ASTR is the native token driving Astar Network, having ultimate utility by serving various functions such as staking rewards, gas, and grants. Additionally, network activity and burning mechanisms soften the overall...View Post
Japanese startups can soon raise with tokens
Japanese startups who issued a token often incorporated their companies in Singapore because this would allow them to fundraise using native tokens instead of equity...View Post
Last week, our team was at Token 2049, a leading crypto conference bringing the crypto industry together in Singapore. Among other things, we finally revealed what Astar Supernova was about. Thanks to everyone who...View Post
In cryptography, zero-knowledge proofs solve a seemingly impossible task: verifying that someone owns a piece of information without revealing it. Recently, zero-knowledge proofs have found more widespread use in the...View Post
Breaking new ground in collaboration with Polygon by launching Astar zkEVM
We’re excited to finally be able to share what we’ve been quietly working on in the past few weeks. Get ready for the launch of Astar...View Post
Eureka Entertainment Ltd. (CEO: Takuya Tsuji) is excited to announce a partnership with Stake Technologies Pte. Ltd. (CEO: Sota Watanabe), the leading developer of Astar Network. Together, they will work on the...View Post
As the Astar Foundation, we are proud to unveil another milestone in our roadmap toward Supernova: the Astar Tech Stack. This marks a major stepping stone to fully deliver Astar 1.0. The Astar Tech Stack will offer...View Post
FSA asks for tax reforms
The Financial Services Agency has released its requests for tax reforms for the coming fiscal year 2024. Unsurprisingly, a big focus of their proposition is cryptocurrencies, in addition to...View Post
Tokyo—September 4, 2023— Hakuhodo Inc., a leading integrated marketing and innovation company headquartered in Tokyo, is pleased to announce the web3 Global Hackathon 2023 starting on Saturday, September 30. Run by...View Post
More than ten years since the launch of Bitcoin, new layer-1 chains continue launching with their unique ways of addressing the Blockchain trilemma. It has become increasingly clear that the future doesn’t belong to...View Post
Story #1: Product Dao-velopment platform
On August 9th, Hakuhodo Key 3, a joint venture between one of the largest advertising companies and the web3 company Stake Technologies, announced the launch of a new type of...View Post
For this post looking at NFTs from a human perspective, we had a chat with Yuya Yoshida, the CEO of HARTi, a Japanese NFT infrastructure startup, who shared how he got involved in crypto and what he thinks will...View Post
We are thrilled to announce the integration of Astar Network with thirdweb, an all-encompassing web3 development framework that delivers everything developers need to connect dApps and games to Astar, and create...View Post
While the initial development of dApps focused on the Ethereum blockchain, that quickly changed as alternative ecosystems were launched, offering different approaches to solving the blockchain trilemma.
Nowadays...View Post
The newly proposed tokenomics present some changes aimed at driving the long-term success and sustainability of the Astar network ecosystem. The primary alterations in this model, compared to the previous one, focus...View Post
GM everyone,
or Ohayogozaimasu - as they say in Japan. ☕
Read on for your bi-weekly dose of all the important things happening in the land of the rising sun:
JBA advocating for tax cuts
According to Benjamin...View Post
The 'HELLO NFT' is a festival that intersects culture and technology, attracting many Korean companies interested in high fashion, music, and NFT technology.
The exciting event happened at Peaches D8NE in the...View Post
At Astar, we are deeply rooted in the Japanese market. Yet, it can be hard at times to gain insights into what’s happening in it from the outside. That’s why we decided to introduce you to some real people working in...View Post