Tagged: oracles

February 8, 2022 @ 8:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Flow is pleased to announce that a FLOW/USD Chainlink Price Feed is currently available to decentralized applications (dApps) on the Ethereum blockchain. With a secure and reliable FLOW price feed, application developers and existing DeFi platforms on Ethereum may integrate FLOW into… Read More

December 16, 2021 @ 11:46 am By Omar Faridi  |  

JST Capital, an international financial services company specializing in digital assets, has  announced that it has joined the Pyth Network, which claims to be a next-gen Oracle platform designed to offer trusted and verifiable market data to decentralized applications (dApps), and will be offering real-time… Read More

November 5, 2021 @ 5:27 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Blockchain oracle provider Chainlink this week crossed $75 billion in total value secured (TVS). “Crossing $75 billion in total value secured makes the Chainlink network one of the most value securing forms of decentralized consensus on the planet,” said co-founder Sergey Nazarov. “(Our) networks are… 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 28, 2021 @ 11:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Umbrella Network , a decentralized Layer-2 oracle solution, has announced its launch on Polygon. At the time of launch, more than 2000 data pairs will be made available “across the ecosystem, including price data from cryptocurrencies, cryptocurrency options and derivatives, US equities, commodities markets, and… Read More

October 11, 2021 @ 7:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Decentralized platforms and blockchain-enabled smart contracts are transforming the way digital transactions are performed. Distributed ledger technology (DLT) has the potential to streamline the key processes carried out in many different sectors by eliminating the need for third-parties and enabling automated contract terms and conditions,… 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 @ 7:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Chainlink VRF has enabled over 35 blockchain RNG use-cases. RNG or (secure) random number generator supports smart contracts and off-chain systems in order to access “a verifiably tamper-proof source of randomness.” Since its mainnet launch in October of last year, Chainlink VRF has serviced more… Read More

September 16, 2021 @ 9:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Umbrella Network, the decentralized Layer-2 Oracle solution, revealed on Wednesday (September 15, 2021) that they had formed a partnership with IX Swap, which claims to be the first decentralized finance or DeFi platform that provides Automated Market Making (AMM) & Liquidity Pools (LPs) for security… Read More

September 15, 2021 @ 10:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Growth DeFi has integrated Chainlink (LINK) price feeds on the Binance Smart Chain (BSC) mainnet for their collateralized stablecoin lending protocol, MOR. By integrating Chainlink’s decentralized Oracle network, the MOR protocol will be able to gain access to “high-quality” and “tamper-proof” price feeds required to… Read More

September 12, 2021 @ 10:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

With the increasing concerns regarding issues related to climate change and various unsustainable agricultural practices, many nations and large enterprises are working via international pledges to establish an ecologically conscious future. Hybrid smart contracts—which are smart contracts that bring together blockchains, Oracles, and API infrastructure… Read More

September 7, 2021 @ 11:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently caught up with Haobo Ma, the CEO and Founder at blockchain platform aelf – which is powered by Cloud computing. Ma talked about his approach to cryptocurrency investments and how he got involved in the space back in 2010, which was when he… Read More

August 18, 2021 @ 11:20 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Umbrella Network, the decentralized Layer-2 Oracle network, revealed that it has launched its community validator program. As mentioned in a release shared with Crowdfund Insider, the onboarding of community validator members will aim to “democratize” Oracle data and enable members or participants of the network… Read More

August 6, 2021 @ 11:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Celsius has secured the backend pricing of crypto-assets using Chainlink, which is considered a major leap in CeFi “decentralization.” As stated in the update from Celsius: “In one of the most ambitious moves towards decentralization, Celsius is now leveraging the industry-leading Chainlink Price Feeds to… Read More

August 5, 2021 @ 9:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ParaSwap announced that it will be integrating Chainlink Keepers in order to bring limit order functionality to its decentralized exchange or DEX aggregator. ParaSwap confirmed on August 2, 2021 in a blog post that it will integrate Chainlink Keepers on Ethereum (ETH) so it can… Read More

August 1, 2021 @ 11:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Open Earth Foundation has reportedly been awarded a Chainlink Grant to develop am open-source, planetary CO2 concentration Oracle. As mentioned in the announcement, Climate impacts everyone, from multinational corporations overseeing complex supply chains to individual farmers “managing unpredictable crop yields.” While the totality of… Read More

July 28, 2021 @ 1:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The developers of NEO, a blockchain platform supporting an open network and smart economy, reveal that the Neo Frontier Launchpad winners were recently announced. Around two months back, the NEO team had put out a call for “trailblazers” who were “up to the challenge” of… Read More

July 24, 2021 @ 2:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Decentralized finance (DeFi) Oracle Band Protocol is enhancing its interoperability within the Cosmos ecosystem. As of July 22, 2021, the Band Oracle has reportedly been integrated into the Cosmos ecosystem, via Starport, in order to further “the realization of the Internet of Blockchains.” As mentioned… Read More

July 23, 2021 @ 5:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Chainlink (LINK) price feeds are now live on Avalanche mainnet, which should help pave the wave for advanced decentralized finance (DeFi) apps. Developers are now able to create externally connected smart contracts on Avalanche mainnet by utilizing Chainlink-based decentralized Oracle networks. As noted in an… Read More

May 30, 2021 @ 11:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

ChainSafe has reportedly received a development grant to natively integrate Chainlink (LINK) into the Cosmos software development kit (SDK). As previously reported, the Chainlink Community Grant Program offers financial resources to the development teams and researchers creating a “more functional, accessible, and socially impactful” Chainlink… Read More