Tagged: blockchain

December 19, 2018 @ 2:57 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Singapore-headquartered Locus Chain Foundation, the developers of a next-generation blockchain protocol, announced on Wednesday it will launch an innovative digital asset exchange platform, Locus DAX in Dubai, during the first quarter of 2019. According to Locus Chain Foundation, Locus DAX will allow users to buy, sell… Read More

December 19, 2018 @ 2:05 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Overstock’s blockchain subsidiary tZERO announced on Wednesday it has appointed Alan Konevsky as its new Chief Legal Officer. According to tZERO, Konevsky was most recently a senior vice president at Mastercard and will oversee tZERO’s expanding legal, regulatory, public policy, as well as compliance functions. tZERO also revealed… Read More

December 18, 2018 @ 4:17 am By Erin Hobey  |  

æternity, a blockchain 3.0 platform with a focus on efficiency, transparent governance and global scalability, has launched two foundations in Liechtenstein and Bulgaria, to provide grants and educational support to innovative blockchain projects. “Through the creation of these two foundations, æternity takes a significant step… Read More

December 17, 2018 @ 3:07 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Coinness, an Asian cryptocurrency and blockchain information provider, announced on Monday it is expanding in the U.S., which the company claims is the home to more than 20 million cryptocurrency investors. Founded in 2017, Coinness stated it is dedicated to an instant inclusive coverage of everything happening… Read More

December 13, 2018 @ 11:10 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Gamers ready? Monax, a smart contract and blockchain technology platform, has launched a new blockchain-based game called Marmota Prime, in which players win donations in kind to charitable organizations, including The Salvation Army, Toys for Tots and Edinburgh’s Royal Hospital for Sick Children. Beginning today, new challenges… Read More

December 12, 2018 @ 2:21 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

 Crypto Invest Summit, the U.S. largest cryptocurrency and blockchain conference, announced on Wednesday it has partnered with the Litecoin Foundation, led by Litecoin creator Charlie Lee, to program the portion of the Builders’ Track devoted to Bitcoin, Litecoin and Lightning Network development at this spring’s… Read More

December 12, 2018 @ 9:12 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Hyperledger, an open source collaborative effort created to advance cross-industry blockchain technologies, announced on Wednesday that Alibaba Cloud, Citi, Deutsche Telekom, we.trade and 12 more organizations have joined the project. This news came during day one of the inaugural Hyperledger Global Forum, which took place in Basel,… Read More

December 11, 2018 @ 7:14 am By Erin Hobey  |  

IOHK, a blockchain research and development company, has introduced two new tools developed for writing smart contracts for use on the Cardano blockchain. Plutus and Marlowe launched in test format at the first (and currently live) PlutusFest conference in Edinburgh, Scotland. These tools aim to enable… Read More

December 7, 2018 @ 7:47 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Cornell University and Tsinghua University (清华大学) announced this week they have joined forces to host the International Workshop on Blockchain, which is set to take place in Xi’an, China.  According to the learning institutions, the event was made possible by a $150,000 grant from not-for-profit platform Social… Read More

December 5, 2018 @ 9:49 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Global investment platform, eToro, announced on Tuesday it has joined the Blockchain Association as an executive member. eToro reported it will be working alongside prominent organizations in the blockchain ecosystem such as Coinbase, Circle, Digital Currency Group, and Polychain to will help further the Blockchain Association’s… Read More

December 4, 2018 @ 2:41 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Monax, a digital legal infrastructure platform built on an open-source, universal blockchain, has introduced the private beta launch of the Monax Platform, the latest in its line of smart contract products. The Monax Platform is a collaborative workspace for businesses, legal and tech professionals, with… Read More

December 3, 2018 @ 10:18 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Calastone, a global fund transaction network, announces on Monday its entire global network of more than 1,700 financial organizations, across 40 global markets, will be migrated to blockchain in May 2019 through the company’s new Distributed Market Infrastructure (DMI). According to Calastone, the migration connects… Read More

December 2, 2018 @ 10:22 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Quant Network announced last week the launch of its blockchain Operating System, called Overledger, at the inaugural Quant X event in London. According to Quant Network, the new product reduces the current 8-month lead time and £3 million cost that Enterprises endure just to get… Read More

November 30, 2018 @ 9:36 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Huawei Cloud, a global provider of information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure and smart devices, announced on Thursday it officially launched its Blockchain Service (BCS) for global use earlier this month, after launching the service for commercial use in China earlier this fall.  The company reported that the… Read More

November 29, 2018 @ 10:26 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon company (NASDAQ:AMZN), announced on Thursday the launch of two new services to help companies manage business transactions that require full auditability, Amazon Quantum Ledger Database (QLDB) and Amazon Managed Blockchain. According to AWS, Amazon QLDB is a transparent,… Read More

November 28, 2018 @ 4:19 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

MovieCoin, a fintech company leveraging blockchain, smart contracts, and digital assets to create a new standard currency for entertainment industry financing, business transactions, and consumer payments, announced on Wednesday it has formed a partnership with Paytomat, a payments gateway enabling cryptocurrency transactions. According to MovieCoin,… Read More

November 28, 2018 @ 3:14 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

MuleChain, a U.S.-based decentralized P2P delivery and warehouse services on blockchain provider, announced on Wednesday it is now seeking funds through its equity crowdfunding campaign on StartEngine for its blockchain-powered delivery service. MuleChain is described as a blockchain smart contract-based venture project that has been in development since the beginning… Read More

November 27, 2018 @ 3:48 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

BlockShow, a blockchain event, announced on Tuesday it has formed a partnership with Bitfury, a full-service blockchain company, to bring the analytical security software Crystal to next week’s Singapore event. The duo revealed: “Crystal, which has assisted financial institutions and law enforcement in identifying and tracing criminal… Read More

November 21, 2018 @ 8:26 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

TrustED, an Australian-based company that offers an academic credential verification service on the blockchain, announced on Wednesday the launch of its blockchain-based platform set to revolutionize the process of how academic credentials are verified. The company reported that by leveraging blockchain technology it offers the ability… Read More

November 20, 2018 @ 2:01 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

OrganiMark, a South Africa-based value chain engineering and category management company, has formed a new partnership with blockchain platform Sweetbridge to deliver trade financing for Sustainable Cotton. Established in 2008, the company describes itself as a value chain solutions provider that specializes in integration and optimization models… Read More