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Stanford University has recently provided money to fund a new blockchain and cryptocurrency startup that says it wants “to be the Microsoft for blockchain,” reports Bloomberg. The startup is called Alchemy, and it plans to improve blockchain infrastructure and provide a variety of services for developers in the space, among other things. So far, it…
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Haipo Yang, the chief executive of CoinEx, talked to LearnBonds.com about the cryptocurrency market, Facebook’s Libra, Central Bank digital currencies (CBDCs) and a new altcoins season. He said that Libra may become a landmark of the blockchain industry and that CBDCs show governments are starting to recognize the potential of blockchain technology. He added that…
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DASH, one of the more popular cryptocurrency projects on the market, will be updating its explorer on January 7th, the company announced via a Medium post today. The post starts out by noting the fact that Dash is currently based on the outdated Abe API. Instead, they want to move the project to a more…
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Bloom Technology, a South Korean blockchain startup, claims to have solved what is to be considered a “decade-long” speed problem with blockchain technology. Essentially, they’ve found a new way to scale a blockchain network, reports UPI.com. As you may know, traditional blockchain networks work by placing a set amount of transactions into a block. Once…
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Waves is a blockchain platform that helps developers and enterprise companies move their networks over to blockchain networks. It mostly does so via helping them build applications for customers and clients to interact with them in this way. However, the platform also includes a decentralized exchange (DEX) for trading such tokens – ensuring that customers…
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A government accelerator in Singapore has just brought in around 21.5 million Singapore dollars to help fund blockchain startups specifically. This converts to around $16 million USD, reports The Block. The accelerator is called Tribe, and the Enterprise Singapore division of the government is backing it. This money here is for nine startups spread out…
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Cisco, one of the largest networking and tech companies in the world, has won a patent that would allow it to use blockchain-based networks to secure information on upcoming 5G networks. As you may know, many look to blockchain for its security features. Essentially, because no one central party is in control of the network,…
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Sam Cassatt, once the Chief Strategy Officer of ConsenSys, is now leaving the company to create his own venture fund called Aligned Capital. According to a blog post from Cassatt himself, the goal is for his company to “anticipate civilization-scale, evolutionary changes in human behavior, and to invest in their core technologies.” He goes on,…
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Coingaming Group is partnering with the TRON Foundation to improve cryptocurrency and blockchain-based gaming, according to The Merkle. The goal here is to push the entire network forward and improve what could be considered one of the best ways to increase mainstream adoption. Speaking on the matter is Tim Heath, the CEO of Coingaming Group:…
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China-based Tencent, one of the biggest companies in the world, is prepping to open its own blockchain-based bank thanks to a new license approved by the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC). We learned this news via Yige Cai, the blockchain chief at the company, at the World Blockchain Summit in Wuzhen, China, and…
