Tagged: decentralization

October 3, 2022 @ 10:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at NEO are pleased to announce the launch of NeoNS — which is described as  the first Neo name service provider on Neo N3. NeoNS reportedly offers “a more streamlined, efficient and functional experience within the Neo ecosystem and beyond.” You can visit NeoNS… Read More

October 3, 2022 @ 8:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

NEFT Brands, a global conglomerate that owns a portfolio of premium alcohol brands, TV productions, live entertainment promotions, celebrity podcasts, apps, and media companies will partner with the decentralized community of Hourglass “to facilitate growth and offer in-house resources.” NEFT Brands and its subsidiary NEFT… Read More

October 1, 2022 @ 11:49 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Li Jun, the Founder of Ontology, the project bringing trust, privacy, and security to Web3 through decentralized identity and data solutions, recently shared his views and insights with Crowdfund Insider. Li Jun talked about how Ontology has evolved over the years and achieved significant milestones…. Read More

September 25, 2022 @ 2:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fragnova recently announced that Ambal Duels, a “free-to-play” strategy card game, will be the “first” blockchain-enabled game to be “built using the platform’s unique game development engine, Claymore.” Using blockchain technology means the game will “have immutable assets and modding functionalities, allowing the community to… Read More

September 19, 2022 @ 1:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Lago DAO recently voted to pass its first proposal, “putting in motion a series of events resulting in the birth of a new decentralized digital currency: USD2.” USD2 is implemented on the Kadena blockchain via smart contracts, which are “controlled by the Lago DAO.”… Read More

September 15, 2022 @ 7:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Naoris Protocol, the blockchain and AI-based Decentralized CyberSecurity Mesh that restores cybersecurity across all sectors of the economy, is announcing a partnership with WACEO, a non-profit specialized in governance, legal, and regulatory compliance “serving DeFi projects, DAOs, DEXs, and other Web3 projects across the globe.”… Read More

September 8, 2022 @ 11:46 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Security Token Advisors (STA), the “original” consulting firm and advisory group in the tokenization space, is pleased to announce the unveiling of its recent infrastructure client and now vendor OvenueTM, a deep technology platform that “bridges the gap between real-world assets and non-traditional finance (also… Read More

September 4, 2022 @ 10:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bosonic, a decentralized Financial Market Infrastructure (dFMI) business, announces that Onramp Invest, a crypto management solution providing access to crypto assets for registered investment advisors, will join the Bosonic Network™. This latest addition to Bosonic’s growing institutional client base “supports the Wealth segment, providing safety… Read More

September 4, 2022 @ 9:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance Labs, the venture capital arm and accelerator of Binance, led SPACE ID’s seed round. SPACE ID is “a universal naming service network that connects people, assets, and dApps across different blockchain networks.” SPACE ID is “building decentralized, censorship-resistant, and open-sourced universal identifiers.” The naming… Read More

August 31, 2022 @ 1:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

dAMM Finance is building a decentralized borrowing and lending protocol for crypto assets that is “highly capital efficient” and accessible for many token projects. Credora is partnering with dAMM “to conduct privacy-preserving credit evaluations and real-time risk monitoring on eligible dAMM borrowers.” The partnership will… Read More

August 31, 2022 @ 10:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The FBI [Federal Bureau of Investigation] is warning investors that cybercriminals are “increasingly exploiting vulnerabilities in decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms to steal cryptocurrency, causing investors to lose money.” The FBI has “observed cybercriminals exploiting vulnerabilities in the smart contracts governing DeFi platforms to steal investors’… Read More

August 30, 2022 @ 7:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Data monetization allows social media websites and tech giants across the globe “to accumulate significant revenue from user’s personal information,” according to an update shared with CI. Facebook, for example, earns “up to US$900 per year (£670) by selling each user’s personal information to other… Read More

August 29, 2022 @ 11:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ledger, the hardware and software security company focused on crypto and Web3, recently revealed that they’ve integrated Filecoin into Ledger Live Desktop. Ledger explained that Filecoin is powering a “decentralized” Internet “where storage is owned and operated by its users.” We just integrated @Filecoin into… Read More

August 25, 2022 @ 8:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

MakerDAO, the “longest-standing” DeFi lending protocol and creator of DAI, the “original,” decentralized stablecoin, announced that Huntingdon Valley Bank (HVB) has been “approved to utilize a $100M participation facility, funded by a Maker Vault.” Through this development, HVB, a Pennsylvania Chartered Bank founded in 1871… Read More

August 22, 2022 @ 8:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

W3 Storage Lab, a Web3 “decentralized” application company, announced that it closed a pre-seed financing round of $3 million. The investment round was “co-led by Draper Dragon and OKX Blockdream Ventures with major participation from Lingfeng Capital and participation from other investors.” Proceeds from the… Read More

August 16, 2022 @ 8:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Satellite IM, a fully decentralized peer-to-peer communications platform, has successfully closed $10.5 million in its seed funding round “led by Multicoin Venture Fund and Framework Ventures.” The investment round also “saw participation from prominent institutional venture investors including Hashed Venture Fund, IDEO CoLab, Solana Ventures,… Read More

August 5, 2022 @ 8:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Advanced smart contracts are “finally coming” to Bitcoin. The DFINITY R&D team has announced “the beta release of the Internet Computer’s direct integration with the Bitcoin network, which eliminates any reliance on a trusted intermediary or bridge.” Developers can immediately “begin testing and building with… Read More

July 18, 2022 @ 5:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital asset firm Gemini recently revealed their upcoming partnership with the Pyth network in order to “bring accurate and trusted on-chain market data to users across the globe.” As a data publisher to Pyth, Gemini is delighted “to continue contributing to the growth of the… Read More

July 12, 2022 @ 1:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Revolut, the international financial “Super App” with over 18 million customers worldwide, is taking yet another solid step towards its goal of bringing clients the best financial products and services to manage their finances. Revolut’s “Learn & Earn” courses have been developed to assist clients… Read More

July 2, 2022 @ 10:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Fetch.ai, a Cambridge-based artificial intelligence lab building an open-access “decentralized” machine learning network for smart infrastructure, has released DabbaFlow, the “first of its kind” end-to-end encrypted file-sharing platform. Advanced data-sharing and privacy-preserving technologies are “ushering in a new era of data monetization,” the developers claim…. Read More