Tagged: distributed ledger technology

August 18, 2022 @ 8:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Shima Capital, a global venture firm that invests in early-stage blockchain companies across all market cycles, announced that it has launched its debut fund, Shima Capital Fund I and has “collectively raised $200 million.” The Fund received significant “support from notable investors including Dragonfly Capital,… Read More

August 15, 2022 @ 11:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Solana Foundation recently published the Validator Health Report (on August 10, 2022). Solana is a public, open-source blockchain that “anyone in the world can build on.” Their mandate at the Solana Foundation is “to support the decentralization, security, resilience, and adoption of the Solana… Read More

August 15, 2022 @ 8:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Michael Nadeau, the Director of Ecosystem Strategy at Invenium and Founder of The DeFi Report, recently noted that the Ethereum merge to proof of stake is “setting up to be one of the most important moments in the history of crypto.” The investing community is “bullish… Read More

August 13, 2022 @ 1:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Investment management firm abrdn (LON: ABDN) has reportedly become the largest external shareholder in the United Kingdom’s “first” regulated digital securities exchange, Archax. Terms of the transaction have not been shared publicly. Archax was established around 4 years ago in order to offer access to… Read More

August 12, 2022 @ 7:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance Labs, the venture capital arm and accelerator of Binance, has made “a strategic investment in Web3 infrastructure provider Ankr.” The funds will go toward “ramping up the work on Ankr’s remote procedure call (RPC) service and building out its Web3 developer suite.” Ankr has… 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 12, 2022 @ 3:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Figure Technologies, Inc., a key player in transforming financial services through the power of blockchain tech, announced a collaboration with Visa “to provide issuing processor services via Figure’s blockchain-based Banking in a Box platform.” Visa DPS, used by financial institutions around the globe, will be… Read More

August 9, 2022 @ 6:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

  We recently caught up with Lars Seier Christensen, Chairman of the Concordium Foundation and founder of Saxo Bank. He talked about the future of Internet domains. With the rise of technologies such as blockchain/DLT, crypto, and the Metaverse, Lars believes that traditional top-level domains… Read More

August 8, 2022 @ 10:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently connected with Kåre Kjelstrøm, Chief Technology Officer at layer-1 blockchain company Concordium. Kåre, who has an MS in Computer Science from the University of Aarhus, Denmark, is leading the development of Concordium’s blockchain platform – which embeds encrypted ID into on-chain transactions in… Read More

August 7, 2022 @ 9:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

SpaceChain recently announced the appointment of Cliff Beek to the role of chief executive officer “to spearhead global expansion efforts for the space-as-a-service solutions provider.” Beek will be “responsible for charting the company’s long-term growth and extending its global footprint through leveraging its first-mover leadership… Read More

August 6, 2022 @ 8:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Roxe, a blockchain infrastructure company powering the next generation of payments and digital commerce solutions, has announced a partnership with the Philippines’ micro financial services provider, Cebuana Lhuillier. The partnership will “facilitate seamless cross-border remittance payments for clients in the Philippines by utilizing Cebuana Lhuillier’s… 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

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

August 3, 2022 @ 9:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Philcoin’s staking rewards are now live. Philcoin is described as “a philanthropic blockchain movement.” Philanthropy and giving back have been “built into the very fabric of [their] company — from [their] business model, to [their] culture, technology and community rewards.” Their staking mechanism is “the… Read More

August 3, 2022 @ 8:44 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Nomad – a bridge network allowing users to convert their assets across blockchains – was “exploited for over $156.4 million on August 1st.” Over 40 attackers utilized a code error that “allowed them to spoof transactions – draining Nomad’s Ethereum contract of most of its… Read More

August 3, 2022 @ 12:38 am By Omar Faridi  |  

BNB Chain recently announced the 27 finalists of the Most Valuable Builder (MVB) Incubation Program, which is an accelerator program that’s co-led by Binance Labs to offer mentorship and funding “to emerging projects built on top of the BNB Chain.” The MVB Incubation Program aims… Read More

August 1, 2022 @ 4:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Solana Spaces recently announced the opening of the “first” permanent physical retail, educational, and community space dedicated to Web3 at The Shops at Hudson Yards on Level 2, in Manhattan, New York. Solana Spaces was “founded in 2022 and is based in San Francisco.” Spaces,… 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

July 31, 2022 @ 2:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Chainalysis has an established history of supporting U.S. government agencies. They’ve helped on cases “involving terrorism financing campaigns, child abuse material, darknet markets, ransomware gangs, North Korean hacking and more, leading to the seizure of billions of dollars worth of cryptocurrencies.” These successes demonstrate “the… Read More

July 29, 2022 @ 10:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

DSCVR, a Web3 social content network running on the Internet Computer blockchain, has quickly “set the standard for illustrating what’s possible when operating a social platform entirely on-chain.” NFT integrations, community gating and voting, and a variety of cross-product collaborations have “stoked remarkable growth in… Read More