Press Releases

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 […]

Celsius Launches a $15m Equity Raise with BnkToTheFuture

Through the partnership, investors can participate in Celsius Network’s equity fundraising round with as little as $1,000. $10.5 million has already been raised at a $120m valuation. LONDON, June 11, 2020 — BnkToTheFuture, the largest online investment platform for investing in FinTech & crypto companies, has announced today the addition of a unique equity offering […]

The Interchain Foundation Awards Six New Grants to Expand the Cosmos Network

Baar, Switzerland, June 9, 2020 — Interchain Foundation (ICF), a Swiss foundation, supporting, promoting, and advancing open and decentralized systems, has announced that it is awarding funding to leading blockchain architects; Althea, Chainsafe, Confio, Lunie, Iqlusion and Regen Network. This funding will help the projects build the software, applications, and ideas to galvanize the success of […]

Algorand Asia Accelerator Launched with Support of Algorand Foundation and Borderless Capital

SINGAPORE, June 8, 2020 – Algorand Foundation, a not-for-profit organization making an open-source, permissionless, pure proof-of-stake blockchain protocol, has launched Algorand Asia Accelerator together with Borderless Capital, the Algorand-focused blockchain venture fund. Powered by LongHash Ventures, the native Web 3.0 blockchain accelerator and investor, Algorand Asia Accelerator aims to encourage and spur blockchain development in particular […]

South Korea’s Leading Mobile Messaging App Integrates Digital Asset Wallet “Klip”

SEOUL, South Korea, June 3, 2020 — Ground X, the blockchain affiliate of South Korean Internet giant Kakao (KRX: 035720) and developer of Klaytn, today launched a blockchain-based digital asset wallet service called Klip. Available in KakaoTalk, a mobile messaging application used by more than 90% of the South Korean population, Klip gives users the […]

Chain Accelerator, Co-Organizer of Paris Blockchain Week Summit, Acquired by French Consultancy ON-X Groupe

Paris, France, May 26, 2020 — ON-X Groupe, an independent French consulting group specializing in advisory and digital integration, has announced the acquisition of 100% of the capital of Chain Accelerator, a major actor in blockchain and crypto advisory services and co-organizer of the Paris Blockchain Week Summit. As a truly a digital accelerator, ON-X […]

CoinShares Launches the First Gold and Cryptoasset Index on Bloomberg and Refinitiv

SAINT HELIER, Jersey, May 26, 2020 — CoinShares today announced the launch of the CoinShares Gold and Cryptoassets Index (CGCI), the first EU Benchmark Regulations (EU BMR) compliant index for the digital asset industry that combines digital assets and gold. The index, now live on Bloomberg Terminals and Refinitiv (formerly Reuters), is designed to provide […]