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Blockchain Applications in Intellectual Property: What It Can and Cannot Do
Blockchain does not create or replace legal rights, but it is strong IP evidence and automation infrastructure. The use cases that work today (timestamping, licensing and royalties, anti-counterfeiting, tokenized IP and AI content provenance) and where the hard limits are.
Juan Manuel Sobral
CTO & Co-founder
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Cryptocurrency Trends 2027: Stablecoin Supply Slowed, Usage Did Not
Stablecoin supply growth slowed sharply while transfer volume grew 87%. What that gap means for anyone building on stablecoin rails before GENIUS Act enforcement begins on January 18, 2027.
Juan Manuel Sobral
CTO & Co-founder
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Ethereum Adoption Trends 2027: Privacy Is the Bottleneck
Ethereum hosts most of the tokenized RWA market, but the privacy technology institutions actually adopted runs on permissioned networks. What Ethereum ships in 2027 decides whether tokenization ends up open or enclosed.
Juan Manuel Sobral
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Smart Contract Security Statistics 2026: Hacks, Losses and Root Causes
Crypto hack and smart contract security statistics for 2025 and 2026, sourced from TRM Labs, CertiK, Chainalysis, Immunefi, Hacken, the FBI and academic research. Every figure is linked to its original publisher and updated quarterly.
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DeFi Protocol Trends 2027: The Seven Layers of the New Dollar Stack
DeFi protocols stopped being governance tokens and became businesses with revenue, while the stack broke into specialized layers. A layer-by-layer analysis of Sky, Aave, Frax, Ethena, M0, Perena and Axal heading into 2027.
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Blockchain Use Cases: What Actually Shipped
Most blockchain use case lists describe a market that never arrived. This one is organized around what reached production, with the projects behind each category and an honest account of what still hasn't shipped.
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How to Choose a Blockchain Development Company: A Buyer's Framework
A buyer's framework to choose a blockchain development company: the criteria that predict secure delivery, the red flags, the questions to ask, and the engagement models that fit each project.
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How to Launch an RWA Protocol: A Founder's Guide to Tokenizing Real-World Assets in 2026
A founder's guide to launching a real-world asset protocol in 2026: legal structure, chain selection, token standards, smart contract audits, custody, and liquidity strategy.
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Enterprise Blockchain Solutions in 2026: ROI, Use Cases and Types Explained
A practical 2026 guide to enterprise blockchain: real ROI data, B2B use cases by industry, public vs. private chain trade-offs, governance design, and compliance. With real deployment examples.
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The Role of Smart Contracts in DeFi: How They Work, What They Power, and Why Security Is Non-Negotiable
Smart contracts are the engine behind every DeFi protocol. This guide covers how they work, the types that power lending, DEXs and governance and what the 2026 security landscape looks like.
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Zero-Knowledge Rollups for RWAs: Architecture, Costs, Pitfalls
Tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) are no longer fringe crypto concepts. As of mid-2025, analytics show roughly $26.5B in RWAs live on public chains. Here's how ZK rollups fit into that infrastructure.
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AI Is Reshaping Drug Discovery and the FDA Is Onboard
Artificial intelligence is quickly becoming the new lab assistant in drug discovery, and the U.S. FDA is helping clear the path. Within three to five years, animal studies could become the exception, not the rule.
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Key Insights to Build a Real Web3 Product That Works
Web3 isn't just a trend, it's a shift. But building a product in this space requires more than just slapping 'blockchain' on your pitch deck; here are the core insights you must lock in before you write a single line of code.
Federico Sendra
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Meta Bets Big on Superintelligence: What It Means for the Future of AI
Mark Zuckerberg just erased any doubt that AI is the battleground of the future. Meta's commitment of hundreds of billions to superintelligence infrastructure fundamentally reshapes the competitive landscape.
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Why MetaMask Embedded Wallets Are a Game-Changer for Web3 Onboarding
At SpaceDev, we spend our days helping teams bring ambitious Web3 ideas to life. And if there's one thing we've consistently seen, it's how crucial a smooth onboarding experience is for user retention.
Juan Manuel Sobral
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The New Era of Blockchain and Web3 in 2025
The blockchain and Web3 space is evolving at rocket speed. As 2025 unfolds, Blockchain and Web3 integration reaches new peaks, supercharged by AI Blockchain solutions, Zero-Knowledge Proofs, and enterprise adoption.
Federico Sendra
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Blockchain + AI Convergence: A Powerful Synergy
The fusion of blockchain and artificial intelligence is an emerging trend reshaping how businesses operate. AI deal value jumped 52% in 2024 to $131.5 billion, and the blockchain market is projected to hit $306 billion by 2030.
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Crypto Hacks Surge in April 2025: A Wake-Up Call for Blockchain Security and Consulting
April 2025 marked a significant escalation in crypto-related cyberattacks, with losses totaling approximately $357 million across 18 incidents, a staggering 990% increase compared to March.
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Optimize Your Sales with a Multi-Agent AI System
Nowadays, the success of a business depends on immediacy and efficiency. An artificial intelligence system based on a multi-agent architecture is bound to have the highest impact in customer service and sales optimization.
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What Are Real-World Assets (RWAs)? Types, Benefits and Examples
Real World Assets are physical or traditional financial assets that are increasingly being represented on blockchain networks. This tokenization process improves liquidity, accessibility, transparency, and efficiency in asset trading.
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The AI Playbook: Roadmap to Scale Your Startup with Artificial Intelligence
The business landscape in 2025 looks very different from even a couple of years ago. AI is no longer a buzzword reserved for Silicon Valley giants; it's the infrastructure quietly reshaping every industry.
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Changing the Lens on the Future of Crypto: LATAM's Promising Future
Latin America is emerging as a key player in the crypto and blockchain space, driven by economic instability, limited banking access, and a vibrant community of developers and entrepreneurs.
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How Hard Is It to Become a Blockchain Developer?
One of the rarest events in tech is finding yourself in a static position. Here's an honest look at the path to becoming a blockchain developer: the learning curve, the opportunities, and how to get started.
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Blockchain and the Film Industry: Decentralized Pictures
Decentralized Pictures is a nonprofit redefining film financing through blockchain, empowering a global community to decide which films get made, a revolutionary model backed by Francis Ford Coppola's American Zoetrope.
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How We Built NDAX: The Biggest Cryptocurrency Exchange in Canada
Frowning upon the mention of 'blockchain' might be a thing of the past, but actually integrating it into a traditional economic system is far from easy. Here's how SpaceDev built Canada's most prominent crypto exchange.
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