Tagged: dao

December 30, 2021 @ 8:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ontology Network, which claims to be a high performance, open-source blockchain specializing in digital identity and data, notes that VC firm a16z is entering the DAO field via strategic investments into various DAO initiatives, like the recent investments in social DAO project, FWB. Since last… Read More

December 16, 2021 @ 3:07 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Nansen, a blockchain data analytics platform, has raised a $75 million Series B round led by Accel. GIC, Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Tiger Global, and SCB 10X are among the VCs and angel investors who also participated in the round. This funding will be used to… Read More

December 8, 2021 @ 10:14 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Plenty, a Tezos-based DeFi protocol, recently launched its routing feature, a move which should make DeFi on Tezos an easy-to-use and smooth experience, the company said. It offers yield farming and a decentralized exchange and allows onboarding from other blockchains. Its protocol allows users to… Read More

December 7, 2021 @ 3:17 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Cryptocurrency options trading platform PowerTrade has released Power Protocol (aka Power Pro), a decentralized derivatives protocol with a set of features including span portfolio margin across all products, multi-collateral USD-contracts, derivatives trading tools, and an RFQ protocol, all available via mobile (IOS and Android) and… Read More

November 20, 2021 @ 9:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Metis team has launched the platform’s Mainnet Andromeda, a move that confirms a commitment to greater decentralization of Internet-based services. $METIS will launch its inaugural Layer 2 mainnet, Andromeda, Friday Nov 19, 3 pm UTC. Join our launch livestream w/ partners @AssxToken @Metacraftpro @standarddefi… Read More

November 14, 2021 @ 7:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ShapeShift DAO, a decentralized, non-custodial crypto platform and community, reveals that it has formed a partnership with ICHI in order to launch a new stable token. As mentioned in an update shared with CI: “Through the provision of a Decentralized Monetary Authority (DMA), ICHI empowers… Read More

November 2, 2021 @ 9:33 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

As the DeFi revolution continues, we’re first going to see the introduction of tools like those in more mature markets, then we’ll watch as those tools adapt to the specific needs of DeFi. One of the DeFi tools still in its infancy are volatility measures,… Read More

October 20, 2021 @ 3:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

MODA DAO, a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) created to bridge the legacy music industry into the latest Web 3.0 entertainment world, announced that they’ve acquired $5 million via a private sale of their MODA token, with musicians Joel Zimmerman (deadmau5) and Richie Hawtin joining the… Read More

October 18, 2021 @ 10:09 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Beginning on October 14, 2021, BadgerDAO (BADGER) and Rarible (RARI) have been available on Coinbase.com and in the Coinbase Android and iOS apps. Digital asset firm Coinbase‘s (COIN: NASDAQ) clients are able to trade, send, receive, or store BADGER and RARI in “most Coinbase-supported regions,… Read More

October 3, 2021 @ 6:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently caught up with Heikki Vänttinen, Co-founder at API3,  a collaborative initiative focused on delivering traditional API services to smart contract platforms in a decentralized and “trust-minimized” manner. It’s governed by a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO), and its code is open-source and its operations… Read More

September 27, 2021 @ 8:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently caught up with Derek Lau, Game Director at Guild of Guardians, which is one of the partner games of Yield Guild Games (YGG). Guild of Guardians is a blockchain or distributed ledger tech (DLT)-based mobile role-playing game (RPG) that has been published by… Read More

September 21, 2021 @ 10:08 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Taker Protocol, a cryptocurrency liquidity protocol for NFTs, has secured $3 million in capital from several investors in order to develop financial primitives for the nascent non-fungible token sector. Taker Protocol‘s investment round has been led by Electric Capital, with DCG, Ascentive Assets, Dragonfly Capital,… Read More

September 10, 2021 @ 9:41 am By Omar Faridi  |  

NFTs have become quite popular with a diverse group of consumers including professional NBA athletes like Stephen Curry and even former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson is talking about these digital collectibles. NFTs have quickly become the most-widely discussed topic in the crypto space. Even… Read More

August 22, 2021 @ 2:34 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Polygon, an Ethereum scaling full-stack solution bringing mass adoption to the Ethereum platform, today announced plans to create a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) for DeFi and Web3. Polygon proposes the DAO to bootstrap DeFi growth and help onboard the next 100 million users to its… Read More

August 10, 2021 @ 10:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Liquality, which claims to be the first multi-chain browser extension wallet, has announced the completion of a $7 million funding round that was led by Hashed, Galaxy Digital, White Star Capital, Accomplice, Coinbase Ventures, among others. Founded in 2018, Liquality offers access to widely-used blockchain… Read More

June 20, 2021 @ 6:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

OceanDAO, a distributed autonomous organization supporting the Ocean Protocol, reveals that the 7th round is now open for submissions. More than $200,000 is being offered for Data Science, Developer, and AI Research projects according to a release shared with Crowdfund Insider. During its first six… Read More

June 20, 2021 @ 3:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at digital asset firm Gemini notes that they are adding trading support for a new set of decentralized finance (DeFi), infrastructure, and data management tokens. Gemini is adding Alchemix (ALCX), Ankr Network (ANKR), Fantom (FTM), Mirror Protocol (MIR), API3 (API3), and DerivaDAO (DDX)…. Read More

April 5, 2021 @ 6:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Bancor (BNT), which serves as a protocol and standard for decentralized exchange networks for the automated conversion of crypto tokens into other tokens, including across blockchains (without requiring an order book or counterparty to facilitate the exchange), reports that the Bancor Vortex… Read More

February 15, 2021 @ 8:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently caught up with Dr. Joshua Ellul, the Chairman of Malta Digital Innovation Authority and Director of Centre for DLTs, University of Malta. Dr. Ellul discussed how blockchain-based smart contracts are streamlining routine business processes. He also talked about his research interests which include… Read More

February 11, 2021 @ 11:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The developers of the Kyber Network (KNC), which provides a tool that allows traders to exchange tokens instantly without having to use exchanges, have published their Ecosystem Report for January 2021. As confirmed in the update, Kyber 3.0, the “most ambitious and important change” to… Read More