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Atom Accelerator (AADAO), a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) on Cosmos Hub (ATOM), and Neutron, Cosmos’ integrated application network, have each pledged $250,000 to support the development and maintenance of Confio’s CosmWasm in 2025, as reported to Finbold on Tuesday, December 17. With early funding, AADAO and Neutron aim to secure priority consideration in Confio’s future endeavors and encourage other stakeholders to follow suit.  CosmWasm adoption and funding Confio has been working on CosmWasm since 2020, and so far, the smart contract framework has been adopted by nearly 100 blockchain networks.  Picks for you The Bitcoin ‘train still has room to run' after the $107,000 record high 6 mins ago Aurora Labs...

Crypto exchange HTX has unveiled the launch of a new decentralized autonomous organization, teasing a 30% yield for liquidity providers. Backed by TRON founder Justin Sun, crypto exchange HTX (formerly Huobi) has unveiled the launch of a new decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) dubbed HTX DAO, which, according to its description, will serve as a platform where “pioneering concepts and transformative projects find realization.” Congrats @HTX_DAO #HTXDAO is officially launched, revolutionizing decentralized governance in the #blockchain ecosystem! Join us on this transformative journey! https://t.co/oDERZz2CIh pic.twitter.com/jWZL1VqTaF — HTX (@HTX_Global) January 18, 2024 According to the DAO’s whitepaper, governance will be conducted using HTX token s. The DAO emphasizes that the HTX token is not intended exclusively for the exchange platform, adding that it has taken measures to reserve a portion of the HTX token for voluntary conversion to ...

The Avalanche Foundation has launched a new mentoring initiative for digital artists, and Ticketmaster has introduced a new feature allowing artists to reward NFT holders. In a March 30 blog post, The Avalanche Foundation announced the launch of Avaissance, an initiative designed to support digital artists and boost the growth of the Avalanche nonfungible token (NFT) ecosystem. Avaissance has two main components, an Artist in Resident program (AIR) for over 50 artists and the Mona Lisa Initiative (MLI) to curate digital art and expand the collections of art-focused decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs). Avaissance begins! The Avalanche Foundation is launching the Avaissance initiative to grow the #AVAX NFT ecosystem and support its budding artists. The program aims to usher in a rebirth of creative activity on Avalanche. So, what’s the plan?️ pic.twitter.com/mNhDoQqDhD — Art on Avalanche (@ArtOnAvax) March 29, 2023 AIR will provide artists “of any skill level” with ...

The co-founder of Lifespan.io is harnessing the power of decentralization to support cutting-edge scientific and technological discoveries. Lifespan.io President and co-founder Keith Comito was into longevity before longevity was cool. “We started our nonprofit back in 2014,” Comito said. “Back then, few credible researchers would be caught dead saying they were working on aging. It was still kind of a scientific backwater. So, we wanted to emulate what the cancer research advocates did, starting in the ‘40s.” He said those early advocates identified the most credible research at the time and used “old-school” fundraising approaches like telethons to crowdfund for their work. They built a grassroots movement and grew their scientific expertise. Through their efforts, defeating cancer is now an international priority with communities of millions of people crusading in the fight against this devastating disease that is closely linked to aging. Comito said Lifespan.io is taking a similar...