Bitcoin's price soared above the $100,000 mark this week, marking a historic high for the world's largest cryptocurrency. For context, this milestone was achieved amid bullish market trends and geopolitical developments. Bitcoin Crosses the $100K Threshold On December 5, Bitcoin's value surged past the $100,000 psychological level, reaching an all-time high of about $103,600 on…

Delaware, USA, December 5, 2024 — Spacecoin has announced the upcoming launch of its first satellite, CTC-0, scheduled for December 21, 2024. The satellite, set to launch aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket from Vanderberg Space Force Base, marks the initial phase of Spacecoin’s ambitious mission to create a decentralized space-based internet service provider. The initiative…

Zeus Network has announced the launch of ZeusNode, its core infrastructure powered by the Solana Virtual Machine (SVM). Notably, this move aims to streamline Bitcoin (BTC) liquidity integration into Solana’s blockchain, with the network’s first epoch already underway. To clarify, the ZeusNode infrastructure is built around a Guardian program, featuring two classes of validators: Guardians…

December 4, 2024 (Toronto, ON) – Ethereum Layer-2 scaling solution Metis announced today that OKX, a leading cryptocurrency exchange, has joined as its newest decentralized sequencer node provider. This marks a significant milestone in Metis’ efforts to strengthen decentralization and network security, with OKX becoming the fourth independent provider and the tenth overall sequencer node.…

GAIB, a platform focused on creating financial infrastructure for artificial intelligence (AI) computing, announced the successful completion of its $5 million pre-seed funding round. Notably, the round was co-led by Hack VC, Faction, and Hashed, with participation from prominent investors such as Spartan, CMCC, L2IV, Animoca Brands, and IDG Capital, alongside other strategic backers and…

Fuse Network, a payments-focused blockchain, has announced a strategic partnership with Stargate, a leading cross-chain asset bridge, to enhance digital asset interoperability and liquidity across multiple blockchain networks. The integration, announced on Wednesday, December 4, 2024, leverages Stargate's Hydra technology to enable seamless asset transfers with zero fees and minimal friction. Users can now bridge…

December 3, 2024 — Chromia, a Layer-1 relational blockchain, has completed the Asgard Mainnet Upgrade, introducing new features aimed at supporting decentralized finance (DeFi) and AI-enabled applications. The upgrade includes the rollout of the Oracle Extension, designed to deliver real-time, on-chain price feeds to developers and users. Notably, the Asgard upgrade marks a significant step…

London — December 3, 2024 — Uranium.io, a decentralized application (dApp) powered by the Tezos blockchain, has launched to provide retail investors access to physical uranium for the first time. The platform eliminates traditional barriers to uranium trading, such as high entry costs, by tokenizing the commodity and offering ownership via blockchain. Developed with support…

Singapore Gulf Bank (SGB), a fully licensed digital bank backed by Bahrain’s Mumtalakat and Singapore’s Whampoa Group, has announced the appointment of Dr. Xiang Bing as an independent director. Accordingly, the move strengthens SGB’s leadership as it positions itself as a financial bridge between Asia and the Middle East North Africa (MENA) region. Dr. Xiang,…