Tagged: dlt

March 5, 2022 @ 7:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Polygon and Tether stablecoin are reportedly backing the City of Lugano in its effort to transform this lakeside town in southern Switzerland into Europe’s “blockchain capital.” Lugano will reportedly allow citizens and companies “to use Bitcoin, Tether, and the city’s own LVGA stablecoin to pay… Read More

March 3, 2022 @ 8:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Dr. Emin Gün Sirer has a “major beef” with the crypto economy: “It’s not growing fast enough.” As mentioned in an update shared by Mastercard, Dr. Sirer is an early crypto innovator who co-founded the blockchain startup Ava Labs with the goal of digitizing the… Read More

March 2, 2022 @ 6:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Subspace Labs, the developer of Subspace Network, recently revealed that they have finalized a $32.9 million financing round that was led by Pantera Capital along with contributions from Coinbase Ventures, Crypto.com, Alameda Research, ConsenSys Mesh, and KR1. Other investors reportedly include: Hypersphere Ventures, Stratos Technologies,… Read More

March 1, 2022 @ 11:15 am By Omar Faridi  |  

JPMorgan Chase (NYSE:JPM) announced on Monday (February 28, 2022) that it would be making an investment in TRM Labs, a blockchain analysis company, becoming the latest in a growing number of Wall Street giants who are expanding their footprint in the crypto and DLT  industry…. Read More

February 28, 2022 @ 2:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

peaq, the “decentralized” Web 3.0 network powering the Economy of Things (EoT), and AllianceBlock, an “end-to-end decentralized finance solutions provider,” have announced a partnership “centering on their acceleration into Web3.” As mentioned in an update shared with Crowdfund Insider, the partnership will “see peaq utilize… Read More

February 25, 2022 @ 8:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The blockchain sector saw some major changes during the past year, brought on by a “maturing” crypto ecosystem and the development of innovative technologies. American Fintech firm Ripple notes that it remained focused on better understanding and further analyzing this rapid “evolution” via primary and… Read More

February 24, 2022 @ 9:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

VeChain developers note that the blockchain sector in Shanghai has enjoyed  “robust” and “fast-paced” development because of the city’s ongoing efforts and their willingness to embrace blockchain tech. To expedite the development of blockchain or distributed ledger tech (DLT)-powered services in Shanghai, the Shanghai Municipal… Read More

February 24, 2022 @ 3:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

SlowMist notes that not too long ago, they had released an update in regards to the Bitfinex incident. The report from SlowMist had covered how the stolen funds had allegedly been laundered using a technique known as “peel chain.” The company reveals that they received… Read More

February 23, 2022 @ 5:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A report shared by digital asset firm Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN) had provided the latest updates on what WEFUZZ, the Coinbase Crypto Community Fund grant recipient, has been working on during the first part of their year-long Crypto development grant. This update covers their ongoing work… Read More

February 23, 2022 @ 11:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

DOGAMÍ is pleased to take the next step toward building the Petaverse by announcing the launch of its minting phase. Tezos users are now able to access the private and public sales, “with generation Alpha NFTs to start unboxing (holders can choose whether to unbox… Read More

February 23, 2022 @ 9:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

When we look back at the history of the cryptocurrency and the blockchain ecosystem, there will be two dates that really stand out: October 31, 2008: The day Satoshi Nakamoto released the Bitcoin whitepaper. July 30, 2015: The day Ethereum was launched. According to an… Read More

February 22, 2022 @ 11:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Vying to be the top team in the Southeast Asia region, Indonesian e-sports organization RRQ (Rex Regum Qeon) has selected “high-performance,” “high-security” blockchain platform Zilliqa as the partner in its plans “to revitalize fan engagement using crypto and Web3-powered products.” Known across the gaming community… Read More

February 22, 2022 @ 10:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Sonic, InfinitySwap, and ICPSwap are getting ready to leverage the Internet Computer blockchain’s direct integration with Bitcoin. The team at DFINITY notes that the Internet Computer is an innovative blockchain that hosts “unlimited” data and computation on-chain. You can develop scalable dApps, DeFi, websites, and… Read More

February 22, 2022 @ 8:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Peter Gaffney, the Head of Research from Security Token Advisors, notes that a security token investor is an “interesting blend” of what exists in the markets today. Gaffney pointed out that it is not necessarily someone “fully fixated” on decentralization or four-digit yields. But it’s… Read More

February 21, 2022 @ 5:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Cardano Foundation, the non-profit organization and custodian of the Cardano blockchain, recently announced that Fernando Luis Vazquez Cao will serve as a member of its board of directors. Fernando brings over 20 years of experience across the telecommunications, open-source software, and digital assets sector…. Read More

February 19, 2022 @ 9:44 am By Omar Faridi  |  

SKALE, an Ethereum native multi-chain network announced a $100 million ecosystem incentive program with the aim of increasing the onboarding of good applications and initiatives onto the SKALE Network. Given the steady growth potential and alignment with market demand, NODE will be starting off the… Read More

February 18, 2022 @ 4:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Solana (SOL) has become a major platform in the crypto space, after going live in early 2020. The high-speed, high-throughput, proof of stake chain is well-known for its fast transactions, scalability, and affordable fees (and also its recent performance/technical issues which have also been quite… Read More

February 18, 2022 @ 3:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The VeChain Foundation claims that 2021 “proved to be a significant year” for them with many developments taking place — some of which are “fundamentally game-changing” and others that “greatly benefit” their ability to serve the global economy with blockchain-based services. One such change that… Read More

February 18, 2022 @ 1:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at blockchain platform NEO have released their January technical development monthly report. As mentioned in the update: “Having delivered the milestone Neo 3.1 version in the final weeks of 2021, the core development team began the New Year at a more relaxed pace…. Read More

February 18, 2022 @ 1:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

This week saw lots of work going on around Ontology technical developments, as work continued on preparing Ontology chain’s EVM or Ethereum Virtual Machine. Steady progress is being made “to ensure the launch happens in quarter 1 of this year.” As usual, the community had… Read More