Kirobo is a decentralized application developer building out a suite of services focused on DeFi security and usability. With a $5 million investment from Digimax in 2021, Kirobo works to make decentralized finance as accessible and user-friendly as regular online banking. Kirobo is the proud recipient of two grants from the Israeli Innovation Authority—the only blockchain technology company to achieve…
One of the hallmarks of the crypto industry since its inception has been its commitment to open source development as well as its transparency-centric ethos. This is best made evident by the fact that many prominent projects operating within the digital asset sector and decentralized finance (DeFi) arena today have essentially been derived from other prominent projects such as Bitcoin…
In brief Satoshibles NFTs can now be bridged from Ethereum to Stacks, a platform that is secured by Bitcoin. StacksBridge can be tapped by other projects to tap into cross-chain benefits. Many in the crypto industry were surprised to see NFTs find traction on the Bitcoin-backed Stacks network last fall. For the creators of the Ethereum-based NFT profile picture project…
With the Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies (EARN IT) Act, two U.S. senators have reintroduced a surveillance bill that could have major impacts on privacy and free speech, turning the offering of encryption services into legal risk territory for service providers. While the censorship of free speech is already flourishing on public platforms such as Twitter, the…
The past few years have seen crypto impact just about every industry in one way or another, but one innovation in particular is using blockchain technology to fundamentally disrupt how organizations are structured, codified and governed. In Kraken Intelligence’s latest deep dive, the team takes a closer look at the unique history of Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs) and how they’re…
President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has instructed authorities to identify all crypto mining enterprises and increase the electricity surcharge they are required to pay. The state is not against legal mining activities, but crypto farms should be licensed and taxed, Tokayev insisted. Miners in Kazakhstan to Pay Higher Electricity Tariffs On top of electricity shortages that have already forced some…
Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volumes, is making a strategic investment in the 104-year old magazine Forbes to improve consumer understanding of cryptocurrencies and blockchain. Forbes and Magnum Opus Acquisition Limited, a publicly-traded special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), officially announced Thursday securing a $200 million strategic investment from Binance. Forbes previously announced plans to go public through…
In brief Ethereum NFT marketplace Ethernity has raised $20 million in seed funding and launched its Ethernal Labs creative studio. Ethernal Labs is developing a play-to-earn role-playing game with help from Riot Games’ Thomas Vu, who also personally invested in the round. Ethernity, an Ethereum NFT marketplace focused on drops from celebrities and athletes, today announced that it has raised…
When news surfaced that one of the largest computer chip makers in the world, Intel, would give a presentation about an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) geared for bitcoin mining at the International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), a global forum for presentation of advances in solid-state circuits and systems-on-a-chip to be held online later this month, the first logical conclusion was…
press release PRESS RELEASE. Boston, 10 February 2022 – Creaticles, the world’s first NFT Requests Marketplace, has today announced new signature additions to its Advisory Board, Jeff Jiho Zirlin, Co-Founder of Axie Infinity; Sébastien Borget, COO and Co-founder of Sandbox; Joe Zhou – Co-Founder and CEO of FirstBlood; Juergen Hoebarth, seasoned blockchain consultant and Founder of NFT.Art; and Kenny Li…
