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What Is Ethereum’s Shanghai/Shapella Upgrade?

The Shanghai/Shapella fork implemented EIP-4895, which allows validators to withdraw ETH that have been staked since as long ago as December 2020.

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What Are AI Tokens?

AI tokens are building momentum but nonetheless face challenges.

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What the Genesis Loan Suspension Teaches Us About Crypto Lending

Genesis Global Trading, one of the largest crypto lenders and institutions, announced on November 16 that they would "temporarily suspend redemptions and new loan originations in the lending business."

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What Are Utility NFTs? Unique Tokens Offering Real-World Benefits

Utility NFTs are more than just digital collectibles, affording holders privileges, rights and rewards that they wouldn’t otherwise be able to access.

How to Invest In Cryptocurrencies: Investing in Web3

In this final chapter of our investing series, we explore why getting involved in crypto is so much more than buying and holding Bitcoin.

What are CryptoKitties?

CryptoKitties was the first game built on the Ethereum network. Players buy, trade and breed cats to create desirable traits. But, due to the game's popularity it highlighted several issues with how Ethereum works, especially when it comes to scaling.

Quantum computing and crypto

Quantum computing is the next giant leap forward for computing. But it could also be crypto's great undoing. We explore this new technology in greater detail.

What is Web 3?

We explore Web 3, the next major iteration of the Internet, which promises to wrest control from the centralized corporations that today dominate the web.

Is blockchain the future of voting?

How blockchains can be used to help make voting safer, more secure and more efficient

5 companies using blockchain to change the transport industry

Xain, CarVertical, Arcade City, Aeron and Blockshipping are all changing how the world thinks about transportation.

5 companies using blockchain for supply chain management

We explore how companies like Eximchain, Provenance, Everledger, Arc-Net and BitGive are all using blockchain to change how supply chains work.

5 companies using blockchain to change healthcare

We explore how Intiva Health, Medichain, FarmaTrust, MedCredits and Coral Health are using blockchain to change the way healthcare works.

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