Search Results for: blockchain

September 16, 2024 @ 11:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Spanish entrepreneurial ecosystem is experiencing significant growth in the adoption and development of advanced technologies, with a particular “focus on software platforms, artificial intelligence (AI) and analytics.” This is the key takeaway from the fifth edition of the research study ‘Analysis of a next… Read More

September 11, 2024 @ 8:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Nansen has acquired Stakewithus, a non-custodial staking service provider that reports over $80m assets staked by 30,000+ users, supporting over 20 different networks, including Solana, Sui, Celestia, dYdX, and more. With this acquisition, Nansen users should gain access to blockchain data, the ability to monitor… Read More

September 10, 2024 @ 7:58 am By JD Alois  |  

European tokenization platform Tokeny says it will now connect DINO to work with 21X a DLT (distributed ledger technology) trading and settlement system (DLT TSS). This is the first platform to operate under the new European Union DLT ecosystem. Tokeny’s DINO is an open distribution… Read More

September 9, 2024 @ 7:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The landscape of Layer–1 blockchains has evolved significantly in recent years. Networks like Bitcoin, Ethereum and Solana form the backbone of the cryptocurrency ecosystem, each offering unique approaches to scalability, security, and decentralization. This, according to a report from Coin Metrics. Coin Metrics pointed out… Read More

September 6, 2024 @ 10:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance has released an update entitled, Blockchain in the Modern Payments Landscape: Synergy and Transformation. Binance Research has shared that key takeaways as follows: This Binance Research report looks at “the state of modern payments, its main pain points, and how blockchain payments can address… Read More

September 5, 2024 @ 12:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Tether Operations Limited, which claims to be one of the largest companies in the digital asset industry, and Reku, a crypto exchange platform, are pleased to announce a strategic collaboration to broaden Indonesians’ understanding of crypto assets and blockchain technology. This initiative will be executed… Read More

September 5, 2024 @ 11:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ripple, the provider of digital asset infrastructure, announced that Yonsei University in South Korea is the latest partner to join its University Blockchain Research Initiative (UBRI) program. This new partnership with one of South Korea’s academic institutions “marks Ripple’s 58th UBRI partnership globally, and its… Read More

September 2, 2024 @ 9:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently caught up with Terence Kwok, CEO and Founder of Humanity Protocol. Terence Kwok spearheads Humanity Protocol, an organization dedicated to amplifying human potential amidst the transformative impact of artificial intelligence. He is a technology entrepreneur from Hong Kong and the CEO and founder… Read More

August 31, 2024 @ 12:13 pm By Michael Wong  |  

Peregrine Exploration, a blockchain development and research company, secured $3.6 million in funding co-led by Polychain Capital and Dragonfly to advance the development of Level, a pioneering stablecoin protocol. This funding round also saw participation from prominent investors including Robot Ventures, Pier Two, EIV, Global… Read More

August 29, 2024 @ 10:24 am By JD Alois  |  

In a working paper posted yesterday, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) posted a treatise on Novel risks, mitigants and uncertainties with permissionless distributed ledger technologies (DLT). The executive summary of the paper is brief, explaining: “Banks that transact on permissionless blockchains or similar distributed… Read More

August 28, 2024 @ 2:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Space and Time Labs are pleased to announce that their team has secured a $20M Series A, bringing their total funding to $50 million. SxT claims that they are empowering the community “to own their future in an AI-powered world by providing the tools they… Read More

August 24, 2024 @ 12:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Agora has launched its “fully collateralized” US digital dollar, AUSD, on the Avalanche network. Built on the philosophy that money should be neutral, AUSD brings to “bear an open model that incentivizes businesses–from exchanges and applications to Fintechs and payment providers–to contribute to and service… Read More

August 22, 2024 @ 9:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team behind Story Protocol is announcing $140M in total fundraising to build Story, which is described as the world’s IP blockchain. As explained by the Story Protocol developers, Intellectual property (IP) is one of the world’s biggest asset classes. Training data, AI models, memes,… Read More

August 21, 2024 @ 6:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In response to increasing market demand for tokenized real-world assets from fund issuers and investors, Provenance Blockchain Labs (ProvLabs), a blockchain development company building a modern financial services operating system with the dApps and expertise TradFi needs to digitize trillions of dollars of assets on… Read More

August 19, 2024 @ 10:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In June, a team at CertiK conducting whitehat research discovered a “critical” vulnerability in the Kraken platform. This CertiK team then reportedly “notified the exchange to ensure this important vulnerability was fixed—which was a win for blockchain and Web3 security.” However, in conducting this work,… Read More

August 19, 2024 @ 11:53 am By JD Alois  |  

Gate Ventures, part of Gate.io, and the Blockchain Center in Abu Dhabi have announced a collaboration on a $100 million fund to support early-stage blockchain firms. The new fund, Falcon Gate Ventures, is on a mission to drive blockchain innovation on a global scale. Abdulla… Read More

August 15, 2024 @ 4:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance Labs, the incubation arm of Binance, has invested in Sahara AI, a decentralized AI blockchain platform built for open and equitable AI. Sahara AI is building a collaborative AI economy “that prioritizes the sovereignty and provenance of AI, ensuring security, equity, and accessibility for… Read More

August 14, 2024 @ 4:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ripple, the provider of enterprise blockchain and crypto solutions, has announced plans to partner with the DIFC Innovation Hub, the innovation ecosystem of the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), to accelerate blockchain and digital assets innovation in the UAE. The new partnership will connect “the… Read More

August 14, 2024 @ 11:22 am By JD Alois  |  

The Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) was once viewed as a pioneer in transitioning from legacy exchange technology – CHESS –  to blockchain or distributed ledger technology. The strategy was to create a “database architecture that solves a data reconciliation issue.” This has nothing to do… Read More

August 14, 2024 @ 10:01 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Copper.co, a provider of digital asset custody, collateral management and prime services, today announced it has entered into a partnership with the Core Foundation, contributors to Core, a Bitcoin-powered blockchain unlocking EMV-Compatible BTCfi beginning with the first ever implementation of Non-Custodial BTC Staking, Copper will… Read More