#Blockchain News

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Light Client Launch: Parity Releases Desktop Wallet Beta, v0.3 Fether

April 11, 2019 by Liam J Kelly at Blockchain, Development, Ethereum, wallet

On April 9, 2019, Parity Technologies’ UX lead Thibaut Sardan announced the beta launch of the company’s light client. Instead of downloading the entire Ethereum blockchain, Fether offers users a much quicker experience by relying on full nodes rather than direct interaction with the blockchain. The desktop wallet is still...

South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program to Use Blockchain for Data Sharing

April 11, 2019 by Tokoni Uti at Adoption, Blockchain, News, Regulation

Blockchain technology will reportedly be used by South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration in the sharing of sensitive data between government organizations, a press release stated on April 10, 2019. Safe and Secure South Korea has, for the most part, not fully embraced cryptocurrency which has been evidenced in their...

Accomplice Water Canteen Pouring Money on Coda

VC Firm Accomplice to Lead O(1) Labs Series A Fundraise

April 11, 2019 by Aisshwarya Tiwari at Blockchain, Business, Finance, Investment, News

San Francisco-based venture capital firm Accomplice announced on April 9, 2019, that it would lead the O(1) Labs Series A fundraiser. Notably, O(1) Labs is the firm behind the highly-acclaimed blockchain protocol called Coda. Accomplice to Lead O(1) Labs Series A Fundraise The general sentiment among investors, both retail and...

PewDiePie Partners with Blockchain-based Platform DLive

April 10, 2019 by Neil at Blockchain, Business, News

Many content creators have championed cryptocurrency or blockchain in general, but there hasn’t been much traction with regards to high-profile creators moving to a blockchain-based platform rather than YouTube or Twitch, the two biggest platforms for content creators in the world. That has since changed, as one of the world’s...

Augur (REP) Protocol Incorporates New Features via V2 Upgrade

April 10, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Altcoins, Blockchain, Development, News

Augur (REP), a blockchain-based decentralized prediction marketplace that enables users to bet on a vast array of events in the real world, has announced the release of its v2 upgrade, which has now loaded the platform with new features like stablecoin integration and more, according to a blog post on...

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Liberland Announces Partnership with Crowdholding

April 9, 2019 by Alex Lielacher at Blockchain, News

The world's newest sovereign state Liberland announced a partnership with Crowdholding, a blockchain-backed platform designed to improve communication and insights between startups and the public. A Cryptocurrency-Backed Sovereign State Liberland describes itself as a sovereign state located on the banks of the Danube river. Created by Czech politician Vit Jedlicka...

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Crypto Lending 101: Earning Interest on Ether (ETH) with Dharma

April 9, 2019 by Liam J Kelly at Altcoins, Blockchain, Ethereum, Finance, Guides

On April 8, 2019, Dharma officially launched their crypto interest and lending platform. According to a Medium post from the startup, users can earn interest on their dai (DAI) and ether (ETH) holdings at rates of eight and 2.5 percent respectively. The product now joins a growing sector of lending...

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The First Exchange Built on Lightning Network Atomic Swaps Goes Live

April 9, 2019 by Tokoni Uti at Altcoins, Bitcoin, Blockchain, News

A brand new type of exchange has hit the market as Sparkswap, the first ever exchange built on Lightning Network Atomic swaps, announced on April 8, 2019, that their beta is live on the mainnet. Live and Launched It is indeed unfortunate, but exchange hacks have become much too commonplace...

India’s IT Hub Bangalore to Launch Blockchain Pilot for Waste Management

April 8, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Adoption, Blockchain, News

The Municipal Corporation of Bangalore, Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Paike (BBMP), the agency in charge of social amenities and public infrastructure in the Greater Bangalore metropolitan area of India, has announced plans to launch a distributed ledger technology (DLT) pilot that will address some of the waste management challenges in the...

Kleinwort Hambros Unveils DLT Exchange Traded Note

April 8, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Adoption, Blockchain, Business, News

Kleinwort Hambros, a UK-based private banking and wealth management brand of Société Générale has announced the launch of a blockchain Exchange Traded Note (ETN) listed in Luxembourg to give customers and prospective customers exposure to companies that could profit the most through the development and use of blockchain technology, according...

An Introductory Guide to Staking Cryptocurrencies

April 8, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Altcoins, Blockchain, Cryptocyclopedia, News

Similar to traditional financial ecosystem where strict guidelines govern the way new fiat currencies are minted by central banks, the decentralized world of blockchain-based cryptocurrencies have several consensus algorithms (proof-of-work (PoW), proof-of-stake (PoS), delegated-proof-of-stake (DPoS), and others which leverage different principles to mint new coins, secure a distributed ledger and...

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Barclays, RBS, and Others Form Consortium to Trial Blockchain in Real Estate

April 6, 2019 by Aisshwarya Tiwari at Adoption, Blockchain, Business, Finance, News

Barclays, Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), and Clifford Chance LLP are three of the 40 companies that have formed a consortium to trial blockchain technology in the real estate industry for greater efficiency, speed, and transparency, reports Bloomberg, April 4, 2019. Disrupting the Real Estate Industry from Ground Up Blockchain,...

O(1) Labs Raises $15 Million to Expand its Coda Project

April 6, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Adoption, Blockchain, Business, Investment, News

O(1) Labs, a blockchain platform that claims to be focused on using cryptography to develop systems that give people absolute control over their digital lives, has raised $15 million from investors such as Coinbase Ventures, Paradigm, and Accomplice to enable it to further develop its succinct Coda blockchain, according to...

Russia’s Gazprom Integrates Blockchain Technology for Gas Supply

April 6, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Adoption, Blockchain, Finance, News, Platform

Gazprom, a leading oil and gas company run by the Russian government, has announced the completion of a blockchain pilot that would enable the firm to use the nascent technology for recording gas contract details, reports local news source, Vestifinance on April 4, 2019. Gazprom Integrate Blockchain Technology Per sources...

Coinsquare Launches Canada’s First CAD-Pegged Stablecoin

April 5, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Adoption, Altcoins, Blockchain, Finance, News, Stablecoins

Coinsquare, Canada’s seminal cryptocurrency exchange has announced the launch of eCAD, the first stablecoin backed by the Canadian dollar. The firm strongly believes the non-volatile cryptoasset will foster mass adoption of blockchain-based digital assets in the region, according to a press release on April 4, 2019. Coinsquare’s eCAD to Foster...

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