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  1. Compete for Over $51K in the Decentralize AI Hackathon by HackerNoon, Nosana, Arweave, and MEXC

    21 hr ago

    Compete for Over $51K in the Decentralize AI Hackathon by HackerNoon, Nosana, Arweave, and MEXC

    This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/compete-for-over-$51k-in-the-decentralize-ai-hackathon-by-hackernoon-nosana-arweave-and-mexc. The Decentralize AI Hackathon invites developers to build open AI infrastructure and compete for $51,750+ in rewards. Check more stories related to web3 at: https://hackernoon.com/c/web3. You can also check exclusive content about #decentralize-ai, #decentralize-ai-hackathon, #gpu-marketplace, #gpu-cloud, #arweave, #nosana, #mexc, #hackernoon-top-story, and more. This story was written by: @decentralizeai. Learn more about this writer by checking @decentralizeai's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com. HackerNoon, Nosana, Arweave, and MEXC have launched the Decentralize AI Hackathon, a two-round competition focused on decentralized AI infrastructure. Participants can compete for more than $51,750 in compute credits, storage credits, cash rewards, and ownership of the DecentralizeAI.tech platform. The hackathon welcomes projects spanning decentralized compute, AI agents, open inference, permanent storage, verifiable AI, data sovereignty, and related infrastructure challenges.

    18 min
  2. Bitcoin Miners Created a New Product: Megawatts

    21 hr ago

    Bitcoin Miners Created a New Product: Megawatts

    This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/bitcoin-miners-created-a-new-product-megawatts. The GPU migration is not really about GPUs. It is about who controls power. Check more stories related to web3 at: https://hackernoon.com/c/web3. You can also check exclusive content about #btc, #bitcoin, #emcd, #web3, #mining, #bitcoin-mining, #btc-power, #good-company, and more. This story was written by: @MichaelJerlis. Learn more about this writer by checking @MichaelJerlis's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com. The GPU migration is not really about GPUs. It is about who controls power, who can sell compute, and who is exposed when Bitcoin mining stops paying like it used to.

    15 min
  3. Why Institutional Credit Is Moving to Trade Finance Rails

    1 day ago

    Why Institutional Credit Is Moving to Trade Finance Rails

    This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/why-institutional-credit-is-moving-to-trade-finance-rails. XDC Network and Clearpool are building trade finance infrastructure on-chain. Here's what their validator commitments reveal. Check more stories related to web3 at: https://hackernoon.com/c/web3. You can also check exclusive content about #blockchain-infrastructure, #rwa, #trade-finance, #institutional-defi, #tokenization, #private-credit, #private-credit-crypto, and more. This story was written by: @unusualwriter. Learn more about this writer by checking @unusualwriter's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com. RWA tokenization reached $23B in early 2025, dominated by names like BlackRock and JP Morgan on Ethereum and Solana. But trade finance — which handles 80% of global trade and still runs on paper-based systems — remains largely unaddressed. XDC Network, which has been building compliance-focused infrastructure for this specific use case since 2017, counts Deutsche Telekom, SBI Holdings, and UOB among its Masternode Validators. Clearpool, an institutional credit marketplace with $930M+ in originated loans, recently joined that validator set. Whether this positions them to capture a meaningful share of the trade finance gap remains to be seen, but the capital commitments from known institutions are worth noting.

    10 min
  4. How Binance Is Closing the $2B Infrastructure Gap Between TradFi and Crypto: Institutional Reporting

    1 day ago

    How Binance Is Closing the $2B Infrastructure Gap Between TradFi and Crypto: Institutional Reporting

    This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/how-binance-is-closing-the-$2b-infrastructure-gap-between-tradfi-and-crypto-institutional-reporting. Binance OMS Toolkit gives trading technology providers exchange-level analytics and client visibility as institutional crypto trading volume grows 21% YoY. Check more stories related to web3 at: https://hackernoon.com/c/web3. You can also check exclusive content about #web3, #binance, #cryptocurrency, #oms, #trading, #catherine-chen, #good-company, #crypto-exchange, and more. This story was written by: @ishanpandey. Learn more about this writer by checking @ishanpandey's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com. Binance has launched OMS Toolkit, a bundled institutional exchange solution that gives order management system providers and other trading technology platforms native visibility into how their clients trade on Binance. The product adds exchange-level dashboards, self-service account tagging, white-glove support, and expanded Spot and Futures access to an existing connectivity layer called Link and Trade. It addresses a problem that has existed since the first institutional desk connected to a crypto exchange: once the order left the OMS, the provider could no longer see what happened to it. What is Binance OMS Toolkit? Binance OMS Toolkit is a bundled institutional exchange solution launched in May 2026 that gives order management system providers and trading technology platforms exchange-level analytics, client activity dashboards, self-service account management, and expanded Spot and Futures product access. It builds on Binance's existing Link and Trade API trade-tracking system. Who is it for? OMS and execution management system providers serving crypto-native and TradFi institutional clients, as well as non-custodial crypto enterprises including algorithmic and automated trading platforms that manage order flow through Binance. What gap does it close? Before OMS Toolkit, OMS providers could route orders to Binance but could not see exchange-level data on how those orders performed. Execution quality, client engagement patterns, and cross-product usage stayed locked at the exchange. OMS Toolkit surfaces that data through dashboards and direct integration. Why now? Binance reported 21 percent year-on-year growth in institutional trading volume and 14 percent growth in institutional users in 2026. It is targeting a $2 billion-plus infrastructure gap between TradFi and crypto and aiming to grow from 310 million to 3 billion users by 2030. The OMS Toolkit is the institutional distribution channel for that target.

    7 min
  5. From Finance to Retail: Distributed Ledger Technology Goes Beyond Crypto

    4 days ago

    From Finance to Retail: Distributed Ledger Technology Goes Beyond Crypto

    This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/from-finance-to-retail-distributed-ledger-technology-goes-beyond-crypto. Crypto goes far beyond money. Finance leads, but supply chains, governments, and more are quietly adopting DLT where trust and coordination matter most. Check more stories related to web3 at: https://hackernoon.com/c/web3. You can also check exclusive content about #distributed-ledger-technology, #distributed-systems, #distributed-ledger, #blockchain-technology, #crypto-adoption, #dlt-use-case, #obyte, #good-company, and more. This story was written by: @obyte. Learn more about this writer by checking @obyte's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com. Crypto goes far beyond money. Finance leads, but supply chains, governments, and more are quietly adopting DLT where trust and coordination matter most.

    7 min
  6. Maryam Taghiyeva on the Tokenization of Non-Financial Assets and Why it Matters

    6 days ago

    Maryam Taghiyeva on the Tokenization of Non-Financial Assets and Why it Matters

    This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/maryam-taghiyeva-on-the-tokenization-of-non-financial-assets-and-why-it-matters. Maryam Taghiyeva is a technologist with a deep passion for social change. Check more stories related to web3 at: https://hackernoon.com/c/web3. You can also check exclusive content about #tokenization-of-rwas, #blockchain-development, #rwa-protocols, #token-economy, #rwa-tokenization, #blockchain-adoption, #value-creation, #future-of-finance, and more. This story was written by: @penworth. Learn more about this writer by checking @penworth's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com. Maryam Taghiyeva is a technologist with a deep passion for social change.

    14 min
  7. DeFi Is Ready for Native BTC. Here’s How

    6 days ago

    DeFi Is Ready for Native BTC. Here’s How

    This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/defi-is-ready-for-native-btc-heres-how. Wrapped Bitcoin was a workaround. The technology’s ready for native BTC in DeFi money markets. The SODAX SDK is the operational version. Check more stories related to web3 at: https://hackernoon.com/c/web3. You can also check exclusive content about #bitcoin-trading, #cross-chain-defi, #btcfi, #defai, #defi, #native-btc, #sodax, #good-company, and more. This story was written by: @sodax. Learn more about this writer by checking @sodax's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com. Wrapped Bitcoin solved an early DeFi problem and racked up a long ledger of bridge incidents in the process. The infrastructure has matured to the point that native Bitcoin can sit inside a money market as collateral, not as a synthetic IOU. SODAX's SDK exposes that path today, with Bound already routing native BTC trades through it and money market support arriving next.

    6 min
  8. 5 Big Crypto Exchanges That Failed (A Cautionary Tale)

    27 May

    5 Big Crypto Exchanges That Failed (A Cautionary Tale)

    This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/5-big-crypto-exchanges-that-failed-a-cautionary-tale. From lost Bitcoin fortunes to billion-dollar collapses, these exchange failures reveal one simple truth: in crypto, trust is fragile, and lessons come costly. Check more stories related to web3 at: https://hackernoon.com/c/web3. You can also check exclusive content about #crypto-exchanges, #crypto-hacks, #crypto-scams, #ftx-collapse, #mt.-gox-hack, #cryptopia, #obyte, #good-company, and more. This story was written by: @obyte. Learn more about this writer by checking @obyte's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com. From lost Bitcoin fortunes to billion-dollar collapses, these exchange failures reveal one simple truth: in crypto, trust is fragile, and lessons come costly.

    9 min
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