Tagged: consensys

April 14, 2021 @ 9:49 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  ConsenSys announced on Tuesday it raised $65 million through its latest investment round. The blockchain company reported that J.P. Morgan, Mastercard, and UBS invested alongside blockchain companies, including Protocol Labs, the Maker Foundation, Fenbushi, The LAO, and Alameda Research. Additional investors include CMT Digital, Greater… Read More

March 31, 2021 @ 11:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ConsenSys, HENI Group, and Heyday Films launched Palm NFT Studio on March 30, 2021. It’s described as an “innovation” lab that’s been set up to “collaborate with artists, marketplaces, and rights holders to bring projects and platforms into the Palm ecosystem.” As mentioned in a… Read More

March 16, 2021 @ 10:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Proof of stake or PoS based blockchain consensus may be coming to Ethereum (ETH), the leading smart contract platform, “sooner than we think” according to a blog post published by ConsenSys, a leading distributed ledger tech (DLT) development studio based in New York. The post’s… Read More

February 28, 2021 @ 6:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Crypto exchange OKCoin confirms in a new report that Ethereum (ETH) scaling has recently seen a boost, while the total value locked in decentralized finance (DeFi) has plummeted. DeFi pulse data shows that there’s currently just under $35 billion worth of value locked in DeFi… Read More

February 3, 2021 @ 1:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Lex Sokolin, CMO at blockchain firm ConsenSys and Co-Head of Fintech and DeFi at ConsenSys Codefi, recently engaged in a conversation with Ajit ‘Half Boomer’ Tripathi, the Head of Institutional Business at Aave (AAVE), a leading decentralized finance (DeFi) platform. 2/ We covered a lot of… Read More

January 21, 2021 @ 8:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Lex Sokolin, CMO at blockchain firm ConsenSys and Co-Head of Fintech and DeFi at ConsenSys Codefi, recently discussed how can we “best understand” the 100x revenue multiples for Fintech firms Affirm, Checkout, Rapyd, and several others. 1/ How can we best understand the 100x revenue… Read More

December 11, 2020 @ 8:46 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Curv, a U.S.-based digital asset security infrastructure provider, announced on Thursday it has joined forces with ConsenSys to launch Curv DeFi, which is a decentralized finance (DeFi) solution specifically created for institutions. According to Curv, Curv DeFi builds on the company’s integration with the Compound… Read More

November 17, 2020 @ 10:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

New York-based ConsenSys, a company that supports Ethereum (ETH) development and various other blockchain-focused initiatives, has reportedly acquired the team and technology of Truffle. As mentioned in a release shared with Crowdfund Insider, Truffle Suite is one of the most widely used blockchain or distributed… Read More

September 3, 2020 @ 11:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Lex Sokolin, the Global Fintech Co-Head and CMO at ConsenSys, confirms that the organization recently acquired Quorum from J.P. Morgan. Quorum is a platform that serves as a private, enterprise version of Ethereum (ETH). As covered, ConsenSys has also received an investment from J.P. Morgan…. Read More

August 26, 2020 @ 7:35 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Brooklyn, New York based ConsenSys, a blockchain software company focused on Ethereum (ETH) development, has acquired JPMorgan’s (NYSE: JPM) Quorum, which aims to serve as an enterprise-variant or version of the Ethereum protocol. As mentioned in a release shared with CI, even before the first… Read More

July 17, 2020 @ 2:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Activate, by ConsenSys Codefi, is reportedly the first platform developed specifically for creating decentralized networks and allowing users to purchase, manage, and use their digital tokens through a single application. Leading Ethereum development studio ConsenSys announced on July 16, 2020, that the SKALE Network’s SKALE… Read More

June 26, 2020 @ 1:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Lex Sokolin, the Global Fintech Co-Head and CMO at ConsenSys, a leading Ethereum (ETH) development studio, recently noted that COMP tokens, which belong to major DeFi lending solution Compound, ballooned over 200%. As reported, decentralized finance protocol Compound saw a dramatic increase in lending dctivity… Read More

June 16, 2020 @ 11:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance, Crypto.com, DARMA Capital, Huobi Wallet, Matrixport, and Trustology will reportedly join the ConsenSys Codefi Staking Pilot Program, in order to gain early access to the Ethereum 2.0 staking solution. Ethereum 2.0 or Eth2 is a major system-wide upgrade to Ethereum (ETH), the world’s largest… Read More

May 26, 2020 @ 8:23 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

ConsenSys recently announced it has acquired U.S.-based blockchain technology company Fluidity. According to ConsenSys,  Fluidity is the primary developer of AirSwap and has produced several industry firsts in real-estate tokenization, tokenized securities trading, systems to pledge real collateral to decentralized credit platforms, and has hosted the Fluidity Summit. ConsenSys explained as part… Read More

May 23, 2020 @ 2:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently talked to Lex Sokolin, the Global Fintech Co-Head and CMO at ConsenSys, a leading Ethereum (ETH) development studio based in New York. Before joining ConsenSys, Sokolin was the Global Director of Fintech Strategy at Autonomous Research, a firm that was eventually acquired by… Read More

May 3, 2020 @ 3:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Over 150 different Ethereum (ETH) projects have acquired almost $25 million in total grant funding to date. The Ethereum Foundation, a Switzerland-based non-profit entity supporting the ongoing development of Ethereum, is the largest donor. The foundation has allocated more than $21 million (of the total… Read More

April 19, 2020 @ 9:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The developers of Baseline, an enterprise-grade smart contract and tokenization platform created by Microsoft, Ernst & Young (EY), and Ethereum development studio ConsenSys, aim to solve a number of flaws reportedly found in Apple and Google’s proposal for Coronavirus (COVID-19) tracking projects. Google and Apple… Read More

April 16, 2020 @ 10:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cryptocurrencies and their underlying blockchain technology are often criticized for not having enough practical use cases. There are still relatively few merchants or retailers who will accept virtual currencies as payment, because of the challenges associated with off-ramping into fiat currencies, which are more practical… Read More

April 14, 2020 @ 1:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Brooklyn, New York-based ConsenSys, a leading Ethereum (ETH) development studio, has published a new report which covers major decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols and their performance during the first quarter of 2020. The report notes that two key events defined decentralized finance during the first three… Read More

April 7, 2020 @ 2:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

New York-based ConsenSys, a leading Ethereum (ETH) development studio, and Gitcoin, a fundraising platform, are supporting a digital hackathon event that aims to find solutions for the deadly Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. As noted in a blog post published by ConsenSys, the hackathon event aims to… Read More