October 16, 2018 @ 4:49 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Kind Heaven, an entertainment experience that is opening next year on the Las Vegas Strip, announced on Tuesday it has selected NEM as its new blockchain partner. NEM provides industry-leading speed and scalability, which notably meets the needs of Kind Heaven’s ambitious plans to integrate blockchain… Read More

October 16, 2018 @ 8:44 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Cryptic Labs, a research accelerator primarily focused on solving fundamental problems in security and economics to advance the viability and growth of the blockchain, announced on Tuesday it has formed a partnership with Fractal Platform to provide what it believes is rigorous economic modeling and bespoke research… Read More

October 16, 2018 @ 3:16 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Launched to create an open source platform for the free and fair exchange of data utilizing blockchain, Streamr continues to thrive, having recently partnered with Japan-based AI platform Daisy AI, CRYPTICS, HPE, Fysical, won the Plug and Play Global Innovation Award for Performance from innovation platform STARTUP AUTOBAHN,… Read More

October 11, 2018 @ 3:17 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Streamr, an open-source, real-time data platform just selected as one of PwC’s Crypto Valley’s Top 50 Projects, continues to expand its network with a new partnership with Japan-based Daisy AI, an AI platform focused on using blockchain for deep learning. Daisy AI will use Streamr… Read More

October 10, 2018 @ 3:10 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

The Mobility Open Blockchain Initiative (MOBI) announced on Wednesday it has partnered with the Trusted IoT Alliance (TIoTA) to launch the MOBI Grand Challenge (MGC) series with its first Challenge, which is described as a four-month-long tournament to showcase potential uses of Blockchain in coordinating… Read More

October 10, 2018 @ 8:27 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Pundi X (CURRENCY: NPXS), an Indonesia-based global developer of blockchain-powered devices,  announced on Wednesday the creation of its new blockchain-based OS and communication protocol for mobile devices, allowing users to make calls, send messages and transmit data via a fully decentralized blockchain network. Pundi X reported… Read More

October 9, 2018 @ 12:35 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ideanomics (formerly known as Seven Stars Cloud Group, Inc.) (NASDAQ: SSC), a global fintech and asset digitization services company, announced on Tuesday it has entered into a joint venture agreement with TPJ Ltd, to create Ideanomics Resources LTD a U.K. company based in London and create a commodity… Read More

October 9, 2018 @ 10:18 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, German blockchain banking group Bitwala announced it has teamed up with solarisBank to launch its new cryptobanking services. According to Bitwala, nearly 35,000 customers have already pre-registered to be among the first to get access to new service, which helps customers to manage cryptocurrencies with… Read More

October 9, 2018 @ 7:38 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Yesterday, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, Binance, announced that the platform would donate all listing fees to charity indicating that the change would increase the use of Blockchain for greater good. The company did not provide specifics as to how the charities would be… Read More

October 8, 2018 @ 4:24 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ground X, the blockchain subsidiary of the leading South Korean mobile platform, Kakao, announced on Monday the launch of its new blockchain platform, Klaytn. According to Ground X, the platform seeks to improve the inconvenient UX of existing blockchain platforms by allowing average end-users to… Read More

October 4, 2018 @ 10:36 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Blockchain-based real estate marketplace QuantmRE announced on Thursday it has teamed up with global financial services technology Securrency to create the infrastructure to support its real estate trading platform and launch globally compliant stablecoin and cryptocurrency ecosystem EQRE. Founded in 2017, QuantmRE is seeking to become the… Read More

October 4, 2018 @ 10:35 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

SALT, a U.S.-based Blockchain-Backed Loans provider for cryptocurrency holders, announced on Thursday it has updated its platform to include peer-to-peer cryptocurrency, Litecoin. This news comes just days after SFOX added the crypto to its cryptocurrency prime dealer platform.  Founded in 2016, SALT launched its lending platform in… Read More

October 4, 2018 @ 10:04 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Aave, a Switzerland-based tech company which specializes in the development of decentralized and hybrid blockchain applications, announced on Thursday the launch of Aave Lending, which is described as an efficient SaaS solution for the collateralization of loans. The blockchain application developer also reported that it signed its… Read More

October 1, 2018 @ 12:39 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

HackerOne, U.S.-based hacker-powered security platform, announced on Friday it now accepts bitcoin payments through global blockchain payments provider BitPay. According to the duo, BitPay enables HackerOne to receive international payments faster and more economically than traditional bank wires. HackerOne reported that its customers may skip costly, complicated cross-border wire… Read More

September 28, 2018 @ 7:44 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

AT&T announced earlier this week the launch of its blockchain solution suite. According to the telecommunication giant, The suite was designed to work with technology both IBM and Microsoft. Through the suite, enterprise customers may automate and digitalize their business processes using blockchain technologies. AT&T… Read More

September 27, 2018 @ 10:46 am By Erin Hobey  |  

The Blockchain Trust Accelerator (BTA), a global platform for harnessing blockchain technology to solve social impact challenges, has created The Impact Ledger, an online registry of social impact blockchain projects, which span the nonprofit, public, and for-profit sectors. “Blockchain technology is emerging at a time… Read More

September 25, 2018 @ 8:23 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Over 26 million euro loans were financed through the European P2P platform Robo.cash in first eight months in 2018, notably 223% more than in the same period a year earlier. Operating according to the ‘peer-to-portfolio’ model, Robo.cash seeks to bring together private investors and legal… Read More

September 24, 2018 @ 3:13 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Bitmain Technologies, a China-based consumer-grade ASIC miner, announced last week the launch of its ASIC chip BM1391 for mining cryptocurrencies using the SHA256 algorithm. According to Bitmain, the  ASIC SHA256 algorithm acceleration chip integrates more than a billion transistors and is optimized for maximum efficiency. It… Read More

September 20, 2018 @ 1:02 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Last week Bloomio AG, a Swiss-based blockchain-based equity crowdfunding platform that allows investors to fund startups in return for tokenized shares, added a new board of independent experts to conduct due diligence of  potential strength and scalability of startups applying to raise on the platform.  New members include NeoFelis… Read More

September 17, 2018 @ 3:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

BitMovio, a U.S.-based blockchain-enabled video entertainment marketplace, announced last week it completed a $600,000 pre-seed round of equity funding with participation from Silicon Valley-based IMO Ventures, Basis Set Ventures, and BlockCentury, and Boston-based NorthBay Solutions, the Play Labs Fund, and Seraph Investments. Founded earlier this year by… Read More