#Filecoin News

Filecoin and Chainlink Integration to Bring Advanced Decentralized Storage Solutions to Web 3.0 Developers

Filecoin Partners With Chainlink to Integrate Advanced Decentralized Storage Solution for Web 3.0

March 25, 2021 by Adeniyi Olowoporoku at Altcoins

Filecoin—a decentralized network, which allows users to store, request, and transfer data via a verifiable marketplace has announced an integration with Chainlink, the popular decentralized oracle solution. The integration will allow a connection between the Filecoin Network and smart contract enabled blockchains, such as Ethereum. Smart contract developers will also have...

Grayscale Launches Chainlink (LINK), Filecoin (FIL), Basic Attention Token (BAT) Trusts

March 17, 2021 by Aisshwarya Tiwari at Altcoins

Grayscale Investments today unveiled five new crypto trusts geared toward institutional investors. Grayscale Expands Its Crypto Products Suite According to a Bloomberg report published on March 17, U.S.-based digital assets titan Grayscale has launched five new crypto-based trusts. Specifically, these trusts enable institutional investors to gain exposure to altcoins such...

Filecoin Enters the DeFi Market With Wrapped Filecoin (wFIL)

November 26, 2020 by Evan Ezquer at DeFi

Cryptocurrency custodian Anchorage has declared the addition of a Wrapped Filecoin (wFIL) token on its platform. Anchorage has joined hands with Tokensoft to draw Wrapped Filecoin to the DeFi world. Anchorage Joined Hands With Tokensoft In collaboration with Tokensoft, a white-label platform & custody resolution provider, Anchorage is operating on...

Filecoin Prepares for Network Launch With Final Testing Phase

Justin Sun Accuses Filecoin of Being an Exit Scam As Miners Go On Strike

October 20, 2020 by Evan Ezquer at Altcoins

Filecoin, a decentralized storage network launched by Protocol Labs, has been criticized heavily during the last few weeks before its launch. And after a day after its mainnet launch, Filecoin miners have been on strike and complained that the business model is not working out well for them. Meanwhile, another...

Filecoin Looks to Mitigate Ethereum Fees with EIP-1559

August 27, 2020 by Aisshwarya Tiwari at Altcoins

Decentralized file storage firm Filecoin is testing a long-awaited Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP) on its network. It aims to counteract the high network fees on the industry’s current market leader Ethereum. Filecoin Testnets Show Positive Results The EIP-1559 is a long-awaited implementation that wants to tackle the ill-effects of high...

Decentralized Data Storage Network Filecoin Gears for September Launch

August 4, 2020 by Aisshwarya Tiwari at Altcoins

Peer-to-peer (P2P) data storage blockchain network Filecoin is poised for September launch to compete with the existing data storage heavyweights, Bloomberg reports, August 3, 2020. Filecoin Looks to Decentralize Data Storage Space The centralization of data storage on the Internet in the hands of the few tech juggernauts such as...

Filecoin Announces Incentivized Testnet Launch as Token Price Spikes

June 11, 2020 by Osato Avan-Nomayo at Altcoins

Filecoin (FIL), the decentralized storage network project, is moving closer to the arrival of its mainnet with the announcement of an incentivized testnet rollout. Testnet Competition Will Pay Miners Almost three years after its $257M initial coin offering (ICO), the Filecoin mainnet may soon be a reality. The InterPlanetary File...

Bitcoin Bull and Twitter Chief Jack Dorsey Invests in ICO Exchange Service CoinList

October 30, 2019 by Anthonia Isichei at Bitcoin

Jack Dorsey, the CEO of Twitter and Square is increasing his stake in the cryptocurrency arena as the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reports the bitcoin bull investing in CoinList. Dorsey’s other company, Square, is also heavily involved in bitcoin trading. Dorsey Endorses CoinList Speaking to the WSJ on the decision...

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Coinbase to List Telegram (GRM), Polkadot (DOT) and 15 Fresh Cryptocurrencies

September 20, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Altcoins

Coinbase, a leading U.S-based crypto exchange has announced plans to add support for 17 new cryptocurrencies on a jurisdiction-to-jurisdiction basis. The digital assets include Telegram’s Gram token, Polkadot, Dfinity, Filecoin, and several others. This according to a blog post on September 19, 2019. Bolster the Roster In line with its...

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Pantera Capital Invests in Four Scalability-Focused DLT Projects

August 31, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Business

Pantera Capital, a distributed ledger technology (DLT) focused investment firm and hedge fund has adopted four blockchain projects aimed at solving the age-long scalability problems of the cryptoverse. The projects include Polkadot, BloXroute, Origin, and Filecoin, reports Forex Crunch on August 29, 2019. Pantera Capital Focused on Eliminating Scalability Issues ...

ConsenSys Co-Founder Announces $100 Million Ethereum Fund

June 7, 2019 by Ashwath Balakrishnan at Ethereum, News

Andrew Keys, a co-founder of ConsenSys Capital, has joined DARMA Capital as a managing partner to help usher in Wall Street money to Ethereum. Keys has departed ConsenSys to focus on DARMA full time, as reported by Bloomberg, June 6, 2019. Pushing Institutionalization Digital Asset Risk Management Advisors (DARMA) is a...

Filecoin ICO Will Only Accept Accredited Investors

July 22, 2017 by Evan Sixtin at Altcoins, Commentary, Finance, News

Filecoin, the long-awaited token for the IPFS (InterPlanetary File System) platform recently announced that its ICO will not be open to anyone, only accredited investors will be able to participate. Specifically, this means that only those with an income of at least $200,000 a year or with assets worth $1...