Tagged: dlt

July 16, 2022 @ 10:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Rome Blockchain Labs, the organization behind BENQI’s Liquid Staking protocol on Avalanche, recently announced a collaboration with Alluvial and the founders of BENQI “to build a compliant, enterprise-grade Avalanche (AVAX) liquid staking product.” This collaboration “offers institutions a secure AVAX staking option while participating in… Read More

July 16, 2022 @ 4:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Rarible.com, which claims to be the leading multi-chain non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace, announced its integration with the Metaplex Protocol, a protocol built on Solana for NFTs, “to enable support for the Proof-of-History (PoH) and popular NFT-favorite blockchain, Solana.” The integration “enables Rarible.com users to explore… Read More

July 15, 2022 @ 2:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Roxe, a blockchain infrastructure company that is powering the next generation of payments and digital commerce solutions, announced the launch of its Roxe Payment Protocol (RPP) USD/EUR, USD/GBP and USD/PHP (Philippine peso) liquidity pools, which is reportedly one of the first set of DeFi liquidity… Read More

July 13, 2022 @ 3:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Allfunds Blockchain, the arm of Allfunds (AMS:ALLFG) specialized in blockchain technology, launches FAST in Italy, a solution “built on blockchain technology aimed at increasing the speed and efficiency of mutual funds transfers, which was already successfully launched in Spain.” FAST represents a “novelty” for the… Read More

July 13, 2022 @ 11:20 am By JD Alois  |  

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has commenced a consultation on distributed ledger technology (DLT) or blockchain. The goal is to establish “consistent, efficient and effective supervisory practices within the European System of Financial Supervision (ESFS) and to ensure the common, uniform and consistent… Read More

July 13, 2022 @ 8:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Switzerland-based SIX Digital Exchange (SDX), which claims to be the “first” fully regulated digital asset exchange and Central Securities Depository (CSD), working in partnership with F10, an international Fintech and Insurtech Innovation Ecosystem and Aequitec, a digital share register and cap table firm, recently announced… Read More

July 12, 2022 @ 1:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Revolut, the international financial “Super App” with over 18 million customers worldwide, is taking yet another solid step towards its goal of bringing clients the best financial products and services to manage their finances. Revolut’s “Learn & Earn” courses have been developed to assist clients… Read More

July 11, 2022 @ 5:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Jason Fung, former gaming head at TikTok, has launched a new venture for connecting Metaverses. Meta0, an interoperability protocol for connecting Metaverses, recently announced the completion of its litepaper and the appointment of Jason Fung as CEO. Prior to joining and founding Meta0, Jason reportedly… Read More

July 10, 2022 @ 10:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Intain Inc., a blockchain-enabled structured finance platform for issuers and investors to connect in an efficient, secure and trusted way, recently announced “the completion of a round of funding.” The funds will be used “to help scale Intain MARKETS, a structured finance marketplace scheduled for… Read More

July 9, 2022 @ 1:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

As part of a self-discipline initiative, China’s leading technology companies have reportedly decided to enforce “real-name” authentication for NFT (or non-fungible token) buyers and also want to help users avoid secondary marketplaces The agreement (not legally binding at the moment) serves as confirmation from the… Read More

July 8, 2022 @ 1:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Dequency has introduced its Web3-powered music licensing marketplace, “opening its portal to music rights holders everywhere, having completed a 4-month restricted beta phase.” Dequency is building (what it claims to be) “a unique, decentralized music licensing marketplace for music rights holders and visual creators to… Read More

July 8, 2022 @ 8:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Algorand Foundation, whose mission is to grow the ecosystem of the “carbon-negative” Layer 1 blockchain invented by Turing Award winner and MIT professor Silvio Micali, Algorand, recently announced the appointment of Eric Wragge as Global Head of Business Development and Capital Markets. Wragge joins… Read More

July 7, 2022 @ 10:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Oasys, a blockchain developed specifically for the gaming community, announced that it has completed a private token sale round of $20 million “led by blockchain financing and investment platform, Republic Capital, with participation from Jump Crypto, Crypto.com, Huobi, Kucoin, Gate.io, bitbank and Mirana Ventures.’ Oasys… Read More

July 7, 2022 @ 7:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

qiibee, the blockchain-based B2B rewards marketplace, announced it has raised $4.8 million following the close of a seed funding round led by Z5 Capital. The raise also saw participation from other investors including: digital advertising group Meet The People; Ben Davey, former CEO of Barclays… Read More

July 5, 2022 @ 11:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CACEIS is a major player in the fast-evolving asset servicing sector and “aims to broaden its offering on digital assets with services that meet clients’ growing demand.” Accordingly, CACEIS signed an agreement with Taurus, a Swiss company that claims to be a European market leader… Read More

July 5, 2022 @ 2:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

PolySign, Inc., a financial tech company providing blockchain-enabled digital asset infrastructure for institutional investors, recently announced the close of its $53 million Series C round with participation by Cowen Digital, Brevan Howard, GSR and others. Beyond the funding, PolySign also “secured a $25 million credit… Read More

July 3, 2022 @ 10:19 am By Omar Faridi  |  

ShareRing’s purpose is to remove “friction” throughout the world, and digital identities is a vehicle that can “help accomplish this.” Tim Bos, CEO at ShareRing, stated: “Over the years, there’s been a trend for large companies to host more and more data about you in… Read More

July 2, 2022 @ 1:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Qenta, Inc., a financial services and infrastructure platform with innovative tech and a proprietary “enterprise-grade” blockchain, the Qenta Operating System, has unveiled an enhanced and integrated suite of financial solutions. With a focus on Latin America, Asia Pacific, and Europe, Qenta provides tokenized assets, multi… Read More

July 2, 2022 @ 7:46 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Aver, a Web3 betting and prediction exchange, recently launched its public beta on Solana. The public launch follows the project’s $7.5 million seed round earlier this year and “a successful closed-beta period in June.” The project is backed by “heavyweights” in the sports betting and… Read More

June 29, 2022 @ 3:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

peaq, the Web3 network powering the Economy of Things (EoT), has raised $6 million in its latest funding round, which was led by Fundamental Labs. The funding will “support the ongoing expansion of the peaq network, which empowers individuals and organizations to build, govern, and… Read More