Tagged: cardano

December 6, 2020 @ 2:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The development team at Cardano (ADA), a major DLT network for building decentralized applications or dApps, notes that the platform’s development has been conceived as “a journey involving five overlapping development themes, each of which is underpinned by a consensus protocol – Ouroboros.” Kevin Hammond,… Read More

November 3, 2020 @ 9:36 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The University of Wyoming (UW) has launched a Center for Blockchain and Digital Innovation. As mentioned on UW’s website: “Wyoming is a pioneer state known for firsts. In recent years, the state passed groundbreaking legislation to create a regulatory environment to foster blockchain application growth… Read More

October 10, 2020 @ 11:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at IOHK, an organization supporting the development of Cardano (ADA), a blockchain-based platform for creating decentralized applications (dApps), have introduced Marlowe, which serves as a new programming language for writing financial contracts. As noted in a blog post published on the IOHK website,… Read More

October 5, 2020 @ 9:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitfinex, a major digital asset exchange, will be introducing staking rewards for ADA, the native crypto token of Cardano, a blockchain-based platform for developing decentralized applications (dApps). According to the Cardano team, which is led by its founder Charles Hoskinson, the distributed ledger tech (DLT)… Read More

September 7, 2020 @ 10:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Bitcoin Mercantile Exchange (BitMEX), a leading cryptocurrency derivatives trading platform, will be offering four new altcoin/USDT underlying “quanto” futures contracts for EOS, Chainlink (LINK), Tezos (XTZ), and Cardano (ADA). These new contracts are being introduced in order to expand the exchange’s existing altcoin (or… Read More

August 1, 2020 @ 12:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Cardano blockchain completed a “historic” hard fork (backwards incompatible upgrade) on July 29, 2020 – which initiated the launch of the highly-anticipated Shelley mainnet (main or production ready network). The open-source blockchain-based development platform will try to compete with Ethereum, EOS, and Tron (TRX)… Read More

July 5, 2020 @ 12:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cardano’s native crypto token, ADA, might get listed on San Francisco-based digital asset exchange Coinbase by the end of this year. ADA investors will soon have the option of staking their digital assets via Coinbase Custody. A representative from IOHK (Input Output Hong Kong), the… Read More

June 26, 2020 @ 10:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Lars Brünjes, the Director of Education at InputOutputHK, an organization that supports the ongoing development of Cardano (ADA), a blockchain-enabled solution for building and deploying decentralized applications (dApps), says that establishing solid parameter values and maintaining flexibility will be “key to the growth and ongoing… Read More

June 14, 2020 @ 4:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

  The controversial Facebook-led Libra project is reportedly the most active project in terms of developer activity, according to CoinCodeCap data. There are 41 active developers working on Libra, meanwhile, Ethereum (ETH), the world’s largest smart contract platform, has 36 active developers, the data site… Read More

June 2, 2020 @ 4:34 pm By Charles Hoskinson  |  

When you go to a bar and give your ID to the bartender, do you ever think about how much you’re giving away? Let’s say you use your driving license as your ID; you’re letting the bartender know that you’re not underage, but you’re also… Read More

May 21, 2020 @ 10:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

IOHK (Input/Output Hong Kong), a research and development (R&D) firm focused on bringing innovation via blockchain and cryptocurrencies, has confirmed that it will be joining the Hyperledger initiative and W3C. Hyperledger is an open-source project focused on blockchain or distributed ledger technology (DLT) development. It… Read More

March 27, 2020 @ 10:07 am By JD Alois  |  

IOHK has announced a “reboot” of Cardano blockchain, according to a release. IOHK was founded by Charles Hoskinson, well-known in the blockchain world as a founder of Ethereum among other things. IOHK describes the update as a transition from the “Byron-era codebase” to the “Shelley… Read More

March 16, 2020 @ 9:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cardano (ADA), a proof-of-stake (PoS)-based blockchain network with a market cap of around $680 million (at the time of writing), is working on developing its commercial infrastructure. Cardano’s developers have reassured the cryptocurrency’s investors and other community members and stakeholders that development is still on… Read More

February 15, 2020 @ 9:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Input Output Hong Kong (IOHK), the main software firm behind the development of Cardano (ADA), one of the largest platforms for deploying decentralized applications in terms of market cap, confirmed on February 14, 2020 that it had donated $500,000 in ADA tokens to support the… Read More

February 2, 2020 @ 2:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance Futures, the digital assets futures trading platform of Binance, the world’s leading crypto exchange, recently confirmed the introduction of ADA/USDT perpetual contracts. Traders can now trade Cardano (ADA), a digital currency with a market cap of over $1.5 billion, with as much as 75x… Read More

December 16, 2019 @ 11:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Cardano (ADA), one of the largest (by market cap) platforms for building and deploying decentralized applications (dApps), now has over 5 billion ADA tokens, worth about $195 million, staked on its testnet – reportedly within 24 hours of the launch of Cardano’s testnet. Input Output… Read More

May 13, 2019 @ 11:48 am By JD Alois  |  

Security token platform Polymath has formed a new partnership with Ethereum and Cardano co-founder Charles Hoskinson to launch a targeted security token blockchain. The news was revealed today during a presentation at Consensus. Polymath Co-Founder Trevor Koverko joined Hoskinson on stage to make the announcement…. Read More

January 17, 2019 @ 3:08 am By Erin Hobey  |  

The IronX Exchange, a joint venture between global multi-asset broker IronFX and Cardano (ADA coin) creator EmurgoHK. The exchange has a full range of both crypto and fiat wallet funding options. Just in: IronX has raised $26,319,447.92 via its token sale. “The IronX token sale… 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 4, 2018 @ 7:49 am By JD Alois  |  

Seeking to create a united voice for the fast-moving blockchain industry, four prominent blockchain firms have joined together to create a new advocacy association, “Blockchain for Europe.” The new association hosted a policy summit last week that brought together industry stakeholders alongside the four largest… Read More