Tagged: distributed ledger technology

May 3, 2023 @ 1:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mantle, a high-performance, modular Ethereum layer-2 network, has announced a partnership with Ankr ahead of its upcoming mainnet launch in Q2 2023. Ankr, a web3 development hub and node infrastructure provider, is “the latest partner to join the Mantle ecosystem, and will be the first… Read More

May 2, 2023 @ 11:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Wormhole Foundation recently announced the launch of Wormhole Connect, which is described as a simple cross-chain integration solution for decentralized applications (dApps). Wormhole Connect will “provide developers with access to token bridging functionality in as little as three lines of code.” Wormhole Connect is “a… Read More

May 1, 2023 @ 9:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Galaxy Digital Holdings Ltd. (TSX: GLXY), a financial services and investment management innovator in the digital asset and blockchain technology sector, and DWS, which claims to be one of the world’s leading asset managers, have entered into a strategic alliance with the aim of initially… Read More

May 1, 2023 @ 10:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Utilizing Nansen‘s suite of products, projects in Google’s Web3 startup program can leverage on-chain data to stay ahead of the competition and navigate uncharted waters. Nansen, a blockchain data analytics platform, will be working with Google Cloud in order “to provide real-time, high-quality blockchain data… Read More

April 29, 2023 @ 12:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Neon Foundation, the Neon EVM ecosystem accelerator, has entered into a strategic partnership with Pyth Network, a “next-generation” oracle “designed to publish high-fidelity financial market data at sub-second latency to multiple blockchains.” Pyth Network is now “available to all protocols built on Neon. This… Read More

April 29, 2023 @ 12:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ARPA Network has secured a strategic investment from DWF Labs. Together, DWF Labs and ARPA Network will aim to “establish a vibrant, dynamic collaboration, poised to transform the blockchain landscape and usher in new standards of privacy, security, and fairness.” This might “include actions aimed… Read More

April 27, 2023 @ 10:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Together with its partners, AntChain recently unveiled a series of new Web3 initiatives, including an open-source project featuring its cross-chain technology and AntChain OpenLab, to support Web3 developer community at the 2023 Ant Group Digital Technologies Developer Conference. Web3 is commonly “known as a more… Read More

April 27, 2023 @ 4:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Figure Technologies Inc., a firm focused on transforming financial services through the power of blockchain technology, announced “the close of a HELOC (home equity line of credit) securitization underwritten by Jefferies, Goldman Sachs, and J.P. Morgan.” The FIGRE 2023-HE1 asset-backed securities (ABS) offering “was comprised… Read More

April 27, 2023 @ 9:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

DFlow, a “decentralized” payment for order flow (PFOF) protocol that enables wallets and crypto trading applications to sell their flow to best-execution market makers via open and permissionless auctions, announced that it has successfully raised a $5.5 million funding round led by Framework Ventures, a… Read More

April 25, 2023 @ 10:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance Labs, the venture capital arm and accelerator of Binance, committed an investment in the seed funding round of GOMBLE, a blockchain-based casual game developer. GOMBLE will use the funds “to develop and release its first mobile game, RumbyStars, and continue to expand its gaming… Read More

April 24, 2023 @ 6:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In a move that should help lenders make better, more informed decisions on credit applications submitted using blockchain technology, TransUnion (NYSE: TRU) has partnered with Spring Labs and Quadrata in order “to deliver off-chain credit scoring to DeFi and Web3 applications (internet applications based on… Read More

April 24, 2023 @ 6:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nansen recently announced their partnership with NEAR protocol in order “to provide on-chain insights to their ecosystem.” The team says they are pleased to announce their collaboration with NEAR, “a growing Layer-1 blockchain, to provide advanced analytics for ecosystem developers and investors.” This latest cooperation… Read More

April 24, 2023 @ 9:35 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Jens Groth explains that zero-knowledge proofs “allow you to prove a statement is true without revealing anything else but the fact the statement is true.” He also pulls out a deck of cards “to illustrate what he means by this.” He adds: “Let’s say I… Read More

April 23, 2023 @ 2:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Hyperlane and Caldera are pleased to announce their collaboration “to bring permissionless interoperability between any Caldera rollup and to any EVM chain.” Permissionless interoperability “enables any Caldera rollup to self-deploy the Hyperlane interoperability stack and easily access all of its features, ranging from interchain apps… Read More

April 23, 2023 @ 12:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Celo, the carbon-negative, mobile-first EVM-compatible layer-1 blockchain is now integrated with Safe, the self-custody infrastructure provider and trusted decentralized custody protocol. Users and builders can now use Safe’s custody and asset management solution “natively on the Celo blockchain.” The events of the past year “have… Read More

April 20, 2023 @ 3:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Space and Time and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) announce that developers can now “deploy the Space and Time data warehouse directly from the Microsoft Azure Marketplace, an online store providing applications and services for use on Azure.” The one-click deployment provides customers “with an accelerated on-ramp… Read More

April 18, 2023 @ 6:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mantle, the “high-performance,” modular Ethereum Layer-2 network, announced the first of many ecosystem partners ahead of its impending mainnet launch in Q2 2023. Biconomy, a web3 developer and transaction infrastructure platform, is “the latest project to join the Mantle ecosystem and will be the first… Read More

April 17, 2023 @ 10:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Exactly Protocol has successfully integrated Chainlink Price Feeds, streamlining the process of connecting smart contracts to asset prices. This integration enables developers at Exactly “to provide a more secure and efficient user pricing mechanism.” At Exactly, they aim “to democratize a new generation of financial… Read More

April 15, 2023 @ 8:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Alongside, a platform enabling broad based exposure to the crypto market in a single token (AMKT)—is using Chainlink Proof of Reserve on Polygon mainnet. Integrating the decentralized Oracle network “helps enable Alongside transparently verify the asset reserves underlying AMKT, which track the top 25 assets… Read More

April 15, 2023 @ 9:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Calgary Police Service and Chainalysis are together launching the Western Canada Cryptocurrency Investigations Centre, an innovative regional center that will enable law enforcement to tackle crime that takes place using blockchain technology. By bringing together law enforcement agencies and personnel from across Western Canada… Read More