Competitive drone racing is joining the play-to-earn party.Drone Racing League (DRL) and Web 3 game developer Playground Games have tapped Algorand’s blockchain to create the first play-to-earn drone game in the metaverse, announced by the league on Wednesday.The details for the game itself have yet to be determined – a representative from DRL told CoinDesk it will look to its … [Read more...] about Drone Racing League Zooms Into Metaverse, Bringing ‘Play to Earn’ to Algorand
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Miami to use PlanetWatch and Algorand for air quality monitoring
Miami is preparing to be one of the first major US cities to monitor its air quality using a decentralized Internet of Things (IoT) network built on Algorand.French environmental technology company Planetwatch has developed five different types of air quality sensors. With funding from Borderless Capital’s $10 million PLANETS fund, sensors will be deployed throughout the city, … [Read more...] about Miami to use PlanetWatch and Algorand for air quality monitoring
Borderless Capital launches half billion dollar fund for Algorand projects
Capital venture firm Borderless Capital has launched a fund worth $500 million to support projects building on the Algorand blockchain. According to a Nov. 30 announcement from the Miami-based company, the Borderless ALGO Fund II will aim to back digital assets powering the “next generation” of decentralized applications (DApps) on Algorand. We are excited to announce the … [Read more...] about Borderless Capital launches half billion dollar fund for Algorand projects
Citi Veteran Launches $1.5B Crypto Fund With Algorand as Strategic Partner
Regarding the hiring of Peurifoy, Zhang said that “Sam brings a unique combination of deep knowledge of the play-to-earn space, close relationship with the community and a real passion for gaming and the metaverse. With Algorand as our first strategic partner, we have a very exciting roadmap on our play-to-earn strategy right out of the gate, and beyond. I think we will do some … [Read more...] about Citi Veteran Launches $1.5B Crypto Fund With Algorand as Strategic Partner
Op-ed: How Algorand is gearing up to become a contender to Ethereum
The following is a guest post from Sebastian Quinn, the co-founder of Yieldly.While some have come close, none have quite managed to overthrow the incumbent — neither in user adoption nor market share. However, as time goes on and scalability and efficiency qualms grow stronger, so too do Ethereum’s contenders.When it comes to pinpointing which networks stand a fighting chance … [Read more...] about Op-ed: How Algorand is gearing up to become a contender to Ethereum