The source code of the World Wide Web (WWW) is now up for auction as an NFT (non-fungible token) at Sotheby’s. Created by British scientist Sir Tim Berners-Lee 32 years ago, the Web is widely regarded as one of the most significant innovations in human history and the building...
Former executives of several travel companies like Airbnb and Expedia have joined forces with Travala.com, a company backed by Binance, to launch Dtravel [https://www.dtravel.com/], a blockchain-based home-sharing platform. With $5 million in seed funding raised so far, Dtravel aims to facilitate short and long-term stays payable...
CryptoPunk #7523 [https://www.larvalabs.com/cryptopunks/details/7523], titled ‘COVID Alien’, was sold at Sotheby’s Auction House for a record $11.8 million. The medical mask-wearing figure is currently the highest-selling CryptoPunk, beating the $7.57 million sale of Alien CryptoPunk #7804 [https://www.larvalabs.com/cryptopunks/details/...
The first intelligent Non-Fungible Token (iNFT) of the world, an AI virtual being named Alice, was auctioned off by Sotheby’s [https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2021/natively-digital-a-curated-nft-sale-2/to-the-young-artists-of-cyberspace] for $478,000. Created by AI startup Alethea AI and artist Robert Alice, the virtual being is based on...
El Salvador has accepted the popular cryptocurrency Bitcoin as legal tender, becoming the world’s first country to do so. 62 members of the country’s Congress voted in favor of the bill, while 19 members opposed and 3 abstained. As of now, the country’s citizens can freely spend...
Until recently, blockchains were thought of as an “unhackable” technology powering and securing cryptocurrency transactions. New data reveals that popular opinion no longer seems to be correct. According to a report prepared by MIT Technology Review, hackers have been able to steal approximately $2 billion worth of cryptocurrency since 2017...
