Tagged: distributed ledger technology

September 1, 2023 @ 3:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

This strategic partnership showcases Copper‘s continued commitment to providing secure and reliable custody services “for innovative blockchain projects and protocols and promoting sustainability.” Copper, a digital asset infrastructure provider, is has officially integrated custody support for Sustainable Bitcoin Protocol‘s new asset, the Sustainable Bitcoin Certificate… Read More

September 1, 2023 @ 9:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

docStribute announced that it is partnering with Pegasystems, the low-code platform provider that is reportedly empowering the world’s enterprises to Build for Change®, to help financial services firms comply with the new Consumer Duty Regulation. Consumer Duty came into effect 31 July 2023 and is… Read More

August 31, 2023 @ 9:05 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Brian Armstrong, CEO at Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN), has shared several ideas that he claims to be most excited about in crypto right now. The Coinbase Chief Executive says that if you’re building something in crypto or thinking about doing so – check it out. They are… Read More

August 29, 2023 @ 4:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

One of the first decisions made when building Soroban, the Stellar network‘s smart contract platform, was “choosing a platform for it to run on.” The developers say they decided “to build on WebAssembly (Wasm) in April of 2022.” As noted in a blog post, Wasm… Read More

August 28, 2023 @ 8:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Haven1, an EVM-compatible layer 1 blockchain network, has announced a strategic alliance with the team at Coinbag, an institutional-grade asset management solution. The alliance will bring the founding members and the highly-skilled team of developers from Coinbag over to Haven1, “bolstering the network’s development in… Read More

August 27, 2023 @ 4:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The expansion to this new Coinbase-incubated blockchain is set to offer 1inch users access to deeper liquidity, lower transaction costs and higher speeds. Continuing its expansion across the DeFi space, the 1inch Network is glad to share that the 1inch Aggregation Protocol and the 1inch… Read More

August 24, 2023 @ 7:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Unstoppable Domains announced that they’re partnering with multi-chain protocol Rarimo in order to enable seamless cross-chain identity usage. Now, your Unstoppable domain serves “as proof of humanity within -dApps across 3 additional chains.” The partnership will allow Unstoppable domain holders “to use… Read More

August 22, 2023 @ 9:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

USDC is launching on six new blockchains, and Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) says that it is increasing its support for stablecoins with an investment in Circle. Circle will reportedly “take full control over USDC issuance and governance.” Meanwhile, Coinbase and Circle will also “maintain a commercial relationship.”… Read More

August 20, 2023 @ 4:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nubank (NYSE:NU), which claims to be one of the largest digital financial services platforms in the world, announces the start of practical tests as part of its integration into the pilot project of Drex, the Brazilian digital currency formerly known as Real Digital. The start… Read More

August 14, 2023 @ 4:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Jeremy Allaire, CEO at Circle Internet Financial, says that the next major pillar of the Fintech firm’s strategy is Web3 services. Last year, Circle made an acquisition of a crypto infra platform called Cybavo. This week, the company has launched the first new product milestone… Read More

August 14, 2023 @ 12:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Telos announces its partnership with Open Ocean, which claims to be one of the widest reaching decentralized exchange (DEX) aggregators in Web3. From swaps and gas-free limit orders to its powerful v3 API, OpenOcean is “an ‘all-in-one’ crypto-companion every crypto user and platform needs.” Through… Read More

August 14, 2023 @ 10:10 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital asset firm Gemini is pleased to announce support for XRP Ledger (XRP), adding a new blockchain to Gemini’s growing list of supported networks. XRP is now “available for trading on our API/FIX and ActiveTrader applications for USD trading pairs, and on the Gemini Mobile… Read More

August 9, 2023 @ 12:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

On July 30th, 2015, the Genesis block of Ethereum was created. Eight years later, today Ethereum is the dominant blockchain network “with growing developer interest, lower transaction fees, and faster settlement times.” Yet, fewer than 0.5% of the 100 million developers worldwide “are actively building… Read More

August 9, 2023 @ 11:09 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Chainlink Price Feeds are live on Base—a fast and “highly scalable” layer-2 blockchain incubated by Coinbase and secured by Ethereum. With this integration, developers building on Base can “have access to industry-standard Chainlink Data Feeds and other web3 services.” The native integration of Chainlink Price… Read More

August 8, 2023 @ 9:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Coinbase, one of the largest and most established cryptocurrency exchanges in the US and other jurisdictions, is stepping into the Layer 2 market with the launch of Base. As a key blockchain industry move, deBridge has integrated Base “to bring high performance cross-chain trading and… Read More

August 8, 2023 @ 8:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange has signed a strategic agreement with Fireblocks, an enterprise platform to manage digital asset operations and build innovative businesses on the blockchain. This strategic partnership empowers TASE “to offer a comprehensive range of innovative and secure digital asset products and… Read More

August 8, 2023 @ 11:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The last couple of months have been anything but “dull” for the digital asset industry – enforcement actions, regulatory proposals, the first ever SPBD approval and, of course, the landmark Ripple decision, the team at tZERO recently noted. tZERO Group, Inc., which claims to be… Read More

August 8, 2023 @ 8:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Celo Foundation announced that Google Cloud is running a validator on the Celo network, which is helping to strengthen the overall security of the network. This initiative builds on Google Cloud and the Celo Foundation’s April announcement to support sustainability-focused startups “in the Celo ecosystem… Read More

August 8, 2023 @ 6:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Vodafone’s ‘Economy of Things’ Digital Asset Broker (DAB) business is connecting with Aventus, which helps enterprises adopt Web3 – the new blockchain-based decentralised world wide web. The two companies will “use their collective strengths to help more businesses and strategic partners take advantage of Web3’s… Read More

August 6, 2023 @ 2:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The researchers at Coin Metrics have shared an update, titled, “Decoding the Digital Dollar: Unraveling the Risks of Stablecoins.” Lucas Nuzzi and Kyle Waters from Coin Metrics have noted that earlier this month, the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services convened “to discuss proposed legislation,… Read More