NFTs are considered one of the biggest innovations in the world of art. They gained mainstream recognition when Beeple's "Everydays: The First 5000 Days" digital artwork was auctioned for $69 million in collaboration with Christie’s. The NFT market surpassed $40 billion in 2021 according to blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis.

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Blockchains like Bitcoin and Ethereum use a proof-of-work mechanism, which requires massive amounts of energy and results in slow transactions as well as unstable and, at times, insanely high gas fees. Hedera claims to facilitate transactions that are faster, cheaper, and better secured than regular blockchain transactions through its proof-of-stake network.

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Freely available, open-source software makes projects more stable and secure, as it leverages the power of the global developer community. Yet, the Internet is still dominated by centralized platforms. They take advantage of open-source code when building their products—only to lock the users into their proprietary ecosystems.

Join Fluence Labs’ Co-Founder Tom Trowbridge in a fireside chat hosted by Cardstack’s Founding Director Chris Tse on June 2, 2022 at 9:00 am EDT. In this interactive session, they will discuss how the Fluence Project enables developers to build, host, run, and collaborate on live applications.

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Due to the pseudonymous nature of cryptocurrencies, crypto is one of the preferred payment methods used by criminals. That’s why regulators all around the world are implementing measures to ensure that cryptocurrencies cannot be exploited by criminals—from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Travel Rule to local legislations. One such measure is requiring virtual asset service providers (VASPs) to have KYC processes in place.

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The Decentralized Insurance Protocol (DIP) is a digital technology to decompose the traditional insurance value chain. Without relying on a central intermediary or a traditional insurance firm’s balance sheet, insurance risks can be priced, transferred, and managed by a group of independent service providers using a DIP. Decentralized insurance focuses heavily on automation in sales and underwriting, making policies affordable—even when relatively small sums are covered.

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Interest in crypto is growing rapidly around the world. As more and more consumers start using cryptocurrencies and tokens, they expect fast, seamless, and safe blockchain transactions. But safety is a big problem in the crypto space—fraud and crime seem omnipresent, as funds get stolen, platforms get hacked, and headlines regularly report the latest crypto scams.

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Blockchains are public and immutable. This means that any transaction or wallet on a blockchain can be tracked and their activities can be analyzed. From companies like Nansen to law enforcement and crime prevention firms like Chainalysis, many draw on this transparent nature of blockchains to collect on-chain data for different purposes.

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The dual-token economy, aka the dual-token model or system, is a term used to describe crypto projects that offer two different types of tokens to their communities. By using this model, projects can utilize stronger incentive structures, produce new features and upgrades, and provide new functionalities to users.

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The Ethereum ecosystem has been growing at a rapid scale since its foundation in 2015. Created by one of Ethereum’s co-founders, Joseph Lubin, Consensys has been at the forefront of developing the tools required to build and scale on the Ethereum blockchain.

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Over the last couple of years, the web3 ecosystem has witnessed tremendous growth. And, companies like Uphold have been at the forefront of this revolution. Uphold's unique ‘Anything-to-Anything’ trading experience enables retail investors and businesses to trade directly between cryptocurrencies, equities, and metals.

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