An oversubscribed funding round has netted the Mintable nonfungible token (NFT) minting platform and marketplace a cool $13 million. The Series A funding round for the Singapore-based startup included some big name participants including Ripple, mobile and blockchain gaming developer Animoca Brands, and Metapurse, the world’s largest NFT investment fund. […]

The Republic of San Marino has approved VeChain’s NFT-based vaccination passport, which is reportedly verifiable worldwide. The small European nation with a population of just over 33,000 announced the approval of the ‘Decree-Law No. 109 of 16 June’ earlier today, which enables the rollout of a vaccination passport dubbed the […]

Bitcoin Cash ABC (BCHA), the embattled cryptocurrency project that has forked away from both Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash, has rebranded to eCash (XEC). The project’s re-launch will see it integrate proof-of-stake consensus layer “Avalanche,” introducing staking and greatly increasing the speed of transactions. eCash will also reduce its decimal places […]

Binance Indian exchange WazirX has partnered with blockchain intelligence firm TRM Labs. The collaboration is expected to increase the security capacity of India’s largest exchange and help detect crypto fraud transactions.  WazirX partners with TRM Labs Indian news outlet the India Times reported the development in a publication today. WazirX […]

The global Bitcoin mining sector has reached a 56% sustainable power mix in Q2, according to estimates from a Bitcoin Mining Council (BMC) report. “Bitcoin mining uses a negligible amount of energy, is rapidly becoming more efficient, and is powered by a higher mix of sustainable energy than any major […]

Ohio’s State Representative Warren Davidson has said that in order to protect the US citizen’s rights and constitutional freedom, the country shouldn’t emulate China on matters concerning digital currencies but instead adopt decentralized digital ledger technology.  “China is building the creepiest surveillance tool in history. We should absolutely not emulate […]

The VeChain Foundation and DNV Assurance have partnered with the Republic of San Marino to issue Digital COVID-19 vaccination certificates. Approved via a law on June 16th, this solution will provide its citizens with a digital certificate “in line with the European Union standards”. The certificates will be issued via […]

In a bid to support BENQI in facilitating its on-chain liquidations towards maximizing profit, the company has joined efforts with KUU, a decentralized liquidity underwriter for the Avalanche DeFi ecosystem. BENQI is an Avalanche-based lending and borrowing protocol that operates through an extremely scalable network. It provides opportunities for avalanche […]

Decentralized exchange aggregator 1inch has partnered with the ICHI platform to issue a new stablecoin pegged to the U.S. dollar. In a Thursday announcement, 1inch said it planned to mint a stablecoin “with a blend” of its native 1INCH token and USD Coin (USDC) through ICHI’s Decentralized Monetary Authority, or […]