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Mantra teamed up with agri-tech leader Dimitra in a bid to bring scalable blockchain solutions to global agricultural and sustainability projects — marking yet another move in the project’s push to regain investor trust after the recent fallout. According to an announcement shared with crypto.news, Dimitra, a global leader in agri-tech and sustainability solutions leveraging blockchain and AI, has partnered with Mantra (OM), a regulated layer-1 blockchain purpose-built for RWA tokenization. The collaboration connects agricultural projects with investors that are after transparent, asset-backed investment opportunities, utilizing MANTRA’s regulation-ready blockchain. Phase one will focus on cacao production in the Amazon region…

The Bank of Korea is considering linking its deposit tokens to a public blockchain, a move that would position its state-backed digital currency alongside private-sector stablecoins operating on open networks. The tokens will be “a type of stablecoin issued within the digital currency system built and operated by the Bank of Korea,” the bank’s Deputy Governor Lee Jong-ryeol said in a statement Decrypt has confirmed with local sources. “We are considering a direction in which it will coexist within the entire digital currency system in conjunction with stablecoins issued by the private sector,” the Deputy Governor said at the 8th…

GPT WARS, an immersive first-person shooter survival game, announced a strategic collaboration with CribbleChat, an AI agent revolutionizing Web3. The alliance aims to add innovative intelligence to the Web3 gaming experience. GPT WARS is a first-person shooter survival game built on top of the TON blockchain. The game challenges players to fight with multiple robotic enemies to survive and restore balance. The Web3 game encourages ownership of game tokens through the blockchain-driven economy. Players can earn and trade digital assets using GPTW tokens, promoting a lively player-focused marketplace. On the other hand, CribbleChat is an AI agent platform developed on…

Binance has announced support for the upcoming Stratis (STRAX) network upgrade and hard fork, scheduled to occur on June 11, 2025, at block height 2,587,200, at approximately 14:00. Binance to Support Stratis (STRAX) Network Upgrade and Hard Fork on June 11 To facilitate the upgrade process, token deposits and withdrawals on the Stratis network will be temporarily suspended from 1:00 PM on the same day. This measure aims to ensure a smooth transition and optimal user experience during the upgrade process. Binance emphasized that trading of STRAX tokens will not be affected during the upgrade window. Users will be able…

Bitcoin mining stocks experienced widespread declines Wednesday, with most major publicly traded firms in the sector in the red. Bitcoin Mining Stocks See Red Across the Board Galaxy Digital Holdings, leading by market capitalization at $6.64 billion saw its shares drop 11.33% this afternoon and 14.11% over the last five sessions, even as it’s up 10.13% year to date. The bitcoin miner MARA Holdings followed with a $5.32 billion valuation but so far it has fallen 8% Wednesday and is down nearly 10% year to date. The top five publicly-listed bitcoin mining firms by market cap according to bitcoinminingstock.io at…

Disclosure: The views and opinions expressed here belong solely to the author and do not represent the views and opinions of crypto.news’ editorial. As the AI arms race continues to heat up from the Big Tech companies on down, and AI is fused into just about every industry there is, the inevitable panic is also beginning to set in: when AI “replaces” us—whether we be doctors, engineers, lawyers, teachers, financial analysts or writers—just how in the hell are we going to be able to make any money? You might also like: AI could destroy crypto within five years | Opinion…

This is a segment from the Supply Shock newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. Why did nobody build Bitcoin before Satoshi? Cryptographers had toyed with the idea of decentralized digital currencies since the late ‘90s. It took two whole decades more for someone to figure out how to actually do it at scale. Perhaps some technical limitation at the node level held it back, like low memory or disk bandwidth. Or maybe it was that the slow pace of dial-up wasn’t exactly conducive to internet-based distributed computing before the dot-com boom. Gwern, the pseudonymous internet brainiac, wondered as much in…

It’s raining institutional activity across all corners of the digital asset ecosystem. Core Foundation, which leverages Bitcoin’s security and infrastructure to create a Proof-of-Stake (PoS) layer and a DeFi ecosystem, announced BitGo and KODA as validator sets for the Core network, marking a significant step forward in institutional adoption of Bitcoin-native DeFi. The onboarding of BitGo, a U.S.-qualified institutional-grade custodian and financial services company, brings a legacy of regulatory credibility and security-first principles to the validator set, now comprising 29 members, the press release shared exclusively with CoinDesk stated. Integrating with KODA, the South Korean institutional custodian powered by Nodeinfra,…

From traditional painting to NFTs, the American artist Jeff Davis has built a path that combines mathematical rigor, code, and color. An evolution that has made him a key figure in the world of cryptoart. “`html From the classrooms of Chicago to the discovery of color theory Architectural abstraction as a container of color The transition to digital: prints and absolute control The generative turning point: when art meets NFTs NFT: the discovery of a new frontier Physical Collaborations and New Dimensions From the classrooms of Chicago to the discovery of color theory “` Jeff Davis’s journey has deep academic…

The recent change in the assets in the crypto wallet of Vitalik Buterin, the founder of Ethereum (ETH) and one of the most recognizable names in the cryptocurrency world, is a matter of curiosity, especially after the rally. Buterin recently responded to allegations that he had sold ETH by saying that he had never sold ETH for personal expenses and that all of his sales were either for donations or to invest in projects that he thought were promising. However, the Ethereum price has seen a significant increase with the rally in the last month. The world’s largest altcoin has…