Tagged: blockchain adoption

July 28, 2023 @ 7:41 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Concluding the first half of 2023, and the Stellar Development Foundation made significant strides on its roadmap to further its strategy: utility is the growth exponent. To that end, SDF delivered “on the three building blocks: make innovation easy and scalable, win over builders, and… Read More

July 27, 2023 @ 8:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Commerzbank is reportedly the first German bank to have completed a blockchain-based Letter of Credit (LC) transaction for its client, Ascentex Exim LLP, a Singapore-based textile trader, on Contour, a digital trade finance platform. The LC was issued for “a shipment of rubber threads from… Read More

July 26, 2023 @ 10:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Mithril is nearing its mainnet release. Currently in its final testing stages, Mithril is preparing “for a mainnet launch.” As noted in a blog post, Mithril is a stake-based signature scheme and “a protocol that improves the speed and efficiency of nodes’ syncing times.” Mithril… Read More

July 26, 2023 @ 9:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Catalyze Research, the Web3 and blockchain consulting group, and Ripple, which claims to be the “leader” in enterprise blockchain and crypto solutions, announced their partnership to bolster the presence of the XRP Ledger (XRPL) in South Korea. This collaboration aims to tap into the robust… Read More

July 24, 2023 @ 7:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Elliptic – which claims to be the global leader in cryptoasset risk management – is proud to announce that it has been selected by Current Consulting Group as the trusted blockchain analytics provider to fulfil its crypto compliance requirements. Current Consulting Group is “an independent… Read More

July 20, 2023 @ 4:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

WisdomTree, Inc. (NYSE: WT), a global financial innovator, announced that WisdomTree Prime is now available, “granting investors access to the blockchain-enabled financial app built to save, spend, and invest in digital assets and WisdomTree Digital Funds.” The personal finance app is “available in the Apple… Read More

July 18, 2023 @ 1:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Chainlink Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) has entered the Mainnet Early Access phase on the Avalanche, Ethereum, Optimism, and Polygon blockchains. DeFi protocols in derivatives and lending are “adopting CCIP, including Synthetix, which is live on CCIP mainnet, as well as Aave, with BGD Labs… Read More

July 16, 2023 @ 1:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Hex Trust Group, an institutional-grade digital asset custodian licensed across global financial hubs, has announced Ether (ETH) staking services have now been relaunched following the Shapella upgrades on the Ethereum blockchain. Hex Trust has an Ethereum Validator Node and “plays a vital role in… Read More

July 13, 2023 @ 12:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Brazil’s CBDC (or central bank digital currency) codebase could potentially freeze or even reduce funds. This, according to an analysis by a blockchain developer. According to a reports, a blockchain/DLT developer found certain functions that could potentially allow a centralized entity to freeze payments or… Read More

July 7, 2023 @ 8:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cronos Labs, a blockchain startup accelerator focusing on the development of the Cronos ecosystem, announced a partnership with Protocol Labs, the open-source research and development laboratory that builds protocols, tools, and services to radically improve the internet. As part of the collaboration, Protocol Labs will… Read More

July 6, 2023 @ 10:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Concordium, the Layer 1, science-backed blockchain creating a safer digital world, has today announced its strategic partnership with IMPERO Group, a technology consulting firm based in South East Asia. This collaboration marks “a significant milestone in Concordium’s expansion plans and aims to revolutionize identity management… Read More

July 6, 2023 @ 4:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CFTC Commissioner Caroline D. Pham, sponsor of the Global Markets Advisory Committee (GMAC), announced new members and leadership of the GMAC and its Subcommittees on Global Market Structure, Technical Issues, and Digital Asset Markets. CFTC announces their new Digital Asset Markets Subcommittee – Members from… Read More

July 4, 2023 @ 12:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Decentralization theatre: We’ve heard it time and time again in recent months as several projects have struggled to commit to the underlying ideological tenets of blockchain amid growing skepticism of the space. Others have fared relatively well, though — from the community-initiated vote for the… Read More

July 1, 2023 @ 7:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

TRM Labs, which claims to be the leader in blockchain intelligence solutions, released the Illicit Crypto Ecosystem Report, a detailed guide to the complex dynamics of crypto crime. The new report “identifies over 40 types of criminal activity, and reveals that a seismic shift in… Read More

June 30, 2023 @ 10:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Sologenic, a global firm focused on blockchain tokenization technology, announces the launch of two solutions: SOLONEX, an asset tokenization brokerage solution, and a specialized custom-built CBDC Tokenization Solution. Geared at facilitating financial transactions and asset management, these solutions will aim to bridge the gap between… Read More

June 29, 2023 @ 6:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Recently, The Graph, a protocol for indexing and querying blockchain data, eclipsed one trillion queries. For years, subgraphs on The Graph have “been powering thousands of decentralized applications (dapps) in development and production across the hosted service and Graph Network.” There are over 74,000 subgraphs… Read More

June 29, 2023 @ 11:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Mastercard (NYSE: MA) announced the launch of the Multi Token Network (MTN), a set of core capabilities designed to make transactions within the blockchain and digital asset ecosystems secure, scalable and interoperable – enabling payment applications and trade more efficiently. A new solution for the… Read More

June 27, 2023 @ 6:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

More than half—52%—of the Fortune 100 have “pursued crypto, blockchain or web3 initiatives since the start of 2020, according to recent research results shared by Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN). As mentioned in a blog post, about 60% of Fortune 100 initiatives “reported since the start of 2022… Read More

June 25, 2023 @ 5:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently connected with Dr. Ben Zhang, COO & Co-founder of NodeReal, which claims to be a one-stop blockchain infrastructure and service provider that embraces the high-speed blockchain era and empowers developers by “Make your Web3 Real”. They aim to provide scalable, reliable, and efficient blockchain… Read More

June 23, 2023 @ 7:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Algorand, the “pure” proof-of-stake Layer-1 blockchain network, continues to deliver the advanced technology required to power real world applications with its latest protocol upgrade that unleashes faster block times, as well as other improvements. This recent protocol upgrade, “now live on Mainnet, reduces block time… Read More