Tagged: distributed ledger technology

March 15, 2022 @ 11:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Eizper Chain, the blockchain action-based multiplayer ARPG, has reportedly acquired $2 million in capital via a seed round and private NFT sale. Overall demand for exposure to this blockchain project – the first game in the Eizper gaming franchise – is “accelerating,” according to a… Read More

March 15, 2022 @ 10:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Kaddex, the “first gas-free DEX” (decentralized exchange) built on the Kadena blockchain, has finalized a second sale “completing a total of $8M raised pre-launch.” As confirmed in an update shared with CI, “100% of KDX available in the second round was sold.” The second public… Read More

March 15, 2022 @ 6:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

SCB 10X, a holding company under the Siam Commercial Bank (SCB) Group (BKK: SCB), recently revealed that it would be tapping into the Metaverse. As mentioned in the update, SCB 10X will be introducing its first headquarters in The Sandbox. SCB 10X has also reportedly… Read More

March 15, 2022 @ 4:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Huobi Research Institute, the blockchain research organization, recently shared a detailed report on Ethereum rollup solutions, titled “How Far is Rollup from Maturity: A Dive into Rollup’s Development Path.” In the extensive report, Huobi Research Institute analyst Barry Jiang points out some of the “drawbacks”… Read More

March 11, 2022 @ 1:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

With the integration of blockchain or distributed ledger technology, the online gaming industry is now being steered towards a bigger vision of immersive virtual worlds and gaming economies that give a whole new definition to the industry. Projects like Axie Infinity, Decentraland, and Alien Worlds… Read More

March 10, 2022 @ 9:24 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Interchain Foundation (ICF), a Swiss non-profit that is focused on advancing interoperable, sustainable, and community-owned decentralized networks, confirms that the Inter-Blockchain Communication protocol (IBC), the backbone of the Cosmos ecosystem, “surpassed 11 million transfers in February.” Introduced in March 2021 as part of Cosmos’… Read More

March 6, 2022 @ 12:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Electric Capital recently raised $1 billion to fund cryptocurrency networks, Web3 protocols, and blockchain-powered businesses. Electric Capital wrote in a blog post that they are long-term investors and partners to their founders. They claim to have spent the past four years “building software and data… Read More

March 5, 2022 @ 7:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Polygon and Tether stablecoin are reportedly backing the City of Lugano in its effort to transform this lakeside town in southern Switzerland into Europe’s “blockchain capital.” Lugano will reportedly allow citizens and companies “to use Bitcoin, Tether, and the city’s own LVGA stablecoin to pay… Read More

March 3, 2022 @ 8:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Dr. Emin Gün Sirer has a “major beef” with the crypto economy: “It’s not growing fast enough.” As mentioned in an update shared by Mastercard, Dr. Sirer is an early crypto innovator who co-founded the blockchain startup Ava Labs with the goal of digitizing the… Read More

March 1, 2022 @ 11:15 am By Omar Faridi  |  

JPMorgan Chase (NYSE:JPM) announced on Monday (February 28, 2022) that it would be making an investment in TRM Labs, a blockchain analysis company, becoming the latest in a growing number of Wall Street giants who are expanding their footprint in the crypto and DLT  industry…. Read More

February 28, 2022 @ 2:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

peaq, the “decentralized” Web 3.0 network powering the Economy of Things (EoT), and AllianceBlock, an “end-to-end decentralized finance solutions provider,” have announced a partnership “centering on their acceleration into Web3.” As mentioned in an update shared with Crowdfund Insider, the partnership will “see peaq utilize… Read More

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

The blockchain sector saw some major changes during the past year, brought on by a “maturing” crypto ecosystem and the development of innovative technologies. American Fintech firm Ripple notes that it remained focused on better understanding and further analyzing this rapid “evolution” via primary and… Read More

February 24, 2022 @ 9:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

VeChain developers note that the blockchain sector in Shanghai has enjoyed  “robust” and “fast-paced” development because of the city’s ongoing efforts and their willingness to embrace blockchain tech. To expedite the development of blockchain or distributed ledger tech (DLT)-powered services in Shanghai, the Shanghai Municipal… Read More

February 24, 2022 @ 3:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

SlowMist notes that not too long ago, they had released an update in regards to the Bitfinex incident. The report from SlowMist had covered how the stolen funds had allegedly been laundered using a technique known as “peel chain.” The company reveals that they received… Read More

February 23, 2022 @ 5:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A report shared by digital asset firm Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN) had provided the latest updates on what WEFUZZ, the Coinbase Crypto Community Fund grant recipient, has been working on during the first part of their year-long Crypto development grant. This update covers their ongoing work… Read More

February 23, 2022 @ 11:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

DOGAMÍ is pleased to take the next step toward building the Petaverse by announcing the launch of its minting phase. Tezos users are now able to access the private and public sales, “with generation Alpha NFTs to start unboxing (holders can choose whether to unbox… Read More

February 23, 2022 @ 9:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

When we look back at the history of the cryptocurrency and the blockchain ecosystem, there will be two dates that really stand out: October 31, 2008: The day Satoshi Nakamoto released the Bitcoin whitepaper. July 30, 2015: The day Ethereum was launched. According to an… Read More

February 22, 2022 @ 11:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Vying to be the top team in the Southeast Asia region, Indonesian e-sports organization RRQ (Rex Regum Qeon) has selected “high-performance,” “high-security” blockchain platform Zilliqa as the partner in its plans “to revitalize fan engagement using crypto and Web3-powered products.” Known across the gaming community… Read More

February 22, 2022 @ 10:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Sonic, InfinitySwap, and ICPSwap are getting ready to leverage the Internet Computer blockchain’s direct integration with Bitcoin. The team at DFINITY notes that the Internet Computer is an innovative blockchain that hosts “unlimited” data and computation on-chain. You can develop scalable dApps, DeFi, websites, and… Read More

February 22, 2022 @ 8:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Peter Gaffney, the Head of Research from Security Token Advisors, notes that a security token investor is an “interesting blend” of what exists in the markets today. Gaffney pointed out that it is not necessarily someone “fully fixated” on decentralization or four-digit yields. But it’s… Read More