Tagged: blockchain

August 29, 2018 @ 12:45 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Standard Chartered announced on Wednesday it has joined forces with Siemens Financial Service and TradeIX to create an end-to-end blockchain-based trade finance guarantee platform. According to the trio, this new platform is to transform the traditionally paper-intensive bank guarantees business. The companies claim to be the first blockchain client… Read More

August 29, 2018 @ 10:09 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Terra, a price-stabled cryptocurrency that’s designed for mass adoption, has successfully secured $32 million through its seed funding round, which features investments from  Binance Labs, OKEx, Huobi Capital, and Dunamu & Partners.  Terra describes itself as a protocol of money that ensures price-stability by algorithmically… Read More

August 22, 2018 @ 8:12 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

OTC Markets Group Inc.(OTCQX: OTCM), an operator of financial markets for ten thousand U.S. and global securities, announced on Wednesday it has added blockchain accelerator, Victory Square Technologies, to OTCQX. Victory Square Technologies was notably upgraded to OTCQX from the Pink market and begins trading on OTCQX… Read More

August 20, 2018 @ 1:44 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday, organizers of the music festival, Ultra Taiwan 2018, announced they have teamed up with Pundi X to allow the upcoming event to use blockchain for onsite transactions. According to the organizers, the exclusive partnership between  Pundi X and the Ultra Taiwan Festival will see over… Read More

August 17, 2018 @ 3:45 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

The ICON Foundation, a decentralized network of blockchain communities, announced on Friday its sponsorship of a new accelerator program called ICX Station. According to ICON, ICX Station is designed to expand the power of the underlying ICON infrastructure, which is a scalable interoperable blockchain, as well as provide… Read More

August 15, 2018 @ 11:02 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just a little over a month after securing $2.5 million in seed funding for its blockchain product, TransitNet, CapLinked, a secure information sharing company founded by PayPal’s first U.S. head of marketing Eric M. Jackson, announced the members of the advisory board for TransitNet. As… Read More

August 14, 2018 @ 1:44 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

The DEXON Foundation, the organization that guides in the development of the decentralized protocol platform, DEXON, announced on Monday it secured a $20 million through its private placement investment round, which was led by IDG Capital. As previously reported, DEXON was created by the leadership team… Read More

August 14, 2018 @ 8:54 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Enterprise blockchain technology provider Axoni announced on Tuesday it secured $32 million through its Series B funding round, which was led by Goldman Sachs and Nyca Partners. The funding round included participation from Andreessen Horowitz, Citi, Coatue Management, Digital Currency Group, F-Prime Capital, Franklin Templeton… Read More

August 13, 2018 @ 3:22 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

EY recently announced it has teamed up with the City of Vienna on public blockchains in order to validate and secure the city’s Open Government Data (OGD). According to EY, the OGD includes data such as public transport routes, train schedules, and surrounding communities’ voting… Read More

August 13, 2018 @ 2:42 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Singapore-based multi-currency wallet and blockchain solutions provider Ethos announced last week it has integrated with digital bitcoin and other blockchain tokens marketplace, Shapeshift. The integration news comes less than six months after Shapeshift secured $10.4 million through its Series A funding round, which was led by… Read More

August 12, 2018 @ 5:21 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Information technology and services giant IBM announced last week it has teamed up with integrated container logistics company Maersk to create blockchain shipping solution, TradeLens. The solution was notably developed by the duo to apply blockchain global supply chain. The companies also revealed, as part of… Read More

August 8, 2018 @ 3:18 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Cross-border commerce Flow announced on Wednesday the expansion of its international payment options to support cryptocurrency payment processing through BitPay, a blockchain payments technology platform. This news follows BitPay’s recent announcement that it received its Virtual Currency License from the New York Department of Financial Services. According… Read More

August 3, 2018 @ 8:23 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Omnitude, a UK-based blockchain middleware platform, announced on Friday it has formed a three-year global partnership with e-wallet and mobile payments app ImageNPay to develop new payment experiences using blockchain. Founded in 2017, Omnitude describes itself as a middleware blockchain layer, which is a toolkit… Read More

August 3, 2018 @ 9:42 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

FCA authorized payment institution Bank Account Based Blockchain (BABB) has successfully secured its initial 1.5 million equity crowdfunding target through Crowdcube. The campaign was launched last month, just a few months after BABB raised $20 million through its sold-out initial coin offering.  BABB claims to be… Read More

August 1, 2018 @ 12:38 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Pundi X (CURRENCY: NPXS) announced on Wednesday will make its debut in the Gulf and Middle East following a partnership with fintech company, ebooc. Pundi X reported that it will work closely with ebooc on developing digital payment gateway services for governments, financial institutions and major corporates in the… Read More

July 31, 2018 @ 2:15 am By Erin Hobey  |  

When discussing key issues facing crypto and blockchain and other Nakamoto networks, the possibility and ability of scaling these networks has been the primary concern and focus. Dash, a digital currency for payments and e-commerce, partnered with the Arizona State University Blockchain Research Lab to explore… Read More

July 27, 2018 @ 6:29 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Blockchain tech startup TRON reportedly had a productive week – the company not only declared it now has more than 100 million users on its platform but also revealed it has acquired software company BitTorrent. Founded in 2017, TRON describes itself as a company dedicated to building… Read More

July 24, 2018 @ 6:44 am By Erin Hobey  |  

With the hopes of becoming an institutional-grade token sale platform and digital asset exchange, Gibraltar Blockchain Exchange (GBX) officially announced its full-scale launch today. The GBX, now open to members of the public, will eventually feature fiat onboarding for customers and a number of trading pairs…. Read More

July 23, 2018 @ 10:57 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

California blockchain startup Propy announced on Monday it executed its first blockchain property in California. According to Propy, the Bitcoin-to-Bitcoin sale of 10 acres of land in Southern California was processed through the Propy’s Transaction Platform and every step of the deal was executed through Ethereum smart… Read More

July 20, 2018 @ 1:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

UBIVELOX (089850), the KRX-listed company and manufacturer of smart cards, announced on Friday its entry into the cryptocurrency market after forming a new strategic alliance with Pundi X, a developer of a blockchain-based point-of-sale (POS) solution. According to the duo, UBIVELOX will support the deployment… Read More