Updates, product notes, ecosystem stories, and announcements from Astar.
Astar Foundation Partners With NTT Digital to Create Web3 Training Programs and Enhance Network
Astar Foundation, a group of builders behind Astar Network, the smart contract platform for multichain, is excited to announce a strategic Web3 partnership w...
While June brought more regulatory scrutiny on the crypto industry in the US, Japanese regulators continued embracing the innovation potential, affecting cle...
A while ago, we shared our updated vision for the future: Astar 2.0. Last week, we reflected on how we got here and what made Astar 2.0 a logical progression...
Unraveling the Web3 Future with Account Abstraction — Onboarding the Next Billion Users
Web3 technologies are reshaping how we interact with the digital world. They are steadily making strides toward achieving a fairer, freer, and more usercentr...
Startale Labs Secures $3.5M USD Seed Funding from Sony Network Communications, Forming a Capital Alliance to Build Global Web3 Infrastructure!
On Wednesday, June 28, 2023, Singaporebased Startale Labs Pte Ltd announced a $3.5 million USD investment from Sony Network Communications Inc. This strategi...
Notes from our Webinar with Japanese Enterprises On the 14th of June, we held a webinar in Japan featuring some of our partners to talk about building a web3...
Japan Web3 Round-up: From big banks issuing stablecoins to new games
MUFG launching a stablecoin issuance platform After the Terra Luna collapse, all foreign stablecoins had been banned. This changed on June 1st, when a new la...
This post is loosely based on my Presentation at Polkadot Prague on the 5th of June. What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you hear “Japan?” Chances...
Ramz’ NFT Journey: How Ramz found the real treasures in Communities
In an attempt to share more on NFTs from a human perspective, I spoke to Ramz, our Community Lead, whose NFT experience spans various ecosystems and communit...