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Metaversal is a Bankless newsletter for weekly level-ups on NFTs and the onchain frontierDear Bankless Nation,Parallel, a sci-fi trading card battler, is one of crypto’s leading games. And while it is the flagship of the Echelon Prime gaming ecosystem, it’s being joined in this universe by a highly-anticipated second title: Parallel Colony.An AI-driven survival simulation game, Colony will center around humans collaborating with AI avatars that can learn and adapt and autonomously transact over time to stack resources and battle other players for dominance. The builders, Parallel Studios, just dropped the official whitepapers for Colony and Wayfinder, with the latter being a…
Apibara: open-source data platformApibaraThis project aims to add Ethereum data (Execution + Consensus Layer) to Apibara, an open-source data platform. Apibara allows developers and researchers to synchronize any onchain data to a target database or API. Currently, we provide support for PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Parquet, and webhooks. It is easy to add support for more integrations. Apibara focuses on “online” usage: first, it backfills data and then synchronises it as the chain moves forward. Developers can access the data using the tools they already know. Our data synchronization protocol is chain-independent. For this reason, we can support indexing Execution Layer and…
Crypto-natives and fans of Detroit rapper Big Sean flocked to the Lager House, just outside of downtown Detroit, for the third stop of the America Loves Crypto Tour. The event provided both an evening of live entertainment and a call to action to get out the crypto vote in the upcoming 2024 elections following previous stops in Arizona and Nevada.Michigan is considered a battleground state, and the Stand With Crypto Alliance sees the state’s 940,000 bi-partisan Bitcoin and crypto owners — 25,000 of which are Stand With Crypto members — as potentially crucial for the upcoming presidential election. The 2020…
From being an underrated and very concealed digital currency to now declaring its potential to the world, crypto has come a long way. Similar to crypto, NFTs came from nowhere and today stand ahead of crypto.5 Ways to protect your NFT AssestWhen normal life is disturbed, innovation is often triggered, which gives rise to unexpected ideas which later become revolutionary. As a result, the Non-fungible tokens continue to make headlines. The NFT platform is reaching almost every industry today, not just digital arts or music.Non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, have emerged as a potential investment trend that, with some luck, could…
It always seemed difficult for the newspaper where I used to work, The Garden Island on the rural Hawaiian island of Kauai, to hire reporters. If someone left, it could take months before we hired a replacement, if we ever did.So, last Thursday, I was happy to see that the paper appeared to have hired two new journalists—even if they seemed a little off. In a spacious studio overlooking a tropical beach, James, a middle-aged Asian man who appears to be unable to blink, and Rose, a younger redhead who struggles to pronounce words like “Hanalei” and “TV,” presented their…
PRESS RELEASE – Hexagon’s Safety, Infrastructure & Geospatial division announced that IP Telecom – Infraestruturas de Portugal Group, one of Portugal’s largest fiber optic providers, selected Hexagon solutions for planning, maintaining and optimizing the company’s nationwide fiber network. IP Telecom’s extensive network includes nearly 7,000 km of cables delivering services to customers across the country, including Portugal’s national rail and road infrastructure. The Hexagon digital twin solutions will increase the daily productivity and enable IP Telecom to provide a more resilient communications network that can be expanded effectively and efficiently. Having a real-time digital representation will enable staff to pinpoint…
Apple is making every production PCC server build publicly available for inspection so people unaffiliated with Apple can verify that PCC is doing (and not doing) what the company claims, and that everything is implemented correctly. All of the PCC server images are recorded in a cryptographic attestation log, essentially an indelible record of signed claims, and each entry includes a URL for where to download that individual build. PCC is designed so Apple can’t put a server into production without logging it. And in addition to offering transparency, the system works as a crucial enforcement mechanism to prevent bad…
Apple’s forthcoming iOS 18 is loaded with a slew of artificial-intelligence-powered capabilities. The new mobile OS can rewrite your text messages, summarize emails, and identify objects in photos. But one of the most fun features is Image Playground, which generates cartoonlike illustrations based on a text prompt.While Apple has shown examples of its output during its keynotes, demos, and product videos, we have yet to see a real-world example of an Image Playground character until now. Apple has shared with WIRED the first-ever example created by Image Playground that it has shown outside of its prerecorded keynotes and marketing materials.This…
RTFKT, the innovative creator-led company renowned for its next-gen sneakers and metaverse collectibles, has officially unveiled its eagerly awaited collection, Project Animus. This project marks a significant milestone in RTFKT’s journey, introducing a new dimension to their digital universe after a long development period. However, the initial market response has been underwhelming, with the revealed Animi trading at a floor price of 0.05 ETH, significantly lower than the 0.09 ETH floor price of the eggs. The Genesis of Project Animus Initially introduced in October 2022, Project Animus features a unique ecosystem of digital creatures called Animi. These Animi are designed…
PRESS RELEASE — Delta, a global leader in power management and a world-class provider of industrial automation solutions, along with its U.S.-based subsidiary Universal Instruments, unveiled today at SEMICON Taiwan 2024, a set of next-generation solutions designed to enable digital twins and AI-based automation in semiconductor manufacturing applications. These include the DIATwin Virtual Machine Development Platform, which accelerates new product development by up to 20%. Leveraging its extensive experience in industrial automation, Delta develops the Wafer Edge Profile Measurement Solution for semiconductor front-end processing, which features highly customizable features for added equipment value. Combining the strengths of Universal Instruments, Delta is showcasing…