Tagged: blockchain

May 8, 2019 @ 3:46 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

ICON, one of the largest blockchain projects in South Korea, announced on Wednesday it will launch the ICON TX (Transaction) Challenge, which is described as a large blockchain development contest with a total prize pool of one million ICX (ICON’s cryptocurrency), starting on June 3rd…. Read More

May 6, 2019 @ 3:54 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Hyperledger, an open source collaborative effort created to advance cross-industry blockchain technologies, announced on Monday the general availability of Hyperledger Iroha 1.0, which is the fourth active Hyperledger project to reach 1.0, following Hyperledger Fabric, Hyperledger Sawtooth and Hyperledger Indy. According to Hyperledger, Iroha is a… Read More

May 6, 2019 @ 3:44 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Pharma giant Pfizer has reportedly become one of the latest companies to join the MediLedger Project, which is a blockchain protocol program for supply chain management. McKesson Corporation, AmerisourceBergen Corporation, and Primer Inc. have also joined the program. The MediLedger Project is described as a… Read More

May 3, 2019 @ 4:52 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

CV VC (Crypto Valley Venture Capital) announced this week the launch of its new Incubation Program with 12 blockchain startups in Zug, Switzerland. The organization reported that out of 500 applications, 12 startups were selected and have relocated to Zug for the ten-week program. According… Read More

May 2, 2019 @ 2:41 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Blockchain technology firm Fineqia International Inc. announced on Thursday it has invested in Wave Financial Group, LLC (Wave), a blockchain-focused company. According to Fineqia, Wave undertakes early-stage investment, asset management, treasury management and strategy consulting to enhance the adoption of blockchain technologies worldwide. “Wave draws… Read More

May 2, 2019 @ 8:54 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ganapati Group company, GanaEight Coin Ltd (G8C) announced earlier this week it hosted a blockchain event at the House of Commons in London’s Houses of Parliament. According to G8C, the event followed the Blockchain Expo Global event at London’s Olympia Grand on the Thursday and… Read More

May 2, 2019 @ 8:41 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Singapore-based Pundi X announced on Thursday it is planning to launch its platform called Open Platform for developers and companies to list digital tokens within XPOS, XWallet, and XPASS. According to Pundi X, the platform will also allow the creation of customized XPASS cards within… Read More

May 2, 2019 @ 8:25 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

HYPE Sports Innovation, a sports innovation platform, announced on Thursday it has launched a new blockchain accelerator specifically for the sports industry. Led by Bernd Wahler, former CMO of Adidas and ex-President of VfB Stuttgart, HYPE is promoting their twelfth accelerator at two boot camps… Read More

May 1, 2019 @ 11:15 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Marconi, the creator of a networking and blockchain protocol using programmable packets, announced on Wednesday it has entered into a strategic blockchain partnership with Cryptic Labs, a blockchain advisory and research company. Marconi reported that the Marconi Protocol uses a unique programmable packet design to build… Read More

April 30, 2019 @ 11:53 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Global blockchain payments provider BitPay announced on Tuesday it has teamed up with Refundo, a provider of tax-related financial products, to offer federal and state income tax refunds in Bitcoin. While sharing more details about the partnership, Rolf Haag, Head of Business Solutions at BitPay, stated:… Read More

April 24, 2019 @ 3:52 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Technology giant Samsung is reportedly developing its own blockchain network and cryptocurrency token, Samsung Coin. According to CoinDesk Korea, Samsung’s blockchain task force, which is part of the company’s wireless division, is now creating a blockchain main net based on Ethereum. The source revealed to… Read More

April 19, 2019 @ 7:57 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Qtum, a blockchain application platform, announced this week the launch of its enterprise blockchain solution, Unita. According to Qtum, Unita securely stores data, utilizes existing developer tools and automates information transfer processes for businesses at a groundbreaking speed of 10,000 transactions per second. The platform… Read More

April 9, 2019 @ 11:09 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Blockchain software firm BitGo announced on Tuesday that LGO Markets, the newly-launched digital asset trading platform for institutional investors, is providing BitGo custody and multi-signature wallets for its clientele of hedge funds, family offices, and asset managers. According to BitGo, LGO’s clients will be able… Read More

April 4, 2019 @ 8:23 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

BBVA announced on Wednesday it closed a blockchain-powered sustainable “Schuldschein” loan for the Madrid Government. BBVA reported that the deal, which is structured as per the German debt instrument, is worth a total of €220 million and will be allocated to sustainable projects. BBVA revealed:… Read More

April 2, 2019 @ 2:52 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Cambridge Blockchain, Inc, a digital identity enterprise software provider, announced today that PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL) has joined its Series A funding round. Cambridge Blockchain reported that with this investment, the two companies will explore potential collaborations to leverage blockchain technology. Cambridge Blockchain revealed its solutions… Read More

April 2, 2019 @ 11:12 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Tokeny, the Luxembourg-based fintech compliant tokenization platform delivering institutional grade solutions in the issuance, lifecycle management and secondary trading of security tokens, has partnered with global law firm DLA Piper. Hedera Hashgraph recently cited DLA Piper as first members of the Hedera Hashgraph Governing Council,… Read More

April 2, 2019 @ 5:34 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Fintech startup GeoDB aims to provide a big data marketplace that includes an encrypted, safe, transparent, verified, accurate and decentralized datapool and also to solve the existing problems of the growing big data industry. The platform has recently begun £750,000 crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube for… Read More

March 28, 2019 @ 4:58 am By Erin Hobey  |  

In mid-March, Taiwan-based blockchain security company CoolBitX, creator of CoolWallet S, a Bluetooth mobile hardware wallet for digital assets, has created a tech partnership with the Asia Blockchain and Crypto Association (ABACA), the appointed Self-Regulatory Organization (SRO) of the Philippine government agency Cagayan Economic Zone Authority… Read More

March 22, 2019 @ 7:43 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Blockchain fintech company, Blackmoon, announced on Friday it has formed a strategic partnership with Daneel.io (Daneel), an Information Technology and Services firm whose goal is to develop an AI capable of detecting fake news in the Blockchain market, create a branded Exchange Traded Index (ETx)…. Read More

March 21, 2019 @ 5:20 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Tide Foundation just launched a data marketplace aimed at making privacy profitable. Tide’s blockchain protocol seeks to address costly GDPR compliance, compensation and data accuracy issues to drive a new consensual data economy. “While we all deserve a human right to privacy, we’re witnessing the disastrous results of… Read More