Makoto Takahiro

Storage-Focused Xenea Blockchain Opens Ecosystem Partnership Opportunities Ahead of Mainnet LaunchStorage-Focused Xenea Blockchain Opens Ecosystem Partnership Opportunities Ahead of Mainnet Launch

Dubai, United Arab Emirates, January 3rd, 2025, Chainwire Xenea, an EVM-compatible Layer 1 blockchain, has integrated decentralized storage to support dynamic data use cases, positioning itself as a robust infrastructure for the next era of Web3 applications. Guided by the vision of “Ideas Transcending Millennia,” Xenea focuses on long-term token

Silencio Network Breaks Records: $112 Million in Allocation Requests, Surpassing Target by 220x

Wilmington, USA, January 2nd, 2025, Chainwire Silencio Network, the world’s largest noise intelligence platform, has set a historic benchmark for the Web3 and Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Networks (DePIN’s). Through its strategic partnership with Legion (legion.cc), Silencio generated an unprecedented $112 million in allocation requests, surpassing its $500,

Pump AI Challenges Virtuals, Focuses on Solana AI Agents with Meteora

Dubai, United Arab Emirates, January 2nd, 2025, Chainwire Pump AI aims to be a major driving force for adopting Meteora via its advanced AI-powered token generation ecosystem. The protocol enables anyone to create, manage, and issue tokens with a few AI prompts. This approach eliminates technical roadblocks like coding and

FLOKI DAO Unanimously Votes to Provide Liquidity for Floki ETP Launch

Miami, Florida, December 31st, 2024, Chainwire The Floki DAO has voted decisively in favor of allocating liquidity to facilitate the creation of a Floki Exchange-Traded Product (ETP).  The proposal passed on Dec. 27 without a single opposing vote – a first for the Floki DAO – highlighting the community’s overwhelming support

Floki Partners with Kings World Cup Nations to Reach 600+ Million Video Views

Miami, Florida, December 31st, 2024, Chainwire Floki has partnered with the Kings World Cup Nations, a football tournament set to merge traditional football with Esports.  This collaboration expands Floki’s presence on the global stage, following its success with Kings League Infojobs in Spain last year. The Kings World Cup

Covid RNA Analyzed With Tee on OVM: Open (Incl. RSS3) Supercharges DeSci

San Francisco, California, December 31st, 2024, Chainwire Open (also known as webisOpen on X, collective includes RSS3) is transforming virological research and decentralized science (DeSci) through its innovative Open Virtual Machine (OVM). This technology, integrated with the Compute Wormhole, facilitates the on-chain analysis of genetic similarities between two viruses: SARS-CoV-2

SUI DeSci Agents Launches a Platform to Democratize Longevity Amid DeSci Boom

Dubai, United Arab Emirates, December 31st, 2024, Chainwire Decentralized Science (DeSci) aims to tackle systemic inefficiencies in traditional scientific research, such as bureaucratic funding processes, underfunded breakthrough opportunities, and limited retail access to longevity investments. SUI Desci Agents, a platform empowering retail audience to invest in longevity research breakthroughs, is

FLock.io Announces Mainnet Launch and Token Generation Event on Base

London, UK, December 31st, 2024, Chainwire FLock.io, the private AI training platform, has announced the official launch of its mainnet on Base. This launch coincides with the Token Generation Event (TGE) for its native token, FLOCK, which will serve as the utility token of the FLock ecosystem by incentivizing

Diverse Trio of Ambassadors join Sportsbet.io

Popular crypto sports betting platform Sportsbet.io is welcoming a diverse intake of new ambassadors, with a chef, a singer and a betting tipster joining with a shared goal to spread the word about Sportsbet.io. The first is renowned Nigerian celebrity chef and lifestyle connoisseur Rasheed Sakajojo, better known

HPL Games: Pioneering the Future of Mobile Gaming with Blockchain Integration

San Francisco, United States, December 27th, 2024, Chainwire HPL Games, an innovative start-up at the forefront of gaming and blockchain technology, is working to reshape the future of mobile gaming. By bridging the gap between traditional gaming and Web3 innovation, HPL Games seeks to deliver immersive mobile experiences with the

OPX Live: Launching a Unified Platform for the Creator Economy 2.0

Los Angeles, United States, December 27th, 2024, Chainwire OPX Live is scheduled to launch this Saturday, December 28th, offering a unified platform that integrates token creation, trading, and streaming to support the evolving Creator Economy 2.0. To celebrate launch day, OPX Live will host a live Keynote Event on

New Meme Coin Pepeto Launches Presale – New Impressive Measures To Engage Pepeto Army

CALIFORNIA, United States, December 27th, 2024, Chainwire Pepeto's Social Media Presence Reaches New Milestone With a combined social media following of over 45,800 across platforms, the God of Frogs, Pepeto, is making a mark in the memecoin space. Across X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, YouTube, Telegram, and TikTok,

New Research Shows Limitations of DAO Grant Programs for Growth

Arbitrum's massive $107 million grant program brought modest returns, generating only $15.2 million in revenue while showing mixed results across different projects. These findings come from a new Blockworks Research study that analyzed the effectiveness of blockchain grant programs. The analysis covered two major grant initiatives by

CoinDesk's Top Editors Fired After Removing Article About Justin Sun's Banana Consumption

CoinDesk owner Bullish fired three top editors on Friday amid controversy over a deleted article about crypto billionaire Justin Sun. Editor-in-Chief Kevin Reynolds and Deputy Editors-in-Chief Nick Baker and Marc Hochstein lost their positions after the newsroom protested the removal of a story about Sun eating a $6.2 million

Polygon DAO Reviews Proposal to Deploy $1.3B Bridge Assets Into DeFi

A new Pre-PIP submitted to the Polygon DAO outlines a plan to utilize $1.3 billion in stablecoin reserves currently held in the Polygon PoS bridge. The proposal, authored by Allez Labs, Morpho Association and Yearn, suggests gradually moving these idle assets into yield-generating protocols, which could produce around $70

Former SEC Commissioner Could Replace Gensler as Agency Head

President Donald Trump has reportedly offered the position of Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman to Paul Atkins, a former SEC Commissioner known for his pro-cryptocurrency stance. This development comes as current Chairman Gary Gensler prepares to step down in January 2025. Multiple industry sources have confirmed that Trump has

California Court Rules DAO Members Can Face Legal Liability as Business Partners

A federal court in California has ruled that members of Lido DAO, a cryptocurrency governance organization, can be held legally liable as general partners, marking a significant shift in how decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) may be treated under state law. Judge Vince Chhabria of the U.S. Northern District Court

DAO Trading Platform Reports 6.1M Daily Cryptocurrency Trades

Traditional cryptocurrency market making has faced criticism for centralized control and lack of transparency, leading to concerns about market manipulation and barriers for smaller projects. Several initiatives are now emerging to address these challenges through decentralized approaches. Recent data shows significant activity in decentralized market making, with one platform reporting

BIO Protocol DAOs Get Backing From Binance Labs

Binance Labs has made its first investment in decentralized science through BIO Protocol, a platform that manages a network of healthcare-focused decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs). The investment amount was not disclosed by the parties. BIO Protocol currently coordinates eight biotech DAOs that fund and develop new therapeutic solutions. These organizations

TON Foundation Introduces Society DAO to Transform Network Governance

TON Foundation, the organization behind Telegram's blockchain network, launched Society DAO - a new governance framework to decentralize its $12.5 billion ecosystem. Four major entities will lead TON's development under the new model: TON Core, TON Society, Wallet in Telegram and TON Studio. The foundation

Uniswap's Unichain Launch Shows DAO Votes Are Just Theater

When Uniswap Labs launched Unichain without asking UNI token holders, they exposed what many suspected: DAO governance is often just a facade for centralized decision-making. On October 11, Uniswap Labs rolled out their Unichain testnet. They didn't consult the DAO. They didn't seek approval. They just

No, DAO Crowdfunding Will Not Revolutionize Sports

The recent hype surrounding DAOs in sports overlooks a crucial fact: the sports industry is already a highly efficient, self-organized structure. This realization challenges claims that DAOs could revolutionize sports management and fan engagement. Professional sports leagues and teams have developed complex, effective organizational structures over decades. These systems balance

Weekly newsletter of DAO highlights | Issue #42

Hey DAO Enthusiasts, welcome to the new DAO Times Newsletter! DAO Cartographer Kaf has compiled the latest grants, funding opportunities, community insights, and latest readings from the decentralized world. Grants & Opportunities * Mode AiFi Accelerator offers up to $10M in seed funding and $100k in prizes for AI x DeFi

Aragon Launches Free Onchain Voting for Ethereum DAOs

Aragon announced a new feature for its Multichain Governance plugin on September 12, 2024, allowing Ethereum Mainnet DAOs to conduct gasless onchain voting. The update aims to boost participation in DAO governance by eliminating transaction fees for voters. The system utilizes LayerZero V2 for cross-chain vote aggregation, ZKsync's