Web3

Pump Fun updates terms to block UK users days after FCA warning

Pump.Fun has restricted access to users in the UK days after receiving a regulatory warning from the country’s financial watchdog. The decision comes after a Dec. 3 warning from the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), which flagged the Solana-based memecoin launchpad for potentially offering financial products without authorization. In compliance with UK regulations, Pump.Fun updated its terms of service on Dec. 6 to exclude British users....

Ethereum climbs 28% against Bitcoin since November as it hits $4,000

Ethereum has recovered most of its losses against Bitcoin since November, gaining 28% to 0.04 BTC from a low of 0.0322 on Nov. 21. Ethereum also broke $4,000 for the first time since February, currently sitting at $4,009, as of press time. Trading data showed marginal shifts day-over-day, with the rate moving from 0.03805 BTC on Dec. 4 to 0.0388 BTC on Dec. 5, marking...
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The gaming lesson from Off The Grid and Telegram? Put blockchain in the background

The following is a guest post from Leo Li, CVO and Chief Growth Officer at CARV. Off The Grid could be the mainstream moment we’ve...

ICP identity protocol DecideID to launch on Solana eliminating any KYC need for DeFi

DecideAI has announced the integration of its biometric identity verification solution, DecideID, into the Solana blockchain, aiming to enhance security and trust within the...

Linea Association unveils plan for decentralized governance with LINEA token

At Devcon in Bangkok, the Linea Association announced its formation to oversee the development and governance of Linea’s open-source technology and ecosystem. The Swiss...

Vitalik Buterin outlines how Ethereum’s Verge can bring blockchain nodes to smartwatches

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has laid out further plans to improve the blockchain’s Proof-of-Stake (PoS) system through a new upgrade called “The Verge.” In a...

Japan’s Web3 transformation: How Monex Group is powering the nation’s crypto ecosystem

Japan’s government actively promotes Web3 as a national policy, creating a favorable environment for conducting Web3 businesses there. In an exclusive interview with CryptoSlate,...

OpenAI GPT 4o ranked as best AI model for writing Solidity smart contract code by IQ

SolidityBench by IQ has launched as the first leaderboard to evaluate LLMs in Solidity code generation. Available on Hugging Face, it introduces two innovative...

Solana content tokenization grows with Cube listing of Access Protocol following Argentine government partnership

Cube, a hybrid exchange that settles trades on-chain using secure multi-party computation, has listed Access Protocol (ACS), a content monetization platform built on Solana....

The success of DePIN is in all of our pockets

The following is a guest post from J.D. Seraphine, Founder and CEO at Raiinmaker. In an era where technology advancements continuously reshape the landscape of...

Web3 charts a challenging course on the long road to mass adoption

The following is a guest post by Greg Waisman, Co-founder and COO at Mercuryo. Over the last few years, Web3 has been receiving a lot...

Building Web3 culture in Ukraine: Rostyslav Bortman’s mission

Rostyslav Bortman is Head of Blockchain Development at IdeaSoft and founder of ETHKyiv Community. He is one of the main faces of the global...

Swift to begin trials for digital asset transactions across global network in 2025

SWIFT, the global bank messaging network, announced that banks across North America, Europe, and Asia will begin live trials of digital assets and currency...

UK believes trial to embrace digital securities can protect ‘market integrity’

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Bank of England have officially launched the next phase of their Digital Securities Sandbox (DSS), enabling...