Blockchain

Spearheaded by Deeper Network, here are the 5 hottest blockchain-powered projects out in 2021. Online privacy has been a growing concern since the proliferation of social media and centralized networks. Moreover, there have been reports of mass surveillance conducted by governments around the world, a claim that is supported by…

Kotani Pay, a Kenya based digital currency on and off-ramp service provider, has entered into an agreement wherein it will enable the transfer of universal basic income (UBI) payments to African refugees. Working in conjunction with the Refugee Integration Organisation (RIO) and Impact Market, the fintech start-up, which uses the…

Home » Business » Dubai gov’t expands blockchain-powered KYC tool for financial institutions Dubai’s economic department has announced that it will be expanding its blockchain-powered Know-Your-Customer tool for financial institutions. The Department of Economic Development, better known as Dubai Economy, has partnered with the Dubai International Financial Centre to expand…

CardStarter will integrate Chainlink’s Verifiable Random Function (VRF). Thus, CardStarter will have access to Chainlink’s solutions. Its VRF will “guaranteed” that actions within this platform are fully randomized without any bias and protected against manipulation. CardStarter is an important part of Cardano’s ecosystem, via its decentralized platform project on this…

Source: Adobe/niphon Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news. Adoption news Major Australian fintech, 'buy-now-pay-later' company Zip Co. is looking at expanding into crypto and stock trading, reported the Wall Street Journal, citing co-founder Peter…

Justin Sun, the CEO and founder of Tron and BitTorrent, says that he expects the popularity of the USDT stablecoin to increase. For the first time, the volume of Tether transactions on the Tron blockchain has surpassed that of Ethereum blockchain. This is according to available data on CoinMetrics. According…

Chicago-based financier Rothschild Investment Corporation purchased over 265,302 shares of the Grayscale Ethereum Trust (ETHE), marking its first-ever investment into ETH, the asset powering the world’s most-used blockchain. Rothschild Investment Corporation bought 265,302 shares of the Grayscale Ethereum Trust. Its holdings in the ETH trust are worth $4.75 million and…

Home » Events » ‘Naturally decentralized’ island nations like Tuvalu are perfect for blockchain ledgers, says forum Small island nations are “naturally decentralized” and could leverage this to spur blockchain adopition. Participants in the Island Innovation’s Island Finance Forum this week, which included Faiā‘s George Siosi Samuels, agreed that close-knit…

Numerous United States exchange-traded funds are loading up on shares in the world’s top crypto firms. According to ETF.com, hundreds of funds have invested in publicly listed companies that are holding Bitcoin (BTC) on their balance sheets. As of this writing, 88 ETFs hold MicroStrategy shares, while 144 ETFs hold Square,…

Cardano’s next upgrade Alonzo will introduce smart contract support to the blockchain. Alonzo will use the Plutus platform to establish the infrastructure and tools for smart contract development. Last week, Cardano (ADA) founder Charles Hoskinson laid out the roadmap for his blockchain’s development until 2025. He mentioned that with the…