Eric Trump Brings Expertise to Metaplanet as Newest Strategic Board Member

Eric Trump has recently joined MetaPlanet’s strategic board of advisors, bringing his valuable expertise to the virtual world project. MetaPlanet, a leading company in the metaverse space, is thrilled to have Eric Trump on board to help guide their strategic decisions and solidify their position in the rapidly growing industry. As an experienced businessman and [...]

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Starknet Chooses Bitcoin and Ethereum to Bring Chains Together

StarkNet, a cutting-edge platform designed to revolutionize the integration of Bitcoin and Ethereum networks, is poised to transform the way blockchain technology operates. By unifying these two prominent chains, StarkNet is paving the way for seamless transactions and enhanced efficiency in the digital payment ecosystem. This groundbreaking development showcases the commitment of StarkWare Industries to [...]

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Bakkt partners with Caesars Entertainment to bring crypto rewards to the Las Vegas strip | Invezz

Bakkt Holdings, Inc., a company focused on unlocking the crypto economy for partners through commerce and loyalty programs, has announced a partnership with US-based casino-entertainment firm Caesars Entertainment (NASDAQ: CZR). The deal sees the Bakkt Crypto rewards come to the Las Vegas strip, with Caesars not just the leading entertainment company in the United States, ...

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TP ICAP joins Chainlink to bring high-quality forex data to blockchains | Invezz

TP ICAP and Chainlink Labs, the developer of Chainlink (LINK/USD), have teamed in an effort that will see the two platforms bring high quality forex data to blockchains. The Chainlink news development follows TP ICAP, a leading infrastructure provider for the electronic market, joining the Chainlink Network. TP ICAP to help fuel Web3 growth via ...

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Oorbit partners LG to bring metaverse games to smart TVs | Invezz

Oorbit, a metaverse platform focused on advancing interoperable gaming across 3D virtual worlds, has partnered with South Korea conglomerate LG Electronics to bring metaverse games to smart TVs. In an announcement on Thursday, Oorbit revealed that the partnership aims at promoting the adoption of blockchain and immersive games on LG TVs. The plan is to ... Read more

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Polygon partners HAECHI LABS to bring Korean Web2 gaming to Web3

Polygon (MATIC/USD) is partnering with blockchain wallet and security services firm HAECHI LABS in a partnership that seeks to bring millions of Web2 gamers and developers to Web3, the companies announced on Monday.

The partnership between Polygon Technology, a developer of the Ethereum scaling protocol and the Korean blockchain platform is focused on driving Web3 technology adoption across the broader ecosystem.

HAECHI LABS, a platform backed by the Ethereum Foundation and Samsung, wants to tap into Polygon’s scalability and interoperability to enable Korea-based Web2 gaming companies as well as millions of online users to come to Web3.

Polygon will help the platform be that gateway, with HAECHI LAB’s Face Wallet set to be its major wallet partner. This, according to the two companies, will see the non-custodial, in-app wallet enable 53,000 Polygon-based dApps support Web2 onboarding experience to users.

Michael Blank, the Chief Operating Officer of Polygon Studios said:

“Polygon’s speed and scalability, coupled with the truly intuitive user experience of HAECHI LABS’ Face Wallet, provides gamers and web2 users a seamless entry into a myriad of dApps and games within Polygon’s ecosystem. HAECHI LABS extend web3 security auditing to Polygon’s partners in Korea by providing an extra level of security to local developers to build confidence in our ecosystem as we continue to onboard the next billion users to web3.”

HAECHI LABS’ private beta partners are Nerdy Star, LINE DOSI and Chrono Games while audit clients include top crypto projects 1inch, SushiSwap, Klaytn, Badger DAO, and SuperRare. The blockchain firm also works with several South Korea gaming studios and developers, including NetMarble, Com2us Studios, and Neowiz.

The company recently raised $8.5 million in its Series A funding round, led by Npartners. The financing, done at a $200 million+ valuation, also attracted Spring Camp, Bass Investment, and Wemade.

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Mastercard partners Paxos to help bring crypto trading to banks: report

Mastercard (NYSE: MA), one of the world’s leading payment providers, is looking to bring crypto trading to more users via a program set to enable the participation of banks, a new report says.

The latest crypto news report has revealed that the payments giant will partner with crypto trading platform Paxos in a deal that will see financial institutions like banks offer cryptocurrency trading to their clients.

According to a CNBC report published Monday, Mastercard will make this possible by acting as “bridge” between banks and Paxos.

On top of that, the company will manage the compliance and security aspects of the service, the two factors being top regulatory concerns allegedly keeping banks and their clients off the crypto trading market.

Jorn Lambert, Mastercard’s chief digital officer, told CNBC that latest polls indicate demand for the crypto asset class is high, despite the recent bear market mauling.  The banker noted that almost 60% of people want to get into the sector, but would prefer doing so via their banking providers.

Noting that crypto is indeed still “a little scary for some people,” Lambert added:

“There’s a lot of consumers out there that are really interested in this, and intrigued by crypto, but would feel a lot more confident if those services were offered by their financial institutions.”

The partnership with Paxos comes just days after Mastercard debuted its risk assessment tool Crypto Secure, which as Invezz reported, aims at helping    banks and other issuers protect against potential fraud schemes on cryptocurrency exchanges.

Mastercard is offering the fraud protection tool via its recently acquired blockchain security platform CipherTrace.

In October 2021, we also covered Mastercard’s partnership with crypto custody firm Bakkt, a collaboration that was also aimed at making it easy for banks to enter the crypto trading space.

The latest move cements these steps, with Mastercard looking to offer not just compliance on aspects like anti-money laundering, but also help verify transactions, the CNBC report noted.

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Paris Blockchain Week brings Web3 to the Louvre

Paris Blockchain Week returns for a 4th edition, this time bringing the best of blockchain and Web3 to Paris’ Carrousel du LOUVRE, the historic palace and world’s largest museum.

The ‘City of Love’ is also quickly turning out to be the ‘blockchain city’, with the next edition of blockchain-focused international event scheduled for 20th to 24th March, 2023.

The Paris Blockchain Week is Europe’s biggest industry event, first held in 2019. The latest chapter of the conference will see a host of industry personalities join more than 10,000 attendees from around the world in the French Capital.

As the event’s organisers told Invezz via a press release, for the 4th edition, the LOUVRE will host over 400 speakers from across decentralised finance (DeFi), NFTs, Web3 and the metaverse. 

The upcoming event has also attracted 300+ sponsors, about 60% of C-level+ executives and more than 400 media and journalists.

Other than the blockchain space’s brightest minds, the Paris Blockchain Week 2023 will bring together industry disrupters, leading investors and regulators.

Highlighting the lineup will be top blockchain industry personalities such as Draper Associates founder Tim Draper, Binance founder and CEO Changpeng Zhao, Stellar Development Foundation CEO Denelle Dixon, Blockchain.com co-founder Nicolas Cary, Eva Kaili (the Vice President of the European Parliament) and Yat Siu, the co-founder and Executive Chairman of Animoca Brands.

There will also be The Sandbox co-founder and COO Sébastien Borget, Chiliz CEO Alexandre Dreyfus and Ira Auerbach, Senior VP, Head of Digital Assets at Nasdaq.

The PBW will involve two main events – a Blockchain Week Summit and an NFTVerse Day.

The Summit takes place over two days and will explore major blockchain technology topics, including Tech Builders, Public Policy, Enterprise Blockchain and Open Finance.

The one-day NFTverse event will focus on areas within the NFTs and Web3 universe, including Web3 Perspectives, Economy of the Metaverse, Technologies & Investments and Virtual Identity.

Among several fringe events will be the Talent Fair and the Paris Blockchain Week Hackathon.

In 2022, the 3rd edition of the Paris Blockchain Week took place from 13th to 14th April, at the Palais Brongniart (formerly French stock exchange). The conference attracted over 6000 participants and blockchain enthusiasts, with 300+ speakers, over 250 sponsors, and 400 media partners and journalists.

Changpeng Zhao, Sam Bankman-Fried, Brad Garlinghouse, and Ryan Selkis highlighted this year’s edition.

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Galaxy taps Chainlink to bring pricing data to blockchains

Galaxy Digital Holdings Ltd. (TSX: GLXY), a financial services and digital asset provider in the blockchain space, has partnered with Chainlink Labs (LINK/USD) to provide access to crypto pricing data for blockchains.

The firms will offer the service via Chainlink’s oracle network, they announced in a press release accessed by Invezz on Tuesday. 

According to the companies, Chainlink makes it easy to use application programming interfaces (APIs) and provides for easy monetisation across blockchains. Using the technology will therefore see Galaxy offer its crypto pricing data across multiple blockchain-based applications, with direct distribution also available to smart contracts in decentralised finance.

Zane Glauber, the Head of Strategic Opportunities at Galaxy, said the integration is part of the company’s effort to boost development of a diverse crypto ecosystem. He added:

“Our extensive market data, which will be available through Chainlink’s blockchain-agnostic architecture, will be an important tool in enabling smart contract developers to build advanced blockchain applications.”

Galaxy’s data includes spot crypto prices for top assets such as bitcoin and ether, as well as numerous other digital assets pairs.

Chainlink Labs’ Head of Data Products Yaser Jazouane said that the DeFi ecosystem relies a lot on “high-quality market data” and that Galaxy’s integration will trigger further innovation across the industry. He said in a statement:

“By providing high-quality pricing data to blockchains through the Chainlink Network, Galaxy is playing a valuable role in unlocking exciting new use cases and driving innovation across the DeFi ecosystem.”

Galaxy’s suite of products in the space include trading, asset management, mining, investment banking and ventures.

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peaq integrates Fundrs to bring cross-chain fundraising to Polkadot

peaq, the Web3 network leveraging Machine DeFi and Machine NFTs to power the Economy of Things (EoT), has integrated with Fundrs to unlock cross-chain fundraising for the Polkadot (DOT/USD) developer community.

Fundrs is a decentralised peer-to-peer fundraising platform launched by decentralised finance (DeFi) solutions provider AllianceBlock, while peaq is the first Polkadot-based project to integrate its unique infrastructure.

According to peaq, the integration will allow developers of decentralised applications (dApps) on the protocol to access vast cross-chain liquidity, based on project reputation and merit.

The functionality, which goes live with peaq’s Agung testnet and will be accessible via the Fundrs app (users can link to their Metamask wallets), will also be available to the larger Polkadot ecosystem as a bridge.

peaq co-founder Till Wendler said in a comment:

“The integration continues a strong partnership between peaq and AllianceBlock, which was forged to power the Web3 Economy of Things using DeFi. Fundrs grants new capital-raising opportunities to teams building on peaq, helping them aim higher and innovate faster.”

The two platforms expect to collaborate more in the future, noting that further integration with AllianceBlock’s stack is set to revolutionise ownership and governance within the Web3 machine economy.

Fundrs originally launched on the Ethereum (ETH/USD) and Avalanche (AVAX/USD) networks, with more integrations expected to follow the expansion to Polkadot.

The project also has partnerships with multiple distributed ledger technology (DLT) and blockchain platforms, including BNB Chain, Polygon, Ocean Protocol, and Hedera.

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EverdreamSoft brings its SoG social hub to The Sandbox

Swiss-based game studio EverdreamSoft (EDS) that looks to promote blockchain and digital collectibles integration within the gaming ecosystem, has announced its Spells of Genesis (SoG) social hub on The Sandbox (SAND/USD).

Spells of Genesis is a pioneering mobile-based blockchain game, and part of EverdreamSoft’s growth within the Metaverse space. 

According to the game studio, SoG’s Askian Door is a social hub that will offer players the unique opportunity to enjoy a face-to-face experience with their favourite in-game characters.

The hub will be accessible via The Sandbox and see interactivity between players and the normally static game characters or game worlds reach a new level, the Swiss-based firm said in the announcement. 

As part of the experience in the hub, visitors to the Askian Door will have a chance to collect Satoshi Blocks – hidden within the SoG Metaverse – and use the quest to explore unique virtual locations.

EverdreamSoft will officially launch the social hub on 30 September, 2022.

The Sandbox is a play-to-earn (P2E) game that offers a metaverse bringing to users a virtual world underpinned by blockchain technology, decentralised finance (DeFi) and non-fungible tokens (NFTs).

Players in this world can create, customise and monetise their assets for SAND (the native token of The Sandbox) via its NFT marketplace. You can buy SAND on exchanges such as Binance and KuCoin.

Other than providing players a more interactive gaming environment, Spells of Genesis will also bring 10 new NFT collections to The Sandbox Marketplace. The NFTs are particularly significant given that participants have a chance to win rewards up to 500 SAND.

The challenge will run for 10 weeks and cut across more than 90 different experiences, with the rewards going to NFT holders who complete the quests in The Sandbox Alpha Season 3.

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Litecoin Activates the MimbleWimble (MWEB) Upgrade, LTC Surges

After years of development and community anticipation, Litecoin finally launched its new MimbleWimble (MWEB) upgrade on May 19.

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NH Governor Signs Executive Order to Bring ‘Regulatory Certainty’ to Cryptocurrency Industry – Regulation Bitcoin News

The governor of the U.S. state of New Hampshire has signed an executive order establishing a commission on cryptocurrencies and digital assets. “Federal and state governments must work to bring legal and regulatory certainty to the digital asset industry because clear rules of the road foster technology and innovation,” said the governor. NH Executive Order […]

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Bribe Protocol Bags $4m Funding, Brings Voter Extractable Value (VEV) to DAO

Bribe Protocol successfully raised $4 million funding round. Bribe enter’s as a key player in Aave’s governance. The crypto world continues to be acknowledged and supported by companies around the world. This is because of its never-ending development that provides great use cases to all its users in the space. Recently, Bribe Protocol officially announced […]

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Reddit is bringing its tokenized Community Points to more subreddits

Social network Reddit is expanding its Community Points beta, allowing any subreddit to request the ability to create its own token. On Wednesday, Reddit released a waitlist for subreddits that wish to do so and has provided more information about Community Points on its website. Community Points can be handed out as rewards for users […]

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Bringin Makes Bitcoin Easier To Spend In Europe

Bringin founder and CEO Prashanth Chandrashekar has created a product that makes it easier for Europeans to live on a bitcoin standard and to onboard to Bitcoin.

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