Tagged: blockchain adoption

April 25, 2024 @ 6:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), the international financial centre of the UAE’s capital, and Hacken, a global enabler of blockchain security auditing, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to set new benchmarks for blockchain security and compliance. This partnership reflects a synergy “between a… Read More

April 24, 2024 @ 12:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently connected with Jonathan Chang, the COO of Nibiru, the new Layer-1 chain co-founded by veterans from Google, Tendermint, and JP Morgan. In addition to a throughput-optimized infrastructure with a comprehensive developer toolkit suite, Nibiru provides an open, permissionless version of interconnected CEX-style applications,… Read More

April 17, 2024 @ 8:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance Academy, the crypto learning hub of Binance, has partnered with European educational institutions to launch a series of paid university-accredited courses. Their curricula will cover key topics and disciplines of blockchain and Web3, “offering learners a deep understanding of the digital-asset space.” By offering… Read More

April 16, 2024 @ 8:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

OKX has reportedly launched the public mainnet of their Layer-2 (L2), X LAYER, building with more than 200 dApps across the network. X LAYER is integrated with OKX Exchange (CEX) and the OKX Web3 Wallet. Users can bridge assets from the two platforms to LAYER… Read More

April 16, 2024 @ 11:08 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Blockchain firm Nansen has shared their quarterly updates including a range of new blockchain integrations and features to give clients a market edge. As the first quarter of 2024 comes to a close, Nansen says that they are pleased by the crypto market’s growth. Over… Read More

April 5, 2024 @ 10:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Chainalysis is marking its 10th year of operations this spring, and they’re reflecting on how far they’ve come with their clients and how the’re continuing to evolve with the rapidly changing ecosystem. Chainalysis notes in a blog post that the market revival we are experiencing… Read More

March 25, 2024 @ 8:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

XPLA, the blockchain mainnet and global Web3 gaming platform, and Matter Labs, a software development, engineering, and cryptography company developing software for zkSync, announced a collaboration designed “to advance the development and deployment of Web3 games through the newly created zkXPLA ecosystem.” The collaboration seeks… Read More

March 25, 2024 @ 8:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Solana ecosystem has emerged as the most popular blockchain ecosystem so far this year, accounting for 49.3% of global crypto investor interest in chain-specific narratives, according to an update from CoinGecko. The CoinGecko report noted that the Solana ecosystem’s dominant mindshare “has been fueled… Read More

March 22, 2024 @ 5:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

OKX is working with Immutable, a Web3 gaming platform. This partnership is expected to include the introduction of “a GameFi NFT launchpad and the integration of Immutable’s gaming-focused zkEVM chain into our OKX Marketplace and OKX Wallet.” OKX says that they aim “to transform how… Read More

March 21, 2024 @ 6:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Hyperledger Foundation, the open, global ecosystem for enterprise-grade blockchain technologies, announced Citi and the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) as new members. Additionally, the foundation unveiled a new Hyperledger Besu Financial Services Working Group, chaired by DTCC, that will “support operationalizing the open source Ethereum client… Read More

March 10, 2024 @ 11:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance Labs, the venture capital and incubation arm of Binance, has invested in seven top-performing projects from the sixth season of its Incubation program. The 2-month incubator which “commenced in December 2023, is designed to empower early-stage founders offering 1:1 mentorship from the Binance Labs… Read More

March 7, 2024 @ 1:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nansen has recently announced a new partnership with Mantle in order to deliver key insights into their ecosystem. In a blog post, Nansen confirmed their latest collaboration with Mantle Network, to deliver informative insights into the Mantle Ecosystem. Nansen said they are pleased to unveil… Read More

March 6, 2024 @ 7:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Rabobank has reportedly carried out several pilots in order to execute over €2 billion in commercial paper transactions via blockchain platform Ubermorgen. The platform provides financial market participants with instant access to funds via the automated issuance of commercial paper as well as certificates of… Read More

March 1, 2024 @ 3:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Sygnum, a global digital asset banking group; Hamilton Lane (Nasdaq: HLNE), a global private markets investment management firm; and financial services firm Apex Group are expanding access to global private markets via new DLT-registered shares on the Polygon blockchain. Sygnum Bank, Hamilton Lane, and Apex… Read More

February 20, 2024 @ 12:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Crowdfund Insider recently caught up with Kadan Stadelmann, a blockchain developer, operations security professional, and Komodo Platform’s CTO. As a side note, Komodo, a blockchain interoperability and atomic swap technology leader, recently rebranded its flagship end-user application from “AtomicDEX” to “Komodo Wallet” and its “AtomicDEX… Read More

February 16, 2024 @ 12:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Paystand, the blockchain-enabled commercial payments platform, announces the launch of Paystand.org. Paystand.org is the corporate social responsibility (CSR) arm of the financial technology company. The organization will harness the power of “the blockchain and emerging bitcoin circular economies to create financial opportunities within vulnerable and… Read More

February 12, 2024 @ 10:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently caught up with Ram Ramachandran, the CEO at Router Protocol, which supports building an interoperable Web3 with modular cross-chain infrastructure. Ram Ramachandran commented on what can be done to help regain users’ privacy and security in Blockchain in 2024. Ramani Ramachandran, CEO of… Read More

February 1, 2024 @ 7:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Taurus SA announces it has joined the ERC3643 Association. This move is said to establish Taurus “as one of the first digital asset custody and tokenization infrastructure providers to join the association, marking a significant step in the advancement of smart contract standardization, and reinforcing… Read More

January 16, 2024 @ 3:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

OKX, a Web3 technology company, and Circle Internet Financial, a global fintech firm and issuer of USDC, unveiled a new ‘CCTP Cryptopedia Campaign,’ giving users who swap USDC across different blockchains on the OKX DEX aggregator the opportunity “to qualify for a share of a… Read More

January 14, 2024 @ 4:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

SlowMist has been analyzing the attacks and major incidents of 2023. SlowMist‘s latest report will focus on the anti-money laundering (AML) trends in the blockchain sector for the same year. Thanks to the support of our InMist Intelligence Network partners, SlowMist aided clients, partners, and… Read More