Blockchain news

KingSwap, an innovative DeFi and NFT project incubator, and Technicorum, an IT group specializing in digital assets, announced the August launch of their joint Gennix microlending platform today. Gennix is a frictionless, decentralized, digital asset lending and borrowing protocol that will be based on the Binance Smart Chain (BSC), leveraging…

Community-focused, multi-chain launchpad Starter announced the launch of the token $YAMP in partnership with automated crypto lending platform Yamp Finance. The platform is the first of its kind to use LP tokens as automated lending collateral on four different blockchains. The token will reduce the risk of temporary loss inflicted…

NFT blockchain company Enjin (ENJ/USD), a pioneer in its field, has become the first NFT platform to join the United Nations Global Compact. Enjin joins as one of the highest-ranking members, which is Participant. Membership in the organization, which offers guidance in environment, human rights, and labour, comes with…

Polygon (MATIC/USD) is widely recognized as the facto standard for Blockchain gaming, DeFi, and NFTs with 500+ Dapps, more than 18 million unique wallets, and around 7 million daily txns. It is one of the most rapidly growing Dapp platforms for Ethereum (ETH/USD) scaling. Bridging the gap between…

Decentralized rewarding limit orders platform Octane Finance will integrate the industry-leading oracle network Chainlink (LINK/USD) Price Feeds on Binance Smart Chain (BSC) to guarantee access to tamper-proof, top-quality, highly reliable price feeds. This, in turn, will ensure accuracy of token pair prices, warding off flashloan attacks, and safe execution…

Pinknode, the most trusted and used node infrastructure provider on Polkadot (DOT/USD) and Pontem, a Dapp framework built on the same ecosystem, announced a partnership to provide essential infrastructure for Web 3.0 purposes, Invezz learned from a press release. This collaboration will support global entrepreneurs in testing marketability in…

Polygon (MATIC/USD) and Fireblocks are working to bring Polygon users a full-range suite of crypto infrastructure products, which include a secure interface for large crypto transactions between institutions, the Fireblocks Asset Transfer Network, Invezz learned from a press release. Users, projects, and institutions building on Polygon’s network, which is…

Deri Protocol will fund and integrate Chainlink (LINK/USD) Price Feeds with the improved deviation threshold (0.1%) on BSC, Heco, and Polygon (MATIC/USD). The Uniswap style BitMEX+ will guarantee access to highly reliable, fully accurate price feeds required to provide the precise US dollar value of the underlying assets…

Leading platform Bitrue, a diversified cryptocurrency exchange that provides support for loans, trading, and investments, has extended the offer to developing projects on successful upcoming chains. The exchange plans to support an upcoming series of projects hosted on Cardano (ADA/USD), XinFin (XDC/USD), Solana (SOL/USD), and other growing…

Digital currency bank DeCurret announced plans to list Ontology (ONT/USD) as a new cryptocurrency in July 2021. At present, no domestic crypto exchange platform lists ONT. DeCurret is listing the coin in Japan for the first time, Invezz learned from the company’s press release, published on their website.

Technicorum Holdings, a digital asset-specialized advisory group, announced the launch of The CanCoin in partnership with Enexis co-founders and managers David Bonnier and Amaury de Poret and other experts. The token aims to solve monetization and market friction in Europe’s cannabis market and to help develop blockchain solutions for the…

Despite noteworthy developments in the financial system over the past few decades, financial inclusivity remains a milestone that the industry is yet to achieve. To this end, different groups of people, especially in developing parts of the world, lack access to much-needed financial services. While centralization is mainly to blame,…

Crypto enthusiasts spent more than $1 billion (£0.72 billion) through their Visa crypto-linked cards in the first half of this year. A report unveiled this news earlier today, saying the card’s usage had increased substantially. While Visa did not disclose exact figures for 2020 and 2019, it noted that the…

Alchemy, the most powerful blockchain development platform, which more than two-thirds of Ethereum (ETH/USD) Dapps rely on, has integrated Polygon to accelerate development of blockchain products and services. Polygon, formerly MATIC (MATIC/USD), is the first user-friendly, well-structured platform to scale Ethereum and develop infrastructure. At its heart is…

CryptoTask, the biggest decentralized freelance platform, is using Tezos (XTZ/USD) to pave the way to Decentralized Freelancing (DeFree), Invezz learned from a press release by the company. CryptoTask has more than 35,000 satisfied users with over 100 new ones signing up every day. The platform has selected Tezos to…

Borderless Capital, a venture capital company focused on growth of the Algorand ecosystem, closed the HNT.Fund for $10 million, Invezz learned from a press release of the company. The fund was conceived with the purpose of mining and staking Helium (HNT/USD), the People’s Network’s native token, which is based on…

American investment bank Goldman Sachs has become the latest organisation to give Ethereum (ETH/USD) a vote of confidence. The bank believes ETH’s real-life use cases might see it topple Bitcoin (BTC) to become the leading digital store of value in the next few years. This prediction…

Hedge fund giant Marshall Wace is exploring the possibilities of investments in the crypto sector, insiders told the Financial Times. This is in line with the tendency of the growing interest of large asset managers in digital assets according to the report. Fund to invest in stablecoins, digital currency…

WiV Technology, a blockchain-based unique asset trading platform, is drawing increasing attention to non-fungible tokens (NFTs) in DeFi and the wine industry. On Monday, WiV said it raised $1.5 million via the sale of its $WIVA tokens. Notable investors who took part in the capital raise include RedCave Ventures, SuperNatural,…

Japan will better understand the features and the design of its central bank digital currency (CBDC) by late 2022. A report unveiled this news earlier today, citing a legislator that oversees the ruling party’s CBDC plan. Reportedly, Hideki Murai, the Head of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s panel on digital…

Enjin, the team responsible for the ERC-1155 non-fungible token (NFT) standard, said Thursday it sold $20 million of its new EFI token via a CoinList sale that was held on June 24. Just over 40,000 people took part in the sale, buying out the quantities available in less than three…

Community Gaming, an esports gaming startup, said in a Thursday press release it completed a seed round for $2.3 million to fund its global expansion. Financing was led by CoinFund, a blockchain-based investment company, and leading crypto organizations such as 1kx, Dapp Labs, Hashed, Animoca Brands, among others. Simple, efficient…