Tagged: blockchain adoption

April 10, 2023 @ 8:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Canadian Web3 investment firm BitValue Capital announces a strategic partnership with IOST through a USD 10 million long-term investment aimed at “enhancing IOST’s mainnet capabilities and supporting the continuous development of its ecosystem.” BitValue Capital will also “play an advisory role,” helping IOST with the… Read More

April 7, 2023 @ 12:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Celo Foundation is pleased to announce a new partnership with Google Cloud in order to bolster the growth of mission-aligned projects in Celo’s blockchain ecosystem and to expand the early adoption of Google Cloud services. As cLabs’ preferred Cloud provider, Google Cloud’s secure and… Read More

April 3, 2023 @ 4:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Blade Labs, Hedera’s wallet infrastructure provider, and the creators of the enterprise grade Blade Wallet, are announcing the launch of their suite of SDK integration products to further accelerate Web3 adoption. With the help of these new products, project developers can now quickly and easily… Read More

April 3, 2023 @ 11:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The birth of blockblend.io in March of 2022 brought various privacy features to the crypto space. BlockBlend reportedly became a catalyst “allowing blockchain users to protect themselves and their anonymity.” Aimed at the retail level users, BlockBlend marks one year of operations “with their unique… Read More

March 31, 2023 @ 10:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Vechain explains that it is dedicated to building the optimal real-world-ready blockchain environment and “enabling full-scale adoption of web3 technologies.” Their Web3-as-a-service platform, VORJ, “offers builders one of the most versatile blockchain tool suites on the market, and caters for users with little-to-no experience building… Read More

March 20, 2023 @ 7:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

RockX, a blockchain node network headquartered in Singapore, announces the launch of Bedrock — the world’s first AML and KYC compliant, institutional-grade Ethereum liquid staking platform to have gone live to the public. Bedrock is described as “a non-custodial, on-chain and independent liquid staking solution… Read More

March 11, 2023 @ 5:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance, which claims to be the world’s leading blockchain and cryptocurrency infrastructure provider, has announced the launch of Binance Card in Colombia. One of Binance‘s top markets boasting high levels of crypto adoption, Colombia becomes the third country in Latin America “to support the product,… Read More

March 9, 2023 @ 3:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In keeping with their promise to continue supporting and expanding the vechain ecosystem, the team are pleased to share that, as of today, VeChain has been formally integrated with DappRadar, which claims to the world’s largest global Dapp store and cross-chain Dapp community. Users can… Read More

February 5, 2023 @ 9:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently caught up with Dr. Torsten Stüber, Co-Founder and CTO at Berlin-based Pendulum, an initiative focused on traditional finance infrastructure blockchain solutions, which is “the missing link between fiat and DeFi.” Pendulum is an open-source blockchain built on the “proven” Parity Substrate framework, establishing… Read More

January 31, 2023 @ 1:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

FIO Protocol, the decentralized solution for global blockchain usability, has announced the launch of FIO Domain wrapping on the Polygon blockchain. Wrapping is the process of taking a token “from one blockchain and making it available for use on another.” This launch moves FIO Protocol… Read More

January 18, 2023 @ 9:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The financial services sector has evolved considerably during the past decade, with many new Fintech startups and banking challengers raising substantial funding to fundamentally improve how consumers perform transactions. Individuals and business organizations across the globe have been moving their activities online, a digital transformation… Read More

December 21, 2022 @ 7:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cardano Foundation, the Swiss non-profit that promotes the growth of the Cardano protocol and contributes to the advancement and development of blockchain technology, has shared key updates and insights with Crowdfund Insider. Frederik Gregaard, the CEO of the Foundation, has commented on his thoughts about… Read More

December 21, 2022 @ 12:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Binance is pleased to announce that they have joined the Chamber of Digital Commerce, a blockchain and cryptocurrency trade association. Binance has joined the Chamber’s Executive Committee in order “to move the blockchain industry forward alongside other industry players.” Binance VP of… Read More

December 19, 2022 @ 11:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The world of blockchain and crypto is becoming ever more “integrated” into our everyday lives as the Web3 space continues to grow, according to an update from Binance. To help their users do more with their Binance account, the digital asset firm has partnered with… Read More

November 27, 2022 @ 2:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CV VC recently published an inaugural German Blockchain Report following its newest and fourth ecosystem hub opening, CV Labs Berlin. The report provides “a structural overview of Europe‘s top-ranked blockchain country, and its publication highlights CV VC’s commitment to building sustainable and connected global ecosystems… Read More

May 18, 2022 @ 3:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Nahmii AS are pleased to confirm that they have been chosen to work with Norges Bank (the central bank of Norway) on their upcoming experimental CBDC (central bank digital currency) sandbox project. This “prestigious” award confirms Nahmii AS’s position as “a global leader in the… Read More

February 24, 2022 @ 9:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

VeChain developers note that the blockchain sector in Shanghai has enjoyed  “robust” and “fast-paced” development because of the city’s ongoing efforts and their willingness to embrace blockchain tech. To expedite the development of blockchain or distributed ledger tech (DLT)-powered services in Shanghai, the Shanghai Municipal… Read More

July 6, 2020 @ 7:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Several Singapore-based organizations recently teamed up to create a map of what the city-state’s blockchain or distributed ledger technology (DLT) sector looks like, and how it has grown considerably this year when compared to 2019. Many major DLT initiatives in the country are supported in… Read More

June 7, 2020 @ 4:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Blockchain or distributed ledger technology (DLT) firms have been dominating Hong Kong’s startup sector. Last year, enterprise DLT and crypto-assets exchanges were ranked the most popular sectors in Hong Kong’s Fintech industry. This, according to a report from the Financial Services and Treasury Bureau which… Read More

May 25, 2020 @ 11:44 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The National People’s Congress (NPC), China’s parliament and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference recently began conducting their annual sessions. Both government bodies are considered the most powerful or influential political groups in the country. These meetings are commonly referred to as the “Two Sessions”… Read More