Insolar accepted into UC Berkeley’s blockchain accelerator program
Insolar, a technology company building public and private blockchain solutions, announced it has been accepted into the Berkeley blockchain ecosystem as part of the university’s Blockchain Xcelerator program. “Insolar was selected in line with the company’s excellence in innovation within the blockchain space and its core focus on…
Blocko teams up with Hyundai to build blockchain platform for tracking used car history
Blocko, a Samsung-backed commercial blockchain infrastructure provider, announced today that it has signed an MoU with Hyundai Motor Group’s ICT subsidiary Hyundai AutoEver. Together, the companies will build a blockchain platform for tracking the history of used cars available for purchase, while developing and promoting various businesses in…
Winners of Odyssey’s blockchain and AI hackathon move to incubation phase
Odyssey, an Open Innovation Program by DutchChain which connects innovative ideas with governmental, corporate, and non-profit partners to address complex challenges using emerging technologies, has announced the winners of the third edition of the world’s largest blockchain and AI hackathon. 100 teams co-created breakthrough solutions for 20 complex…
CapBridge 1exchange deploying Ethereum to register and track shareholdings
CapBridge 1exchange, Singapore’s first regulated private securities exchange, announced today that it will be using blockchain to register and track the shareholdings of investors who trade in private securities listed on its platform. The Ethereum mainnet has been selected as the distributed ledger for 1exchange, as it is…
Protocol Labs forms research collaboration with the Ethereum Foundation
Protocol Labs, the developer of protocols, systems, and tools to improve internet technology and the team behind IPFS and Filecoin, has recently announced a research collaboration with the Ethereum Foundation to design and develop at least one secure, efficient, and usable Verifiable Delay Function (VDF) construction. VDFs are…
DECENT launches DCube, a brand new blockchain incubator
DECENT, a blockchain technology company, today announced the launch of DCube – DECENT’s brand-new blockchain incubator. DCube will serve as mentorship, funding, technical consultation, business development, and networking hub dedicated to developers, students, and entrepreneurs to kickstart their original blockchain projects.
EVRYTHNG, IOTA partner to bring DLT-based IoT solutions to consumer products industry
EVRYTHNG, the IoT platform that activates every consumer product to make it intelligent, interactive and trackable, today announced the expansion of its EVRYTHNG Blockchain Integration Hub to include integrations with IOTA, a non-profit foundation focused on distributed ledger technology (DLT) and permissionless ecosystem development. As a result of this…
Enterprise Ethereum Alliance launches blockchain-neutral token taxonomy initiative
The Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA) today announced the formation of the blockchain-neutral Token Taxonomy Initiative to address the need to universally define tokens to better understand how their use and implementation can occur interchangeably across all token-enabled blockchain platforms. While some form of tokens and tokenization have existed…
Maritime cybersecurity firm JWC SuperYachts using V-ID’s blockchain validation
JWC SuperYachts, a leading cybersecurity training, risk management, and consultancy provider in the superyacht industry, has announced that graduates of its cybersecurity courses will now be validated by V-ID, a company that specializes in securing digital assets. V-ID’s validation process involves extracting the fingerprints of files and saving…
Blockchain platform Algorand launches public testnet
Algorand, an open-source software and blockchain technology company, announced today the opening of its testnet to the public at large. After a successful private testnet period with several hundred participants, the company is now inviting all businesses, developers and users to engage and provide feedback on the quality,…
Fusion selected by Automotive eXchange Platform to improve data accuraacy
Fusion Foundation, a non-profit organization behind the Fusion blockchain interoperable infrastructure, today announced it has been chosen by the Automotive eXchange Platform (AXP) to improve access to accurate consolidated data on millions of vehicles in the $2.8 trillion pre-owned automotive industry. The auto industry has long struggled with…
GoChain adds DISH Network as first enterprise node signer on its public blockchain
GoChain, a web3 based blockchain protocol and client, today announced it has added satielle and streaming TV provder DISH Network, a Fortune 250 company, as a signing node on GoChain’s public network. DISH is a leading satellite and streaming TV company in the U.S., with annual revenues topping $13 billion….
Northern Trust deploys service for legal clauses as smart contracts on blockchain
Northern Trust, a leading provider of wealth management, asset servicing, asset management and banking to corporations, institutions, affluent families and individuals, has announced the capability to deploy legal clauses as smart contracts directly from a digital legal agreement onto its private equity blockchain. The industry-first technology application on…
IOST blockchain to integrate ARPA’s privacy-preserving computation security
The IOST Foundation, the overseer of the IOST blockchain network, today announced its strategic partnership with ARPA, a leading privacy-preserving computation network. ARPA will provide privacy protection and computation security on the IOST public chain as a Layer 2 solution. Using secure multi-party computation technology, ARPA offers safe,…
ICONLOOP and ITU to collaborate on African blockchain incubation program
ICONLOOP, a blockchain-specialized tech company based in South Korea, announced today it has signed a collaboration arrangement with ITU (International Telecommunication Union), which is the United Nations’ specialized agency for information and communication technologies. The aim is to establish a high-level framework of cooperation for the ITU Smart…