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Welcome to Devcon! This is your Devcon VI Manual, and it includes everything you need to know about Devcon, the surroundings and more. Read closely as we cover things to be aware of before departure, during transit to the venue from Bogotá’s international airport El Dorado, and information related to pre-registration dates, community efforts at Devcon VI, side/after events, and more! Bookmark this tab if you’re heading to Devcon, and we can’t wait to see you all soon. I. Arriving in Bogotá 🛬 To kick things off, let’s start with the first steps when arriving in Bogotá. Covid requirements 😷…

XRP Takes Center Stage in South Korea People frequently gravitate to Bitcoin or stablecoins like USDT when political and economic unrest occurs. However, South Korea is defying convention. Cryptocurrency traders in the nation are turning to XRP rather than Bitcoin as demonstrations against President Yoon Suk Yeol get more intense. Trading volumes show this change. According to Zhong Yang Chan, head of research at CoinGecko, XRP has tripled the value of Bitcoin on UPbit, the biggest crypto exchange in South Korea, in the last day. Source: UPbit When the president imposed martial law, an extraordinary step in a nation with…

The Synthetix Reboot is accelerating with the re-launch of Synthetix Exchange, the release of Multi-Collateral Perps on Base, a new website, and the upcoming launch of Synthetix Leveraged Tokens. Base Multi-Collateral Perps on the new Synthetix Exchange enables Perps traders to use a variety of new collateral types and maintain their exposure to favorites like BTC and ETH.Preparing for this major release, we kicked off the Decembrrrr Base LP Incentives, a four-week promotion for Base LPs with 80,000 SNX and 100,000 USDC rewards running from December 10th through January 7th. We’ve also increased the trading fee distribution on V3 by…

We are thrilled to announce our partnership with OpenLoop, a visionary platform reimagining internet connectivity through decentralized bandwidth sharing. While OpenLoop transforms unused internet capacity into a scalable and efficient resource, Spheron’s decentralized compute network provides the GPU infrastructure they need to support AI workloads and drive innovation. The Challenge: Centralized Networks Can’t Keep Up With the explosive growth of AI and IoT technologies, the demand for fast, scalable, and reliable connectivity has never been greater. Traditional ISPs, limited by centralized infrastructure, struggle to meet these demands, resulting in: Inefficiencies and High Costs: Centralized models are costly to scale and…

Leading decentralized artificial intelligence (DeAI) solutions provider OpenLedger is partnering with Ether FI, a restaking infrastructure platform with $6 billion in TVL, to enhance security and improve scalability. OpenLedger, a decentralized platform dedicated to advancing artificial intelligence, announced its strategic collaboration with restaking platform Ether.fi to bolster network security. Through the partnership, OpenLedger will leverage Ether.fi’s restaking infrastructure and its $6 billion in TVL to not only improve security but also the scalability of the DeAI ecosystem. This aims to improve the solutions provided to developers while building specialized AI models.  The partnership bonds well with the goals and missions…

Follow Nikolaus On 𝕏 Here For Daily Posts Last week, long-time Bitcoiner John Carvalho introduced a new Bitcoin Improvement Proposal (BIP) aimed at addressing the unit bias issue many people face when first finding bitcoin.“This BIP proposes redefining the commonly recognized “bitcoin” unit so that what was previously known as the smallest indivisible unit becomes the primary reference unit,” Carvalho explains. “Under this proposal, one bitcoin is defined as that smallest unit, eliminating the need for decimal places. By making the integral unit the standard measure, this BIP aims to simplify user comprehension, reduce confusion, and align on-chain values directly…

A notable financial expert and wealth mentor, Linda Jones, has explained why XRP is a good long-term investment. In her video “Why Do I Hold XRP?”, she underlines the cryptocurrency’s potential to change finance. Many investors are watching XRP as a crypto market challenger due to Ripple’s progress and institutional involvement. Ripple Institutional Adoption Expanding XRP is becoming more popular among financial institutions as a result of Ripple’s aggressive positioning of its coin as a means of facilitating faster and less expensive cross-border transactions. More than 300 major financial institutions, including banks and payment processors, have embraced the XRP Ledger…

Solana and Ethereum have competed for dominance throughout Q4 2024. Ethereum secured over $850 million in institutional capital inflow to ETFs, while Solana attracted over $300 million in cross-chain inflows within the past week.  Market experts and reports suggest Solana is poised to beat Ethereum and replace ETH as the largest altcoin in crypto. 2025 is therefore a pivotal year for Ether and Solana, the latter’s competitive edge lies in DEX metrics and its growth potential alongside rising capital inflows.  Solana’s win could bring changes to portfolios and Ethereum beta plays could suffer a correction in the event SOL dethrones…

CyberKongz, one of the pioneering PFP NFT collections with deep ties to blockchain gaming, has publicly revealed it received a Wells Notice from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).The notice signals the SEC’s intent to recommend legal action against CyberKongz, alleging that the project may have violated securities laws. Specifically, the regulator’s concerns focus on the integration of an ERC-20 token within the CyberKongz ecosystem and a technical event involving Genesis Kongz NFTs in 2021.CyberKongz has criticized the SEC’s approach, claiming it reflects a misunderstanding of blockchain technology and creates uncertainty for other blockchain-based gaming projects. Source: CyberKongzWhat was…

This one’s for the NFT degens: We’re very excited to announce our newest partnership with OpenSea! OpenSea is currently the largest marketplace for NFTs (non-fungible tokens), with over 1 million active users and 80+ million different NFTs available for trading. If your first foray into web3 was with OpenSea—you’re not alone. We’ve seen the way that NFTs can aid in our mission to empower and engage web3 communities. That’s why we’re working with projects like Astro Girls Society, and why we airdropped commemorative NFTs to users who participated in our latest product launch. Now, we’re collaborating with OpenSea and Dune…