Press Releases

World Economic Forum Launches Blockchain Toolkit for Supply Chains to Support the World’s Post-COVID Economic Recovery

The World Economic Forum (WEF) has released its Blockchain Deployment Toolkit, aiming to assist governments and businesses building more resilient supply chains on distributed ledgers. Geneva, Switzerland, April 28, 2020 – The pressure created by the COVID-19 outbreak on global trade systems highlights an urgent need for global cooperation to maintain and strengthen the resilience of […]

xx network sells $9.7M in xx coins

GRAND CAYMAN, April 22, 2020 — The xx network has completed its initial sale of the xx coin, the revolutionary cryptocurrency led by David Chaum. The sale was focused on rewarding early backers who helped drive decentralization of the xx network. During the Regulation S offering, 500 coin holders from outside the U.S purchased $9.7M […]

TokenInsight 2020 Q1 Spot Exchange Industry Report: Extreme Volatility and Plenty of Fake Trading Volumes

April 22, 2020 – The brand new report from TokenInsight covers Centralized Exchanges, Decentralized Exchanges, Exchange-Based Token Trends, Regulation Overview, User Trends, Survey and Spot Exchange Ratings Update.

Bitcoin DeFi Ecosystem Expands as RIF Stablecoin and Leveraged Token are Launched

April 21, 2020 – MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY – Money on Chain, the company that built and deployed one of the first bitcoin-collateralized DeFi protocols, announced today the extension of its technology to the RIF ecosystem by releasing the RIF on Chain DeFi platform backed by RIF tokens and deployed on the RSK network. At launch, the […]

A Ride To Forget – CoinGecko 2020 Q1 Cryptocurrency Report

16 April 2020 – CoinGecko, the world’s leading independent cryptocurrency aggregator, has just released its 2020 Q1 Cryptocurrency Report. The 55-page report provides an overview of the state of the cryptocurrency markets over the past quarter with market insights, major events and more. “This quarter is one that we most definitely want to erase from […]

Bitcoin Association Switzerland Launches Wrapped Bitcoin on Tezos

Bitcoin Association Switzerland (BAS), together with the involved companies, has announced yet another way to use Bitcoin: tzBTC, a token on the Tezos blockchain backed 1-1 by Bitcoin.

Paxful Introduces Gold Buying And Selling To P2P Trading

In response to customer demand, Paxful becomes first bitcoin-backed peer-to-peer marketplace to offer gold buying and selling options April 7, 2020 — Global peer-to-peer bitcoin marketplace, Paxful, introduced to its platform the option for users to buy and sell gold in exchange for bitcoin. The addition of gold buying and selling options to the Paxful […]

Celsius Network and Chainlink Form Long Term Partnership to Create Superior Financial Platform through Decentralization

LONDON, March 30, 2020 — Celsius Network, the industry-leading cryptocurrency interest income platform with more than $600MM in assets, announced today that it is forming a long-term partnership with Chainlink, the market-leading decentralized oracle network. This deep partnership serves as a key way to further Celsius’ overall decentralization through the use of Chainlink’s world-class decentralized […]

Blockstream Announces the Addition of Ten New Members to the Liquid Network’s Federation

March 27, 2020 – Blockchain technology startup Blockstream has announced the addition of ten new members to the Liquid Network’s federation. With these new additions, Liquid now includes a total membership of 45 exchanges and financial institutions. We’re excited to announce ten new members to the #LiquidNetwork federation. The latest members mark the first new […]

Digital Assets Set For Significant Growth – Report

March 26, 2020 – Digital assets are on the cusp of significant growth from traditional trading firms and institutions, an extensive survey from Acuiti has found. The study, which was today released in a report produced in partnership with Bitstamp and CME Group, surveyed traditional trading firms and institutions, specialist crypto trading firms and sellside […]

IOHK Releases Ouroboros Hydra Protocol, a Layer-2 Scaling Solution for Cardano Blockchain

March 25, 2020 — IOHK, the development company behind Cardano, today officially unveiled the Ouroboros Hydra scaling protocol. IOHK, the engineering company co-founded by Charles Hoskinson and Jeremy Wood, today has unveiled Ouroboros Hydra (Hydra), an off-chain protocol, which enables vastly increased scalability for the Cardano blockchain, whilst still providing low latency and minimal storage […]

First Time in Spain: Silicon Valley Startup Bootcamp. Open admissions for 2020!

InnMind (Switzerland) & Draper University (USA) have recently announced the opening of admissions for Startup Bootcamp 2020, a 5-day intensive acceleration program from Silicon Valley for tech startups this September in Catalonia, Spain.

Hyperledger Announces Eight New Members, Including Clear, Conduent and Walmart, at Hyperledger Global Forum 2020

SAN FRANCISCO / PHOENIX, March 3, 2020 — Hyperledger, an open source collaborative effort created to advance cross-industry blockchain technologies today announced the addition of eight new members, including Clear, Conduent and Walmart, on the first day of Hyperledger Global Forum 2020  In addition, Hyperledger, a multi-venture, multi-stakeholder effort hosted at the Linux Foundation, welcomed […]

Marshall Islands to Power World’s First National Digital Currency with Algorand and SFB Technologies

SFB Technologies to Partner with Blockchain Protocol to Provide Infrastructure for Marshall Islands Sovereign Digital Currency NEW YORK, March 2, 2020 — SFB Technologies announced today that the blockchain for the world’s first national digital currency, the Marshallese sovereign (SOV), will be built using Algorand technology. The SOV will circulate alongside the US dollar and […]

Harmony Expands to India, Bolsters the Growth of DeFi in the Rapidly Growing FinTech Sector

February 26, 2020 – Bangalore, India – Harmony, a Silicon Valley-based scalable blockchain protocol, announced their entry into the Indian market. They are looking towards establishing partnerships in India’s startup ecosystem and foster the development of blockchain solutions in the Fintech space. With Fintech in India already booming, blockchain protocols are looking for meaningful integrations […]

FC Barcelona & Chiliz Join Forces in a New Global Blockchain Alliance

The Partnership Will Increase Engagement Between the Club & Its Global Fanbase Through Barça Fan Tokens ($BAR) on Chiliz Fan Voting & Rewards Mobile App Socios.com FC Barcelona has signed a new global partnership agreement with world leading blockchain-based fan engagement platform for sports & entertainment Chiliz. The agreement, which is part of Barça’s new […]

Tether Launches as the First Stablecoin on Algorand’s Next Generation Blockchain Platform

February, 10, 2020 – Tether, the blockchain-enabled platform that powers the largest stablecoin by market capitalization, is live on Algorand 2.0, the world’s first permissionless, pure proof of stake blockchain platform. Tether is the first stablecoin to leverage the innovation released in Algorand 2.0 and will provide instant confirmation, micro payments and automatic wallet support. […]

EverdreamSoft Partnering with DappRadar and Matic Network: Spells of Genesis Going on Ethereum

GENEVA – January 28, 2020 – Spells of Genesis, the first blockchain game ever is going to integrate Ethereum blockchain and the revolutionary Matic technology to launch new blockchain-based cards, in partnership with DappRadar. The Geneva-based company EverdreamSoft, pioneer in the usage of blockchain technology in gaming since 2014, announced today the plan to integrate […]

Hyperledger Kicks Off 2020 at Davos, Welcomes Six New Members

SAN FRANCISCO and DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan. 22, 2020 — Hyperledger, an open source collaborative effort created to advance cross-industry blockchain technologies, took to the stage at “Blockchain Central” in Davos during the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting with an update on the growing impact of the global Hyperledger community on the adoption of enterprise blockchain. […]

CoinGecko Releases 2019 Year-End Cryptocurrency Report

January 15, 2020 – CoinGecko, a world-leading cryptocurrency data aggregator, has just released its 2019 Year-End Cryptocurrency report. The 50-page report provides an overview of the state of the cryptocurrency markets throughout 2019 with market insights, major events and more.   Cryptocurrency Market Overview 2019 was a mixed bag for the top-5 cryptocurrencies with Bitcoin, […]