Blockchain

Deutsche Telekom AG subsidiary – T-Systems Multimedia Solutions (MMS) – is not new to the world of blockchain technology. In the latest development, Polkadot (DOT) has become the fourth blockchain that the German telecommunications giant has added to its list. Additionally, it has purchased an undisclosed amount of DOT tokens. The latest move comes at a time when next-generation blockchains have moved beyond the hype and are witnessing growing adoption. Furthermore, it also...

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Figment – a company that provides blockchain infrastructure and protocol staking – announced a $110 million Series C fundraise at a $1.4 billion post-money valuation. The investment was led by Thoma Bravo – an American private equity and growth capital firm. Figment to Work on the Web3 Ecosystem Apart from Thoma Bravo, the funding round was supported by many other giants in the financial field. These include Counterpoint Global (one of Morgan Stanley’s equity teams), Binance...

Billionaire investor Ray Dalio says he’s uber impressed with bitcoin given it has been around for so long. The currency was first introduced in 2008 through a whitepaper and was mined for the first time in early 2009. Who would have known that a simple asset would become one of the most powerful financial tools in the world just a dozen years later? Ray Dalio: Bitcoin Has Come a Long Way In some recent interviews, Dalio said the following about bitcoin and its respective...

Blockchain-based gaming is the latest hot trend in the cryptocurrency space. 2021 has set the stage for more capital inflow and expansion of the sector as major players continue to hop in. French gaming giant Voodoo, best known for its hyper-casual games, plans to invest $200 million in 2022 in new studios developing blockchain-based games. Voodoo Powering Blockchain-based Gaming Sector As the company announced, its investment in the sector will be deployed to fund...

2021 was the year of bitcoin. There’s no doubt about that, but now that 2022 is coming into the mix, many analysts think this is the time for other assets and blockchain systems to step up and take over. Bitcoin Was Big, but It May Have Reached Its Peak Bitcoin was big over these last 12 months. Between the new bitcoin-based exchange-traded fund (ETF) from Pro Shares and the all-time highs it managed to reach, bitcoin exploded beyond what anyone thought was imaginable....

If there is any part of the blockchain industry that has been disruptive, it has been the crypto lending sector in the DeFi space. Historically, loans have been very centralized and under the control of banks with often stringent conditions. With crypto lending in the DeFi space, this is circumvented as people can access loans using a combination of smart contracts and cryptocurrency while maintaining their privacy. However, this system has been far from perfect as malicious...

The blockchain analytics platform Nansen raised $75 million via a Series B funding round led by the venture capital firm Accel. The investment will aim to expand the former’s global presence and accelerate the development of innovative product offerings for customers. Nansen’s Newest Funding Round The Singapore-based blockchain platform announced the news on its official website. Apart from Accel, the funding round was supported by several other venture capital firms,...

The co-founder of Reddit continues with his cryptocurrency involvement with a new joint venture with the popular blockchain project Polygon to help developments in the Web3 sector. The press release shared with CryptoPotato informed that Seven Seven Six and Polygon plan to deploy $200 million for this new initiative. It will support startups aiming to work on social media platforms and Web3, or as the statement described them – protocols “exploring better ways for humans to...

Polkadot has announced the launch of the first parachains, a set of individual blockchains that will run in parallel within its ecosystem, the project noted in a press release shared with CryptoPotato on Saturday. Polkadot’s First Batch of Parachains According to the official announcement, slots for the first parachains are allocated to different blockchain projects built on the Polkadot network and focused on various niches. These include decentralized finance (DeFi),...