Author: Antoinette Turner

Paris, France, 27th July, 2021, Talao, a blockchain-based Digital Identity specialist for the Human Resource industry, today announced a professional credential application to transform identity and data management for the Human Resources industry. The application is the first Decentralized Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) solution built on the Tezos blockchain for the Human Resources industry. The digital wallet created by Talao will enable companies to issue verifiable professional credentials and for employees to store work history and other personal data.  “The Europe Digital Identity strategy is clear, companies will soon interact through Digital Identity Wallets with their employee and non-employee workforce. These applications will provide authentication, credentials exchange, messagi...

Lugano, Switzerland, 22nd July, 2021, Valuart, a startup that mints licensed NFTs derived from original artworks, has launched its first drop. The auction for ‘Spike,’ a digital artwork based on the iconic Banksy installation that first surfaced in Palestine, commenced on July 22. 50% of the proceeds raised from the sale will go to charity. Created by infamous street artist Banksy, ‘Spike’ is now in the possession of Vittorio Grigòlo. The world famous tenor and Valuart co-founder is auctioning a digital interpretation of the Bansky work, reimagined as a CGI artwork. In the NFT version, Spike is seen floating across the universe until it is eventually returned to its rightful place on earth, to emerge as a newly minted non-fungible token. Vittorio Grigòlo said: “After months of hard work, ...

Tallinn, Estonia, 22nd July, 2021, CoinSwap Space, a decentralized exchange on the Binance Smart Chain, this week announced the option to stake their native CSS token and earn rewards in ADA. This new feature, along with the ability to earn rewards in ETH and LINK, is one of a trio of staking options for CSS that have recently been launched. These new staking offer users rewards in major crypto tokens to allow them to minimise risk through the volatility the market is currently seeing. CoinSwap was launched this year on April 30th with a comprehensive suite of DeFi options. Since then, the decentralized exchange has attracted new users through its ease of use and its low transaction fees which, at $0.20, are even less than the already very affordable PancakeSwap. Similar to PancakeSwap, C...

San Francisco, United States, 22nd July, 2021, Nodle, a citizen-powered decentralized wireless network that provides low-cost, secure connectivity for the Internet of Things (IoT), announces a strategic partnership with ESTV, the global leader in eSports content streaming. With ESTV boasting over 29.6M unique viewers and 124.8M viewership minutes worldwide, the partnership looks to dramatically increase the reach of the Nodle Network, introduce new revenue streams for ESTV through mining Nodle Cash, and further enhance their user experience. For ESTV, the Nodle networking library will be built into the upcoming release of ESTV’s mobile app, while the Nodle Cash app will be prominently seen and promoted throughout ESTV’s 24/7 global broadcasts. ESTV will gain an additional source of revenu...

Zug, Switzerland, 20th July, 2021, Concordium has today unveiled an ambitious, industry-leading partnership programme for global developers as part of its ongoing commitment to build a credible, trusted and sustainable blockchain industry. The programme offers developers a chance to work alongside some of the most respected names in the blockchain industry and help release the full potential of blockchain and cryptocurrency technology.   Concordium’s platform offers access to a safe, transparent, regulatable and sustainable blockchain and cryptocurrency, marking the end of an era of anonymity and distrust that has undermined the development of the industry. The Concordium platform differs from other industry participants by offering previously unseen guarantees of governance and transpare...

London, United Kingdom, 20th July, 2021, WiV Technology, a blockchain-based trading platform for unique assets, has signed an agreement with the Georgian government to move some of the country’s wines and their provenance onto WiV’s blockchain empowered platform. The team at WiV will also be developing a quality assurance standard for the county’s wine to enhance its reputation across the globe. Under the terms of the agreement, several Georgian wines and their associated non-fungible tokens (NFTs) will be made available to a growing global network of wine producers, collectors and enthusiasts on the WiV platform. This will bring Georgian wine to a far wider audience than it has had in the past. WiV is also working to enhance the credibility of Georgian wine by developing a quality assura...

Victoria, Seychelles, 16th July, 2021, A new generation of public chain – KCC (official website: https://www.kcc.io) officially launched its cross-chain bridge, the KCC Bridge. It provides bridging services to the KCC public chain by allowing native tokens on other chains to interchangeably transact and circulate on KCC. The KCC Bridge will first support stablecoins such as USDT and USDC from Ethereum to KCC. There is no gas fee for users when transmitting assets into KCC, while the gas fee on other chains may still apply.  As the underlying technical infrastructure, the performance of public chains is key to the scalability of the crypto industry. Despite having a sizable ecosystem, mainstream public chains such as Ethereum and Polygon have encountered challenges and choke points in term...

Zug, Switzerland, 14th July, 2021, Bridge Wallet, the cryptocurrency mobile app developed by Swiss FinTech Mt Pelerin, launched support for Tezos with a zero fees on-ramp and off-ramp for XTZ, the native cryptocurrency of the Tezos blockchain. Mt Pelerin is dedicated to building bridges between the crypto economy with traditional finance and is excited to bring their non-custodial mobile app Bridge Wallet to the Tezos ecosystem. Additionally, Mt. Pelerin is excited to announce Tezos will power Mt Pelerin’s open source asset tokenization platform, to support the issuance and management of compliant tokenized securities such as shares, bonds or funds. Bridge Wallet is the gateway to a new world of money, the mobile wallet, which now supports Tezos and its XTZ token, focuses on facilitating ...

Singapore, Singapore, 13th July, 2021, Gnosis Safe, a platform for managing digital assets on Ethereum, today launches on the EVM-compatible network Polygon. The launch brings Polygon’s low transaction costs and efficient throughput to Gnosis Safe’s secure, customizable multisig interface for a Layer 2 solution prioritizing composable interoperability. For the first time, a suite of Polygon apps is aggregated in the Safe App interface, making it easy to access the network’s rapidly growing app ecosystem. Polygon Safe Apps are useful for users and dapps, as they enable discovery of many ways to use Polygon with the single, secure access point of Safe’s smart-contract multisig. They also provide an opportunity for developers to build with both Safe and Polygon, as both are completely open-...

Stockholm, Sweden, 13th July, 2021, Qtum, an open-source public blockchain platform, has partnered with Travala.com, the leading cryptocurrency-friendly travel booking gateway. With such a move, Qtum is offering yet another onramp for QTUM token holders to capture value through new real-world applications. The partnership aims to continue promoting cryptocurrency adoption with over 3 million travel products – across accommodations, activities and flights – now available to book with QTUM through Travala.com. Users can now use QTUM to seamlessly book hotels, homes, flights, tours, with savings up to 40% as well as great discounts and daily deals. The collaboration adds further utility to the QTUM token, which will be featured alongside a growing line-up of cryptocurrencies and fiat denomin...