Tagged: blockchain

February 13, 2018 @ 12:33 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Decentralized IT security marketplace PolySwarm has received an investment from cryptocurrency investment firm BlockTower Capital. BlockTower Capital launched in August, raising $140 million from backers including Union Square Ventures LLC and Andreessen Horowitz to bring professional trading and portfolio management to emerging digital assets like… Read More

February 13, 2018 @ 11:11 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Augmate,  a B2B enterprise company specializing in wearable devices, has received a grant from BitcoinLatina to promote blockchain development in Latin America. BitcoinLatina provides blockchain solutions to scale Latin American consumer, enterprise, government, military, and university services and distributed applications. Its grant, which comes in… Read More

February 13, 2018 @ 8:48 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Datawallet, a C2B blockchain-based data exchange, is participating in the Kochava OnXCHNG program, a partnership program for the industry’s open source blockchain framework for the digital advertising ecosystem, XCHNG. Last week Datawallet announced that its DXT token sale sold out after reaching its $40 million USD… Read More

February 9, 2018 @ 10:59 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Barbados-based Shyft announced on Thursday the launch of its new blockchain-based KYC/AML network, which will allow users to securely obtain, store, inquire into, and work with compliance-satisfying data, helping them reduce costs and increase efficiency while deepening consumer data security. The company revealed: “The Shyft Network… Read More

February 8, 2018 @ 3:03 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

  CoinDesk, a leading global digital media company focused on crypto assets and blockchain, released its Q4 State of Blockchain Report, a respected authority on blockchain trends research and analysis. The quarterly report comes on the heels of one of the busiest quarters in the… Read More

February 8, 2018 @ 2:30 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

SingularityNET is developing a blockchain powered platform that serves as a decentralized, open market for AI service and products. The protocol is designed to facilitate AI discovery and allow anyone to find the AI services or products they need, purchase them, and then implement them… Read More

February 8, 2018 @ 1:43 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Kochava Labs SEZC, a research and development subsidiary of Kochava Inc., is proud to announce four new advisors to XCHNG, the open source blockchain framework for the digital advertising ecosystem: David Weild IV, Founder, Chairman and CEO of Weild & Co., Inc. and former Vice… Read More

February 8, 2018 @ 12:55 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

FactSet, a global provider of integrated financial information, analytical applications and services, has established a strategic relationship with blockchain developer CG Blockchain. Through this relationship, FactSet clients will have access to CG Blockchain investment products through its BCT Fundstore. CG Blockchain’s current and future clients will… Read More

February 7, 2018 @ 11:47 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Neighborly Corporation, a San Francisco-based public fintech platform, announced on Wednesday it is teaming up with the UC Berkeley Blockchain Lab, and Berkeley elected officials, to launch the Berkeley Blockchain Initiative (BBI). The BBI will leverage blockchain technology to develop a first-of-its-kind tokenized municipal bond compliant with all regulatory… Read More

February 6, 2018 @ 7:08 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Fintech and cryptocurrency solutions company Tech Bureau noted that that Japan’s first online bank, Japan Net Bank, Limited is testing blockchain technology integrations using mijin and Hyperledger and has initiated a proof-of-concept project to evaluate to utilize the cryptocurrencies for paperless contract administration, scheduled to be… Read More

February 6, 2018 @ 4:07 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Datawallet, a leading C2B blockchain-based data exchange, announced that its DXT token sale has sold out after reaching its goal of $40 million USD. The pre-sale, which started on January 22, 2018, was available to Datawallet’s earliest supporters on a first-come-first-served basis, with the final… Read More

February 5, 2018 @ 3:58 pm By JD Alois  |  

Marco Santori, formerly a Partner at Cooley, LLP and author of the controversial SAFT or Simple Agreement for Future Tokens, has joined Blockchain as President and Chief Legal Officer.  In the past, Santori has been labeled “the Dean of Digital Currency Lawyers” by some and… Read More

February 2, 2018 @ 8:48 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Friday Overstock’s blockchain subsidiary tZERO announced it purchased a 24% ownership stake in StockCross Financial Services, Inc., a FINRA member firm and a U.S. DTCC member Firm. According to tZERO, the investment in StockCross adds a key partner with the custodial and clearing functionality of… Read More

January 29, 2018 @ 12:14 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Fineqia International Inc. (CSE: FNQ) (OTCPink: FNQQF) (Frankfurt: FNQA) announced on Monday it has made a cash investment for an equity stake in Nivaura, which recently demonstrated the world’s first crypto-currency denominated bond issuance that was cleared, settled and registered entirely on a public blockchain. According… Read More

January 27, 2018 @ 8:08 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

CapLinked, a secure information sharing company founded by PayPal’s first US head of marketing Eric M. Jackson, announced this week the launch of its new blockchain framework TransitNet, which will be used to protect and record enterprise transactions. According to CapLinked, the TransitNet protocol will be accessible… Read More

January 25, 2018 @ 10:53 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Waves has forged a strategic partnership with IFCA, Astana’s International Financial Center, based in Kazakhstan. The memorandum of cooperation was signed at the CryptoHQ event, within the framework of the World Economic Forum currently being held in Davos (Switzerland), at which Waves also has a presence…. Read More

January 22, 2018 @ 1:30 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

California blockchain startup Propy announced on Monday it has launched a pilot project in collaboration with South Burlington, Vermont city officials to utilize blockchain technology to record real estate conveyance documents. While sharing details about the partnership, Natalia Karayaneva, CEO of Propy, said: “The Propy… Read More

January 22, 2018 @ 11:14 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Blockchain-based loyalty ecosystem, qiibee announced on Monday it has formed a partnership with beverage brand Lattesso to help transform its customer loyalty program. According to qiibee, Lattesso will use blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies to power its loyalty program throughout Switzerland, Germany, Austria, the Benelux, and Russia…. Read More

January 18, 2018 @ 9:59 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

GECKO Governance, a regtech blockchain solution based in Ireland, announced on Thursday it secured $1 million in seed investment financing from COSIMO Ventures. Founded in 2015, GECKO describes itself as a suite of blockchain-integrated products that allows fund managers and banks to schedule all end-to-end… Read More

January 16, 2018 @ 11:43 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Financial technology investment platform BnkToTheFuture claims that the platforms has raised an initial $30 million for its tokenized equity market and due diligence platform in the first three days of BnkToTheFuture’s token private pre-sale open solely to institutional investors. BnkToTheFuture reportedly offers the largest online… Read More