Tagged: distributed ledger technology

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 28, 2022 @ 7:46 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Blockchain is “changing the way the world stores and moves its information,” according to an update from Google. Building on their commitment to help Web3 developers build and deploy new products on blockchain-based platforms, the tech giant is pleased “to announce Google Cloud’s Blockchain Node… Read More

October 27, 2022 @ 9:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Gate.io, which claims to be one of the world’s largest and oldest cryptocurrency exchanges, announced the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the South Korean city of Busan. The agreement “entails the cooperation between Gate.io and the Busan Metropolitan City government to develop… Read More

October 25, 2022 @ 8:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Fireblocks, a platform to create innovative products on the blockchain and manage day-to-day crypto operations, announced the public launch of its Payments Engine, a new suite of tools that will “enable payment service providers (PSPs) with the ability to provide a blockchain agnostic, end-to-end solution… Read More

October 24, 2022 @ 11:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Danish Fintech startup, Ztlment, claims it is the “first” in Europe to gain a license that “lets it operate fully regulated payments on top of blockchain.” The company has “raised €1.3 million in pre-seed funding from venture funds specializing in fintech.” The startup’s smart contract… Read More

October 24, 2022 @ 9:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Exodus Movement, Inc. (tZERO and Securitize ATS:EXOD), which claims to be the leading self-custodial cryptocurrency software platform, and Polygon Technology, a developer of Polygon, the Ethereum scaling blockchain protocol Polygon supporting Web3 technology for millions of users, recently announced “the addition of Polygon support in… 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 18, 2022 @ 8:02 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance, which claims to be the world’s leading blockchain and cryptocurrency infrastructure provider, announced the launch of a new series of crypto benchmarks, Binance CoinMarketCap (CMC) Index Series. The indices are designed “to enable users to better monitor and evaluate the performance of the crypto… 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 11, 2022 @ 10:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Since launching regulated and secure BTC trading in 2015, Gemini says it has been a passionate supporter of Bitcoin and the blockchain ecosystem. Importantly, Gemini provided grants and sponsorships through the Gemini Opportunity Fund to various groups “supporting the Bitcoin Network, including Bitcoin Developers.” In… Read More

October 10, 2022 @ 10:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

THORChain, a non-custodial decentralized liquidity protocol that enables decentralized exchanges (DEXs) and users to seamlessly transfer their digital assets across blockchains, has integrated support for Avalanche, which claims to be the fastest smart contracts platform in the blockchain industry, “as measured by time-to-finality.” Avalanche considers… Read More

October 10, 2022 @ 4:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Chainalysis, the blockchain data platform, announced that it has joined the National Cyber-Forensics and Training Alliance (NCFTA), a nonprofit corporation focused on “identifying, validating, mitigating, and neutralizing cyber-crime threats.” Chainalysis’ data platform “equips the alliance with the same investigative tools that have been used to… Read More

October 9, 2022 @ 11:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Quadrans Foundation, as part of the TRICK Consortium, will “provide the blockchain technology infrastructure for the new platform’s design and will use Truebit to achieve TRICK’s development goals.” TRICK Project (product data traceability information management by blockchains interoperability and open circular service marketplace) was… Read More

October 9, 2022 @ 9:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Orca, a Solana-based liquidity platform, has announced the launch of the Orca Climate Fund. The fund is “reflective of its mission to combat climate change and promote sustainable practices in crypto.” The Orca Climate Fund “evolved from Orca’s Impact Fund which was born in August… Read More

October 7, 2022 @ 6:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Paystand, which claims to be the global leader in blockchain-enabled B2B payments, announced a series of upgrades to its Sage Intacct integration. Paystand first “unveiled its partnership with Sage in May 2021, expanding the reach of its Payments-as-a-Service model to Sage Intacct customers everywhere.” Now,… 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

October 6, 2022 @ 8:08 am By Omar Faridi  |  

SWIFT has reportedly shown that Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) and tokenized assets can “move seamlessly on existing financial infrastructure – a major milestone towards enabling their smooth integration into the international financial ecosystem.” The findings, from two separate experiments, “solve the significant challenge of… Read More

October 4, 2022 @ 7:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Blockchain technology company TradeStrike BVI has announced the launch of its new mobile crypto wallet, which will “enable retail investors, as well as the 10,000+ holders of its $STRX utility token, to track their portfolio’s performance via a mobile app.” The launch has been “accompanied… Read More

October 3, 2022 @ 11:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Regtech Coinfirm has been integrated into Shyft Network’s Veriscope, a Travel Rule product. Shyft Network is “a public protocol designed to power data discoverability and compliance into blockchain while preserving privacy and sovereignty.” Facilitating the transfer of verifiable data between centralized and decentralized ecosystems, Shyft… Read More

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