Tagged: charles hoskinson

November 13, 2023 @ 6:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

IOG founder & CEO Charles Hoskinson recently outlined a new framework that will offer new ways for developers and validators to utilize Cardano’s core strengths – and some new Cardano technologies in order “to build their own optimized partner chains.” Partner chains will aim to… Read More

April 5, 2023 @ 4:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Input Output Global, Inc. (IOG), a software research & development company, and one of the builders behind sustainable blockchain platform Cardano, has appointed Eran Barak as CEO of Midnight, “its new data-protection focused protocol.” Barak has previously “held senior roles in the financial services industry.”… Read More

November 20, 2022 @ 7:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Input Output Global, Inc. (IOG), one of the builders of Cardano, the proof of stake blockchain, has partnered with the University of Edinburgh, one of the “most highly rated” academic institutions in the United Kingdom, “to develop the blockchain industry’s first ‘decentralization index’.” The Edinburgh… Read More

January 3, 2022 @ 11:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at IOHK, which supports the development of major blockchain platform Cardano (ADA), says that 2021 was the year robots, and “graffiti came to a decentralized, smarter Cardano.” The update posted by IOHK noted that Beeple used to illustrate their write-ups, however, art NFTs… Read More

September 26, 2021 @ 7:24 pm By JD Alois  |  

Announced today at Cardano Summit 2021 in Wyoming, Charles Hoskinson and Shahaf Bar-Geffen said the COTI platform would be the official issuer of Djed, a new stablecoin for Cardano. The company was the first recipient of equity investment from the cFund for Cardano developments. According to… Read More

September 14, 2021 @ 8:22 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

The first day with smart contract capability was a good one for Cardano, it reports. Cardano’s recent upgrade to give it smart contract functionality allows developers the ability to create apps on it. Within the first 24 hours, the platform saw more than 100 smart… Read More

September 2, 2021 @ 9:52 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Blockchain company dcSpark, which builds critical products and solutions on top of crypto projects, this week announced a sidechain project named Milkomeda. It is focused on helping non-Ethereum Virtual Machine cryptocurrencies gain wider adoption. Milkomeda said it addresses scaling issues seen in several new blockchains… Read More

August 4, 2021 @ 4:50 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Blockswap’s Open Saver savings account allows eligible participants to benefit from holding green cryptocurrencies without needing advanced knowledge of the sector or even personal cryptocurrency holdings. It will also help users lessen their carbon footprint. Open Saver will offer a targeted return of seven per… Read More

August 11, 2020 @ 8:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Charles Hoskinson, an Ethereum co-founder and now better known for being the founder of Cardano (ADA), a platform for building decentralized applications (dApps), recently came forward to offer help to the Ethereum Classic (ETC) community members. However, Hoskinson had certain conditions that he wanted the… 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 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

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

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