Blockchain News

Blockchain company BlockDAG has announced a three-year partnership with German football team Borussia Dortmund. The $10 million collaboration stands as the largest crypto-related sponsorship deals ever in Germany, highlighting BlockDAG’s ambition to become a leading player in the European blockchain market. The news follows on from related partnerships such as Blockchain.com and Dallas Cowboys,  Tezos and Manchester […]

Aptos is integrating privacy platform Nillion to support privacy-preserving applications on the layer-1 blockchain network, Nillion told Cointelegraph on Aug. 29. Aptos will be able to support applications such as confidential decentralized finance (DeFi), private artificial intelligence assistants, secure social media, private gaming and collectibles, and more, Nillion said. “DeFi users could benefit from private […]

Kaia, the Layer-1 blockchain from two leading messenger apps in Asia, announced its mainnet launch — slated for 10 p.m. Eastern time on Wednesday. “The Kaia mainnet will go live on August 29 as the world’s fastest EVM blockchain with one-second finality, ultra-low gas fees, and support from leading Asian web3 partners including Kakao and […]

Space and Time (SxT) Labs has announced a $20-million Series A funding raise led by Framework Ventures. The company is working on a verifiable computing layer combining artificial intelligence and blockchain technology. Several venture capital firms also contributed to the round, including Lightspeed Faction, Arrington Capital and Hivemind Capital, as well as Microsoft’s M12 Ventures, […]

The Open Network (TON) blockchain restarted services on Wednesday, following a disruption where it stopped processing new transactions and didn’t produce a new block for more than six hours. “TON is now producing blocks normally! We are back online,” the team said on X. Earlier in the day, TON had confirmed a network disruption. “Several […]

Sony Group’s blockchain subsidiary has rolled out the “Minato” testnet for its Ethereum Layer-2 blockchain, Soneium, alongside an incubation program aimed at onboarding developers. It follows the multinational conglomerate’s announcement last week via a joint venture between Sony and Web3 infrastructure provider Startale—known as Sony Block Solutions Labs. Minato features a development environment that mirrors […]

Argentina has taken a decisive step towards technological innovation and advanced education, introducing Ethereum and blockchain technology into the school curriculum. The Ministry of Education of Buenos Aires, in collaboration with the ETH Kipu Foundation, has launched a program that incorporates these emerging technologies into public education. This initiative represents a direct response to the […]

Nexon’s blockchain arm has announced a new token to boost user engagement and ecosystem growth in its web3 game. South Korean video game developer Nexon’s blockchain subsidiary NEXPACE has announced its own cryptocurrency to enhance user participation and drive ecosystem growth within its web3 game called MapleStory Universe. In a Medium announcement on Aug. 27, NEXPACE said the so-called NXPC token is […]

Cryptocurrency firms and their allies have emerged as the vanguard of political spending for the 2024 U.S. presidential election, spearheading a record-breaking $1.5 billion influx from top donors. What Happened: The shift in campaign finance signals a new era where digital asset companies are aggressively vying for political influence that could reshape the regulatory landscape. […]

The bank worked with Enterprise Singapore and the country’s fintech association on the pilot, which saw programmable disbursements made to 27 local fintechs. Using DBS’ permissioned blockchain, government agencies were able to determine and programme conditions, governing grant disbursements. Conditions included disbursements to approved recipients only, and upon the fulfilment of certain business conditions. Once […]