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Samsung's AR Gamble: Will It Spark a Tech Revolution or Fizzle Out?

Samsung's AR Gamble: Will It Spark a Tech Revolution or Fizzle Out?

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Samsung is placing some big bets on augmented reality, with the goal of coming out with LEDoS-powered AR glasses as early as 2027. The potential is enormous. Imagine this scenario—you’re walking along the sidewalk. Suddenly, historical interpreters hover above the buildings, and real-time translations of foreign language signs appear in...

Base Dominates Developer Activity Amidst Layer-2 Competition

Base Dominates Developer Activity Amidst Layer-2 Competition

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Base, the Layer-2 blockchain incubated by Coinbase, is still showing strong developer activity. Yet lately, it has experienced a big decrease in contract generation. Base has already generated an astounding 6.9 million new contract addresses over the last week alone. This accomplishment cements its unrivaled dominance in blockchain development. This...

cheqd and Anonyome Labs Join Forces to Revolutionize Digital Identity and Empower Users

cheqd and Anonyome Labs Join Forces to Revolutionize Digital Identity and Empower Users

• Digital ID

Globally Cheqd, an innovative decentralised payment and trust infrastructure provider, has entered into a strategic partnership with Anonyome Labs. Based in Salt Lake City, Anonyome Labs is a leader in consumer privacy, cyber safety and digital identity solutions. This partnership aims to change the narrative surrounding digital identity. Most importantly,...

DeFi Meets Identity? This Partnership Could Change Everything

DeFi Meets Identity? This Partnership Could Change Everything

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The world has been abuzz with thoughts of Decentralized Finance (DeFi) for the past few years. This is what we’re discussing though, a truly revolutionary, paradigm-shifting way to engage with money, assets, and value. DeFi has a problem, a glaring one that's holding it back from mainstream adoption: identity. That’s...

Crypto Casino's $81B Boom: A Gamble on Anarchy or Innovation?

Crypto Casino's $81B Boom: A Gamble on Anarchy or Innovation?

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Just the other day, I was talking with Sarah, a new mother. She was seduced by the prospect of fast riches and chose to wager her family’s household savings on a digital gambling den. She’d heard all the pitches, the assurances of “provably fair” gaming, the temptations of anonymity. Now,...

Crypto Wallet Innovation Thrives on UX Design and Strategic Integrations

Crypto Wallet Innovation Thrives on UX Design and Strategic Integrations

• NFT Standards

Cryptocurrency wallet development is in full swing. Much of this growth is driven by the need for safe, convenient environments that integrate state-of-the-art features with high-level UX design fundamentals. Wallet loyalty is perfected when these tools are able to provide not only advanced capabilities, but greater convenience and simplicity. Non-custodial...

7 Ways Digital ID is the Secret Sauce for Singapore's Smart Nation

7 Ways Digital ID is the Secret Sauce for Singapore's Smart Nation

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Singapore. The Lion City. An inhospitable territory, this small island state that’s a world leader on many fronts. While the rest of the world grapples with cumbersome bureaucracy and legacy systems, Singapore is setting the pace. They are making Singapore into a Smart Nation, a digital utopia where technology becomes...

Pyth Network's Bold Move: Is This the End of Centralized Finance?

Pyth Network's Bold Move: Is This the End of Centralized Finance?

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Think of a short, crafty leprechaun besting a big, dumb giant who has all the treasure. And that’s kind of the vibe of what we are seeing with Pyth Network. It's a David taking on Goliath. Rather than armed with a slingshot, they are armed with the power of decentralized...

DeFi Q2 2025: Will Security & UX Finally Take Center Stage?

DeFi Q2 2025: Will Security & UX Finally Take Center Stage?

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The landscape of Decentralized Finance (DeFi) moves quickly. As we move into the second quarter of 2025, it's time to examine the key trends and priorities shaping its trajectory. At Calloutcoin.com we explore the ins and outs of the blockchain and crypto universe. Our investigations range from stateless NFT smart...

MUTM: DeFi's New Architect or Just Another Crypto Building?

MUTM: DeFi's New Architect or Just Another Crypto Building?

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Let’s face it, the DeFi space is filled with fly by night projects that are promising the world. Each time every other week, it’s that one “revolutionary” protocol that is supposed to change everything and replace the wheel. So when I first heard about Mutuum Finance (MUTM) and its dual-lending...

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NFTs Under the Hood: Are These Smart Contracts Really That Smart?

Let's be blunt: the NFT gold rush feels like a distant memory. We witnessed the speculative mania, the million-dollar profile picture NFTs, and the quaint talk of a new decentralized world. Now that the dust has settled, it's time to pull back the curtain and ask a crucial question: are...

NFTs Under the Hood: Are These Smart Contracts Really That Smart?

Unlocking NFTs A Guide to Non-Fungible Tokens

Non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, have rapidly become a cornerstone of the cryptocurrency market, achieving prominence in just a few years. Though NFTs exploded into the mainstream consciousness in 2020 and 2021, the roots of the technology actually extend decades in the past. This article explores the history, technology, and impact...

Unlocking NFTs A Guide to Non-Fungible Tokens

DePIN Authentication: The 3 Smart Contract Secrets That Unlock Scalability

The dirty little secret about DePINs though? They’re sitting ducks. All that new decentralized infrastructure, humming away, is ripe for attack as anyone can spoof an admin account and cause chaos. We’re not talking about just theoretical doomsday scenarios – but real-world consequences like compromised energy grids, hijacked sensor networks...

DePIN Authentication: The 3 Smart Contract Secrets That Unlock Scalability

DePIN Security Revolution: Blockchain & Traceable Authentication

Hello blockchain and crypto enthusiasts! Jason back again, bringing you even more dank insights from Calloutcoin.com. Today, we're diving deep into a critical area for the future of decentralized physical infrastructure networks (DePINs): security. As DePINs expand to maintain more real-world infrastructure, making sure their networks are cyber threats robust...

DePIN Security Revolution: Blockchain & Traceable Authentication

News NFTs? How This Facebook Group is Revolutionizing Local News

For any online journalism venture in the fast-paced digital media environment, sustainability lies in creative thinking. One unexpected player is stepping into the ring with a novel approach: a Facebook group is using Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) to publish its articles. This step is more than just a creative publicity stunt....

News NFTs? How This Facebook Group is Revolutionizing Local News

NFT News: Genius or Gimmick? A Tech Deep Dive into the Facebook Group

I know, I know—what could possibly be more interesting than this “What’s Going on Quad Cities” Facebook group turned NFT news hub. 106,000 dogmatic, astroturfed followers strong, it certainly outstrips the reach of the local fish wrap. For all traditional media entities, that’s a gut punch and a warning shot....

NFT News: Genius or Gimmick? A Tech Deep Dive into the Facebook Group