Tagged: pos

November 12, 2021 @ 11:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Following testing of the network infrastructure and staking dynamics by more than 100 validators, Agoric, a JavaScript-native smart contract platform, has confirmed the introduction of its public chain (after the completion of a private token sale). As mentioned in an update shared with CI: “Committing… Read More

October 15, 2021 @ 11:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

MEW (MyEtherWallet), the platform for accessing the Ethereum ecosystem, announced that users are able to earn rewards by staking their SKALE (SKL) tokens from within the MEW wallet mobile app. Skale Network is described as a “fully” decentralized Ethereum compatible multichain Proof of Stake network… Read More

October 1, 2021 @ 3:16 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Persistence, a multi-asset protocol focused on liquid staking, NFTs, and commodities, has partnered with BridgeTower Capital, a global private equity firm focused on blockchain infrastructure and bridging digital assets to traditional institutional investors. BridgeTower has become a leading institutional participant of Persistence’s new liquid staking… Read More

September 29, 2021 @ 4:00 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Bitcoin Latinum (LTNM) will list on cryptocurrency exchange DigiFinex in the third week of October. Monsoon Blockchain, Bitcoin Latinum’s lead developer, also plans for the token to list on a number of other global exchanges in the upcoming months. Headquartered in Singapore, DigiFinex says it… Read More

September 28, 2021 @ 9:30 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Monsoon Blockchain Corporation this week announced a new digital cryptocurrency ecosystem for powering Bitcoin Latinum, an insured, asset-backed cryptocurrency. Monsoon Blockchain develops the Bitcoin Latinum network on behalf of the Bitcoin Latinum Foundation. Bitcoin Latinum will initially support up to 10,000 transactions per second and millions… Read More

August 8, 2021 @ 12:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Hedera Hashgraph has shared an update on their plans to go Carbon negative. The Hedera Hashgraph team notes that public blockchain and distributed ledger technologies (DLT) have “ushered in a new era of the web.” We now have the infrastructure required to… Read More

August 4, 2021 @ 9:11 pm By Priyanka Pani  |  

Indian Fintech BharatPe has turned into a Unicorn after raising around $370 million in Series E from Tiger Global, Dragoneer Investor Group, and Steadfast Capital at a $2,85 valuation. The New Delhi-based startup has become the 19th Indian startup to achieve a Unicorn status this… Read More

August 1, 2021 @ 7:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently caught up with Jacobo Toll-Messia, the Founder and CEO at Nahmii AS, which is focused on providing layer-2 scalability solutions for Ethereum (ETH), the world’s largest smart contract platform. Jacobo talked about the different approaches taken to effectively scale enterprise-grade blockchain or distributed… Read More

July 22, 2021 @ 9:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Provenance is a Cosmos-powered blockchain whose goal is to create a “vibrant” ecosystem of decentralized financial (DeFi) services for a variety of financial institutions such as asset originators, fund managers, servicers, banks, and investors. The Proof of Stake (PoS) blockchain is “distinguished by three elements:… Read More

July 16, 2021 @ 8:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Spendwisor, a US-headquartered mobile payment app with business offices and service locations in Qatar and the United Kingdom, has confirmed a QAR 190 million ($50 million) investment commitment from GEM Global Yield, a $3.4 billion Luxembourg-headquartered private alternative investment group. The company plans to use… Read More

June 17, 2021 @ 9:46 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Persistence, has opened its testnet to the public. It allows anyone to test pSTAKE’s liquid staking services, with test tokens initially available to users in the public alpha. They have also started its bug bounty program, an incentivized program of testing where participants will be… Read More

May 31, 2021 @ 8:27 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

    Viva Wallet, a Greece-based neobank startup, recently announced its new Tap On Phone feature on its new POS app. According to Viva, the feature turns any Android mobile into a card terminal. “With the new payment solution, merchants no longer must wait for their card… Read More

May 24, 2021 @ 10:30 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  SoftTouch POS & Payments, a U.S.-based fintech that provides point-of-sale, payment gateway, payment processing and integration solution, announced on Monday it has enhanced its solution to include touch-free PayPal and Venmo payment acceptance capabilities. Founded in 2000, SoftTouch describes itself as a next-generation fintech company providing… Read More

May 13, 2021 @ 9:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

After Elon Musk’s Tesla announced that it would no longer accept Bitcoin payments due to concerns regarding the excessive consumption of electricity (and fossil fuels) in BTC mining, the Cardano Foundation has come forward to suggest that Cardano (ADA) and Tesla could potentially be an… Read More

March 16, 2021 @ 10:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Proof of stake or PoS based blockchain consensus may be coming to Ethereum (ETH), the leading smart contract platform, “sooner than we think” according to a blog post published by ConsenSys, a leading distributed ledger tech (DLT) development studio based in New York. The post’s… Read More

March 7, 2021 @ 2:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In anticipation of its mainnet launch and token sale to be conducted via CoinList during March 2021, Casper has emerged as one of the “most talked-about” projects in the blockchain industry. As mentioned in a blog post by CoinList, when you “dig” into the technology,… Read More

February 18, 2021 @ 8:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Blockchain platforms Qtum and Blockpass have teamed up in order to deliver on-chain (or blockchain-based) Know-Your-Customer (KYC) services. As part of the agreement, Qtum will be providing subsidies to “specific” members looking to achieve regulatory compliance through Blockpass’s On-chain KYC solutions. Adam Vaziri, CEO at… Read More

December 19, 2020 @ 12:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Banking challenger Branch, the Fintech firm that partners with employers, has teamed up with ProPoint Solutions salon software SuperSalon, which allows salons to digitally pay their workers. As mentioned in a release shared with Crowdfund Insider: “Branch’s integration with the point of sales software allows… Read More

December 14, 2020 @ 10:48 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  DigitalMint, a U.S.-based Bitcoin point-of-sale provider, announced on Monday it has formed a strategic long-term partnership with Kerma Tech, a Southeast ATM operator, to provide consumers access to cryptocurrency across several states, including Georgia, Tennessee, and Indiana.  According to the DigitalMint, the initial launch with Kerma Tech calls… Read More

October 26, 2020 @ 9:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently caught up with Dr. Amrit Kumar, President and Chief Scientific Officer of Zilliqa, an enterprise-grade blockchain development platform. Many of the more popular iterations of blockchain are not sufficiently robust to handle the high transaction rates needed today – not to mention what… Read More