Tagged: software development

January 26, 2021 @ 10:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Leading digital asset exchange Binance has announced the launch of a Hackathon, called The Future Is Now. According to Binance, this event will be a 3-week long virtual hackathon that will be hosted by Binance X and Gitcoin, which serves a place for blockchain developers… Read More

January 23, 2021 @ 1:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Decentralized Oracle network developer Chainlink (LINK) has announced that Vulcan Link received a grant to integrate Chainlink on the SKALE Network, which is a “fully” decentralized Ethereum compatible Layer-2 (proof-of-stake) PoS network that claims to offer all benefits of decentralization and speed alongside the security… Read More

December 31, 2020 @ 2:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Vladimir Zhuravlev, a Gravity Tech and Waves Association developer, notes that for several years, the Odyssey hackathon (held in the Netherlands) had offered opportunities for software engineers to collaborate on various projects. Zhuravlev revealed that this year, Odyssey was hosted online for the very time… Read More

December 28, 2020 @ 10:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Pritee Tembhekar and Joe Christiani from Fintech firm Plaid have noted that the intersection between financial services and technology may be “complex and difficult to navigate.” Before Plaid developed its first API, the company’s founders were just software developers attempting to create a Fintech app,… Read More

December 28, 2020 @ 7:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

IOHK (Input Output Hong Kong) has teamed up with Wolfram in order to power Cardano (ADA), a major platform for building decentralized applications (dApps). Cardano has notably joined Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) by integrating into Wolfram’s leading technology and knowledge base, Wolfram Alpha. However,… Read More

December 24, 2020 @ 4:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Sasha Ivanov, the Founder at Waves platform, which focuses on open blockchain protocols and offers a development toolset for Web 3.0 apps and decentralized solutions, acknowledges that  2020 has been quite a challenging year. However, there’s at least one “good thing” that has taken place… Read More

December 23, 2020 @ 8:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital asset exchange OKCoin recently took a look back at its initiative to support independent Bitcoin Core developers. The crypto trading platform’s developers confirmed that it has now been about a year since they introduced their Open-Source Developer Grant program, an initiative launched to support… Read More

December 18, 2020 @ 2:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently connected with Omar Arab, EVP of Corporate Business at VeriTran, a leading low-code platform provider for enterprises. Arab talked about how low-code solutions make it easier for everyone, including non-programmers, to create applications for a wide variety of use cases – including banking… Read More

December 16, 2020 @ 9:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

NEM Group, which supports the development of Symbol from NEM, a “trusted” and “secure” enterprise blockchain that streamlines business processes, has confirmed the launch of its final testnet update on Symbol, an enterprise-grade blockchain solution that’s expected to go live in early 2021. As mentioned… Read More

December 14, 2020 @ 7:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Researchers at Coinbase recently looked at Ethereum (ETH) competitors (often referred to as Ethereum “killers”) and several other new blockchain or distributed ledger technology (DLT) platforms. Ryan Yi and Justin Mart from Coinbase Ventures analyzed the current landscape of DLT-powered smart contract platforms and emerging… Read More

December 10, 2020 @ 6:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CertiK, a U.S.-based end-to-end cybersecurity solutions provider, has revealed that KardiaChain’s hybrid solution for enterprises and government agencies has been audited with CertiK. As noted by the CertiK team, KardiaChain is a public blockchain or distributed ledger technology (DLT) platform developed to handle enterprise and… Read More

December 9, 2020 @ 2:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The developers of Injective Protocol, a “fully” decentralized layer-2 digital assets derivatives exchange protocol powering cross-chain trading and (decentralized finance) DeFi, has released a new software version: Injective Solstice V2. As reported earlier this year, Injective Protocol had acquired $2.6 million in capital through a… Read More

December 6, 2020 @ 5:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

1inch, a decentralized cryptocurrency exchange aggregator that recently secured $12 million via an investment round, has announced that it’s sponsoring the Gitcoin Grants Round 8 Hackathon. The 1inch team notes that they’re looking forward to supporting developers who are working on innovative (decentralized finance) DeFi… Read More

November 30, 2020 @ 8:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

NEO, which describes itself as a “rapidly growing and developing” blockchain ecosystem that aims to serve as the foundation for the next generation of the Internet (or Web 3.0), currently has a market cap of over $1.2 billion with each NEO token trading at over… Read More

November 26, 2020 @ 12:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

US-based crypto exchange Kraken has reportedly agreed to donate $150,000 to Brink, which is a research and development (R&D) center that’s focused on educating the “next generation” of Bitcoin developers. Established by Chaincode Labs developer John Newbery and Bitcoin Optech contributor Mike Schmidt, Brink aims… Read More

October 9, 2020 @ 12:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently connected with Michael Rennie, a U.K.-based product manager for Mendix, a Siemens business and the global leader in enterprise low-code. Mendix pioneered the low-code product category 15 years ago. The low-code approach addresses the coder crunch, the growing demand for software applications, and… Read More

September 14, 2020 @ 7:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Red Date Technology and Digital Asset (the company) have reportedly entered an agreement that involves integrating DAML smart contract tech with China’s Blockchain Services Network (BSN). DAML, which is a blockchain “agnostic” smart contract programming language created by the company Digital Asset, will serve as… Read More

July 23, 2020 @ 12:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Open-source blockchain platform Nervos announced on July 22, 2020 that it’s planning to integrate with China’s Blockchain-based Services Network (BSN). Nervos claims that it will be one of the first public blockchains to join the distributed ledger technology (DLT)-powered network. As mentioned in a release… Read More

July 14, 2020 @ 11:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

San Francisco-based Paradigm, a digital asset investment company, has reportedly awarded a Bitcoin Core development grant to Anthony Towns, an Australian BTC developer. The cryptocurrency investment firm is well-known for backing Argent, the developers of an Ethereum wallet for decentralized finance (DeFi). Paradigm also supports… Read More

June 26, 2020 @ 8:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The global AI in Fintech market was valued at about $6.67 billion last year and is now projected to reach $22.6 billion by 2025. As noted in ResearchAndMarket’s recent report, the AI Fintech sector is on track to expand at a CAGR of 23.37% from… Read More