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Dalmas is a very active cryptocurrency content creator and highly regarded technical analyst. He’s passionate about blockchain technology and the futuristic potential of cryptocurrencies.
HARD, the world’s first cross-chain money market, is now live on the interoperable Kava blockchain. The open-source application could not have launched at a more perfect time as the user demand is very high. The app built on Kava will eventually support lending and borrowing functions. Raising the Bar for...
Breitling--a luxury watchmaker, is partnering with Arienee—who describes themselves as a digital identity consortium building perpetual trust between brands and owners, to issue authenticating digital certificates for Breitling watches on the Ethereum blockchain as per a blog post on Oct 14. The certificate won’t be tied to any name or email address....
In a Reddit Ask-Me-Anything (AMA) session on Oct 14 co-hosted by core members of the IOTA Foundation including Serguei Popov, Dominik Schiener, and David Sønstebø, Billy Sanders--the Senior Research Scientist, relayed the team’s development confidence stating that Coordicide implementation will be a success. Coordicide Decentralizes IOTA The session was all about Coordicide...
Less than a month after admitting that it saw no need for a central-bank backed currency (CBDC), the Research Bank of Australia (RBA) is still pushing ahead with research on the technological and policy implications of a potential wholesale digital Aussie as per an update on Oct 14. Reserve Bank of Australia...
IoTeX—a highly scalable, privacy-focused, and Internet-of-Things (IoT) friendly blockchain platform, has partnered with Nordic Semiconductor, in a deal that will see IoTeX leverage Nordic Semiconductor’s nRF9160 baked-in security in for secure asset tracking. Re-orienting IoT towards Better Security and Privacy By incorporating trusted devices within its ecosystem, the IoTeX platform aims...
Gate.io, a leading liquid cryptocurrency exchange, is launching a new hardware wallet dubbed Wallet S1 with fingerprint recognition technology. As per a press release on Oct 14, the exchange said its objective was to safeguard the private keys of its users’ digital assets. Each wallet will retail for $50 first...
Goldman Sachs, the American multinational investment banking, securities, and management firm, is hiring an executive for its Digital Assets team in London as per a LinkedIn post on Oct 10. So far, over 2,000 people have applied for the position. Executive to Head the Global Banking Giant’s Digital Assets Department The...
IOST is the launching pad for a revolutionary mobile gaming application that integrates GPS, connecting reality and the virtual world, as per an update on the Oct 13. CrossLink is developed by Platinum Egg Team and is now available for download from the App Store and Google Play. Integrating GPS in...
Public companies like MicroStrategy, Square, Grayscale Investment, and others, have in their treasury a total of over 600,000 BTC, worth more than $6.75 billion, as of Oct 12. MicroStrategy, Square Investing in Bitcoin as a Shield Against Inflation Coincidentally, this at a time when the Bitcoin price continues find support. Last...
Prysmatic Labs, the team behind the Prysm client and the builder of the technical infrastructures in the Ethereum blockchain, has released the first iteration of the Eth2 web user interface on GitHub as per an update on Oct 12. ETH2 User Interface is Out In a notice, Prysmatic Labs is ,...
Rudy Bouwman--the Vice-Chair of the DigiByte Foundation, is urging blockchain projects to embrace cryptocurrency frameworks published by governments rooting for compliance and protection of end-users as per a tweet on Oct 9. DigiByte Foundation Vice-Chair Supports Compliance with Laws Such frameworks, he adds, are critical in preventing the abuse of blockchain...
Residents of Shenzhen are now free to participate in a lucky draw where winners will receive $7,500 of digital yuan airdrops as part of an ongoing campaign dubbed “2020 Rewards for Luohu.” Digital Yuan Campaign in Shenzhen The draw began on Oct 9. Any of the city's 12 million official residents are...
Decentralized Information Asset (DIA)—a Swiss non-profit, is now partnering with Polkastarter--a DEX built for interoperable token pools and auctions in Polkadot, to provide oracles services thereby enabling DeFi trading. Building a High Slippage Alert System in Polkastarter Oracle data will also be used for pricing and building anti-slippage features with...
Arthur Hayes, Samuel Reed, and Ben Delo are all stepping down from their executive responsibilities in BitMEX with immediate effect, 100X Group--the holding group for HDR Global Trading Limited which owns and operates the Bitcoin and crypto derivatives platform, has said in an announcement on Oct 8. BitMEX will complete their...
On Oct 7, details from the National Assembly Seminar for the Virtual Asset Business Law held on Sep 22 by South Korea’s policymakers and major commercial banks were revealed in a press release. Discussion on the Virtual Asset Business Law The event was sponsored by DUCATO, a DeFi project by Delio—one of...