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The Graph Donates $48M to Advance GraphQL Platforms

DevOps.com

The Graph, a provider of indexing and query tools based on the GraphQL language designed for blockchain platforms, today announced it has given $48 million to The Guild, a group of developers advancing an open source application programming interface (API) platform to further development of GraphQL-based technologies.

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Bitcoin’s bid to become the “one chain to rule them all”

TechCrunch

Its status stems, in part, from the advantage of having been the first cryptocurrency token on a public blockchain. . But as new blockchains continue to spring up, and after last year’s “DeFi” summer that brought new traction to Ethereum, Bitcoin investors have had to start watching their backs. More than just an asset.

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Tribal Credit, which provides credit cards to startups in emerging markets, raises $34.3M

TechCrunch

As part of the investment, Tribal received $3 million from the Stellar Development Foundation , a nonprofit organization that supports the development and growth of the open-source Stellar blockchain network. . The raise follows “ 10x” year-over-year growth, according to CEO and co-founder Amr Shady.

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Radar Trends to Watch: March 2023

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

As with other Google projects, some intriguing samples are available (the reggae is particularly good), but the model isn’t open to the public. An open-source re-implementation of MusicLM is available on GitHub. An open source version of the compiler for C++ is available. Other public registries may follow.

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After a record year for Israeli startups, 16 investors tell us what’s next

TechCrunch

Blockchain is a difficult sector because it lacks a clear regulatory environment, subsequently raising many questions. I recently invested in three seed-stage companies that are in stealth mode: an open-source cloud infrastructure company, a people analytics (HR) SaaS company and a next-generation business-intelligence platform.

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Ethereum Blockchain: What is it and How Does It Work?

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The Ethereum Foundation was established in Switzerland to ensure the development of the network; however, Buterin later transformed the foundation into a nonprofit, which caused some co-founders to leave. Ethereum was founded in 2014 by Vitalik Buterin and has grown to be one of the world’s largest and most widely used blockchain networks.

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The Paradigm Shift to Cloudless Computing

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

Imagine application storage and compute as unstoppable as blockchain, but faster and cheaper than the cloud.) NOTE Blockchain smart contracts are some of the first use cases, but runtimes like Socket Supply for network (thanks Paulo for putting the word cloudless in my vocabulary!), Commoditizing the Cloud: How is Cloudless Possible?