Tag: press release

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...

London, United Kingdom, 12th July, 2021, Nexo, the leading regulated institution for digital assets, has completed a strategic investment in Yield Inc, a company leading efforts to build the Yield Protocol – an Ethereum protocol that enables fixed-rate borrowing and lending by fostering the nascent DeFi bond market – as part of the company’s $10-million Series A funding round. Nexo aims to not only provide necessary funding but also to help Yield’s efforts to build DeFi native versions of traditional finance products. Nexo’s investment represents another important milestone on its strategic agenda. As the largest, retail-oriented lender in the digital asset space, Nexo pursues optimal operating and investment returns, but of equal importance to the company is the responsibility to invest ...

Tortola, British Virgin Islands, 9th July, 2021, OpenOcean, a pioneering DeFi & CeFi full aggregator that supports interoperability across multiple networks, is delighted to announce the aggregation of Polygon to expand its trading universe and offer users the best prices with low slippage. The decision to aggregate Polygon was influenced by the community. When OpenOcean asked its community which network they wanted to see aggregated next, a  staggering 48.7% of the 44K+ votes were for Polygon, far more than any other network. Commenting on Polygon aggregation, OpenOcean co-founder Cindy said: “We have come to learn that our DeFi users and traders have a strong preference for us to aggregate more open and powerful Ethereum-compatible blockchain networks that offer cheaper and faster t...

London, England, 7th July, 2021, Nafty, a DeFi ecosystem for the $97 billion adult industry, has officially launched the NAFTY token and three adult content platforms. Through its various platforms, Nafty aims to change the way adult creators sell their content and engage with their fans. Nafty has partnered with well-known adult stars to make their exclusive 18+ content available across its ecosystem.  So far, Nafty has launched four platforms: NaftyFans.com: A blockchain-based fanclub platform that offers lower fees, better payment solutions, and built-in marketing tools Nafty.tv: A subscription platform where adult content creators can charge a monthly/yearly fee for exclusive content NaftyArt.com: An NFT marketplace for adult creators and erotic artists. It gives creators access to a...

Dublin, Ireland, 6th July, 2021, Astra protocol, a revolutionary legal layer that brings unparalleled assurance to public blockchains, is excited to announce that the former European Commissioner for Trade, Phil Hogan, has joined its Advisory Board as an Executive Advisor. Phil has had an exceptionally successful political career. He brings a wealth of experience in international trade and relations. While serving as the European Commissioner for Trade, he was tasked by the President of European Union, Ursula von der Leyen, with the sensitive job of resolving the trade war with the United States. He was also responsible for negotiating investment deals with China, and securing the landmark trade deals with Japan and the South American Mercosur countries.  Phil Hogan will provide strategic...

London, England, 6th July, 2021, Nafty, a DeFi ecosystem for the $97 billion adult industry, is excited to announce that it has concluded the pre-sale of its NAFTY token.  More than 400 public investors lapped up all the NAFTY tokens available for pre-sale in less than 54 minutes on July 5th, 2021. Nafty had allocated 3 billion NAFTY tokens worth 1000 BNB for the pre-sale, which represented 3% of the total token supply. In USD, the investors contributed over $300,000 towards the success of the project. NAFTY is based on the Binance blockchain and will be available on Pancakeswap for trading starting tomorrow, 7th of July, 2021, at 12 PM EDT.  Investors can use the NAFTY token on platforms across the Nafty ecosystem to pay for content and services. Nafty has already launched four adult con...