Bybit, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, is retrenching in Web3. It will be shutting down a number of its services, including its NFT marketplace and Web3 Points loyalty program. It was a surprise move for the platform, which lost $1.4 billion in a hack in mid-February. Now, it’s...
Is Bybit rugging, or simply re-furnishing? So the shuttering of their Web3 initiatives – Cloud Wallet, NFT Marketplace, DEX Pro, the entire kit and caboodle – hurts. This hurts, and it’s most painful for the employees who were sold on Bybit’s Web3 vision. Countless others built their projects and livelihoods...
Auto.fun is powered by Eliza Labs. auto.fun eliminates that intimidation factor, and it’s the perfect new creative tool for democratizing access to artificial intelligence. Through a web-based interface that requires no coding knowledge, the platform lets users create, activate, and monetize their own AI agents. Auto.fun is an open-source, elizaOS...
The Web3 dream – a decentralized, democratized internet – took another blow this week. This week, crypto exchange Bybit gave up on much of its own Web3 ambitions, shutting down NFT marketplaces, DEXs and other facets of its ecosystem. This move has generated excitement across the crypto community. Is this...
Eliza Labs’ Auto.fun is making waves in the tech world. It has a bold vision of democratizing AI so that anyone—coder or not—can curate and deploy powerful AI agents on Web3. Sounds utopian, doesn't it? Before we pop the champagne, let’s take a look at a less reported story. While...
Eliza Labs’ auto.fun Heirs to the AI democratization promise, auto.fun will allow anyone to build their own money-making AI agents—no coding required. Sounds great, right? Yield farming made simpler, social media automation, and a token launchpad. Are we blindly leaping into a future we haven’t completely thought through? Is this...
The Web3 space has been sold on the ideals of decentralization and user empowerment. Most people still find it cumbersome and intimidating, particularly if they don’t come from a robust technical background. Protocol AI is rewriting this story by democratizing Web3 development. Through its innovative AI Agent, Protocol AI enables...
Web3. It's the future, they say. But if we’re being real, today, it’s more of a gated community. Gates patrolled by lines of code, lofty technical lingo, and wallets brimming with digital currency. Unless you're a developer or a die-hard enthusiast, you're likely standing outside looking in. This isn’t the...
Like it or not, the Web3 revolution is upon us, a grand movement toward decentralization, community, and empowerment. Let’s face it, at this point, it’s chiefly helping the helpers. Unfortunately, the current landscape threatens to replicate the same inequities we have in the analog world with cooler technology. We can't...
The blockchain space is still being fiercely contested, as new platforms frequently step up to take over Ethereum’s crown. Of all these Ethereum alternatives, Solana has been the most hyped and received the most attention as the next big potential “Ethereum killer.” Read on to learn more about Solana’s architecture,...
Treasure DAO is embarking on a brand new, thrilling adventure. It’s utilizing artificial intelligence (AI) to its ecosystem to enhance its gaming and NFT environment. In this strategic flip, autonomous AI agents are unleashed. It broadens the scope of its renowned flagship universes with the purpose of bolstering the utility...
The problem with DAOs is, at least so far, they’ve been overhyped as a revolution – a return of power from the few to the many. Revolutions, like AI, are rarely predictable. Treasure DAO’s pivot to AI is thrilling, but a little scary. These new AI agents, marketplaces, and simulated...
The frontier of decentralized finance (DeFi) has taken off in recent years, galvanizing the ambitions of investors and coders as much as all-star football players. BlockchainShock.com, the premier source for the latest market sentiment analysis and technical breakdowns, understands the transformative potential of DeFi. This is because DeFi platforms operate...
Imagine this: Sarah, a single mom who loves gaming, discovers she can rent out an AI agent in Treasure DAO's ecosystem. This helpful digital companion chugs along through repetitive tasks around Bridgeworld, generating her the $MAGIC needed to make ends meet and buy groceries for the first time. Sounds empowering,...
The promise of decentralized finance (DeFi) is captivating. It promises a world free from the gatekeepers of traditional finance, a world where access to capital and financial services is democratized. This vision clashes head-on with a fundamental human need: security. Can we truly have both? Have we gone after a...
We’re told decentralization is the future. But it does promise a little more power to the people. Picture a future without gatekeepers and a global financial system liberated from the caprices of governments and corporations! And while the potential is undeniable, let's be brutally honest: the relentless pursuit of perfect...
If we’re being real, the term is enough to bring up red flags about hype, bubbles, short-lived shiny things, and bad investment practices. Yet, even beyond the memes and the dog-themed tokens, an interesting economic experiment is taking place. Arctic Pablo Coin (APC) is redefining the landscape for meme coins....
Let's be honest. Understood clearly, the current state of DAO governance resembles a deep dive into quantum physics on a double shot of espresso. The terminology, the deluge of applications, the ballot measures… it can be overwhelming! Its purpose is to exclude you, right? A small handful of whales, the...