Tagged: distributed ledger technology

July 28, 2022 @ 11:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Atato, a licensed digital asset custodian offering MPC custodial solution aimed at corporates and institutions, announced the close of their successful Series A round, “affirming bullish sentiment for infrastructure projects in blockchain-related markets.” Led by AlphaLab Capital and FEBE Ventures, Atato’s Series A investment round… Read More

July 26, 2022 @ 1:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ripple, which claims to be the leader in enterprise blockchain and crypto solutions,  announced a partnership with Singapore-based major payments institution FOMO Pay, which will “utilize Ripple’s crypto-enabled enterprise technology to improve its cross-border treasury flows.” On-Demand Liquidity (ODL) leverages XRP, the digital asset “built… Read More

July 25, 2022 @ 12:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Irena Mihova joins Shyft Core’s top brass with industry experience “spanning more than a decade.” Shyft Network, the public protocol known for validating identity and power compliance directly into blockchain data, has “appointed industry veteran Irena Mihova, a widely regarded marketing disruptor, brand innovator, business… Read More

July 22, 2022 @ 9:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Immutable, a global blockchain gaming company bringing digital asset ownership to billions, announced the appointment of Aviral Avasthi as Senior Vice President, Marketing. Avasthi will “head marketing, communications and community teams for Immutable X, leveraging expertise gained in prominent web2 and web3 roles for Polygon,… Read More

July 21, 2022 @ 8:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

As part of SubQuery’s initiative to support all native layers of the Cosmos ecosystem, SubQuery is pleased to announce support for Fetch-ai Network (an interchain protocol, based on the Cosmos-SDK). Fetch-ai network is “building an open access, tokenized, decentralized machine learning network to enable smart infrastructure… Read More

July 21, 2022 @ 2:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

BitGo, which claims to be the leader in digital asset financial services, recently announced a partnership with the NEAR Foundation, which is reportedly among the “fastest growing,” carbon neutral, open source blockchains that “enables developers to easily build, test, and deploy applications.” The partnership “makes… Read More

July 20, 2022 @ 9:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Swell Network, a permissionless, non-custodial, and liquid Ethereum (ETH) staking protocol, announced a partnership with InfStones, a blockchain infrastructure provider, “to enable greater flexibility, transparency, and yield in ETH liquid staking.” Swell is reportedly the first protocol that “allows stakers to select the node operator… Read More

July 19, 2022 @ 9:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Paystand, which claims to be the leader in blockchain-enabled B2B payments, introduced the “world’s first” dynamic discounting application “designed for seller accounts receivable (AR) teams and powered by Ethereum smart contracts.” This is the first solution “to enable seller AR teams to offer buyer accounts… Read More

July 17, 2022 @ 4:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mandala, which claims to be a “unique” Metaverse experience that promotes the intersection of technology, spirituality, sustainability and entertainment, is teaming up with Immutable X’s Layer 2 scaling solution on Ethereum “to build a multi-platform interoperable metaverse, leveraging NFTs to combine gripping storytelling with immersive… Read More

July 16, 2022 @ 10:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Rome Blockchain Labs, the organization behind BENQI’s Liquid Staking protocol on Avalanche, recently announced a collaboration with Alluvial and the founders of BENQI “to build a compliant, enterprise-grade Avalanche (AVAX) liquid staking product.” This collaboration “offers institutions a secure AVAX staking option while participating in… Read More

July 16, 2022 @ 4:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Rarible.com, which claims to be the leading multi-chain non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace, announced its integration with the Metaplex Protocol, a protocol built on Solana for NFTs, “to enable support for the Proof-of-History (PoH) and popular NFT-favorite blockchain, Solana.” The integration “enables Rarible.com users to explore… Read More

July 15, 2022 @ 2:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Roxe, a blockchain infrastructure company that is powering the next generation of payments and digital commerce solutions, announced the launch of its Roxe Payment Protocol (RPP) USD/EUR, USD/GBP and USD/PHP (Philippine peso) liquidity pools, which is reportedly one of the first set of DeFi liquidity… Read More

July 13, 2022 @ 3:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Allfunds Blockchain, the arm of Allfunds (AMS:ALLFG) specialized in blockchain technology, launches FAST in Italy, a solution “built on blockchain technology aimed at increasing the speed and efficiency of mutual funds transfers, which was already successfully launched in Spain.” FAST represents a “novelty” for the… Read More

July 13, 2022 @ 8:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Switzerland-based SIX Digital Exchange (SDX), which claims to be the “first” fully regulated digital asset exchange and Central Securities Depository (CSD), working in partnership with F10, an international Fintech and Insurtech Innovation Ecosystem and Aequitec, a digital share register and cap table firm, recently announced… 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 11, 2022 @ 5:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Jason Fung, former gaming head at TikTok, has launched a new venture for connecting Metaverses. Meta0, an interoperability protocol for connecting Metaverses, recently announced the completion of its litepaper and the appointment of Jason Fung as CEO. Prior to joining and founding Meta0, Jason reportedly… Read More

July 10, 2022 @ 10:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Intain Inc., a blockchain-enabled structured finance platform for issuers and investors to connect in an efficient, secure and trusted way, recently announced “the completion of a round of funding.” The funds will be used “to help scale Intain MARKETS, a structured finance marketplace scheduled for… Read More

July 9, 2022 @ 1:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

As part of a self-discipline initiative, China’s leading technology companies have reportedly decided to enforce “real-name” authentication for NFT (or non-fungible token) buyers and also want to help users avoid secondary marketplaces The agreement (not legally binding at the moment) serves as confirmation from the… Read More

July 8, 2022 @ 1:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Dequency has introduced its Web3-powered music licensing marketplace, “opening its portal to music rights holders everywhere, having completed a 4-month restricted beta phase.” Dequency is building (what it claims to be) “a unique, decentralized music licensing marketplace for music rights holders and visual creators to… Read More

July 8, 2022 @ 8:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Algorand Foundation, whose mission is to grow the ecosystem of the “carbon-negative” Layer 1 blockchain invented by Turing Award winner and MIT professor Silvio Micali, Algorand, recently announced the appointment of Eric Wragge as Global Head of Business Development and Capital Markets. Wragge joins… Read More