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Digital transformation has laid the ground for new assets in the modern economy. As we move forward to the end of 2021 – a year of new trends – the hype around NFTs and the increased interest of companies in unique digital assets shows no sign of cooling down. The strong development of NFTs is opening up new solutions for all aspects of marketing. Among the new supporters of this trend, Budweiser is the latest brand to attract attention as it enters the world of NFTs . Budweiser and NFTs Budweiser is introducing its own NFTs, which will be the first leap in the company’s larger crypto ambitions. Cyber Monday marked the debut of Budweiser’s first series of NFTs: Budverse Cans: Heritage Collection, today. The series will span 1,936 individual NFT collections, alluding to the year the companies began releasing canned beer. Each NFT will include vintage photos, advertising, and historical chart design elements from the brand. “Now you can own a piece of history and a collectible th...

At the time of writing this article, there are over 7,000 cryptocurrencies run across unenumerated protocols, on countless decentralised exchanges (DEXs), and counting. At a macro level, that stands to signal good rates of crypto adoption. But, as every crypto trader and his dog knows by now, in DeFi, quantity does not mean quality. Indeed, the real challenge in assessing DeFi projects these days is to find the projects that are so remarkable, so far off the richter scale, so immutable, that you’d be kicking yourself if you passed them up. Enter Balancer Labs. Balancer Labs , the Lisbon-born start-up turned $BN+ DeFi platform, offers a DEX of its own, with three remarkable differences: (1) Programmable Liquidity Pools for developers, start-ups and traders, (2) Managed Index Funds for traders, and (3) its Balancer-Gnosis Protocol for unmatched levels of cryptosecurity in its offerings. Programmable Liquidity Pools First, if you didn’t already know it, Balancer Labs is the undispu...

There’s no denying the fact that the crypto market has continued to grow from strength to strength over the course of 2021, as is best showcased by the fact that the sector as a whole has seen its value triple from $1 trillion to $3 trillion within a span of the last 9 months. Not only that, even the innovation that has come about as a result of this rapid expansion has been staggering, to say the least. For example, the core concept underlying non-fungible tokens (NFTs) seems to have really piqued the interest of investors around the globe. Similarly, even the decentralized finance (DeFi) sector has grown to become a full-fledged market in itself over the last couple of years, thus showcasing the tremendous possibilities put forth by crypto. NFTs, in particular, are a class of digital assets, that continue to draw people to them each passing day since these offerings present owners with digital receipts representing ownership of literally any asset under the sun — be it physical o...

Calamari Network , built on the Substrate framework, is running as a canary net on Manta Network. This is a big milestone for the Calamari Network , and will lead to faster progress for the project. On November the 29th, KuCoin listed the Calamari token (KMA) and open the KMA/USDT trading pair! The canary net is a test environment on the Kusama blockchain for projects that operate on Polkadot. Running on Kusama, several new and exciting features will be tested before its final release on the Polkadot chain. Calamari is now the 7th real-world parachain on Kusama, and the only plug and play privacy preservation parachain to perform for the whole Kusama chain. The same will be done for Polkadot by Manta Network soon. Privacy to transactions and swapping are guaranteed by the zkSNARKs private layer, built for the entire Kusama DeFi ecosystem. This zkSNARKs private layer offers leverage for scalable privacy, and its Substrate framework delivers leverage for interoperability. Also, tw...

High transactional costs are always one of the biggest challenges Ethereum users are struggling to deal with. The team and community have waited in expectation of Ethereum 2.0’s release as the ultimate solution for current issues with the system. Despite all promises, data from crypto metrics site BitInfoCharts shows that the future outlook might not be as rosy as it’s going to be unless change is underway. Ethereum’s Growing Problem Up until now, high gas fees have remained a specific feature of the Ethereum network. According to statistical data from BitInfoCharts, the transaction fee reached $51.45 on average. This unbelievable level was much higher than at the beginning of 2021 . Several scaling strategies have been developed in recent years to help reduce transaction costs. Polygon was released in 2019 and is perhaps the first big Ethereum scaling solution. With Plasma, the network offloads transactions from the main Ethereum blockchain to a sidechain. This year, Ethereu...

Back in 2020, NFTs were one of the most exciting emerging trends in blockchain. The growth of NFTs in the crypto market is exploding in 2021, with numerous new projects and NFT-focused firms entering the market. Starly is an NFT-focused marketplace where users can create, buy, and sell gamified collectibles. The platform aspires to be a launchpad for NFT projects – a space where game artists, developers, investors, and audiences can easily connect and collaborate to build blockchain economies. In the field of digital asset ownership, NFTs have developed extremely powerful use cases. NFTs’ unique properties make them useful in a variety of fields, including art, gaming, entertainment, film, and sports. Along with NFT’s potential, the ecosystem requires platforms that facilitate NFT merchandise. The emergence of NFT marketplaces was prompted by this need. What is Starly? Starly is built and designed almost entirely in accordance with current market trends, resulting in a large ...

PhotoChromic is an innovative platform that enables its users to create and manage their own identity to operate on software services, blockchain networks and Dapps. If you are familiar with the concept of Non Fungible Tokens, then you’ll find PhotoChromic’s solution simply genius. PhotoChromic allows users to securely create, own and verify their identity through a tokenized NFT. These NFTs are globally addressable, programmable and allows its owner to access additional opportunities in the crypto DeFi marketplace. Download the Whitepaper here ( PDF ) PhotoChromic ID for NFTs and More PhotoChromic conceived their verification identity solution by aggregating biometric proof-of-life data with officially-backed identity info (government identity records) and personal attributes. These components merge on an on-chain asset (NFT), that will consequently grant it’s owner access to blockchain platforms requiring identity verification and Web3 applications. Users of PhotoChromic’s p...

BixBcoin (Ticker: BIXB) is a peer-to-peer (P2P) cryptocurrency that was launched on March 15th, 2020, on its own respective blockchain. The consensus algorithm for BixBcoin is focused on Proof-of-Work (PoW).  MRM GROUP had also released BIXB via a total of 3,000,000 units as of this time. To put it another way, BIXB may be understood as a cryptocurrency asset that uses blockchain technology to facilitate and support financial transactions that are independent of any governmental authority. It is reportedly well protected, fast, and has seemingly little to no restrictions. As a distributed ledger is often used to keep a record of all transactions, the coin explorer may hence be utilized to view the transaction history at www.bixbexplorer.com . Features Some of the main features associated with this cryptocurrency revolve around numerous aspects such as that of its blockchain technology, security, transactions, and more. Like any other cryptocurrency, it is of the utmost importan...

Today, despite the risks in using cryptocurrencies as well as the moves to tighten control over cryptocurrencies by the governments, cryptocurrencies are increasingly widely accepted among industries across the world. As a result, their interaction with commercial platforms is becoming more important and common. Some major online stores are also looking to Bitcoin payments on their websites. As the demands are rising day by day, there are more projects launched to meet them. Syscoin is one of them. Syscoin’s vision is to completely bypass third parties and to create a decentralized marketplace that works to extract more benefits from blockchain technology. What is Syscoin? Jag Sidhu, the Lead Core Developer and co-founder of the Syscoin project, has many years of experience in the industries such as blockchain technology, machine learning, artificial intelligence, server development, and distributed systems. The co-founder helped to launch the Syscoin public blockchain in 2014 ...

Major decentralized blockchain platform Tezos announced on Tuesday that the firm has partnered with Linkin Park frontman Mike Shinoda to launch an NFT music series. The new music project, dubbed Ziggurats, consists of 5,000 mini mixtapes with unique music and different cover art. The release date is scheduled in early December through streaming services and the Tezos blockchain. The American singer and songwriter talked about his plan, saying: “I’ve been off Twitch and social media a little bit here and there because I have a couple little projects I’ve been trying to spend more time on. The primary one is a music + NFT idea, and it’s coming out great.” Shinoda Goes NFTs The music-focused NFT series, described as “generative mixtape,” is also accessible for music lovers or the band’s supporters with no need of NFT’s interest. If the audience wants to show support for the artist, they can buy in on Tezos. “If you’re not into NFTs, you’ll still be able to check it out for fre...

The most used blockchain network, Ethereum, has continuously surged in demand this year, there’s still more demand than the leading all-purpose blockchain can handle. As a result, the cryptocurrency industry has seen the rise of many other projects which are Ethereum’s competitors, and one of them is Avalanche. Similar to Ethereum, Avalanche also has smart contracts to carry out a set of instructions on the blockchain that are important in running decentralized finance (DeFi), applications, and Non Fungible Tokens (NFTs). Launched in 2020, Avalanche is to implement transactions faster with lower fees than Ethereum. AVAX is the native token powering the Avalanche ecosystem. Colony is a community-driven accelerator for the Avalanche ecosystem that evolves into a DAO to boost ecosystem growth. Colony is powered by a governance token, $CLY. What Is Colony? In simple terms, Colony provides funding to Avalanche-built projects in early stages and Liquidity to Avalanche DeFi protocols....

According to a recent Grayscale report , the number of active Metaverse users has increased by almost 50k since the beginning of 2020. Download the report here ( PDF ). Grayscale’s report, The Metaverse, Web 3.0 Virtual Cloud Economies, was released in November 2021, with the main focus being on the metaverse itself and its future potential. Looking back at the evolution of digitalization, from Web 1.0 to Web 2.0 to Web 3.0, Metaverse is expected to be the next frontier of the Internet, the next big thing in crypto after the NFT hype. Widespread Adoption Many major technology companies, including Apple, Facebook, and Microsoft, have plans to develop products to support the metaverse trend. Experts believe that businesses have recognized a new range of potential from the virtual universe, ranging from selling hardware and software to support access to the metaverse to virtual goods, services, and advertising in the virtual world. In the Metaverse, tech giants began drafting busi...

The 4th edition of the renowned trading competition – Phemex Trader’s Arena is offering new benefits and additional rewards compared to previous editions. This event is an enticing call for all kinds of crypto traders to team up and participate for a pool prize worth up to US$750,000! So don’t miss this opportunity to team up and battle it out ! The two major additions to PT Arena 4 include the extra rewards that can be won based on funds deposited during the competition’s registration period, and the fact that all contract trading pairs will be counted for the contest. So a user’s USD and BTC trading accounts will both be eligible. A participant’s ROI may influence their team’s final ROI. Unlike previous PTA competitions, where only the inverse BTCUSD contract was counted, this 4th edition makes all contracts available on Phemex fair game for this competition.. Participants might end up with a separate ROI based on their USD and BTC trading accounts. In that case, the higher R...