Space


Tech

Dogecoin Funded SpaceX ‘Doge-1’ Moon Mission Gets a Step Closer to Launch

Doge-1 is a cube satellite that will orbit the moon and broadcast a video feed.

DOGE-1 Mission on SpaceX is nearing a launch. (Dogecoin)

Opinion

Aliens Exist. And They Use Cryptocurrency

A few thoughts on government lies, the purpose of crypto and where technology can take us following a congressional hearing on inexplicable aerial phenomena.

alien (Stephen Leonardi/Unsplash)

Finance

William Shatner Warps Into Web3 With ‘Infinite Connections’ NFT Release

"Star Trek" actor William Shatner is the latest celebrity to drop an NFT collection, but this one has a science twist.

William Shatner (center) at Consensus 2023 (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Finance

A DAO That Literally Wants to Party on the Moon Just Sent a Viral YouTuber to Space

MoonDAO purchased two Blue Origin tickets as part of its larger mission “to explore the cosmos” after raising $8 million.

Some of the MoonDAO members in Van Horn, Texas, after the launch. (MoonDAO)

Videos

Lockheed Martin, Filecoin Foundation to Bring Decentralized Data Storage to Space

Defense contractor Lockheed Martin (LMT) and the Filecoin Foundation could soon make an open-source blockchain network accessible in space. Filecoin Foundation Chair Marta Belcher explains why bringing decentralized data storage to space is important for the crypto community, the use cases and what this means for communicating in the growing space economy.

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Policy

Lockheed Martin, Filecoin Foundation to Explore Hosting Blockchain Nodes in Space

The two plan to identify a test mission by August 2022.

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Finance

Justin Sun Reveals He Was Secret $28M Bidder for Seat on Bezos’ Spaceship

The Tron founder is planning to nominate and pay for five crew members to accompany him on his short trip to space next year.

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Tech

Space Is the Place for Crypto

Lunar payloads, asteroid mining, deep space commerce. Where we boldly go, so will crypto.

Milky Way (John Fowler/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Tech

Valid Points: New Deposits to Ethereum 2.0 Reach Record High in May

Eth 2.0 deposits hit a record high last month, and now the first Ethereum node has launched into outer space where it now resides aboard the ISS.

The International Space Station, home to an Ethereum node.

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