Tagged: distributed ledger technology

May 21, 2022 @ 5:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Round13, a Canadian VC firm with approximately $700 million in assets under management, has introduced a “dedicated” fund to invest in the emerging blockchain and digital asset market. As noted in an update shared with CI, the crypto native fund has “raised US$70 million of… Read More

May 19, 2022 @ 11:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ripple, which claims to be the “leader” in enterprise blockchain and crypto solutions, announced a partnership with FINCI, the Lithuanian online international money transfer provider, “to deliver instant and cost-effective retail remittances and business to business (B2B) payments via RippleNet’s On-Demand Liquidity (ODL), which leverages… Read More

May 19, 2022 @ 10:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Paxos, the regulated blockchain infrastructure platform, has teamed up with State Street (NYSE: STT). one of the “leading” providers of financial services to institutional investors, “to integrate State Street’s custodial services into the Paxos Settlement Service.” As part of the pilot, State Street was able “to… Read More

May 19, 2022 @ 3:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Interledger Foundation (ILF) and its community are building pathways to financial access and opportunity across the globe. The organization supports people and ideas that use the Interledger Protocol (ILP) “to contribute to an open payments network built on equitable access through the internet.” In… Read More

May 19, 2022 @ 8:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

ConsenSys, a blockchain tech firm, and LivePerson (NASDAQ: LPSN), a global firm focused on conversational AI, announced plans to create a “decentralized” customer care platform: VillageDAO. VillageDAO will focus on “empowering Web3 brands to self-service issue resolution by enhancing community engagement.” Community members will be… Read More

May 19, 2022 @ 1:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

With worldwide demand for storage set to increase exponentially, users of both personal and enterprise storage will likely “look toward Web3 storage technologies to fulfil their needs, particularly as data privacy concerns escalate, signaling a shift away from centralized storage providers.” This trend, in addition… Read More

May 18, 2022 @ 9:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Encode Club, a Web3 education community with focuses on blockchain education, talent sourcing and venture investing, has completed a $5 million funding round that was led by Lemniscap and Galaxy Digital (TSX: GLXY). The investment round included participation from Dragonfly Ventures, Folius Ventures, not3Lau Capital, Ascensive… Read More

May 18, 2022 @ 3:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Nahmii AS are pleased to confirm that they have been chosen to work with Norges Bank (the central bank of Norway) on their upcoming experimental CBDC (central bank digital currency) sandbox project. This “prestigious” award confirms Nahmii AS’s position as “a global leader in the… Read More

May 16, 2022 @ 6:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nansen, the blockchain data analytics platform, announced that it will be “participating in an ongoing seed round for leading DeFi data platform APY.vision.” To coincide with its seed investment, Nansen will also be “completing a third-party data integration – one of the first times Nansen… Read More

May 16, 2022 @ 1:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Osmosis, the Cosmos-based interchain automatic market maker (AMM), recently announced the launch of the Osmosis Grants Program. Created following a successful on-chain governance vote, the Osmosis Grants Program “funds community-built tooling and infrastructure to grow the long-term utility of Osmosis and increase its user base.”… Read More

May 13, 2022 @ 6:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

TRM Labs, which claims to be the industry “leader” in crypto compliance and risk management solutions, announced its integration with Polygon, an Ethereum scaling platform “onboarding millions to Web3, to provide a full suite of anti-fraud and financial crime tools to members of the Polygon… Read More

May 12, 2022 @ 10:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The EY organization recently announced the production release of the third generation of EY Blockchain Analyzer: Reconciler. This updated version has been “migrated into blockchain.ey.com and is now available for the first time to EY non-audit clients and continues to support the EY Audit teams.”… Read More

May 12, 2022 @ 9:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

CoinDCX, which claims to be one of India’s largest and “most valuable” crypto companies, recently announced the launch of CoinDCX Ventures, which is described as an investment initiative funding early-stage crypto and blockchain startups, “bolstering India’s digital asset ecosystem and accelerating the transformation of India’s… Read More

May 10, 2022 @ 11:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Aventus Network – the “full service” enterprise blockchain solution that “brings scalability, speed, lower costs and interoperability to blockchain transactions” – recently announced the launch of the Aventus Gateway API. Gateway enables businesses to easily “build blockchain applications and run live transactions on the… Read More

May 10, 2022 @ 8:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

TravelX, the firm focused on building the travel sector’s blockchain-powered distribution protocol, announced a partnership with Kiu System Solutions via Kiu PSS – the comprehensive commercialization solution “for airlines providing tools to manage inventory, reservations and tickets.” As mentioned in an update shared with CI,… Read More

May 9, 2022 @ 4:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Modularized blockchains may offer higher performance and lower costs over time, which could “spur other public chains to implement the same strategy.” This, according to a report by Huobi Research Institute titled “How the Data Availability Layer can Shape the Future of Blockchain.” With 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

May 2, 2022 @ 10:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Optimism, one of the four “major” Ethereum Layer 2 scaling solutions, will soon be “launching a new governance and incentive token, OP, much to the community’s excitement.” This launch, which includes airdrops to early adopters and active users and contributors, has “the potential to stir… Read More

May 2, 2022 @ 2:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Rockaway Blockchain Fund (RBF), which claims to be a leading European venture capital firm that invests in digital assets and infrastructure, has “highlighted that Web3 developer activity is accelerating globally, with Europe set to become a major hub.” Speaking ahead of the Gateway to Cosmos… Read More

May 2, 2022 @ 1:24 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bolt Labs, which claims to be a “mission-driven” security and privacy startup, has announced a $9 million strategic partnership “with blockchain gaming company, Forte, a …provider of blockchain solutions for game publishers, to support its adoption of cryptographic technologies, including multi-party computation (MPC) and zero-knowledge… Read More