Tagged: distributed ledger technology

September 27, 2021 @ 8:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently caught up with Derek Lau, Game Director at Guild of Guardians, which is one of the partner games of Yield Guild Games (YGG). Guild of Guardians is a blockchain or distributed ledger tech (DLT)-based mobile role-playing game (RPG) that has been published by… Read More

September 26, 2021 @ 1:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Play-to-earn blockchain games are becoming increasingly popular, and Kawaii Islands is set to throw its “hat into the ring,” according to an update shared with CI. Following a $2.4M private token sale round, the NFT-enabled blockchain or DLT-based game will debut in September 2021. As… Read More

September 24, 2021 @ 11:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Nervos, China’s leading public blockchain, has revealed that it will be integrating its testnet and mainnet with Covalent, an established provider of indexing solutions for blockchains, “expanding the availability of data on the network and simplifying the experience for developers building on Polyjuice, an Ethereum… Read More

September 22, 2021 @ 2:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

SWEET is reportedly working on what it claims to be a “first-of -its-kind” collaboration with fast-food giant Burger King. According to a note shared with CI, this will bring “a new level of awareness” to crypto with assistance from SWEET, the enterprise-focused NFT solution that… Read More

September 22, 2021 @ 11:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Amasa has finalized a $1.5 million round, according to an update shared with CI. As mentioned in a release, this early capital injection from key supporters should help Amasa with introducing “investment streaming” to the world, empowering consumers to leverage the wealth-building potential of micro… Read More

September 21, 2021 @ 1:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A motion proposal to integrate Bitcoin (BTC) with the Internet Computer has reportedly been approved by community members. According to an update shared with Crowdfund Insider, the plan should add smart contracts to Bitcoin via an application of Chain Key cryptography that will “directly integrate… Read More

September 20, 2021 @ 7:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

VTB Bank (MCX: VTBR), one of the leading universal banks of Russia, and PJSC Severstal (MCX: CHMF), a Russian firm operating in the steel and mining industry, headquartered in Cherepovets, have reportedly created an application for handling the registration of quality certificates for metal products. The… Read More

September 20, 2021 @ 11:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital assets firm Circle notes that at the beginning of July 2021, they had announced support for stablecoin USDC on the TRON blockchain, which is one of the largest open (or permissionless) blockchain networks. TRON aims to support a wide crypto ecosystem “popular within Asian… Read More

September 20, 2021 @ 9:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Security Token Market (STM), which serves as an information resource for blockchain-enabled security tokens, recently published their August 2021 edition of the Security Token Market Real Estate report. The report, which now has an updated structure for their monthly real estate analysis,… Read More

September 19, 2021 @ 11:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital asset platform CoinList says that its mission is to promote the advancement and adoption of crypto-assets. CoinList writes in a blog post that they have been working with some of the leading initiatives to help with powering their digital token sales, while also connecting… Read More

September 17, 2021 @ 10:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Polychain and Three Arrows Capital have led a $230 million investment in the Avalanche public blockchain ecosystem. They’ve been joined by R/Crypto Fund, Dragonfly, CMS Holdings, Collab+Currency, Lvna Capital and several angel investors and family offices. The Avalanche Foundation will be using the funds from… Read More

September 17, 2021 @ 9:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

EY, an international consulting and tech firm, is working with Polygon on developing and implementing scaling and enterprise services for the Ethereum (ETH) ecosystem. As part of this collaboration, EY and Polygon will be working cooperatively on Polygon Nightfall, a public, privacy-oriented Rollup. EY will… Read More

September 15, 2021 @ 10:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Growth DeFi has integrated Chainlink (LINK) price feeds on the Binance Smart Chain (BSC) mainnet for their collateralized stablecoin lending protocol, MOR. By integrating Chainlink’s decentralized Oracle network, the MOR protocol will be able to gain access to “high-quality” and “tamper-proof” price feeds required to… Read More

September 14, 2021 @ 9:09 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Aventus Network (AvN), a blockchain protocol that reportedly makes Ethereum (ETH) transactions cheaper, faster and more efficient, has made several updates to the architecture of its platform, “enabling the creation, transfer and storage of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) on the Network,” according to a release… Read More

September 12, 2021 @ 11:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ontology Network, a “high-performance,” open-source blockchain or distributed ledger tech (DLT)-enabled platform focused on digital identity and data, reveals that it’s introducing a set of “limited edition” Ontology Avatars. Each Avatar will be minted as a non-fungible token (NFT) and will reportedly feature a “unique”… Read More

September 11, 2021 @ 8:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Mogul Productions claims to be a “decentralized” platform working towards “democratizing” the film financing industry. In what they consider to be a new concept, Mogul aims to bring decentralized finance (DeFi) and non-fungible tokens or NFTs as the “focal point” for the traditional movie industry…. Read More

September 10, 2021 @ 10:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The decentralized finance (DeFi) apps available today are mainly deployed on the Ethereum (ETH) blockchain, where the complete transaction history and balances are public by default. Most blockchain or distributed ledger technology (DLT) platforms do not offer adequate privacy protection, which makes it rather difficult… Read More

September 10, 2021 @ 9:41 am By Omar Faridi  |  

NFTs have become quite popular with a diverse group of consumers including professional NBA athletes like Stephen Curry and even former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson is talking about these digital collectibles. NFTs have quickly become the most-widely discussed topic in the crypto space. Even… Read More

September 10, 2021 @ 7:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Switzerland’s stock exchange SIX has reportedly acquired regulatory approval from the financial market supervisor for its SDX bourse. This should help with paving the way for the platform to be deployed with its marketplace for crypto-assets. Thomas Zeeb, Global Head of Exchanges at SIX, noted… Read More

September 9, 2021 @ 10:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Uphold, the digital money platform offering retail investors with single-wallet access to virtual and physical assets reveals that it has appointed technologists Stephen McNamara, as Chief Executive, and Kevin Sullivan, as CTO, at Uphold Labs. The new recruits will be responsible for leading Uphold Labs,… Read More