1. Market movements: Bitcoin and Ethereum make new all time highs while traditional markets wobbleIn January crypto continued its strong Q4 2020 momentum...
China’s Blockchain Services Network (BSN) has revealed plans to integrate the pemissioned version of Cosmos (ATOM) into its platform. The BSN’s primary objective is to foster blockchain adoption as well as interoperability between various private distributed ledger technology (DLT) networks, according to a Ledger Insights report on February 2, 2021. Cosmos (ATOM) Live on BSN Read More
Alphabit, an investment firm that specializes in blockchain and distributed ledger technology projects, has announced a strategic investment into Stratis protocol. According to the joint statement, Alphabit’s investment into Stratis is expected to further the latter’s quest into blockchain as a solution (BaaS). Notably, Alphabit has injected an initial investment into Stratis and has confirmed […]
Introduction to Algorand Algorand is building a pure proof-of-stake blockchain designed to power worldwide frictionless finance. Launched by award-winning Silvio Micali, Algorand is playing its part in changing the worldwide financial landscape by fixing many of blockchain’s most pressing issues. To put this into perspective, the Algorand blockchain is able to achieve the holy trinity […]
Banque de France (the French central bank) has announced the successful testing of its central bank digital currency (CBDC) in collaboration with multiple financial and tech groups. The experiment was considered to be successful on December 17th of 2020 but wasn’t announced until January 19th of this year via a press release. It was completed [...]
According to the latest announcement, Mobility Open Blockchain Initiative, a member-led consortium that works to create and promote high industry standards for smart mobility Blockchain adoption, has launched an initiative in order to track the purchase and maintenance of the history of second-hand vehicles. Mobility Open Blockchain Initiative (MOBI) is aiming to combat used car … Read More
CoinFund’s investment thesis for API3Investment ThesisFor smart contracts to unleash programmable money onto the world, they need to access the world’s data as...
Compound finance general counsel and DeFi group co-chair at the Blockchain Association, Jake Chervinsky, believes that Gary Gensler’s introduction as the...
And here’s why companies are choosing blockchain technology and its various applications. After the long “blockchain winter”, 2019 finally saw the rise of companies interested in adopting blockchain. According to recruitment portal Hired, global demand for blockchain engineers grew 517% in 2019, four times more than for any other types of engineers. Another interesting fact...
This was revealed in Lagos on Nov 24 at the ‘Fintech In Nigeria: State Of Play’ conference organized by The Economist Intelligence Unit and Mastercard. Speaking at the event, Special Adviser on ICT to the Minister, Armstrong Takang stated that the Nigerian government “sees an opportunity” in crypto and blockchain adoption, and will thus create … Continued