About Author: Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel

Synthetix, Optimism Demo Synthetix.Exchange on Optimistic Virtual Machine (OVM)

May 6, 2020 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Altcoins

Synthetix, the second-largest Ethereum-powered decentralized finance (DeFi) platform has joined forces with Optimism, a Public Benefit Corporation dedicated to developing scaling solutions for the Ethereum smart contracts blockchain, to demo the Synthetix Exchange on the Optimistic Virtual Machine (OVM). OVM is a layer-2 scaling solution that brings more speed and...

Justin Sun’s JUST DeFi Platform JST Token Sold Out Under Five Minutes

May 6, 2020 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Altcoins

Justin Sun, the eccentric creator of the TRON (TRX) distributed ledger technology (DLT) project has taken to Twitter on May 5, 2020, to announce that his JUST DeFi platform’s initial exchange offering (IEO) of the JST altcoin has been hugely successful, as all the coins got sold out within 4...

Blockstream Satellite 2.0 Allows Users to Synchronize Bitcoin Node Without Internet Connection

May 5, 2020 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Bitcoin

Blockstream, the Canada-based distributed ledger technology (DLT) project dedicated to improving the Bitcoin (BTC) network, has announced the launch of Blockstream Satellite 2.0. The team says the latest upgrade comes with a standards-based transmission protocol, additional bandwidth, and coverage areas, while also allowing users to synchronize the entire Bitcoin node...

IBM, FDA, Blockchain Pilot Result Shows DLT’s Potential in Pharma Industry

May 5, 2020 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Blockchain

Tech giants, IBM, Merck, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and others who participated in the distributed ledger technology (DLT) pilot for the pharmaceutical industry have released the result of the project. The team says the pilot project has proved that blockchain technology can significantly reduce the time required for...

BBVA, IMDEA Software Institute Solving Data Privacy Issues with ZKP Technology

May 5, 2020 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Blockchain

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentina (BBVA), a financial services giant with a presence in 30 countries, is joining forces with the IMDEA Software Institute, a Madrid-based Institute for Advanced Studies in Software Development Technologies, to dig deep into blockchain’s privacy-enhancing technologies such as zero-knowledge proofs (ZKP) and used their findings to...

DigiByte (DGB) in Search of Developers to Improve Its Ecosystem

May 4, 2020 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Altcoins

DigiByte (DGB), one of the leading open-source and highly decentralized distributed ledger technology (DLT) networks, has announced on May 4, 2020, that it’s looking for blockchain developers who can contribute to ongoing projects in its ecosystem. The team says some of the projects come with a bounty, while some others...

U.S. Senate Looking to Adopt Blockchain Technology for Remote Voting

May 4, 2020 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Blockchain

The U.S. Senate has hinted in its April 30 memo that it could tap distributed ledger technology (DLT) for remote voting by its members. This way, Congress will be able to continue conducting its business without predisposing to the COVID-19 virus. Reducing COVID-19 Risks At a time when the coronavirus...

MakerDAO (MKR) Brings DeFi to Bitcoin (BTC) via WBTC

May 4, 2020 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Bitcoin

MakerDAO (MKR), a decentralized finance (DeFi) heavyweight, has announced the integration of Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) into its ecosystem, to make it possible for holders of the latter to use it as collateral for loans in the Maker Protocol, according to a blog post on May 3, 2020. MakerDAO Now Adopts...

Bitcoin Lightning Daemon v0.10 Beta Goes Live with Exciting Improvements

May 1, 2020 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Bitcoin

Lightning Labs, the team of engineers dedicated to fixing the scalability issues of the Bitcoin blockchain and making the flagship cryptocurrency better, has announced the release of the Lightning Network Daemon (lnd) v0.10 beta. The team says lnd v0.10 beta comes with several improvements and bug fixes including Multi-Path Payments...

Shenzhen to Introduce City-wide Blockchain Invoicing in Partnership with Tencent

China’s Tencent Begins Blockchain Accelerator Program

April 30, 2020 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Blockchain

Tencent, a leading Chinese technology giant that doubles as the world’s largest video game company have announced the launch of its blockchain accelerator program. Tencent says it plans to mentor 30 companies in three major areas of distributed ledger technology (DLT), including finance, logistics, supply chain, and more, according to...

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