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CasperLabs-Acquires-Hyperledger-Foundation-to-Accelerate-Enterprise-Adoption-of-Blockchain CasperLabs, a leading blockchain software company for the enterprise market, today announced its membership in the Hyperledger Foundation, the open, global ecosystem for enterprise blockchain technologies. CasperLabs is committed to de-risking adoption of the Casper Blockchain technology within enterprises by offering flexibility. The company believes Interoperability between blockchains is key for greater adoption of the technology and is contributing to the open source community to grow reach and impact. “Joining the Hyperledger Foundation will result in hybrid applications that will advance both the Casper and Hyperledger communities,” said Mrinal Manohar, co-founder & CEO, CasperLabs. “The Casper community will be…

NEAR Foundation, the Switzerland-based non-profit organisation, has announced a strategic partnership with Caerus Ventures to launch a USD 100 million venture capital fund and venture lab.  The fund will use the opportunities of Web3 as it reimagines culture and entertainment, from how it is financed, produced, and distributed to how it’s consumed, owned, and monetized. Caerus is a newly launched investment firm that will back and build projects that place creators, talent, IP owners and the communities they serve, at the heart of these new enterprises. NEAR will cornerstone the VC Fund, which will have an initial closing of USD…

Influencer marketing has become a great way for companies to reach new highs in terms of audiences and their rates of engagement with products and services. Crypto itself has even been able to garnish thought leaders that pave the way in terms of content creation, creating content that possesses a lot of value and education,However, this article will not be looking at those groups of content creators, as much as of a credit that they are to the space. We’ll be going over the influential people that have jumped on the crypto and NFT hype to collect that “quick bag”…

Polkadot has outpaced a lot of its competitors when it comes to its development activities. Several system activities such as parachain lease auction besides new statemint upgrade have played a prominent role. In the chart below, it can be clearly seen that DOT, after July, has done better than Bitcoin, Cardano, Solana, and Tron. Source: Santiment This could be seen as a positive sign for the network. It clearly hints that the developers have been working hard to make improvements and add new features. One explanation for the increase in developer activity might be the parachain auction, which will allow…

Where are you from? (Provide a little bit of your background, have you moved etc) Half the year I live in the EU, the other half in Dubai Can you tell us about your background and what lead you down the path to becoming an artist and ultimately experimenting with NFTs? Heyyy. My name is Julia aka J_SKY, I grew up in a creative family, my grandfather is an honored artist. I’ve been doing creative work all my lifeI am an interior designer by education, I also studied monumental painting. I have created more than a dozen murals in the…

The IOTA community is celebrating a major win following the confirmation of the IOTA Swiss entity’s registration in Zug (crypto valley). The community discusses ways how IOTA and Shimmer could improve on their marketing strategy. IOTA has become a dominant force in the European region. In another major victory, the IOTA Swiss entity- Tangle Ecosystem Association, is now officially registered in Zug (crypto valley) according to a recent post. Behind the old town charm of what is the biggest town in Switzerland, Zug is famous as a tax haven, attracting some of the wealthiest people and big institutions. The town…

The issue of the main “meme” cryptocurrency’s transition to proof-of-stake consensus has been discussed for a long time, and at one point in time, it even attracted the attention of Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin. Personally, I hope that doge can switch to PoS soon, perhaps using ethereum code. I also hope they don’t cancel the 5b/year annual PoW issuance, instead they put it in some kind of DAO that funds global public goods. Would fit well with dogecoin’s non-greedy wholesome ethos. — vitalik.eth (@VitalikButerin) September 2, 2021 Since December 2021, when the subject was most actively discussed, a lot of money…

DeFi Lender’s Move Punctuates Overhaul of Model MakerDAO’s users can now mint DAI for free.A recent MakerDAO executive vote raised the debt ceiling for its stETH vault to 200M DAI. Maker’s Wrapped stETH vault currently maintains a 0% stability fee, meaning users can create DAI against WstETH collateral without paying any fees on the position to Maker.VaultUsers can open a WstETH vault using the Oasis app, which spun out of Maker in June 2021, or the third-party DeFi Saver dApp — which also lets users open a WstETH vault by depositing ETH or stETH.A collateralization ratio of at least 185%…

Crypto investors: there are two cryptocurrency coins that were added to the list of approved digital assets in Malaysia, and they are called Chainlink (LINK) and Uniswap (UNI). They are available on Luno, the first Securities Commission-approved digital asset exchange in Malaysia with the largest variety of cryptocurrency investment options of seven approved coins.Since the launch of these new cryptocurrency coins in the country, Malaysians have traded more than RM 50 million worth of these digital assets on Luno. So, are you ready to learn more about the two cryptocurrency coins before you get into the game?Chainlink (LINK): Bridging The…

On Monday (September 12), Cardano Foundation celebrated the first anniversary of the Alonzo hard fork on the Cardano ($ADA) mainnet. Cardano Foundation is “an independent Swiss-based non-profit that oversees and supervises the advancement of Cardano.” It is the legal custodian of the Cardano brand and it collaborates with IOG and EMURGO to “ensure that Cardano is being developed and promoted as a secure, transparent, and accountable solution for positive global change.” Cardano Foundation “sets the direction for decentralized economic empowerment, working with regulators in different jurisdictions to shape blockchain legislation and commercial standards, and empowering the Cardano community to leverage…