Blockchain & Digital Assets

September 2, 2021 @ 12:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

First DAG, which has created global virtual payment platform as a service, reveals that Diem Association’s Technical Steering Committee (TSC) has appointed its CTO, Daniel Prinz, as an official Maintainer of the Diem blockchain, which is a distributed, programmable database developed to act as the… Read More

September 2, 2021 @ 7:21 am By JD Alois  |  

Cybertino Lab has raised $10 million to build a gaming NFT platform. Cybertino previously created a marketplace for NFTS, launched in partnership with CoinMarketCap. Investors include big names, including Sky9 Capital, Zoo Capital, Draper Dragon, INCE Capital, UpHonest Capital, blockchain investment funds Divergence Ventures, SNZ,… Read More

September 2, 2021 @ 7:12 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Polygon, an Ethereum-based full-stack scaling solution bringing mass adoption to the Ethereum platform, has launched the first round of its Polygon-Grants Hackathon on HackerLink, DoraHacks’ open-source developer incentive platform. Developers are encouraged to come up with ideas for dApps and bring them to life on… Read More

September 1, 2021 @ 9:52 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

WISeKey (NASDAQ: WKEY), a global cybersecurity, AI, Blockchain, and IoT company, has joined forces with Polygon to offer Trusted NFTs via the launch of WISe.ART NFT platform this month. Polygon is a platform for Ethereum scaling and infrastructure development, as well as for networking Ethereum-compatible… Read More

September 1, 2021 @ 9:48 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

While there are a few key factors behind the increasing popularity of cryptocurrencies, they are definitely becoming more familiar in society. A group of industry executives recently shared their thoughts on Qwoted. One of the reasons is the NFT craze, AlchemyNFT founder Victor Zhang said…. Read More

September 1, 2021 @ 9:40 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Bitcoin rewards and payments app Fold has committed to moving to Lightning by the end of 2022 to support the growth of the Lightning Network. The Lightning Network (LN) is a second layer scalability protocol added to Bitcoin’s network that allows off-chain transactions, enabling near-instant,… Read More

September 1, 2021 @ 9:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

FTX and DFG have reportedly agreed on the acquisition of LedgerX, fueling DFG’s commitment to Web 3.0 and Polkadot. FTX, a major virtual currency derivatives exchange, revealed on August 31, 2021, that it would be moving forward with its acquisition of LedgerX, the first digital… Read More

September 1, 2021 @ 9:34 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Polygon, an Ethereum-based full-stack scaling solution, today announced Kine Protocol, a decentralized protocol that establishes general-purpose liquidity pools backed by a customizable portfolio of digital assets, will launch its cross-chain derivatives trading platform on Polygon. Polygon’s high-speed and low-gas infrastructure makes Kine’s features – including… Read More

September 1, 2021 @ 9:18 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

The vast majority of Americans are interested in having cryptocurrencies as part of their retirement investments, the results of a survey from business.com reveal. Close to 90 per cent (87 per cent) of employees expressed interest in including cryptocurrencies in their portfolio but far fewer… Read More

September 1, 2021 @ 5:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Kava Labs, an open-source and non-custodial developer of financial products and services for decentralized finance (DeFi), reveals that it has launched its latest platform project, Kava Swap. As mentioned in a release, Kava Swap is a cross-chain Autonomous Market Making (AMM) protocol specifically developed to… Read More

September 1, 2021 @ 3:40 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Cryptocurrency platform Okcoin and Polygon, an Ethereum scaling full-stack solution, this week announced the listing of Polygon’s native MATIC token on Okcoin as of Sept. 1. The listing is accompanied by an exclusive Polygon-minted NFT release from 10 members of The Most Famous Artist (TMFA)… Read More

September 1, 2021 @ 3:26 pm By JD Alois  |  

Remember Bitconnect? If you do, well, it was fun while it lasted. If you need a reminder,  just watch this video below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCcwn6bGUtU BitConnect is emblematic of the pomposity and absolutely ridiculous heyday of the initial coin offering boom and ensuing bust. The whole thing… Read More

September 1, 2021 @ 11:19 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The security tokens market cap recently surpassed the $1 billion mark, indicating that these blockchain-powered digital tokens have strong potential for steady growth in the foreseeable future. After the listing of INX Limited’s INX security token, the digital securities space has surpassed $1 billion, which… Read More

September 1, 2021 @ 7:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at coinpass is pleased to confirm that they’ve been granted approval to serve as a registered crypto-assets company. The approval has been given by the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). As mentioned in the announcement, the coinpass management team have always “believed in… Read More

August 31, 2021 @ 11:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Singapore-based Zipmex, a digital assets platform, has secured $41 million through a Series B round which was led by Bank of Ayudhya’s VC division, Krungsri Finnovate. Zipmex‘s latest investment round is joined by Plan B Media Public Company Ltd, Master Ad Public Company Ltd, MindWorks… Read More

August 31, 2021 @ 10:05 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Founded by scientists such as Harvard Prof. George Church, Shivom, a project that developed the world’s first blockchain-powered genomics marketplace, is rebranding as the HLTH.network. This rebranding move is the first of several steps which also includes the release an all-new and inclusive ecosystem around… Read More

August 31, 2021 @ 9:09 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Deeper Network launched its mainnet on Aug. 28, the next step for a decentralized infrastructure it hopes will lay the foundation for Web3.0. The mainnet launch will allow users to access an Internet that combines blockchain network security and the sharing economy. It coincides with… Read More

August 31, 2021 @ 9:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Standard Chartered (LON: STAN) has launched a joint initiative with Linklogis, a supply chain finance tech solution provider from China, in order to provide a blockchain or DLT-powered trade finance platform, called Olea. Standard Chartered stated that Olea is an all-digital trade finance origination and… Read More

August 31, 2021 @ 8:28 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Telos, a high-capacity blockchain network, recently announced that an audit of Telos EVM, its new Ethereum Virtual Machine, performed by the code auditing firm Sentnl has resulted in the discovery of a high severity security issue in Ethereum’s core code that demanded an emergency hot… Read More

August 31, 2021 @ 6:22 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Bluehelix has unveiled Bluehelix Bridge Solution (BBS), a decentralized multi-party computation-based cross-chain bridge solution that supports the decentralized cross-chain access of any public chain, any heterogeneous chain, any homogeneous chain, or any ecological native asset. As of Aug. 31, independent cross-chain addresses exceeded 1,800, cross-chain… Read More