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VANA Data Backed Token Standard: Crypto enthusiasts may have heard of the ERC-20 Token Standard. This provides guidelines for ensuring that tokens created in the Ethereum Smart Contract blockchain are compatible and can interact with other tokens and applications in your network. A similar standard for data support tokens called VRC-20 is now available. VANA introduced a new standard earlier this week to increase the trust and transparency of the market for data-backed digital assets with EVM compatibility layer 1 blockchain that helps users monetize personal data by bundled with Datadaos for AI model training. The VRC-20 standard design includes certain criteria such as fixed supply, governance, and liquidity rules, while ensuring actual data access by linking tokens to actual data utilities. Additionally, it promotes continuous liquidity through rewards that ensure market stability. “This is not a speculation. It's a true financialisation of data,” says Vana, who launched X. Vana in December, and Vana is launching its native cryptocurrency. Since then, the network has onboarded over 12 million data points through multiple Datadaos, reflecting strong demand for user-owned data. Datadaos or data liquidity pools are decentralized markets where data is turned on as a transferable digital token. DLP is a place where data contributes, tokenized, and can be used in applications such as AI model training. – Omkar GodbolePlease read more.
Hashgraph line up Q3 private chains: Hashgraph, a blockchain development company focused on the Hedera (HBAR) network, is building a private permit blockchain for businesses in a highly regulated industry with plans to debut in the third quarter of 2025. Hashsphere is built with Hedera technology and is built to maintain subsidies to supplement private normals, Hashsphere is Monday. Hashgraph aims to serve asset managers, banks and payment providers seeking safe, low-cost cross-border transactions using Stablecoins. Public blockchains offer security and transparency, but companies in industries such as finance and payments often face compliance challenges, especially knowing customer (KYC) and money landing (AML) requirements. Hashsphere addresses this by restricting access to verified participants and allowing companies to develop tokenized assets, AI-powered services, and other blockchain-based products while meeting regulatory standards. The network also integrates existing Hedera tools, such as token services for managing digital assets and consensus services for recording transactions using trusted timestamps. The platform is compatible with Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) and allows developers to deploy distributed applications using Solidity and other EVM languages. – Kris Sandor Read more.
ASICs are similar to servers. First, there was only a CPU for Bitcoin mining, then a GPU. Later, Mighty Asic appeared in 2013, and with this, the form factor for the “shoebox” symbolizing the Bitcoin mining industry appeared. What's coming next? ASIC manufacturers increasingly bet on hydro-cooling server rack designs, becoming a significant part of the Bitcoin mining fleet and are leaning towards “direct chip” cooling to further increase efficiency. Last September, Bitmain unveiled the U3S21Expph model, developed in partnership with the Hut 8. In its U3 design, one unit takes up three spaces in a traditional server rack. Microbt soon followed with the M63 Hydro series, as did Bitdeer's Sealminer A2 Hydro unit. Following the suit, Auradine released the server rack model, the AH3880 this March. The U2 design occupying two server slots is a bit smaller, but packs the hashrate per unit per space at 600 th/s (or 300 th/s per slot) for Bitmain's 860 Th/s (286.66 th/s per slot). The advantage of server rack ASICs is their standardization. According to data center developer Cyrus One, Bitcoin Miners are increasingly marching in stages with the traditional data center industry, allowing them to adopt 40% of direct liquid-to-chip cooling by 2026. If miners adopt this design, supply chains can be optimized by converging on server designs that are theoretically best practices in the major boy data center sector. – Colin Harper, Blockspace Read more.
Gensyn CEO Ben Fielding: Ten years ago, when he was still a young AI researcher who started his PhD track, Ben Fielding might be able to allow AI “swarms” (clusters of different models) to discuss and learn from each other, improving the entire population. There was only one problem. He was handcuffed by the reality of that noisy machine under the desk. And he knew he was being attacked by Google and other major technicians. He recognized that computational constraints are always a problem. Solution? Decentralized AI. Fielding co-founded Gensyn (with Harry Grieve) in 2020, or a few years before decentralized AI. The project was initially known for building distributed computation, but the vision is actually broader than a “network of machine intelligence.” They're building solutions up and down the high-tech stack. And now, a decade after Fielding's loud desk plagued his lab companions, Jensin's early tools are out in the wild. Gensyn recently released the “RL Swarms” protocol (descendant of Fielding's PhD Work) and launched a testnet that brings blockchains to folds. Fielding spoke about Jeff Wilser and the AI flock, how blockchain can snap into puzzles, and not just tech giants but all innovators “should have the right to build machine learning technology.” – Read more Jeff Wilser.
In other news
Web3 does not have a dedicated memory layer, making current architecture inefficient and difficult to scale. Random Linear Network Coding (RLNC) provides a solution by increasing data propagation and storage efficiency in distributed systems. The implementation of RLNC can address the scalability challenges of Web3 by optimizing memory and data access without compromising decentralization, says Muriel Médard, co-founder of Optimum. Ripple, an enterprise-centric blockchain service closely tied to XRP Ledger (XRP), read her Open here and said on Wednesday it integrated into the company's cross-border payment system to promote adoption of Ripple USD (RLUSD). Ripple Payments' customers' selection of cross-border payment providers BKK Forex and ISEND have already used Stablecoin to improve their financial operations, the company said. Ripple plans to further expand the availability of tokens tokens to pay customers. RLUSD reached a market capitalization of $244 million, an 87% increase over the past month. – Chris Sandor reports.
Regulation and policy
The Securities and Exchange Commission has suspended or suspended dozens of ongoing lawsuits (and lost) since US President Donald Trump took office more than two months ago and appointed Commissioner Mark Weda as representative chairman. This is a summary of what remains on the SEC's executive docket. – Nik de Reports.
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