Bitso Leads Latin America into the Future of Cryptocurrencies with a $62-million Investment from Kaszek Ventures and QED Investors
Mexico City, Mexico — December 9, 2020 — Bitso, Latin America’s leading crypto platform, founded in 2014, today announced that it closed a $62 million Series B round led by distinguished investment firms Kaszek Ventures and QED Investors. This reunites two of the most successful venture funds in the fintech industry and in Latin America […]
Bitcoin Hits the Bull’s-High in CoinGecko’s November 2020 Report
December 9, 2020 – Singapore – CoinGecko, the world’s leading independent cryptocurrency aggregator, has just released its November 2020 Report. In their analysis of the market, CoinGecko highlighted Bitcoin’s price reaching its new All-Time High (ATH) at $19,725. The new ATH comes 3 years after its previous high of $19,665. It is likely due to […]
Circle Announces Partnership with Visa to Bring the Benefits of Stablecoins to Businesses Worldwide
BOSTON, Dec. 3, 2020 — Circle today announced a partnership with Visa that will enable businesses around the world to take advantage of the combined strength of USD Coin (USDC), a fully-reserved digital dollar stablecoin supported across multiple public blockchains, and Visa’s global payments platform and network. Demand for digital dollar stablecoins has grown dramatically […]
Firo Announces Mainnet Launch of Next-Generation Privacy Protocol Lelantus; Completes Rebrand
SINGAPORE, Nov. 30, 2020 — Today, Firo (FIRO) has announced the release of the mainnet binaries for Lelantus, as well as the completion of its rebrand from Zcoin. The name Firo was created as a composite of money and fire, and serves as a truer representation of Lelantus’ offerings: Burn-and-redeem privacy that allows users to […]
Money on Chain Launches New Bitcoin Layer 2-based Decentralized Token Exchange
MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY — November 25, 2020 — Money On Chain is pleased to announce the launch of TEX, a new decentralized token exchange built on RSK, Bitcoin’s smart contract sidechain. TEX automates token swaps using smart contracts, offering users access to DoC, BPro, RIF, and rBTC, among others. The launch further expands the footprint of […]
Celsius Contributes the Last 25,000 ETH to Launch Ethereum 2.0
LONDON, Nov. 25, 2020 — Celsius, the industry-leading cryptocurrency rewards-earning platform, announced today that it has provided 25,000 ETH to the Ethereum 2.0 platform, giving it enough funds to meet its goal and launch on time. The contribution represents Celsius’s larger belief and support for Ethereum and the future of crypto. “When Celsius first launched, […]
2020 TADS Awards Winners Announced At “TADS AWARDS GALA 2020” Presentation Ceremony Hosted in Hong Kong
TADS Awards (stands for “Tokenized Assets & Digitized Securities Awards”) is the world’s first annual international award for the asset tokenization and digital securities sectors. Hosted annually, TADS Awards gathers individuals and businesses to share the energy that tokenization brings to the financial markets around the world. The global launch and inaugural TADS Awards Gala […]
New Zero Gas Fee Design: Solution to DeFi’s Scaling Issues
To find a solution to the rising cost of gas on Ethereum, PlasmaPay’s Chain enables near immediate token transfers with zero fees and supports the full range of DeFi tokens still allowing for up to 50,000 transactions per second. New York, US – November 13, 2020 – PlasmaPay, a global payment and remittance platform for consumer […]
Monetize your Sports Knowledge on the Blockchain with TradeStars’ New ‘TSX’ Token
This decentralized trading platform for Fractional NFTs connects economic DeFi incentives to real-life statistical data. Thanks to the new governance token, TSX, users can now bet on the increase in value of their favourite athletes performance estimates. San Francisco, USA – November 5, 2020 – The NASDAQ-equivalent fantasy stocks exchange, TradeStars, announced the launch […]
True Bitcoin DeFi? Hodl Hodl Launches No KYC Lending Service
Hodl Hodl, a non-custodial Bitcoin exchange, has announced the launch of Lend at Hodl Hodl, a non-custodial P2P Bitcoin-backed lending platform. Since the beginning of 2020, the Hodl Hodl team has been trying to combine the best features in the lending spaces of both DeFi and Bitcoin. What we have now is a P2P platform […]
Waves Association Will Distribute 1 Million WAVES in Grants to Amplify Inter-Chain Development
October 21, 2020 – Frankfurt — Waves Association, a non-profit organization supporting the development of next-generation technologies on Waves.protocol, today announced a grant program of 1 million WAVES tokens – valued at more than $2.9 million at the time of writing – to improve interoperability Blockchains with unique features and capabilities have been created through […]
EDGE196 Launches Asia Fintech and Blockchain Startup Competition
October 19, 2020 — In the framework of the Global Startup Competition Series, EDGE196 group announced the launch of Asia Fintech and Blockchain Startup Competition 2020. This startup competition is a prestigious virtual elevator pitch contest where top Asian founders or startups working with Asia will showcase their business ideas to the panel of investors. […]
Everipedia to Use Chainlink Infrastructure for U.S. Election Night Race Calls
GRAND CAYMAN, Cayman Islands, Oct. 16, 2020 — Everipedia, a market leading blockchain knowledge company has integrated with Chainlink, the largest decentralized oracle network in the world, to build oracle infrastructure to sign and publish US election race calls on the blockchain. The Everipedia Chainlink node will provide smart contracts access to U.S. election data […]
TADS AWARDS — The World’s First Annual International Awards for Tokenized Assets & Digitized Securities Launched in Hong Kong
Hong Kong, October 2, 2020 — TADS AWARDS (which stands for “Tokenized Assets & Digitized Securities Awards”) is the world’s first annual international award for the asset tokenization and digital securities sectors. It celebrates these industries by recognizing and honoring significant contributions and distinguished achievements worldwide. Hosted annually, TADS Awards gathers together individuals and businesses […]
Nym Technologies Releases Incentives and Integration with Bitcoin on the Liquid Network
NEUCHATEL, 11 SEPTEMBER, 2020 — Nym Technologies, a Swiss privacy start-up, is inviting people to join its mixnet in order to stop mass surveillance – while being paid in Bitcoin for providing their computing power to Nym. Nym is building on top of the Liquid Network for testing their mixnet reputation system and to allow […]
Algorand Becomes an Official Chain for USD Coin (USDC)
SAN FRANCISCO and BOSTON, September 9, 2020 — The Centre Consortium has announced that Algorand is now an official blockchain for USD Coin (USDC). The newly released mainnet implementation of USDC for Algorand is available today, and becomes the second major blockchain after Ethereum with native support for USDC. The Algorand blockchain brings significant innovations […]
Flipside Crypto Acknowledges 93 Individuals as The Best Analytical Brains in Blockchain 2020
BOSTON, July 21, 2020 — Boston-based crypto market intelligence firm Flipside Crypto today released The Best Analytical Brains in Blockchain 2020 (BABB 2020), a report that highlights those who provide the data science, engineering and analytical expertise in the blockchain industry. The release highlights the importance of data science and analytics unlocking the value of […]
Fetch.ai Launches Open-Source Collective Learning Framework to Enable Decentralized Machine Learning Applications
Fetch.ai is building an open-source, open-access decentralised machine learning platform Collective Learning is an implementation of the Fetch.ai technology that enables groups of participants to train Machine Learning algorithms on datasets, without sharing the underlying data. This has huge applications in healthcare, financial services and other highly regulated industries Fetch.ai has released a demo of […]
Global Online Investor Roadshow (GOIR) Expands to China and Europe with Strategic Partnership with ZCapital and Innovo Capital
July 2020 @ Singapore Blockchain Week – Coinstreet Partners, an award-winning AI-powered global decentralized investment banking group and organizer of Global Online Investor Roadshow (“GOIR”), jointly announced a new strategic partnership with ZCapital Co. Ltd., a Shenzhen-based investment firm with a vast network industry, associations, and private sectors, and Innovo Capital, a London-based investment advisory […]
T-Block Accelerator Onboards Tezos, R3 Corda, SettleMint and CV Labs as Partners
Hyderabad, Telangana, June 12, 2020: T-Block Accelerator, the inaugural accelerator program under the aegis of the Telangana Blockchain District today announced the 30 shortlisted startup cohort that will proceed to an intensive Start-up Training Program. The accelerator also announced the onboarding of global blockchain players Tezos India, R3 Corda, and SettleMint as platform partners and […]