The project, led by Tendermint’s former strategy lead, secured backing from Polychain Capital, Coinbase Ventures and others.
The balance of bitcoin held on major exchanges is on the rise in what some analysts say is a bearish sign.
The Figment Capital fund will be dedicated to a number of emerging base layers.
The price of bitcoin has changed little over the past 24 hours, despite the asset’s notorious volatility.
Bitcoin price takes a pit stop with ether and dogecoin stealing the spotlight.
Set to launch Tuesday, the network would allow trading of assets from different blockchains without middlemen or synthetic “wrapped” substitutes.
Existing payment players have a head start in the race to integrate central bank digital currencies worldwide, says our columnist.
Tendermint enters the decentralized exchange arena with the ambitious goal of creating a one-stop DEX for trading any and all coins.
Tendermint says the fund will be the largest investment vehicle for the Cosmos ecosystem.
Allowing tokens to zip between chains could open up opportunities in decentralized finance; a service on one network could lend an asset from another.
Persistence is helping institutions find yield with its white-labeled staking service.
A cross-chain balm to help DeFi minnows swim with the whales.
Traders are betting on the "smart-contract" blockchain, which aims to compete with market leader Ethereum, even though it doesn't yet have smart-contract functionality.
The last step before inter-blockchain communication goes live early Thursday.
DeFi and the prospect of trading futures have crypto investors scooping up ETH.