Tagged: dlt

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

August 5, 2023 @ 2:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

LongHashX, which claims to be one of the world’s leading Web3 accelerators with the strong network in Asia, is continuing its partnership with Protocol Labs, the creator of Filecoin and IPFS, in order “to launch the Filecoin Virtual Machine (FVM) Genesis Accelerator.” The 12-week program,… Read More

August 4, 2023 @ 5:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Onfido, which claims to be the global leader in automated digital identity verification, today announced that they have partnered with 0xKYC, an innovative startup bringing zero-knowledge proof identity solutions to Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs). 0xKYC, which is currently in its seed round of investment, is… Read More

August 4, 2023 @ 7:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Orbital, the London, Tallinn and Gibraltar-based traditional finance and crypto payments platform for global enterprises, has raised £5M ($6.4M) in “an oversubscribed growth round led by Golden Record Ventures, at an attractive valuation in which the founders are maintaining a large majority.” Participants in the… Read More

August 2, 2023 @ 9:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

On-chain fund platform Solv Protocol has announced that it has secured $6 million in new funding. The platform received investments from “a variety of institutions, including Laser Digital, a subsidiary of Japanese banking firm Nomura Securities, UOB Venture Management, Mirana Ventures, Emirates Consortium, Matrix Partners,… Read More

August 1, 2023 @ 7:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Lifty, a Web3 gaming platform, has joined forces with IOST in order “to propel the adoption of blockchain technologies among the general public.” This partnership aims “to leverage Lifty’s transparent blockchain analytics and innovative Web3 marketing tools to empower gamers and enhance the gaming experience… Read More

July 31, 2023 @ 8:15 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Christian Niedermueller, CEO of Blocktrade, has commented on the evolving European crypto landscape during a recent interview with CI and shared his experience leading Blocktrade through this turbulent period in the industry. For context, Blocktrade is a gamified asset marketplace that raised 5.6 million EUR… Read More

July 29, 2023 @ 12:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Deloitte and Chainalysis, the blockchain data platform, announced a new strategic alliance to help the organizations’ mutual clients address digital asset ecosystem compliance challenges. Through the alliance, Chainalysis’ and Deloitte’s shared clients will be able “to leverage Chainalysis’ proprietary blockchain dataset and analytics software and… Read More

July 29, 2023 @ 10:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

PARSIQ is pleased to introduce their SDK, a toolkit “to harness the potential of Data Lakes for comprehensive blockchain data processing.” Data Lakes serve as “a custom, application-specific data layer for filtering, aggregation, and analysis of blockchain-scale data contained in the Tsunami data store.” This… Read More

July 28, 2023 @ 8:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Republic of Palau and Ripple have launched a limited stablecoin pilot. Palau and Ripple, the leader in enterprise blockchain and crypto solutions, started collaborating on exploring potential use cases in 2021. The U.S. Dollar-backed Palau Stablecoin (PSC) will be “issued on the XRP Ledger… Read More

July 28, 2023 @ 7:41 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Concluding the first half of 2023, and the Stellar Development Foundation made significant strides on its roadmap to further its strategy: utility is the growth exponent. To that end, SDF delivered “on the three building blocks: make innovation easy and scalable, win over builders, and… Read More

July 27, 2023 @ 8:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Commerzbank is reportedly the first German bank to have completed a blockchain-based Letter of Credit (LC) transaction for its client, Ascentex Exim LLP, a Singapore-based textile trader, on Contour, a digital trade finance platform. The LC was issued for “a shipment of rubber threads from… Read More

July 27, 2023 @ 8:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The IOTA Foundation and Shimmer teams have been working diligently on various aspects of their respective projects to enhance functionality, research new possibilities, and engage with the community. These advancements and collaborations demonstrate “the commitment of the IOTA ecosystem to drive innovation, foster community engagement,… Read More