Microsoft and a few other companies are sponsoring a contest aimed at bringing new projects to the Ethereum ecosystem. The software giant seeks to accomplish this via contests run on decentralized platform Gitcoin, paying thousands of dollars to the top talent. The project brings together well over a dozen firms that have joined Microsoft to […]

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Societe Generale Group, a leading French lender, has reportedly issued a $112 million bond via a security token offered on the Ethereum blockchain. The financial provider announced the development on Tuesday, April 23, noting that its subsidiary Societe Generale SFH issued the security token bond labeled OFH. The company’s OFH (obligations de financement de l’habitat) […]

Source link: France’s Societe Generale Issues First ‘Covered Bond’ Worth $112 Million Using The Ethereum Blockchain

Ethereum is set to implement its proof-of-stake (PoS) consensus algorithm and as part of the process, co-founder Vitalik Buterin has proposed that the community adopts higher staking rewards. Buterin made his proposal regarding the dapp and smart contract platform on GitHub on Friday, April 20. According to him, the blockchain should have 2,097,152 ether issued […]

Source link: Ethereum’s Vitalik Buterin Proposes Higher Staking Rewards For Upcoming PoS Implementation