Blockchain Developer Platform Alchemy Releases AI-Powered Tools for Web3 Builders
AlchemyAI will launch as two new products – an in-app chatbot and a ChatGPT plugin – to help web3 developers access data faster and speed up product development.
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P2P.org’s Ethereum Staking Application Is Now Available on Popular Wallet Provider Safe
The integration makes it easier for crypto users to participate in staking without operating the physical infrastructure.
Canada’s Largest University Starts XRP Validator in New Partnership With Ripple
The partnership between University of Toronto and Ripple is part of the latter’s University Blockchain Research Initiative (UBRI) in Canada.
Blockchain Staking Provider Chorus One Expands to Peer-to-Peer Network Urbit
Chorus One’s bet on Urbit’s future growth is described by executives as a natural extension of the company’s staking services on blockchains including Ethereum, Solana, Cosmos and Polkadot.
Bitcoin Payments Firm Strike Moves Custody In-House After Ditching Third-Party Services
The move is a “culmination of over two years of effort,” according to Strike CEO and cofounder Jack Mallers.
Jack Dorsey-backed Nostr Creator Collaborates With Zebedee on New Social Media Layer
Zebedee users will be able to join a waitlist for alpha access to an updated version of the app which will feature integration with decentralized social media protocol Nostr (an acronym for “notes and other stuff transmitted by relays”).
Swift and Chainlink Will Test Connecting Over a Dozen Financial Institutions to Blockchain Networks
In a new set of experiments Swift will collaborate with major financial market institutions like Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ANZ), BNP Paribas, BNY Mellon, Citi, Clearstream, Euroclear and Lloyds Banking Group.
New Stablecoin Issuer Raft Is Eschewing Fiat for Its Financial Backing
Its R stablecoin is collateralized by one crypto asset: liquid staking leader Lido’s staked ether (stETH).
Marathon Digital Mined 77% More Bitcoin in May With the Help of Its Software
The miner’s bitcoin production per unit of computing power was low in April.
Solving Lightning’s ‘Inbound Liquidity’ Problem Is Focus of New Layer 2 Bitcoin Protocol, Ark
The new protocol’s 24-year-old creator says Lightning’s inbound liquidity requirement – requiring users to commit funds to the protocol even when they’re just receiving payments – “doesn’t make any sense.”