Blockchain & Digital Assets

October 4, 2020 @ 12:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Quantum Resistant Ledger (QRL), which claims to be the “first-of-its-kind,” post-quantum value store and “decentralized” communication layer that’s proactively tackling the threat from quantum computers, has confirmed that x41 D-Sec has started their audit of project enQlave, which is an Ethereum (ETH)… Read More

October 4, 2020 @ 11:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Propy, the US-Bulgarian blockchain-based platform for conducting real estate transactions, has reportedly received an investment from Tim Draper, the legendary venture capitalist who has launched and supported many successful businesses during his extensive career. Propy, which had conducted an initial coin offering (ICO) to raise… Read More

October 3, 2020 @ 5:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

AI and machine learning network Fetch.ai confirmed on October 1, 2020, that it’s launching its Random Number Beacon on Binance Smart Chain, which is a blockchain-based network launched by Binance, the world’s largest digital asset exchange. As mentioned in a blog post by Fetch.ai: “Utilizing… Read More

October 3, 2020 @ 4:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Wing, a credit-based cross-chain (decentralized finance) DeFi platform developed on the Ontology blockchain, was launched in September 2020. The platform has helped with laying the foundation or groundwork for building solutions to support the growth of Ontology’s DeFi ecosystem. The Ontology team claims that the… Read More

October 3, 2020 @ 3:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Eddie Lo, Product Manager at US-based crypto exchange Coinbase, notes that one of the “defining characteristics” of digital currencies is that they can be “transacted instantly, anywhere, anytime.” Although this might not be true given the relatively high Bitcoin and Ethereum transaction fees and relatively slow… Read More

October 3, 2020 @ 3:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

DeFi (decentralized finance) growth continued this week as Galaxy Digital, a full-service crypto merchant bank, made strategic investments in Parafi, a digital asset fund focused on DeFi investments. As noted by KuCoin exchange (which was hacked recently): “Following bitcoin (BTC) and ethereum’s (ETH) trajectory, leading… Read More

October 3, 2020 @ 10:49 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Jay Kurahashi-Sofue, VP of Marketing at Ava Labs, an organization focused on building Avalanche so that the platform can empower people to create “an open, simple, and democratic internet of finance,” has noted that leading up to the official launch of the Avalanche mainnet, it… Read More

October 3, 2020 @ 8:12 am By JD Alois  |  

This past week, Kik, a company that raised over $100 million in an initial coin offering (ICO), lost a long legal battle with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The courts determined that Kik had raised capital in an unregistered securities offering thus transgressing securities… Read More

October 2, 2020 @ 3:27 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Diginex Limited, a digital assets financial services company, announced on Thursday it has listed and began trading on Nasdaq. Diginex reported that it will trade on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol “EQOS,” where it will offer investors the opportunity to participate in the growth of… Read More

October 2, 2020 @ 1:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

US-based crypto exchange Coinbase will be allowing Coinbase Pro users to trade Balancer (BAL) and Ren (REN) tokens. The exchange confirmed: “Today October 1, 2020, transfer BAL and REN into your Coinbase Pro account ahead of trading. Support for BAL and REN will be available… Read More

October 2, 2020 @ 1:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The developers at MANTRA DAO, a community-governed decentralized finance (DeFi) platform that aims to make staking, lending, and governance more accessible to traders and investors, have confirmed that they’ve officially launched their staking platform. The MANTRA DAO team noted that they’re pleased to announce that… Read More

October 2, 2020 @ 11:14 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

BitGo, digital asset financial services provider, announced on Thursday  it is adopting oracle network, Chainlink, to provide on-demand, definitive truth around the collateralization of “Wrapped Bitcoin” (WBTC). BitGo revealed that over the past year it has bridged close to $1 billion onto the Ethereum blockchain… Read More

October 2, 2020 @ 9:01 am By JD Alois  |  

Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank (ECB), says the bank must be ready to issue a digital euro, according to a statement issued today. Meanwhile, a separate report from Bloomberg claims the ECB has already applied to trademark the name “digital euro” as… Read More

October 1, 2020 @ 11:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ontology (ONT), a high-throughput or “high-performance” blockchain for developing decentralized applications (dApps), has now recorded over 6.1 million dApp transactions on its mainnet (since it was launched). There are at least 82 dApps that have now been released on the Ontology mainnet, according to the… Read More

October 1, 2020 @ 10:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The developers at Kava (KAVA) have noted that Kava.io serves as a cross-chain decentralized finance (DeFi) hub. It provides various applications and services to major cryptocurrency networks. According to its developers, the Kava platform operates as a “decentralized bank” for crypto-assets. It helps users connect… Read More

October 1, 2020 @ 9:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Trent McConaghy, the Founder at Ocean Protocol, which allows software engineers to build marketplaces and other apps to privately and securely publish, exchange, and consume data, has confirmed the launch of Ocean data farming – which is described as a program to “incentivize a supply… Read More

October 1, 2020 @ 8:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

AI and machine learning network Fetch.ai has noted that following the events of the recent KuCoin exchange hack this past weekend (which led to around $280 million in crypto tokens being stolen, a lot higher than the previous $150 million estimate), they’re now watching developments… Read More

October 1, 2020 @ 7:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Aave, an open-source and non-custodial decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol for earning interest on digital asset deposits while also being able to borrow assets, confirmed in a blog post published on September 30, 2020 that it was the final day to vote on… Read More

October 1, 2020 @ 2:55 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ripple, a provider of enterprise blockchain solutions for payments, announced on Wednesday it is committing to be carbon net-zero by 2030. Ripple claims it is the first company in the blockchain industry to do so and as part of achieving this goal, the company has… Read More

October 1, 2020 @ 2:11 pm By JD Alois  |  

Talos has announced the public launch of its platform that connects prime brokers, exchanges, OTC desks, lenders, and custodians in the digital asset sector. The Talos platform, which is said to have been live for the last year, offers a suite of solutions that supports… Read More