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Photo: Nervos Network / MediumSince the ICO boom of 2017 that attracted many scammers, the Chinese government banned all crypto activities in the country. However, the latest developments suggest that the government could be indirectly participating in a security token offering (STO).The Nervos Network STO is scheduled to kick off on October 16. It aims to raise an undisclosed amount within two weeks via the CoinList platform. Polychain Capital has so far said that it will contribute $5.7...

Popular messaging app Telegram updated the terms of service on its website on Tuesday with a new page for its yet-to-be-launched Gram wallet and token.The only link which has been publicly identified before now has been the Simple Agreement for Token (SAFT) registered with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in March 2018 which lists Telegram, Pavel Durov and Nikolai Durov ( the telegram developers) in the filing.Late last month the alpha version of the wallet of the...

EOSIO developer Block.one has recently unveiled the second version of the platform making it faster, simpler, and secure to build on EOSIO. One of the major roadblocks in blockchain development is the speed of execution of smart contracts, and EOSIO 2.0 aims to address this issue.Speaking on the launch, Block.one CTO Dan Larimer said:“Eosio 2 rc1 is officially available for the community to download and utilize on testnets and even non-critical EOS nodes. Assuming no major issues this will be...

Innovative encryption startup NuCypher has raised about $10.7 Million in what is referred to as a Simple-Agreement-for-Token (SAFT) in a financing round led by Polychain Capital and Bitmain and included VC heavyweights Y Combinator, Bitfury, Arrington XRP Capital, Notation Capital, Coinfund and other strategic investors.NuCypher’s token NU was purchased by the investors during the financing process. The $10.7 Million raised in NU tokens represents 8% of the total supply of the tokens...

In what seems to be cooperation between two of the biggest organizations in technology, Microsoft and Intel have indicated their willingness to back the reward token of the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance which is the сryptospace’s first open standards association which sets the standards for Ethereum’s blockchain architecture.The token was revealed at the annual Ethereum developers conference taking place in Osaka, Japan (Devcon 5) as a means of providing compensation for those who are involved...

This summer, computer programmer, businessman, entrepreneur and the US presidential candidate John McAfee revealed his idea to launch a digital currency access point that would merge both manual and bot trading over eight exchanges on one interface.Dubbed McAfee Magic, this new project connects people to more than 500 digital currencies and has assembled 11,743 users at the time of the writing.Last week, on Friday, McAfee announced the whole launching of the exchange that has gor the name...

2020 is looking to be a year of PoS blockchains. While Tim Ogilive, the founder and CEO of multi-blockchain staking service Staked argues that 2019 has already been a big year for PoS, we have a lot to expect from the upcoming year. First and foremost, Ethereum, the second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, is expected to finally switch to PoS. They have been wanting the switch from 2014, when Vitalik Buterin said that he viewed PoS as a way for Ethereum to mature.“Ethereum 1.0...

The DAPP Network, born out of frustration at the rising cost of vRAM for EOS’ virtual hard drive, has just had a major upgrade. Developer LiquidApps has announced the release of DSP 2.0, bringing with it a wide range of new features and fixes. Combined, these improvements make the emergent EOS scaling solution a force to be reckoned with, and pave the way for a flurry of new decentralized applications that can operate at scale. The DAPP Network is not a sidechain for EOS – LiquidApps call it...

Photo: Vanguard / LinkedInThe Vanguard Group is currently running tests on a new foreign exchange (FX) service which is powered by blockchain technology and will run peer-to-peer. The mutual fund giant is doing this to encourage asset trading and make this activity easier for managers, letting them trade currencies without the costs associated with involving the big investment banks.Bloomberg reports that a familiar source close to the project has revealed that the platform has already been...

Verisart is a platform designed to conduct certification and verification of artworks of different types which is carried out with the help of blockchain. Now it has become known that it has managed to get $2.5 mln in seed financing. The list of the most prominent participants of this round included Sinai Ventures, Galaxy Digital, EOS Fund, and Rhodium. The money raised will be used for further expansion of the company’s art platform.Robert Norton, who is a co–founder and CEO of Verisart...