Tagged: distributed ledger technology

February 6, 2022 @ 6:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In order to help with protecting endangered animals, UK’s TV station, WildEarth, has introduced its own set of non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Notably, 40% of the main sale proceeds will be directed towards various custodians of the land on which the animals are currently living. Graham… Read More

February 3, 2022 @ 9:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

MRHB DeFi, which claims to be the first decentralized finance ecosystem platform focused on ethical, sustainable and halal cryptocurrency-related opportunities, has secured $5.5 million via a series of private and public rounds which culminated in an initial DEX offering (IDO) that was “oversubscribed” on the… Read More

February 3, 2022 @ 11:05 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Realux, which claimed to be a real estate crypto project, reportedly paid social media influencers to support the idea that the initiative might help with addressing the wealth inequality issue by democratizing the real estate industry. However, the Realux project founders and team appeared to… Read More

February 2, 2022 @ 10:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Security Token Market (STM) notes that cryptocurrencies have been an exciting yet “controversial” center of discussion heading into 2022. Virtual currencies like Bitcoin, Ethereum, and 8,000+ others have “maneuvered their way into everything from traditional Wall Street boardrooms, to innovation hubs in Silicon… Read More

February 2, 2022 @ 9:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Republic Realm, one of the “most active” developers of the Metaverse and NFT ecosystem, recently announced the introduction of the inaugural collection of GFTs in collaboration with Atari, one of the most “iconic” brands. GFTs are NFTs specifically designed for gifting, and they “initially appear… Read More

January 31, 2022 @ 8:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital asset firm Gemini says that they’re pleased to confirm that Gemini Galactic Markets (Gemini Galactic), an affiliate of the Gemini Trust Company, has received approval from FINRA to serve as a broker-dealer registered with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and has officially… Read More

January 30, 2022 @ 12:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fidelity is reportedly trying to make its own moves into the fast-evolving Metaverse economy. Fidelity, which manages trillions of dollars in customer assets, has submitted an application with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) this past Friday for an exchange-traded fund (ETF), known as… Read More

January 29, 2022 @ 10:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

At 9:34PM UTC on January 27, 2022, a bad actor started their exploit of Qubit Finance’s Ethereum (ETH) to Binance Smart Chain (BSC) bridge. As noted in an update from CertiK, this particular exploit “ended up netting them 77,162 qXETH ($185 million), which they then… Read More

January 28, 2022 @ 6:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

IHS Markit (NYSE: INFO), a key player in critical information, analytics and solutions, has announced a partnership with METACO, the provider of security-critical software and infrastructure to Tier 1 banking institutions operating in the crypto-asset ecosystem. As mentioned in an update shared with Crowdfund Insider,… Read More

January 26, 2022 @ 8:39 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Scalability has been the “hottest topic” in the crypto space during the past few years, the team at Qtum notes in a recent update. Qtum‘s developers write in a blog post that they have seen several projects “adopt a centralized stance just to speed up… Read More

January 25, 2022 @ 11:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Baton Systems, the Fintech firm that’s focused on transforming post-trade processing by leveraging distributed ledger technology (DLT), has appointed David Ornstein to serve as the firm’s Chief Operating Officer. Ornstein joins the company at an important time, as industry demand continues to grow steadily for… Read More

January 24, 2022 @ 1:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Nakji Foundation is launching a $200,000 Bug Bounty program for developers and security researchers in order to “help discover vulnerabilities and prevent security problems in the Nakji ecosystem.” Nakji Network is pleased to work cooperatively with Uppsala Security, which has built what they claim… Read More

January 24, 2022 @ 8:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Solana (SOL), which has quickly emerged as one of the largest blockchain  or distributed ledger tech (DLT) networks, was recently impacted by instability during a highly volatile week for cryptocurrencies (which saw Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other digital asset prices fall sharply). some recent metrics on… Read More

January 23, 2022 @ 5:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Pledge Finance, the platform for long-term, fixed-rate cryptocurrency-based loans, is pleased to confirm a partnership with zkLink, a provider of secure cross-chain token swaps “powered by zero-knowledge proofs.” As mentioned in an update shared with CI, the partnership will allow Pledge to “integrate with more… Read More

January 23, 2022 @ 4:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Agoric, the JavaScript-native smart contract platform, has closed its public token sale, having sold more than $50M of BLD tokens in “less than two hours,” according to an update shared with CI. As noted in the announcement, the 48,000+ new account holders, soon to be… Read More

January 22, 2022 @ 2:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Protocol Labs and Faber are collaborating to help with supporting the development of the next-gen of the Internet. The partnership combines Faber’s experience as early-stage deep tech VC and Protocol Labs’ Web3 expertise to “help entrepreneurs create the building blocks of successful new companies in… Read More

January 20, 2022 @ 10:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The 1inch Network announced on January 20, 2022 that they’ve expanded to Avalanche (AVAX) and Gnosis Chain (GNO). As explained in the update, the expansion to the two fast-growing blockchains will aim to “offer 1inch users more options for low-costs, high-speed transactions.” The 1inch Network… Read More

January 20, 2022 @ 1:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Security Token Market (STM) has released a report titled, State of Security Tokens 2022 — Industry Overview. Peter Gaffney, the Head of Research from Security Token Advisors, notes that the “high-level” lifecycle of a security token includes the following: Asset Selection Offering Structuring… Read More

January 19, 2022 @ 8:58 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Sentinel Protocol team, which is operating a platform leveraging blockchain technology in order to harness collective cyber security intelligence to protect crypto assets against hackers, scams and fraud, has provided an update regarding the suspicious activity incident involving Crypto.com. Through their team’s preliminary analysis,… Read More

January 17, 2022 @ 9:09 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ontology, the project that aims to bring trust, privacy, and security to Web 3.0 via decentralized identity and data solutions, recently announced the opening of a new European office in Berlin, Germany. As mentioned in an update shared with CI, Ontology’s move reflects its alignment… Read More