Tagged: substrate

February 5, 2023 @ 9:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently caught up with Dr. Torsten Stüber, Co-Founder and CTO at Berlin-based Pendulum, an initiative focused on traditional finance infrastructure blockchain solutions, which is “the missing link between fiat and DeFi.” Pendulum is an open-source blockchain built on the “proven” Parity Substrate framework, establishing… Read More

August 16, 2022 @ 1:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Pastel Network, a purpose-built blockchain and protocol standard for non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and Web3 technology, is teaming up with Parity Technologies. The integration will “enable both native parachains and decentralized applications across the Polkadot ecosystem to leverage Pastel’s powerful technology, providing added security for projects… Read More

July 23, 2022 @ 6:54 am By Omar Faridi  |  

peaq, the Web3 network powering the Economy of Things (EoT), announces joining the Substrate Builders Program. Run by Parity, the blockchain solutions company behind Polkadot, the program “will support peaq on its mission to build a decentralized Economy of Things.” Parity’s Substrate Builders Program “supports… 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

February 17, 2022 @ 5:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance Labs, the VC and innovation incubator of Binance, made an investment in Manta Network, the Web3 privacy protocol focused on privatizing crypto-assets. Manta Network’s layer-1 network design “leverages zero-knowledge proofs to privatize crypto assets.” Built with the Substrate framework, Manta’s privacy tech interoperates with… Read More

November 26, 2021 @ 3:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The decentralized finance sector has truly achieved a lot in the past few years, but it has an exposed Achilles heel in security issues. To address this issue once and for all, we need a robust blockchain network and ecosystem built from scratch with security… Read More

November 15, 2021 @ 7:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently caught up with Brainjar, Head of Product at Composable Finance, which is described as a “hyper liquidity” infrastructure layer for decentralized finance (DeFi) assets that are being powered by Layer-2 Ethereum and Polkadot. Brainjar talked about issues with existing smart contracts and how… Read More

June 14, 2021 @ 10:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital asset firm Kraken notes that customers looking to support their “favorite” Kusama projects can now, “for the first time,” take part in Parachain Slot Auctions (or “Parachain Auctions”) directly via the Kraken platform. Kusama is described as a “scalable” network of specialized or purpose-built… Read More

October 2, 2020 @ 1:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The developers at MANTRA DAO, a community-governed decentralized finance (DeFi) platform that aims to make staking, lending, and governance more accessible to traders and investors, have confirmed that they’ve officially launched their staking platform. The MANTRA DAO team noted that they’re pleased to announce that… Read More

August 25, 2020 @ 8:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

MANTRA DAO (distributed autonomous organization) describes itself as a community-governed decentralized finance (DeFi) platform that aims to make staking, lending, and governance more accessible to traders and investors. The MANTRA team notes: “MANTRA DAO leverages the wisdom of the crowd to create … a transparent,… Read More

November 26, 2019 @ 7:31 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Polymath, a digital asset issuance platform, “optimised for (hosting) compliant assets operating in regulated markets,” has announced it will be building its Polymesh blockchain on Parity Substrate rather than Ethereum. Ethereum is the world’s second-largest “public” blockchain (self-settling ledger-like database). Ethereum was inspired by Bitcoin,… Read More