Tagged: blockchain

June 22, 2018 @ 8:35 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

TradeIX, a blockchain-powered trade platform, announced on Thursday it secured $16 million through its Series A investment round, which was led by ING Ventures with participation from investor Kistefos, BNP Paribas, and Tech Mahindra. Founded in 2016, TradeIX is on a mission to rewiring trade finance… Read More

June 21, 2018 @ 5:05 am By Erin Hobey  |  

The Crypto Valley Association (CVA), a global blockchain and cryptographic technology ecosystem, has partnered with BDO Switzerland, one of the country’s leading providers of auditing, accounting, tax and advisory services. “We are delighted to welcome BDO as a Strategic Partner. The development of blockchain technology is adding… Read More

June 21, 2018 @ 4:42 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Kenetic Capital, a blockchain investment and tech firm, and Decentraland, an Ethereum-based virtual reality platform powered by blockchain, has put NIFTY, a three-day conference and hackathon for international developers, investors, and entrepreneurs to discuss the future of non-fungible tokens (NFTs), collectibles, and blockchain gaming, on… Read More

June 18, 2018 @ 12:47 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Chain Accelerator, a European accelerator that’s dedicated to supporting blockchain startups, opened its doors at Paris’ Station F. Founded earlier this year, Chain Accelerator describes itself s a global blockchain technology accelerator that focuses on companies that are trying to make the world a more… Read More

June 13, 2018 @ 10:00 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Swarm, a blockchain for private equity platform, announced on Wednesday the launch of tokens representing equity in individual tech companies, allowing Swarm investors to purchase security tokens representing fractional shares in private companies. According to Swarm, the secondaries, which are sourced through partners who acquire equity… Read More

June 11, 2018 @ 12:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Technology platform ClearCenter announced over the weekend it has formed a partnership with decentralized storage platform Sia to launch its new ClearSHARE blockchain-based storage platform. According to the companies, this new combined solution will provide an “easy-to-use, robust, and scalable” decentralized storage service backend. “The new ClearSHARE… Read More

June 11, 2018 @ 8:25 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday, a new source of information on Irish blockchain, Blockchain Ireland, was launched today by the Irish Blockchain Expert Group (IBEG). According to IDA Ireland, the new online platform will serve as the go-to source of information, assisting the promotion of Ireland as a… Read More

June 7, 2018 @ 1:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Globacap announced on Wednesday it raised $800,000 through seed funding round, which was led by Stoic Capital and ContactPartners, to continue work on its regulated blockchain securities platform. According to Globacap, other backers included Christian Schulte, co-founder of Steinbeis Mittelstandsfinanzierung and Stephen Russell, a veteran of… Read More

June 6, 2018 @ 3:41 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Cobinhood, a cryptocurrency service platform and zero-fee exchange endorsed by Richard Sherman, announced on Wednesday it has launched its new decentralized blockchain platform, Dexon. The platform reported that the project is backed by IDG Capital. Cobinhood claims that  Dexon is the fastest blockchain available on the market… Read More

June 5, 2018 @ 10:58 am By Erin Hobey  |  

With Money 20/20 comes exciting news! Case in point, Chainvine, a provider of cutting edge Distributed Ledger Technologies that develops bespoke, white label, blockchain platforms, is now publicly celebrating a £2.5M private equity investment from Deepbridge Capital. The platform works closely with management teams to create a… Read More

May 31, 2018 @ 8:52 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Thursday, Chinese marketplace lending platform Dianrong announced its supply chain finance solution will be made available on Corda, R3’s blockchain platform for finance and business. According to the online lender, the new Corda app, CorDapp, will further expand Dianrong’s reach both in China and globally by leveraging… Read More

May 31, 2018 @ 6:23 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Orvium, an open-source and decentralized platform for managing scholarly publications’ lifecycles and associated data reportedly run by employees and technology solutions experts of several institutions and businesses, including the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Amazon, Oracle, as… Read More

May 30, 2018 @ 9:40 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

SoftBank Corp. announced on Wednesday it has teamed up with CloudMinds Technology for the development of an authentication solution based on blockchain. The two companies reported that they have developed the new solution by combining CloudMinds’ blockchain-based authentication with the mobile carrier’s authentication platform. According… Read More

May 29, 2018 @ 10:11 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Pundi X (CURRENCY: NPXS) announced on Tuesday it has established a strategic partnership with the American Chamber of Commerce Korea (AMCHAM) to help introduce and promote Pundi X’s blockchain-based point-of-sales solution to its members, including leading multinationals in Korea. According to Pundi X, under the terms of… Read More

May 29, 2018 @ 8:36 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Berlin-based Stryking has signed crypto investing expert and serial entrepreneur Samson Lee, Coinstreet Partners Founder and CEO, to its advisory board. Lee will support Stryking and its upcoming STRYKZ token launch with his Asian business connections and his crypto market and business development. “We are delighted… Read More

May 25, 2018 @ 9:28 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. announced last week it has agreed to sponsor Neutrino, Japan’s first blockchain1 coworking space. According to the firm, Neutrino, which located in Tokyo’s Shibuya Ward, was established by Omise Japan (CEO: Jun Hasegawa). It was reported: “One of the key features… Read More

May 22, 2018 @ 4:30 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

During May 29 and 29 June, decentralized gaming platform Playkey plans to buy back the PKT token on the HitBTC exchange. Although the buyback price will be determined by the exchange rate, the platform believes that the rate shouldn’t exceed $1.24 per PKT. During the… Read More

May 22, 2018 @ 11:47 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK-based blockchain company nChain announced on Tuesday it closed deal terms to acquire a majority stake in HandCash, a Bitcoin Cash mobile wallet that uses near field communication (NFC) technology to make it as easy for users to send Bitcoin Cash to someone as if… Read More

May 21, 2018 @ 1:13 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Business commerce platform Tradeshift announced on Monday the launch of its new end-to-end cloud platform to bring supply chain payments, supply chain finance, and blockchain-based early payments together into one unified end-to-end solution, Tradeshift Pay. According to Tradeshift, by using the single unified wallet, buyers can take… Read More

May 18, 2018 @ 2:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

ConsenSys announced earlier this week it has teamed up with Amazon Web Services to launch Kaleido, a new blockchain business cloud that’s aimed to speed and simplify enterprises’ journey to using the technology. ConsenSys claimed that Kaleido is the first Software-as-a-Service featuring popular Ethereum packages Geth and… Read More