Mark de Wolf

London

Tech journalist @esportsinsider and @techopedia, contributor @Benzinga | Esports, FinTech, energy, & AI | Wandering Canuck. Ghostwriter for a few brands I like.

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Articles

Tokens Are A Lemon Market...Here's How To Fix It

1 week ago | benzinga.com | Mark de Wolf

If crypto tokens were used cars, how would you tell a bargain from a clunker? The answer might have spared investors in Libra or Hawk Tuah a lot of pain. According to a study by Solidus Labs, nearly 99% of tokens on DIY meme platform Pump.fun collapse into worthless pump & dump schemes.
Deeply Cool: The Rise of Underwater Data Centers

1 week ago | techopedia.com | Mark de Wolf

On June 10, 2025, China announced the launch of an enterprise-scale underwater data center powered entirely by offshore wind. Destined for the depths off Shanghai, it’s the latest in a series of global initiatives designed to bring down data center energy costs. Seabed deployment offers several potential wins. Access to untapped real estate near major cities is one, but the main benefit is ready-made natural cooling.
SocialFi Stumbled: Is It a Failure or Just a Pause?

1 week ago | techopedia.com | Mark de Wolf

SocialFi, the fusion of social media and decentralized finance (DeFi), arrived with a bang in 2023, then quickly faded as projects like Friend.tech and Farcaster ran out of steam. They pulled in loads of users, then swiftly lost them due to flawed business models and weak development roadmaps. The sector went quiet, but the idea of a new form of social network based on user ownership, data portability, and content monetization hasn’t lost its appeal.
Circles is back with V2. Can it really ‘make money better?’

1 week ago | medium.com | Mark Dewolf |Mark de Wolf

The equitable crypto project wants to deliver gains to the massesCan crypto ever return to its egalitarian roots? As banks gobble up Bitcoin and whales consolidate control over ETH, blockchain true believers might be forgiven for reminiscing. Circles (V1) began its life in 2020 as an experiment in decentralized, permissionless currency. The aim was to give the de-banked and financially marginalized universal basic access (UBA) to digital cash.
Is Your ETH At Risk? Unpicking The Panic Around Smart Wallet Delegation

2 weeks ago | benzinga.com | Mark de Wolf

Ethereum's recent network update added a mechanism that gives basic wallets some smart wallet capabilities. But the interwebs are in panic mode over claims that cyberthieves could use the feature to drain user funds. At the center of the storm is Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP) 7702, one of nine individual add-ons bundled into the blockchain’s Pectra update in May.
Green AI: How to Make AI Sustainable & Eco-Friendly?

2 weeks ago | techopedia.com | Mark de Wolf

Digital transformation was supposed to herald a cleaner, greener world. Then, generative AI (GenAI) arrived, as greedy for power as an entire country – raising urgent concerns about the AI environmental impact. Today, the data economy’s apex app is driving the growth of giant-sized data centers and stressing local electricity grids. Can natural power sources like wind and solar meet AI demand? Probably not.
Tokens Are Broken: Experts Say Fix Starts With Trust

2 weeks ago | techopedia.com | Mark de Wolf

Crypto has always been wildly speculative, a place where great storytelling can deliver a price premium. But token investors are starting to demand more transparency. Who can blame them? In a highly volatile market where technical complexity obscures price signals, ambiguity and lack of information lead to scams and abuse. Buyers need better protections from the wild exaggerations and fuzzy tokenomics that mark too many token launches.
Thieves Are Draining ETH Wallets: How Worried Should Users Be?

3 weeks ago | techopedia.com | Mark de Wolf

The interwebs are buzzing with rumors of a new vulnerability in Ethereum that lets cyberthieves drain wallets with an off-chain signature. Fears have grown that a new democratizing feature enabled by the network’s recent Pectra upgrade could give fraudsters the power to take control of smart wallets – even without an on-chain transaction to trigger access. There’s something to it, but like many things in crypto, the full picture is more nuanced.
Make Your Own Money? Circles Wants To Return Crypto To Its Egalitarian Beginnings

3 weeks ago | benzinga.com | Mark de Wolf

the image is generated by AIWill crypto ever return to its community-first ideals? As banks and institutions gobble up Bitcoin and whales consolidate control over ETH supply, true believers might be forgiven for reminiscing. Circles (V1) began its life in 2020 as an experiment in decentralized, permissionless currency. The aim was to give the de-banked and financially marginalized universal basic access (UBA) to digital cash.
Salesforce Buys Informatica in an $8B AI Move: Where’s Next?

3 weeks ago | techopedia.com | Mark de Wolf

Salesforce acquired data management firm Informatica on May 27, 2025, for a reported $8 billion. The deal was mooted last year but fell through – then the CRM giant decided to go all-in on AI agents. Now Informatica’s expertise in delivering quality data at AI-scale could be the catalyst for Salesforce’s renewal. As Wall Street frets about the firm’s slowing growth, adding the world’s leading data-management software to its roster is a logical next step in the pivot to agentic AI.