Tagged: distributed ledger technology

December 6, 2021 @ 3:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently caught up with James Bayly, the Head Of Business Development at SubQuery & OnFinality. Bayly explained that SubQuery serves as a decentralized data aggregation, indexing, and querying layer between L-1 chains and dApps. He confirmed that his team is focused on Polkadot (DOT)… Read More

December 3, 2021 @ 7:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

SlowMist, which focuses on Blockchain Ecosystem Security and have served more than 1,000 customers, notes that on November 30, 2021, their team at SlowMist was “notified of an attack on the Defi protocol MonoX.” More than $18 million in WETH and $10.5 million in MATIC… Read More

December 2, 2021 @ 3:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Decentralized application platform Moralis welcomes Craig Hammel to its team as a senior technical advisor. Appointing Craig Hammel, the first engineering hire of Coinbase, should bring his expertise to the Moralis project and improve the initiative’s capacity to “scale and encompass more blockchains.” Hammel will… Read More

December 2, 2021 @ 10:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital assets firm Kraken notes that the beauty of the Bitcoin (BTC) network is that “anyone can participate in it without permission.” However, primarily out of convenience, most Bitcoin users “don’t run nodes and instead trust third parties such as centralized exchanges and wallet providers… Read More

December 1, 2021 @ 8:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Axletree Solutions, an international provider of bank connectivity and financial integration solutions that power more than $50 billion in daily transaction volumes, announced that it has entered into a partnership with Roxe, the open global payment network. As mentioned in the announcement, Roxe’s solutions power… Read More

December 1, 2021 @ 8:05 am By Omar Faridi  |  

From its earliest days, Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) says that it has sharply focused on protecting their clients’ assets with the strongest, most robust security tech available in the markets. Over time, Coinbase‘s approaches have evolved, but their objective has always been the same: “to provide the… Read More

November 28, 2021 @ 10:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ontology Network, which claims to be a high-performance, open-source blockchain specializing in digital identity and data, has now been live for over fours years. The platform remains focused on its journey to Web 3.0 Infrastructure Status. Ontology confirms that it has a continued focus on… Read More

November 28, 2021 @ 10:39 am By Omar Faridi  |  

If you’re a blockchain developer or brand building your application on the Algorand blockchain, then you may be interested in knowing that Wyre’s integration with Algorand is now live. As mentioned in the announcement, this means that application developers on the Algorand blockchain are able… Read More

November 27, 2021 @ 2:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

SubQuery, the data indexing solution in Polkadot, is pleased to confirm that the launch of the SubQuery Network will take place on the Acala parachain. As mentioned in the announcement, SubQuery and the SQT token will also aim to be “the first external application and… Read More

November 27, 2021 @ 11:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital assets firm Gemini recently revealed that they’re pleased to confirm their support for Bitcoin Core Maintainer Michael Ford, also known as “Fanquake.” As mentioned in the update from Gemini, Michael’s sponsorship through the Gemini Opportunity Fund further supports the Fund’s mission or goal to… Read More

November 27, 2021 @ 11:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance Smart Chain, which claims to be the leading decentralized finance (DeFi), non-fungible token (NFT) and Infra platform, has reportedly completed the first community-voting mechanism pilot for its Most Valuable Builder Program that “selected top ten projects from a pool of industry-leading BSC projects.” As… Read More

November 24, 2021 @ 12:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Celer Network says it will be integrating Kava with their cBridge cross-chain bridging protocol, supporting quick, cost-effective bridging of assets between Kava and other supported chains. As noted in a blog post, the integration should be able to link cBridge users to a new way… Read More

November 23, 2021 @ 1:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Axelar, the universal interoperability network connecting different blockchain ecosystems, apps, assets, and users, has announced that it secured an investment from Crypto.com Capital, the investment unit of cryptocurrency giant Crypto.com. This investment will “support Axelar’s mission to bring decentralized interoperability to blockchain ecosystems,” according to… Read More

November 22, 2021 @ 10:36 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Interoperability is an increasingly vital topic within the blockchain and distributed ledger tech (DLT) sector, as it continues to expand the possible functionalities that DLT networks can provide to their respective ecosystems once they’re well-connected. Permanent and scalable storage via Arweave is one such functionality… Read More

November 22, 2021 @ 8:39 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Blockchain or distributed ledger technology (DLT) has disrupted many industries since its launch and now it could be the turn for venture capital. We recently had the chance to connect with Hatu Sheikh, a founding member at DAO Maker — a platform opening up the… Read More

November 21, 2021 @ 6:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Blockchain-based solutions provider ConsenSys announced earlier this week that it had finalized a $200 million round, bringing its valuation to around $3.2 billion. New investors Marshall Wace, Third Point, ParaFi Capital, and Think Investments took part in ConsenSys‘ latest investments round. New partners that contributed… Read More

November 21, 2021 @ 6:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Switzerland Stock Exchange (SIX) recently revealed that the SIX Digital Exchange will be issuing its very first senior unsecured digital CHF bond. SIX’s management confirmed that the bond had been issued for a total volume of CHF 150 million and with its maturity set… Read More

November 20, 2021 @ 9:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Metis team has launched the platform’s Mainnet Andromeda, a move that confirms a commitment to greater decentralization of Internet-based services. $METIS will launch its inaugural Layer 2 mainnet, Andromeda, Friday Nov 19, 3 pm UTC. Join our launch livestream w/ partners @AssxToken @Metacraftpro @standarddefi… Read More

November 19, 2021 @ 7:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Security Token Market (STM), which is focused on supporting blockchain-based security tokens, has released their Tokenized Stock Arbitrage Report for October 2021. As noted in the report from STM, FTX has seen “record-high” trading volumes. It’s been an “electric month” for tokenized… Read More

November 17, 2021 @ 2:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The VeChain Foundation notes that after many months of hard work and dedicated effort, the arrival of Block #10653500 on the VeChainThor mainnet “officially marks the upgrade to PoA 2.0 phase 1 and the first steps towards the full-form of [their] protocol upgrade.” As they… Read More