Tagged: dlt

March 1, 2024 @ 3:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Sygnum, a global digital asset banking group; Hamilton Lane (Nasdaq: HLNE), a global private markets investment management firm; and financial services firm Apex Group are expanding access to global private markets via new DLT-registered shares on the Polygon blockchain. Sygnum Bank, Hamilton Lane, and Apex… Read More

February 23, 2024 @ 2:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Tenzro is launching its AI content platform on Avalanche, aiming to serve as an open, composable platform for any developer to be able to easily launch AI-powered creative content capabilities. By enabling dApp builders with robust AI capabilities, Tenzro believes that “all content creators, such… Read More

February 15, 2024 @ 8:15 am By JD Alois  |  

Mondelēz International (Nasdaq: MDLZ) is the next corporate to join the Hedera Council. The company makes well-known brands like Toblerone, Oreo, Ritz, and more, generating more than $31 billion in revenue annually. The company has a market cap of almost $100 billion. Hedera is the… Read More

February 12, 2024 @ 10:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently caught up with Ram Ramachandran, the CEO at Router Protocol, which supports building an interoperable Web3 with modular cross-chain infrastructure. Ram Ramachandran commented on what can be done to help regain users’ privacy and security in Blockchain in 2024. Ramani Ramachandran, CEO of… Read More

February 9, 2024 @ 1:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

UBS AG (NYSE:UBS) announced the launch of Hong Kong’s investment-grade tokenized warrant on the Ethereum public blockchain network. This innovative product utilizes the on-chain issuance product framework “offered by UBS Tokenize, the bank’s in-house tokenization service.” The product is a call warrant with Xiaomi Corporation… Read More

February 6, 2024 @ 8:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Wormhole Foundation, a research and development organization dedicated to cross-blockchain communication, is pleased to announce a Contributor Grant to Lurk Lab. This marks a pivotal advancement in the evolution of the Wormhole platform, which, in collaboration with Lurk’s engineering team, will be “incorporating trustless… Read More

February 5, 2024 @ 11:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nansen announces their partnership with the Aptos Foundation in order to bring advanced on-chain analytics and data to the Aptos ecosystem. The teams are pleased to announce their new partnership with the Aptos Foundation, which is dedicated to providing best-in-class onchain data and analytics to… Read More

February 4, 2024 @ 1:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

2024 kicks off in the shadow of the approaching Bitcoin halving, casting a wave of “optimism” across the Web3 industry, according to an update from DappRadar. With on-chain metrics signaling a “positive trend,” the start of the year, despite its highs and lows, sketches an… Read More

January 13, 2024 @ 4:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Injective, a blockchain for Web3 finance applications, announced its Volan chain upgrade, marking its “largest” mainnet upgrade to date. Injective has introduced a Real World Asset (RWA) Module, offering a new approach “to creating and managing permissioned assets with extensive customization options.” This module enables… Read More

January 13, 2024 @ 10:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Open Campus announced that Open Campus ID, its decentralized identifier (DID), will launch on 23 January to “connect potentially millions of learners from Open Campus’ network of partners to Web3 education through the Open Campus Alliance.” The Open Campus Alliance is described as “an ecosystem… Read More

January 10, 2024 @ 11:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Chainalysis is announcing that Omesh Agam has joined the company as the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). Omesh reportedly brings to Chainalysis “more than 20 years of experience in cybersecurity, having served in leadership positions for global security operations, security engineering, and all facets of… Read More

January 1, 2024 @ 9:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

OKX, a Web3 technology company, announced that QuickSwap, a DEX and automated market maker built on Polygon, Polygon zkEVM and Dogechain, now supports the testnet version of X1. X1 is OKX’s new zkEVM Layer 2 network, “developed using the Polygon Chain Development Kit (CDK).” With… Read More

January 1, 2024 @ 8:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The mainnet serves as the fundamental backbone of any public chain ecosystem, playing a pivotal role in “shaping its development,” according to an update from IOST. IOST’s mainnet was officially “launched on February 25, 2019. Over the course of the past four years since its… Read More

December 31, 2023 @ 3:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Marco Manoppo, the Research Director at Digital Asset Research, has shared several notable developments that took place recently in the crypto and blockchain sector. Marco from Digital Asset Research notes that all of the following happened in crypto this week: MicroStrategy Acquires $615M worth of… Read More

December 31, 2023 @ 1:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Jeff Owens, co-founder of Haven1, says that decentralized finance (DeFi) will finally attract mainstream users in 2024, “with the help of innovations like RWA tokenization and the hype around a potential ether spot ETF approval.” However, he also claims that wider adoption “will only happen… Read More

December 29, 2023 @ 5:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Gavin Wood, an Ethereum co-founder who has focused on Polkadot noted that we are seeing a global return to normalcy and resurgence of (in-person) events with it (even though various of COVID still seem to be affecting a significant number of people despite vaccinations being… Read More

December 27, 2023 @ 5:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

EOS Labs and EOS Network Foundation (ENF), which claim to be “stewards” of the EOS Network, are pleased to announce a strategic partnership with the EOS Stable Coin Chain (ESCC), an Ethereum-based blockchain deployed as “a smart contract on the EOS Network using a customized… Read More

December 26, 2023 @ 11:02 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Blockdaemon is announcing a partnership with LayerZero Labs. This collaboration unites LayerZero Labs’ expertise “in omnichain interoperability with Blockdaemon’s strength in blockchain infrastructure, self-custody wallets, and node management.” This joint effort aims to “enhance institutional access to decentralized finance (DeFi).” This partnership brings together two… Read More

December 21, 2023 @ 11:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Really, a platform delivering weekly Augmented Reality (AR) experiences for theatrical release movies, aims to enhance these AR experiences for the entertainment industry by leveraging Avalanche‘s “scalable” blockchain in new offerings. The offerings include an upgrade “to the Really Collectible Ticket Program and new fan… Read More

December 20, 2023 @ 12:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bytepitch, the team building the Crabble NFT lending platform, have deployed their contract to Agoric mainnet after their proposal had a passing vote. The second third-party application to launch on-chain on Agoric, Crabble offers a utility layer for NFTs on Agoric and “soon the entire… Read More