Tagged: zilliqa

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

September 17, 2020 @ 9:32 pm By JD Alois  |  

Hg Exchange (HGX), Southeast Asia’s first private securities exchange, has kicked off trading. Founding members of the exchange include PhillipCapital, Prime Partners, and Fundnel – a leading securities crowdfunding platform serving sophisticated investors across Asia. Richard Teng, formerly an executive at the Monetary Authority of… Read More

September 4, 2020 @ 10:14 am By JD Alois  |  

Speedy blockchain Zilliqa has announced its 2020-2021 cohort of companies participating in the ZILHive Accelerator program, a 6-month blockchain startup accelerator designed to support early and late-stage startups may use the Zilliqa protocol to build blockchain solutions. According to Zilliqa, this year’s cohort has been… Read More

August 1, 2020 @ 1:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Zilliqa, a “high-performance” and “high-security” blockchain or distributed ledger tech (DLT)-based platform, recently revealed that it has chosen Singapore’s digital currency custody service, Onchain Custodian, to secure its network’s assets. As mentioned in a release shared with CI: “In working with the firm, the Zilliqa… Read More

July 10, 2020 @ 5:02 pm By JD Alois  |  

Zilliqa, an enterprise-level blockchain platform, says it will work with Binance to bring the BUSD stablecoin onto the Zilliqa network. The BUSD stablecoin, issued in partnership with the Paxos Trust Company, is regulated by the New York Department of Financial Services and audited on a… Read More

June 19, 2020 @ 10:50 am By JD Alois  |  

A new private securities exchange, Hg Exchange, has joined the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s (MAS) Fintech Sandbox. Hg Exchange’s tenure at the Fintech Sandbox begins on June 22, 2020, and is scheduled to last until December of this year. Hg Exchange will offer 24/7 trading… Read More

May 17, 2020 @ 4:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Singapore-based Anquan Capital Pte. Ltd, a group of technology firms, has teamed up with the Fintech division of Germany’s WEG Bank AG, which offers services under the TEN31 brand name. Anquan Capital has established several innovative tech companies including Anqlave, Aqilli, and Zilliqa. TEN31 Bank,… Read More

April 4, 2020 @ 4:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Kenneth Bok, head of growth and strategy at Zilliqa, an established blockchain project that provides infrastucture to StraitsX, a stablecoin initiative introduced by the Fintech payments provider Xfers, recently shared his views and insights with Crowdfund Insider. Xfers is accredited by the Monetary Authority of… Read More

March 16, 2020 @ 10:20 am By JD Alois  |  

Singapore based Zilliqa, a speedy blockchain platform, has partnered with Switcheo, to launch a “non-custodial, decentralised exchange” (DEX). Zilliqa and Switcheo are said to be working towards a minimum viable product and rounds of internal testing by the end of Q2 2020 and external user… Read More

November 29, 2019 @ 6:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Zilliqa, a blockchain-based platform that aims to deliver high-throughput and high-security, has teamed up with Elliptic, a provider of digital asset risk management software for crypto firms and financial institutions. According to a press release shared with Crowdfund Insider, the partnership between Zilliqa and Elliptic… Read More

November 1, 2019 @ 7:38 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Singapore-headquartered Zilliqa, a high-throughput public blockchain network for building decentralized applications (dApps), is preparing to launch the return of Blockchain A-Z, a series of educational workshops on distributed ledger technology (DLT).  According to a press release shared with CrowdFund Insider, Zilliqa is teaming up with… Read More

June 10, 2019 @ 9:45 am By JD Alois  |  

Aspiring Ethereum replacement Zilliqa has launched smart contract functionality on its blockchain platform. Zilliqa is one of a handful of blockchain platforms seeking to address shortcomings in the sector. Zilliqa using sharding to speed up its transactional rate – a priority for many potential blockchain… Read More

December 26, 2018 @ 9:19 am By Erin Hobey  |  

As 2018 winds down and we review the market’s ups and downs, it only makes sense to predict trends for 2019. This year Blockchain was in the news, daily making leaps and bounds in its advancement, and industry leaders predict that Blockchain’s momentum — and… Read More

November 30, 2018 @ 5:05 pm By JD Alois  |  

Zilliqa, a blockchain project that is on a mission to provide a scalable, enterprise iteration of distributed ledger technology, has announced smart contract sharding with Testnet V3. This is the final testing phase before the mainnet is released, an event that is scheduled for January 31, 2019…. Read More

August 10, 2018 @ 9:19 am By JD Alois  |  

Zilliqa has landed former Head of Marketing APAC for Google Pay Yiling Ding as their new Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). Ding, who is said to be fluent in English, Japanese, and Chinese Mandarin, has spent the past four years with Google. During her stint with Google she… Read More

August 2, 2018 @ 10:42 pm By JD Alois  |  

Infoteria Corporation, an enterprise software company in Japan (Listed on TSE Sec.1: 3853) and Zilliqa have formed a partnership with Infoteria will enable corporate use of the fast blockchain. Zilliqa is one of a handful of companies seeking to address current shortcomings in distributed ledger… Read More

July 10, 2018 @ 5:10 pm By JD Alois  |  

Blockchain game, Etheremon may bag Ethereum. Ethereum is great but can be really slow. Recently, the network a small Chinese cryptocurrency exchange called FCoin managed to clog the entire Ethereum network. That kind of sucks. In a blog post, Etheremon explained its scalability challenges and then stated… Read More

July 2, 2018 @ 10:14 am By JD Alois  |  

  Zilliqa, designed to be an enterprise ready speedy blockchain, has announced that it is live on the latest Testnet as it nears broad public release. Zilliqa Testnet version 2.0 is said to have introduced greater stability and security to the network. Additionally, Zilliqa says it… Read More

June 19, 2018 @ 2:56 pm By JD Alois  |  

Zilliqa, a company that has created a scalable blockchain designed to be used at the enterprise level, has announced the creation of a new grant program for developers building applications on their platform. The “Zilliqa Ecosystem Grant Programme” is now providing $5 million to teams and… Read More

April 3, 2018 @ 6:16 pm By JD Alois  |  

Zilliqa has Released their public testnet of a Blockchain that deals with the technology’s biggest hurdle: the ability to scale and serve the demands of global financial institutions. Zilliqa uses a technique called sharding that apparently can enable their Blockchain to hit transaction speeds similar… Read More