrency, and blockchain. Avocado hopes to remove the difficulties in the crypto space as it is focused on dealing with the issue of using four different platforms to buy, swap, use a new token, and store the NFT. According to the team lead, “The blockchain, NFT, and crypto space should be accessible for everyone. There shouldn’t be any impediments when doing all of these things using this technology.”
To ensure it provides a solution to this issue, it has created its official NFT collection with over 10,000 distinct NFTs. The NFT collection entitles users to VIP access to all Avocado events and parties. In addition, it allows holders to receive exclusive discounts and get whitelisted in its official NFTs.
Furthermore, rather than selling its NFTs only, it is also creating a live NFT marketplace where investors, creators, and holders can mint and sell their NFTs. The Marketplace is set up with security and legitimacy for the community. Read More
What Does The Wallet Do? What Does It Mean For You?
The launch of the Markethive wallet is approaching, so it’s time to start beating the proverbial drum. It is the start of an exciting time with the advent of many integrations to follow the release of the wallet that will bring Markethive into prominence as an unprecedented platform. The combination of inbound marketing, social media, digital broadcasting, video, conference rooms, e-commerce, gamification, etc.
Markethive is a blockchain-driven crypto economy, all-inclusive, with a distributed database system required for this decentralized, monolithic global project. We’re almost there with the release of the wallet that will initiate entrepreneurial sovereignty and open the floodgates of this divine enterprise with its plethora of systems and services, including the new interface and dashboard.
We now have a complete working wallet with the Solana Network, and we also have a fully functional crypto merchant account. The Markethive wallet is being polished with the finishing touches, keeping mindful that it’s not just a simple wallet but a comprehensive, dynamic engine centralized for you that powers your platform and business.
Markethive is fundamentally a sophisticated inbound marketing and storefront platform, integrated with a social network, and not just another social media platform you see popping up to counter the media tech giants we’ve come to know as oppressive, censoring you and using your personal data for their own gain. Read More
Chiliz launches public testnet for its new layer-1 blockchain
Focused on the sports and entertainment industries, the Chiliz Chain 2.0 blockchain network was birthed in collaboration with decentralized infrastructure protocol, Ankr.
Digital asset sporting project Chiliz has announced the launch of the Scoville testnet for the newly established layer-1 blockchain network Chiliz Chain 2.0, also known as CC2.
CC2 will seek to advance the Web3 capabilities of high-profile sporting and entertainment firms to create nonfungible tokens (NFTs) and fan tokens, construct decentralized finance (DeFi) applications, and play-to-earn (P2E) games, as well as implement a range of programs and services for their community.
Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Malta, Chiliz has established itself as the leading digital asset for sporting engagement, with its native token, CHZ serving as the primary currency within the fan-orientated Socios.com platform.
Providing specific details on the process of stakeholder approval, as well as the on-chain validation mechanism proposed within the proof-of-stake authority model, Chiliz chief strategy officer Max Rabinovitch stated, “the number of validators will increase over time as the ecosystem grows and the fees are significant enough to be shared across more validators.” Read More
How Play-To-Earn Games Can Bring Life-Changing Opportunities To The Developing World
As of 2022, the Play-to-earn industry is undoubtedly one of the fastest-growing sub-segments of the crypto industry. At the time of writing, the market cap of “Play2Earn” tokens, aimed at rewarding players of P2E games, was over $21 billion. Such a massive market size shows the traction that the industry has experienced among both hobby gamers and professionals.
However, as many thought leaders and industry experts have pointed out, the play-to-earn space has some quite unique characteristics compared to its sister industries. For instance, during the recent ‘World of Web3’ Summit 2022 in Dubai, P2E executives such as Serdar Senay from Mad Metaverse have pointed to the immense opportunities play-to-earn games could bring to people in developing regions, such as Africa or Asia. Read More
Cardano Village, the Metaverse proving its worth through art and IT technology
With the active smart contracts on Cardano and the extensive attention being garnered by metaverses in the industry, numerous metaverse projects are already well underway.
Yet, Cardano Village remains the only metaverse project that has been mentioned by Charles Hoskinson, the founder of Cardano, and IOHK on Twitter.
This project, which is currently undervalued on the market, has vast potential and immense possibilities.
At the time of the initial minting, the team was put into the spotlight by the Cardano community for its beautiful artwork and rapidly minted land parcels while releasing MAP in PC, WEB, and Mobile environments simultaneously, proving without a doubt that it has a formidable grasp of the requisite technological prowess. Read More
Payments Giant Visa Launches New NFT-Focused Program for Crypto Entrepreneurs
Global credit card giant Visa is launching a new crypto program to help content creators and entrepreneurs grow small businesses with non-fungible tokens (NFTs).
According to a new company blog post, since NFTs authenticate the ownership of digital media and collectibles, they can help small and micro businesses expand and generate more revenue.
Says Cuy Sheffield, head of Visa’s crypto department,
“NFTs have the potential to become a powerful accelerator for the creator economy. We’ve been studying the NFT ecosystem and its potential impacts on the future of commerce, retail, and social media.
Through the Visa Creator Program, we want to help this new breed of small and micro businesses tap into new mediums for digital commerce.” Read More
Disclaimer: These articles are provided for informational purposes only. They are not offered or intended to be used as legal, tax, investment, financial, or any other advice.
