Tagged: Decentralized Applications

October 30, 2022 @ 9:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fun, a blockchain software development company building applications that leverage dynamic and decentralized wallet (dWallet) technology, announced it “raised $3.9M in a pre-seed funding round led by JAM Fund, and joined by SOMA Capital, NOMO Ventures, and Great Oaks Venture Capital, as well as prominent… Read More

October 19, 2022 @ 9:05 am By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently connected with Li Jun, Founder of Ontology, the project that claims it is bringing trust, privacy, and security to Web3 through decentralized identity and data solutions. Li Jun has commented on the key developments in the crypto and blockchain space following the Ethereum… Read More

October 16, 2022 @ 6:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

OKX, which claims to be the world’s “second largest” cryptocurrency exchange (presumably after Binance), announced that it is partnering with Pyth network, a next-generation Oracle solution built on the Solana blockchain and designed “to provide trusted and verifiable market data to decentralized applications.” Pyth operates… Read More

October 7, 2022 @ 5:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Aleph.im, the Web3 cloud platform for computing services, file storage and indexing solutions, announced the launch of their open source and “decentralized” indexing solution for the Solana ecosystem, in order “to accelerate the development of decentralized applications through accessible data queries and integrations.” As the… Read More

September 21, 2022 @ 9:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Fireblocks is pleased to announce support for DeFi on NEAR, “enabling connection to NEAR dApps via their Web3 engine.” Effective immediately, Fireblocks users can “securely access DeFi yields through lending, borrowing, and any Web3 apps built for NEAR that integrate WalletConnect.” Fireblocks… 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 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 22, 2022 @ 8:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Copper.co, the provider of digital asset custody, prime services and trading infrastructure to institutions, is reportedly becoming the first digital assets custodian “to support decentralized finance (DeFi) connectivity with Solana, the high-performance public blockchain ecosystem.” The integration with Solana “provides Copper’s customers with the unique… Read More

August 12, 2022 @ 4:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Injective, a blockchain built for finance, recently announced a new $40 million funding round led by Jump Crypto. BH Digital, the crypto arm of famed hedge fund manager Alan Howard, has also joined the investment round. Injective claims it is “the first fully decentralized smart… Read More

August 5, 2022 @ 6:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

App.shapeshift.com is reportedly becoming a one-stop shop for “all things DeFi.” From being able to connect to our app with 200+ wallets (including Metamask, WalletConnect, and xDefi), to having the ability to buy and sell with the industry’s leading on and off ramps一now, it is… Read More

July 31, 2022 @ 6:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

With growing global concern around the climate emergency and unsustainable agricultural practices, many countries, enterprises, and startups are “collaborating to build sustainable solutions that tackle the harmful effects of climate change,” according to an update from Chainlink. At the forefront of the battle against climate… Read More

June 4, 2022 @ 1:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Pyth network, a specialized oracle solution for “latency-sensitive” financial data that is typically kept behind the “walled gardens” of centralized institutions, recently announced the deployment of its first-party financial data on BNB Chain, a “community-driven,” “decentralized” and “censorship-resistant” blockchain, and integration with BNB Application… Read More

June 2, 2022 @ 10:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

AccuWeather, which claims to be the world’s “most accurate” and “most used” weather source, recently launched its AccuWeather API “in collaboration” with API3, a first-party blockchain oracle solution, providing a Web3 wrapper that enables Web API providers to offer AccuWeather’s weather data “directly on-chain.” The… Read More

May 7, 2022 @ 4:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

API3, the first-party blockchain Oracle solution offering a “seamless” Web3 wrapper that enables web API providers to offer their data directly on-chain, recently announced that API3 QRNG, based on the Australian National University (ANU) Quantum Numbers API, “is now live, allowing Web3 entities to access… Read More

April 27, 2022 @ 11:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Celer Network, a multi-chain operating system, recently announced the mainnet launch of its inter-chain messaging (IM) framework. The mainnet launch is the culmination of years of collaboration and refinement that “brings to the market a bespoke, user-friendly framework that fundamentally changes how multi-blockchain decentralized applications… Read More

April 25, 2022 @ 7:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Telos Blockchain (TLOS) is pleased to announce to the “billion-plus” global citizens that celebrate and embrace Earth Day that they now have a carbon-neutral smart contract option. Telos with the consulting aid of Plannet Zero, part of RedShaw Advisors Ltd, a carbon risk management and… Read More

April 19, 2022 @ 2:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Crypto exchange OKcoin recently announced that clients may now deposit, withdraw, and trade ENS, ZIL, ASTR, and ICX against USD via Okcoin. According to the digital asset exchange, here’s what you need to know about these four crypto tokens. This offer is for all Okcoin… Read More

March 18, 2022 @ 9:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Adam Zadikoff, Senior Product Manager at Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN), notes that making Web 3.0 more user-friendly “means more ways to interact and connect with dapps across a wide range of blockchains and networks.” Coinbase is now introducing their initial phase of support for Solana. SOL tokens… Read More

March 17, 2022 @ 3:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Japanese web app developer Omochi has announced its pre-registration of “tomonity” NFT marketplace on the IOST blockchain. Tomonity’s “unique” benefits for its users reportedly include “free” transactions and a built-in wallet that “eliminates the pain of creating and importing a crypto wallet for new users.”… Read More

March 16, 2022 @ 11:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Telos Blockchain (Tlos) has reportedly become a virtual tenant of Bloktopia and is currently organizing to “put that space to good work.” Telos (TLOS) tokens are trading at $0.774674 and they have a market cap of just over $200 million at the time of writing… Read More