Why crypto’s infrastructure hasn’t caught up with its ideals

Why crypto’s infrastructure hasn’t caught up with its ideals

Distributed cloud projects aim to reduce blockchain’s heavy dependence on centralized providers like AWS. Periodic service disruptions and capacity strain on centralized cloud infrastructure have created an opening for companies building distributed networks. Supporters of the distributed approach argue that spreading workloads across several smaller nodes reduces concentration risk. They say the model could be…

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Coinbase Business launches in Singapore to reshape payments with USDC

Coinbase Business launches in Singapore to reshape payments with USDC

Expanding outside the US, Coinbase Business launches in Singapore to give startups and SMEs a unified platform for USDC payments, asset management and more. Coinbase Business, a new business platform from major US crypto exchange Coinbase, has launched in Singapore, marking the company’s first international expansion. After introducing Coinbase Business in June, Coinbase has rolled…

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OceanPal raises 0M to build NEAR token treasury company

OceanPal raises $120M to build NEAR token treasury company

The new company will use NEAR’s blockchain and NVIDIA technology to build privacy-preserving AI infrastructure, while offering exposure to the NEAR token. Nasdaq-listed OceanPal Inc. has raised $120 million through a private investment in public equity deal to launch SovereignAI, a new subsidiary focused on commercializing the NEAR Protocol and developing AI infrastructure. According to…

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The next era of crypto belongs to decentralized markets

The next era of crypto belongs to decentralized markets

DeFi trading volumes hit record ratios against CEXs as matured infrastructure and regulatory clarity shift power to transparent, code-driven platforms. Opinion by: Rachel Lin, co-founder and CEO at SynFutures DeFi has come a long way since the boom-and-bust cycle of 2020’s DeFi Summer. Much of the surge in the early days was fueled by experimentation,…

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‘House is fine, but door is jammed’: AWS outage shows crypto’s weak spot

‘House is fine, but door is jammed’: AWS outage shows crypto’s weak spot

The 15-hour Amazon Web Services outage that halted Coinbase, Robinhood and MetaMask revealed how much of Web3 still relies on centralized servers. The recent Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage that knocked out major crypto and fintech platforms, including Coinbase, Robinhood, MetaMask and Venmo, has reignited debate over how decentralized Web3 really is. While blockchains continued…

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Coinbase wants to bring the entire startup lifecycle onchain, CEO Armstrong says

Coinbase wants to bring the entire startup lifecycle onchain, CEO Armstrong says

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said onchain fundraising could make capital formation “more efficient, fair, and transparent.” Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong has outlined an ambitious plan to move every stage of a startup’s journey, from incorporation to fundraising and public trading, onto the blockchain. Speaking on the TBPN podcast, Armstrong described his vision for an onchain…

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