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, […]
Bitwise & ETF Trends Release Findings of 2020 Benchmark Survey Of Financial Advisor Attitudes Toward Cryptoassets
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 14, 2020 — Bitwise Asset Management, the leading provider of cryptoasset index and beta funds, and ETF Trends, a leading source of exchange-traded fund news, tips, webcasts and investing ideas, today released the findings of the 2nd annual Bitwise / ETF Trends 2020 Benchmark Survey Of Financial Advisor Attitudes Toward Cryptoassets. The […]
DLive Joins BitTorrent Ecosystem and Begins Migration to TRON Blockchain
CUPERTINO, Calif., Dec. 30, 2019 — BitTorrent announced today that DLive, the popular blockchain-based content sharing platform, will be joining the BitTorrent ecosystem and begin the migration to the TRON blockchain. DLive and BitTorrent will be working together to bring blockchain-based peer-to-peer content sharing, including live streaming, to everyone. DLive will advertise their products and […]
Zcoin Launches Crowdfunding Fund to Further Decentralise
SINGAPORE, Dec. 26, 2019 — Zcoin (XZC), a privacy focused currency recently launched its Zcoin Crowdfunding System (ZCS) as a key step in decentralizing funding and decision making of the project. The core team of Zcoin recently elaborated its plans to further decentralize the project and remove any single point of failure in its recent […]
AE Ventures Global Starfleet Program Expands to India
AE Ventures, a blockchain investment company that provides initial funding, acceleration and advisory support to blockchain projects, is expanding to Bangalore.
Blockchain for Humanity Awards 2019 to Be Announced at Latin American Bitcoin Conference
This year, Blockchain for Humanity (B4H) Awards will be announced at the Latin American Bitcoin Conference (LABITCONF) on December 13th. Blockchain for Humanity is a not for profit foundation. For almost three years, b4H has issued Awards to recognize the work of outstanding social impact projects, receiving over 80 applications. It invites applicants to send […]
Genesis DevCon Mobilises Over 850 Aspiring Blockchain Developers From Across India With Its First Edition
The inaugural edition of India’s largest confluence of Blockchain developers, leaders, evangelists and students – Genesis DevCon, 2019, concluded its two-day event in IISc, Bangalore with a footfall of over 850+ participants and 45+ speakers. The conference commemorated the concluding chapter of the Genesis developer program, which included a six-month-long hackathon with an objective to […]
Tim Draper Invests in LA-Based Blockchain Venture Studio
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 9 — Goren Holm Ventures, the Los Angeles blockchain accelerator and incubator known for producing one of the world’s leading blockchain investment conferences, Crypto Invest Summit, announced today that renowned venture capitalist Tim Draper has invested in Goren Holm Ventures and has expanded his partnership with the firm, now rebranded to Draper […]
xx Network Whitepaper and Praxxis Technical Paper Released
GRAND CAYMAN, Cayman Islands, Dec. 4, 2019 — David Chaum and the Praxxis Team announced the release of the xx network Whitepaper and Praxxis Technical Paper. These documents provide details and insight into the xx network and xx coin, the revolutionary blockchain and cryptocurrency powered by Elixxir and Praxxis technology. The xx network Whitepaper describes […]