Santa Clara, California, April 27th, 2024, Chainwire

CARV, the largest modular data layer for gaming and AI, today announces its highly anticipated debut node sale. This is another major milestone towards CARV’s mission to maximize data innovation while ensuring individuals can share the value created in a user-owned internet.

Starting May 13, users worldwide can become part of CARV’s decentralized data network, contributing to the redistribution of value and earning rewards by running lightweight verifier nodes.

The What And Why Of Nodes

Imagine a future where your data is truly yours – a future where users have the power to own, control, and monetize all personal data generated. Thanks to CARV’s groundbreaking data-value exchange platform, this vision is becoming a reality. With its modular data layer, CARV is revolutionizing how personal data is used and shared across gaming, AI, and countless other sectors, paving the way for a user-owned internet where individuals can rightfully profit from the value their data creates.

Over 2.5M users have already joined this data revolution, making CARV one of the largest ecosystems by unique active wallets (UAW) of 650K+ across multiple blockchain networks, including zkSync, Linea, opBNB, Ronin, and 40+ more chains.

As the CARV ecosystem continues to expand, running verifier nodes is crucial to maintain integrity and security in its decentralized data processing environment. Verifier nodes validate attestations produced by Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) nodes, ensuring the data processing is executed securely and as intended. A majority of honest verifiers exceeding 50% is crucial for accurately verifying and recording attestation results on the blockchain, thereby maintaining protocol reliability while preserving privacy.

The Benefits Of Running Nodes With CARV

CARV’s debut node sale makes this possible by offering a limited supply of 100,000 verifier nodes through a multi-tier pricing system starting at sub $500. In return, node operators will earn a significant portion of the network’s native $CARV tokens. 25% of the total supply is allocated for distribution to verifiers, to be released over time. 

According to the release model, which sees a reduction of 25% every six months, approximately 50% of the tokens are expected to be released in the first year alone. With 700+ games and AI companies integrated, rewards also come from ecosystem partners. Verifier nodes are designed to be simple to run, as light as getting it up and running with just a few steps. There is also a one-click solution to delegate to node as a service providers as well. 

This bold step towards decentralization empowers users to become active participants in the new data economy that respects user autonomy and privacy.

“We’ve reached an inflection point where users rightfully demand ownership and compensation for their data,” said Victor Yu, CARV Co-Founder. “Our node sale is a big step towards realizing that vision by allowing everyone to become active stakeholders in a truly decentralized data ecosystem.”

The CARV node sale will be conducted in phases:

• Institutions / Organization Sales: May 3, 2024, at 12PM UTC (e.g., via launchpads, syndicate DAOs, NFT communities and more)
• Whitelist Node Sale Launch: May 13, 2024, at 12PM UTC (available for 48 hours) 
• Public Node Sale Launch: May 15, 2024, at 12PM UTC

For more information about the CARV node sale and how to participate, visit here or https://node.carv.io/ 

Highlights of CARV

• Veteran Team from Gaming, AI, Web3 Experiences: CARV’s founding team hails from Electronic Arts, Garena, Tencent Games, Coinbase, OKX, BNBChain, Google, TikTok Ads, McKinsey, LINO, d.Live (exit to TRON), Contentos (Binance listed), and more. 
• Initiator of ERC7231, standard approved by Ethereum Foundation in early 2024 to binds multiple Web2 and Web3 identities to a single non-fungible token (NFT) and achieves encrypted aggregation of multi-domain identity data. 
• 750+ games and AI companies integrated into the CARV ecosystem. Top games and AI partners include Netmarble’s MARBLEX, $100B tech player with 40%+ ownership in leading large language models, Off the Grid, Pixels, Pixelmon, Illuvium, Axie Infinity, BinaryX, Shrapnel and more. CARV is profitable with monthly revenues in the millions. 
• Ranking top 3 globally by on-chain activity with 500K+ avg. daily unique active wallet (UAW). Also ranking #1 across Ronin, zkSync, Linea, deployed on 40+ chains.
• $20M Funding from Tier 1 VCs & Gaming Backers. Vertex Ventures (Temasek Subsidiary), ConsenSys (MetaMask), Tribe Capital, HashKey Capital, IOSG, OKX Ventures, Fenbushi Capital, Infinity Ventures Crypto, No Limit Holdings, Draper Dragon, Lyrik Ventures, Arweave, W3GG, EVOS Gaming, LiquidX, SNACKCLUB, Netmarble’s MARBLEX and more.

About CARV

CARV is the largest modular data layer for gaming, AI, and ∞, revolutionizing how data is used and shared. To pioneer a future where data generates value for all, CARV has built CARV Protocol, the modular data layer integrated with 40+ chain ecosystems, and CARV Play, its flagship gaming and superapp. CARV has more than 2.5 million registered users, 700 integrated games, and is the largest application in Linea, opBNB, zkSync, Ronin and more. CARV is backed by top-tier funds and ecosystems such as Temasek’s Vertex Ventures, ConsenSys (developer of Metamask), Tribe Capital, IOSG Ventures, HashKey Capital, Infinity Ventures Crypto, MARBELX and more. For more information, visit carv.io

Contact

Co-Founder & COO
Victor Yu
CARV
media@carv.io

NEW YORK, United States, April 30th, 2024, Chainwire

The first major contemporary artist to adopt the Bitcoin blockchain

LiveArt proudly unveils Human by Yue Minjun, the first-ever Ordinals collection from a contemporary art giant.

This pioneering collection of 1,200 unique digital masterpieces on the Bitcoin blockchain chronicles the pivotal moments defining our digital age. With over $150 million in physical and digital art sales, Yue Minjun’s iconic laughter echoes louder than ever.

“Bitcoin blockchain has the credibility and permanence that is unmatched in the crypto universe. We are bringing Yue Minjun to Bitcoin Ordinals because the art world’s blue-chip artists belong on the crypto world’s blue-chip blockchain,” says Boris Pevzner, CEO and Co-Founder of LiveArt. Human is backed by a narrative that’s scored millions at auction and smashed records with “Gweong-Gweong” fetching $6.9 million at Christie’s Hong Kong. 

Yue Minjun shares his vision, “After my initial venture into NFTs with ‘Boundless,’ I’ve grown even more fascinated by the potential of Web3 technologies. The dynamic evolution of Bitcoin and the broader landscape of decentralized finance have inspired me to interpret the world’s history from a digital perspective. ‘Human’ embodies this vision, melding my art with significant contemporary narratives.”

Set to launch on May 8th, 2024, Human represents an inflection point for art on the Bitcoin blockchain. It is published exclusively on LiveArt, in partnership with top-tier Ordinals communities, including the Ordinals Council, Sparks, Xverse, Pizza Ninjas, and Ink, among others.

“Yue Minjun’s ‘Human’ Ordinals collection is a significant milestone for the Bitcoin blockchain. As the first major contemporary artist on Bitcoin Ordinals, Yue Minjun will be forever inscribed as a pioneering artist in the history of the Bitcoin blockchain. The Ordinals Council is proud to support this groundbreaking project, which paves the way for the future of art on Bitcoin,” remarks Serge Ajamian, founder of the Ordinals Council.

This collection is set for a rapid sell-out during the ‘allowlist’ event exclusively for LiveArt Partners and Members. Get ready to witness a monumental shift in the art-meets-Bitcoin universe.

About LiveArt:

Founded by art market experts from Sotheby’s and Christie’s and backed by top blockchain investors like Animoca Brands, Binance Labs, OKX, and Hashkey, LiveArt is revolutionizing the integration of art with Web3. The platform introduces top contemporary artists to crypto audiences and leads the way in digital-first methods for buying and collecting art. By harnessing AI, blockchain technology, and insightful market analytics, LiveArt offers unmatched collecting experiences, enabling collectors to acquire and trade art digitally anywhere. Powered by the $ART utility token, LiveArt is expanding the benefits for its community and partners, making art more accessible and recognized as a significant asset class in the Web3 world.

Yue Minjun Collection Video

Artwork Preview

Human and Liberty Leading the People  by Yue Minjun, 2024

Human and a Venus  by Yue Minjun, 2024

Human and The Leaning Tower  by Yue Minjun, 2024

Human and Moon Landing by Yue Minjun, 2024

Human and a Pharaoh  by Yue Minjun, 2024

Human and Michelangelo by Yue Minjun, 2024

Human and Marilyn by Yue Minjun, 2024

Contact

LiveArt PR
press@liveart.io

Palo Alto, California, April 30th, 2024, Chainwire

Collaboration focuses on tackling key Web3 challenges through data-driven insights, AI-powered development tools and zero-knowledge proofs

Sui, the Layer 1 blockchain and smart contract platform created and launched by the core research team responsible for building Facebook’s Libra and Diem projects, is collaborating with Google Cloud to support the future of Web3, via a partnership with Mysten Labs. This joint effort will focus on enhancing security, scalability, developer tools, and user experiences across a range of Web3 and AI-powered applications.

Key initiatives of this partnership include:

• Data-Driven dApps
• Google Cloud strengthened its commitment to Sui’s development ecosystem by integrating Sui blockchain data into BigQuery public datasets, providing developers with powerful analytics tools, unlocking new insights and innovative dApp possibilities.
• AI-Enhanced Development
• Sui used Google Cloud’s generative AI platform, Vertex AI, and trained it on the Move programming language, to help Web3 developers debug and augment code generation.
• Mysten Labs created a new AI-based code auditing tool using Google Cloud’s AI and Cloud capabilities, that identifies security vulnerabilities in Rust, Move, Typescript and Solidity, augmenting security efforts to quickly identify and improve vulnerable code.
• Seamless User Experience
• Sui’s zkLogin technology already demonstrates the potential of this collaboration, as it bridges some of the gaps between traditional (Web2) and decentralized (Web3) applications. zkLogin is a fundamental cryptographic primitive that uses OAuth credentials from Google and other trusted Web2 platforms, allowing frictionless authentication of crypto wallets and dApps on Sui.
• Robust and Scalable Infrastructure
• Sui leveraged Google Cloud’s globally scalable infrastructure to power the security and high transaction throughput of its network. This integration ensures high performance and seamless capacity to scale. 

“Collaborating with Google Cloud helps us propel the development of secure, scalable, and user-centric Web3 experiences,” said Evan Cheng, CEO and co-founder of Mysten Labs. “Google Cloud’s infrastructure and cutting-edge AI capabilities complement Sui’s unique technological strengths, empowering all types of developers to create the next generation of decentralized applications on Sui.”

“We are committed to supporting Web3 innovation with our secure cloud infrastructure and AI capabilities,” said Amit Zavery, VP and general manager, and Head of Platform, Google Cloud. “Sui’s advanced blockchain technology and commitment to user-friendly experiences make them a valuable collaborator for delivering transformative applications that can be easily embraced by Web3 and Web2 developers.” 

Google Cloud is also committed to empowering the Sui developer community through its Web3 Startup Program. This initiative offers resources including Google Cloud credits, access to Discord channels with Web3 experts, foundation grants and global events, all designed to accelerate the development of innovative applications on Sui.

About Sui

Sui is a first-of-its-kind Layer 1 blockchain and smart contract platform designed from the bottom up to make digital asset ownership fast, private, secure, and accessible to everyone. Its object-centric model, based on the Move programming language, enables parallel execution, sub-second finality, and rich on-chain assets. With horizontally scalable processing and storage, Sui supports a wide range of applications with unrivaled speed at low cost. Sui is a step-function advancement in blockchain and a platform on which creators and developers can build amazing, user-friendly experiences. Learn more: https://sui.io

About Mysten Labs

Mysten Labs is a team of leading distributed systems, programming languages, and cryptography experts whose founders were senior executives and lead architects of pioneering blockchain projects. The mission of Mysten Labs is to create foundational infrastructure for web3. Learn more: https://mystenlabs.com

About Google Cloud

Google Cloud is the new way to the cloud, providing AI, infrastructure, developer, data, security, and collaboration tools built for today and tomorrow. Google Cloud offers a powerful, fully integrated and optimized AI stack with its own planet-scale infrastructure, custom-built chips, generative AI models and development platform, as well as AI-powered applications, to help organizations transform. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted technology partner.

Contact

Global Communications Manager
Lexi Wangler
Mysten Labs
lexi.wangler@mystenlabs.com