Tagged: dlt

June 19, 2021 @ 10:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Chainlink (LINK), the developers for decentralized Oracles and various other solutions for blockchain and smart contract platforms, are announcing that registration is currently open for Chainlink’s Summer 2021 Smart Contract Developer Bootcamp. The Chainlink team notes that the program is designed to… Read More

June 15, 2021 @ 3:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, the main international standard-setter for the prudential regulation of banks and provides a forum for regular cooperation on banking supervisory matters (with 45 members comprising central banks and bank supervisors from 28 jurisdictions), has initiated a public consultation on… Read More

June 14, 2021 @ 11:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Roxe, a global payment network, revealed on Friday (June 11, 2021) that it has officially launched  the Roxe Payment Protocol (RPP), which is described as an open, decentralized and peer-to-peer payments protocol developed to offer wholesale foreign exchange rates to individuals, payment firms, banking institutions… Read More

June 14, 2021 @ 10:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital asset firm Kraken notes that customers looking to support their “favorite” Kusama projects can now, “for the first time,” take part in Parachain Slot Auctions (or “Parachain Auctions”) directly via the Kraken platform. Kusama is described as a “scalable” network of specialized or purpose-built… Read More

June 14, 2021 @ 8:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Amro Partners, the leading Build to Rent and PBSA investor and operator, has introduced a Venture Capital division that aims to invest in transformational Proptech and Fintech initiatives that address major pain points and promote new, customer-focused business models. Supported by a family office, Amro… Read More

June 11, 2021 @ 4:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

OKEx, a leading digital currency spot and derivatives exchange, recently announced that it has completed the integration of Polygon, a full-stack scaling solution allowing more Ethereum (ETH)-compatible apps to be developed and connected. OKEx is reportedly one of the first crypto exchanges to integrate this… Read More

June 11, 2021 @ 2:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Singapore-based Zilliqa Research Pte. Ltd., the “high” security, high speed, and low fee Layer 1 blockchain protocol firm, and its sister company Zilliqa Capital Pte. Ltd, the tech firm whose goal is to become the “central business and investment hub” for Zilliqa, recently announced that… Read More

June 11, 2021 @ 1:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

AI and machine learning network Fetch.ai will be working with IOTA, in order to connect Autonomous Economic Agents to IOTA network’s rich data sources. As mentioned in a blog post by Fetch.ai, dated June 10, 2021, for the first time ever, this draws “a clear,… Read More

June 11, 2021 @ 11:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently connected with Justin Giudici, Head of Product at the Telos Foundation, which supports the development of Telos (TLOS), a high-performance blockchain that has evolved into one of the most promising crypto-focused platforms in the digital assets space. Guidici talked about what makes Telos… Read More

June 11, 2021 @ 8:05 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC), an established global industry association for the blockchain or distributed ledger tech (DLT) ecosystem, announced on Thursday (June 10, 2021) that Yuval Rooz, Co-Founder and CEO at Digital Asset, has been appointed to join its Board of Directors. As… Read More

June 10, 2021 @ 9:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Singapore-headquartered Fintech firm BondEvalue has secured $6 million in capital through its Series A round. The company has raised $10 million in total (to date). MassMutual Ventures Southeast Asia and Citigroup were the new investors in BondEvalue’s latest investment round and are now expected to… Read More

June 9, 2021 @ 10:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

US-based Broadridge Financial Solutions (NYSE: BR), a tech solutions provider, revealed on Wednesday (June 9, 2021) that it has teamed up with Amazon Web Services (AWS) in order to expand its Private Market Hub platform. The Private Market Hub will leverage distributed ledger technology (DLT)… Read More

June 7, 2021 @ 7:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital asset platform CoinList notes that they are pleased to confirm that the registrations for the Swarm Token Sale are now open (as of June 3, 2021). The CoinList team describes Swarm as a system of peer-to-peer (P2P) networked computing nodes that create a “decentralized”… Read More

June 7, 2021 @ 7:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

  We recently connected with Oliver Xie, the Founder at InsurAce, a DeFi insurance protocol, that is introducing multi-chain insurance services on its Ethereum dApp (app.insurace.io), in order to offer insurance coverage to protocols and blockchain platforms like Ethereum, Binance Smart Chain (BSC), Huobi Eco… Read More

June 6, 2021 @ 10:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Voice, a blockchain-powered social media platform developed by Block.one, has announced its NFT Residency for “emerging” creators. The team at Voice notes in an update, dated June 2, 2021: “Continuing with our mission to empower creatives, we are partnering with leaders in arts and culture… Read More

June 5, 2021 @ 6:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nervos, China’s leading public blockchain, and the team at IOHK, a global blockchain engineering firm and creators of the Cardano (ADA) blockchain, recently revealed that they are  forming a cross-chain bridge that will link the Cardano and Nervos networks. As mentioned in a release shared… Read More

June 5, 2021 @ 3:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Waves blockchain-based game for collectors of non-fungible tokens or NFT ducks has “already gained popularity,” the developers at Waves revealed in a recent update. More than 4,000 NFT ducks have reportedly been issued, meanwhile, players are currently waiting for the introduction of NFT farming,… Read More

June 4, 2021 @ 9:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

VeChain, a leading blockchain platform for supporting supply chains among other use cases, has announced that together with DNV, they are enabling Renji Hospital (in China) to launch the very first blockchain-enabled IVF Service App, called MyBaby. As mentioned in an update from VeChain Foundation,… Read More

June 3, 2021 @ 10:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Solverse Accelerator aims to unite leading blockchain mentors with talented entrepreneurs in order to develop “groundbreaking” Solana projects. Solana is a “high-performance” blockchain or distributed ledger tech (DLT) platform supporting builders across the globe that are creating crypto apps that “scale today.” As mentioned… Read More

June 2, 2021 @ 7:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Sovryn, a protocol for decentralized finance (DeFi) on Bitcoin, has introduced Sovrython, which is a virtual or online conference and hackathon that is scheduled to take place from June 4 to July 18, 2021. There will be $250,000 in bounties and another $250,000 in post-hackathon… Read More