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Winners of Hedera20 Virtual Hackathon Chosen from Over 800 Competing Developers

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Hedera Hashgraph, an enterprise-grade distributed ledger platform, announced the winners of the Hedera20 Virtual Hackathon. The hackathon featured several challenges and ran for six weeks from May 1st to June 12th, 2020. Teams were challenged to solve issues surrounding digital identity, security, charitable giving, healthcare, climate change, and beyond. Read More:......
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Klaytn Launches Pilot Program to Reward Partners

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Klaytn, the public blockchain project of Korea’s Internet giant, Kakao, announced the launch of a pilot program of ‘Klaytn Improvement Reserve’ and selected its devtools partner ‘Ozys’ as the first recipient of the program. Klaytn Improvement Reserve, also known as KIR, is a KLAY reward system allocated for partners committed......
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Central Banks Receive Submissions From L3COS for Regulated Digital Currency Operating System

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Six central banks have received submissions for the development of the world’s first regulated blockchain-based operating system. Read More: GlobalFintechSeries Interview with Patrick Turiano, Director of Marketing at Paysafe Group Central banks are studying the application of regulated blockchain technologies as they look to provide their institutions with fast, secure......
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ARK.io Announces MarketSquare: The New Homepage for the Decentralized Web

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ARK.io, a leading blockchain technology provider, pulled back the curtain today on their newest product – MarketSquare. MarketSquare is being regarded as the new homepage for the decentralized Web. In recent years the amount of blockchain businesses, applications and services available to the general public and tech community is expansive. Read......
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KuCoin P2P Fiat Market Supports Buying Crypto With USD Via PayPal

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On June 24, 2020, KuCoin, an IDG-backed crypto exchange, announced that its P2P Fiat Market added support for US Dollars (USD), meaning traders can buy cryptocurrencies like USDT, BTC and ETH with USD via PayPal and other payment methods. This is another mainstream fiat currency supported by the KuCoin P2P Fiat Market......
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Algorand Foundation and Circle Bring Digital Dollars Powered by USDC to Algorand Blockchain

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 Algorand Foundation, a not-for-profit organization focused on engaging, educating, and enabling its community to build a borderless economy on public, decentralized blockchain technology, announced today a collaboration agreement with Circle to bring fiat-backed stablecoin capability to Algorand that is powered by USD Coin (USDC) , the fastest-growing full-reserve US Dollar......
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Vanguard, Symbiont And Partners Collaborate To Accelerate Digitization Of Currency Forward Market Using Blockchain Technology

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Vanguard, in collaboration with technology provider Symbiont, and in conjunction with Bank of New York Mellon, State Street, and Franklin Templeton, is actively exploring the application of distributed ledger technology (DLT) to foreign-exchange forwards, bringing transparency and workflow efficiencies to the over-the-counter currency market. As part of this pilot, Vanguard has simulated......
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CommerceBlock Introduces Cloud Storage Integration for MainStay Attestation Service

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CommerceBlock is launching easy to use web integrations into popular cloud storage platforms Google Drive, Dropbox and OneDrive for its MainStay attestation service. This will allow users easy access to their stored files, create a cryptographic hash identity for their files and attest them into the Bitcoin blockchain via CommerceBlock’s MainStay......
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Huobi Wallet Partners With Unstoppable Domains to Enable Users to Send Money to .Crypto Blockchain Domains

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Huobi Wallet, the self custody wallet app created by Huobi Group, has just announced support for .crypto blockchain domains. Users can now pay one another simply by typing a domain into the send field, instead of using long addresses. Users can send Bitcoin, Ethereum, or any other currencies supported by......
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Ternio Closes Oversubscribed Round on Republic

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The global fintech platform Ternio has finished its first equity crowdfunding campaign this month. Ternio successfully raised $1.07 million from 3,890 investors while hosting its campaign on Republic.co. The valuation cap was set at $15 million with a minimum investment of $100. After closing the sold-out round on June 13, 2020, many investors were forced to join the waiting list.......
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