Tagged: web 3.0

August 9, 2023 @ 11:09 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Chainlink Price Feeds are live on Base—a fast and “highly scalable” layer-2 blockchain incubated by Coinbase and secured by Ethereum. With this integration, developers building on Base can “have access to industry-standard Chainlink Data Feeds and other web3 services.” The native integration of Chainlink Price… Read More

August 8, 2023 @ 4:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

This announcement marks a significant milestone in the digital landscape as NexeraID in collaboration with PolygonID unveil their Web3 Compliance initiative. This project sets a standard for privacy protection while “ensuring strict adherence to regulatory requirements in the ever-evolving realm of Web3 compliance.” With the… Read More

August 8, 2023 @ 8:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Celo Foundation announced that Google Cloud is running a validator on the Celo network, which is helping to strengthen the overall security of the network. This initiative builds on Google Cloud and the Celo Foundation’s April announcement to support sustainability-focused startups “in the Celo ecosystem… Read More

August 8, 2023 @ 6:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Vodafone’s ‘Economy of Things’ Digital Asset Broker (DAB) business is connecting with Aventus, which helps enterprises adopt Web3 – the new blockchain-based decentralised world wide web. The two companies will “use their collective strengths to help more businesses and strategic partners take advantage of Web3’s… Read More

August 7, 2023 @ 5:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bybit, which claims to be one of Coingecko’s top-five cryptocurrency exchanges, is pleased to announce that users can now “buy crypto on-chain using Bybit’s peer-to-peer (P2P) trading service.” The P2P enhancement currently “allows for the purchase of USDT using more than 62 fiat currencies, with… Read More

August 5, 2023 @ 2:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

LongHashX, which claims to be one of the world’s leading Web3 accelerators with the strong network in Asia, is continuing its partnership with Protocol Labs, the creator of Filecoin and IPFS, in order “to launch the Filecoin Virtual Machine (FVM) Genesis Accelerator.” The 12-week program,… Read More

August 5, 2023 @ 2:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently connected with Luis Ocegueda, Engineering Lead at Trust Wallet, which claims to be the world’s most trusted and secure crypto wallet with 60 million+ downloads. It’s worth noting that, earlier this year, Trust Wallet did experience certain security issues, leading to a considerable… Read More

August 4, 2023 @ 5:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Onfido, which claims to be the global leader in automated digital identity verification, today announced that they have partnered with 0xKYC, an innovative startup bringing zero-knowledge proof identity solutions to Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs). 0xKYC, which is currently in its seed round of investment, is… Read More

August 1, 2023 @ 7:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Lifty, a Web3 gaming platform, has joined forces with IOST in order “to propel the adoption of blockchain technologies among the general public.” This partnership aims “to leverage Lifty’s transparent blockchain analytics and innovative Web3 marketing tools to empower gamers and enhance the gaming experience… Read More

July 30, 2023 @ 9:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

With a step toward creating another milestone, Astra is pleased to announce its selection into the Reef Labs’ $10M Accelerator Program. Standing out among a pool of 350+ innovative projects, Astra’s decentralized KYC solution demonstrated the transformative potential it holds “for the Web3 ecosystem.” Reef… Read More

July 26, 2023 @ 9:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Catalyze Research, the Web3 and blockchain consulting group, and Ripple, which claims to be the “leader” in enterprise blockchain and crypto solutions, announced their partnership to bolster the presence of the XRP Ledger (XRPL) in South Korea. This collaboration aims to tap into the robust… Read More

July 18, 2023 @ 8:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently connected with Dr. Shira Brezis, CEO & Co-founder of Redefine, the “first” end-to-end security tech for DeFi investors. Dr. Shira discussed major issues financial institutions are concerned about regarding safety and security for web3 investing. Redefine helps enable secure transactions, monitor in real-time,… Read More

July 18, 2023 @ 8:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Gnosis announces the imminent release of Gnosis Pay and Gnosis Card. Gnosis Pay is reportedly the first decentralized payment network “allowing web3 developers to integrate with a range of traditional payment schemes including Visa, and onboard the next millions of uninitiated users to tap into… Read More

July 14, 2023 @ 3:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Giza, an artificial intelligence (AI) platform for smart contracts and web3 protocols,  announced a $3 million pre-seed round led by CoinFund, a cryptonative investment firm and registered investment adviser, “with participation from Arrington Capital, StarkWare and TA Ventures, along with prominent angels like Rand Hindi… Read More

July 14, 2023 @ 9:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance Labs, the venture capital and incubation arm of Binance, which is being sued by US regulators for a wide range of issues, has committed $15 million into Xterio, a Web3 game platform and publisher bridging free-to-play and on-chain gaming with in-house and third-party games… Read More

July 10, 2023 @ 8:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

DLT Payments is officially joining the Chainlink BUILD program. As a part of BUILD, they aim “to accelerate ecosystem growth and the long-term adoption of stablecoin payments by gaining enhanced access to Chainlink’s industry-leading oracle services and technical support, as well as incentivizing greater cryptoeconomic… Read More

July 8, 2023 @ 10:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Jeremy Allaire, the  Co-founder & CEO of Circle, which helps businesses and developers harness the power of USDC for payments and commerce, reveals that they quietly released the first major milestone of Circle Web3 Services into production beta this week. We quietly released the first… Read More

July 6, 2023 @ 10:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Starknet is deploying a “bottleneck-busting” upgrade, which is expected to bring unprecedented TPS of “several hundred” to the Ethereum ecosystem. The Ethereum network is congested, and scaling solutions including Starknet aim “to operate at high throughput in order to alleviate the traffic jam.” Eli Ben-Sasson,… Read More

July 6, 2023 @ 12:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

According to McKinsey‘s Web3 report, the financial-services industry has primarily adopted some of these nascent digital technologies and assets. At its peak, the daily volume of transactions “processed on so-called decentralized finance exchanges exceeded $10 billion, with various market fluctuations felt in the last twelve… Read More

July 4, 2023 @ 12:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Decentralization theatre: We’ve heard it time and time again in recent months as several projects have struggled to commit to the underlying ideological tenets of blockchain amid growing skepticism of the space. Others have fared relatively well, though — from the community-initiated vote for the… Read More