Search Results for: blockchain ecosystem

January 12, 2025 @ 1:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mantle, the blockchain ecosystem behind Ethereum layer 2 (L2) Mantle Network and Ether liquid staking protocol mETH Protocol, announced the integration of Ethena’s USDe and Mantle’s mETH on Compound, one of the DeFi lending protocols. This integration supports Mantle’s commitment to fostering synergy within its… Read More

January 8, 2025 @ 9:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Sol Strategies Inc., a Canadian holding company that invests in the Solana blockchain and ecosystem, announced that it has drawn from its amended credit facility agreement dated January 6, 2025 with Antanas Guoga, the company’s Chairman and Director. The agreement, which amended and restated the… Read More

December 29, 2024 @ 5:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Southeast Asia faced a challenging year in 2024, marked by a “significant contraction” in funding, amid a weak global economy, a new report revealed. According to Tracxn‘s report, prepared by industry analysts, the region’s tech ecosystem experienced a sharp decline in financial inflows and major… Read More

July 8, 2024 @ 9:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

SlowMist has released its 2024 Mid-Year Blockchain Security and Anti-Money Laundering Report. According to CoinMarketCap, the global cryptocurrency market cap “reached approximately $2.34 trillion by June 30, 2024, highlighting robust growth.” However, SlowMist pointed out that this development “comes with increasingly severe blockchain security challenges.”… Read More

January 15, 2024 @ 8:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

CertiK has released the Web3 Security Report for Q3 2023. CertiK explains that the report aims to serve “as an essential resource and record of statistics for understanding security challenges and vulnerabilities in the Web3 space.” The update from CertiK is intended to equip stakeholders… Read More

November 16, 2023 @ 5:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance Labs, the venture capital and incubation arm of Binance (which is being sued by US regulators for a wide range of issues along with facing major operational challenges globally) has reportedly invested in $ARKM, the native token of Arkham. Arkham is an AI-powered blockchain… Read More

April 23, 2023 @ 10:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Cardano Foundation, an “independent,” Swiss-based non-profit organization tasked with advancing the public digital infrastructure Cardano, launched its inaugural Annual Report today. From technical infrastructure support to spreading knowledge or establishing targeted partnerships and collaborations, the report highlights the Foundation’s work “across its three core… Read More

March 27, 2023 @ 10:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently connected with Dr. Amrit Kumar, COO at Altlayer, which focuses on building key infrastructure for Web 3.0, an evolving set of standards that aims to support the Internet of the future. Dr. Amrit Kumar (currently at Altlayer) previously co-founded Zilliqa Research, where he… Read More

February 3, 2023 @ 10:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

ShareRing users and developers will be able to test out the alpha release of ShareRing Vault Query Language (VQL), a web-based platform with a query tool “for retrieving a user’s profile data from [their] ShareRing Vault.” VQL will benefit Web3 users who are looking “for… Read More

November 14, 2022 @ 9:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance, which claims to be the world’s “leading” blockchain ecosystem and cryptocurrency infrastructure provider, entered into a joint venture (JV) agreement with Royal Group of Companies, Cambodia’s strategic investment holding company, “to solidify the relationship between the two parties and to expand blockchain ecosystem in… Read More

October 13, 2022 @ 6:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The CosmWasm integration is the first of many other planned steps that ShareRing, a blockchain-enabled digital identity ecosystem, is taking in order “to move towards achieving the goal of providing frictionless access to goods and services.” This integration reportedly “results in smart contract functionality, greater… Read More

August 15, 2022 @ 11:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Solana Foundation recently published the Validator Health Report (on August 10, 2022). Solana is a public, open-source blockchain that “anyone in the world can build on.” Their mandate at the Solana Foundation is “to support the decentralization, security, resilience, and adoption of the Solana… Read More

July 3, 2022 @ 10:19 am By Omar Faridi  |  

ShareRing’s purpose is to remove “friction” throughout the world, and digital identities is a vehicle that can “help accomplish this.” Tim Bos, CEO at ShareRing, stated: “Over the years, there’s been a trend for large companies to host more and more data about you in… Read More

May 24, 2022 @ 6:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ShareRing, a digital identity blockchain/DLT ecosystem enabling seamless access through a suite of L2 iD protocols, has announced the launch of a Multichain bridge (BEP20 to ERC-20 tokens transfer now live). ShareToken is currently available via Binance Chain, BNB Smart Chain, Ethereum, and ShareLedger. ShareLedger… Read More

December 3, 2021 @ 7:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

SlowMist, which focuses on Blockchain Ecosystem Security and have served more than 1,000 customers, notes that on November 30, 2021, their team at SlowMist was “notified of an attack on the Defi protocol MonoX.” More than $18 million in WETH and $10.5 million in MATIC… Read More

September 17, 2021 @ 10:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Polychain and Three Arrows Capital have led a $230 million investment in the Avalanche public blockchain ecosystem. They’ve been joined by R/Crypto Fund, Dragonfly, CMS Holdings, Collab+Currency, Lvna Capital and several angel investors and family offices. The Avalanche Foundation will be using the funds from… Read More

July 24, 2021 @ 2:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Decentralized finance (DeFi) Oracle Band Protocol is enhancing its interoperability within the Cosmos ecosystem. As of July 22, 2021, the Band Oracle has reportedly been integrated into the Cosmos ecosystem, via Starport, in order to further “the realization of the Internet of Blockchains.” As mentioned… Read More

June 27, 2021 @ 5:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Internet browser Opera (NASDAQ: OPRA), and Celo, an open-source blockchain or DLT ecosystem that aims to make decentralized financial (DeFi) solutions and tools more accessible to smartphone users, have confirmed that Opera will be adding Celo Native Asset (CELO), Celo Dollar (cUSD), and Celo Euro… Read More

February 10, 2021 @ 2:01 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Celo, an open-source blockchain ecosystem focused on making decentralized financial (DeFi) systems and tools accessible to anyone with a smartphone, today announced $20 million in new backing from purchasers and partners including Andreessen Horowitz, Greenfield One, and Electric Capital.  Celo reported that to date, it has… Read More

December 9, 2020 @ 3:17 pm By JD Alois  |  

Securitize, a digital security platform and SEC-registered transfer agent, has integrated with Avalanche, an open-source platform for launching applications and enterprise blockchain deployments in one, interoperable ecosystem. The Securitize platform says it can now issue and manage private securities using the Avalanche blockchain. The Avalanche… Read More