ZenCash changes its name to Horizen LeapRate

August 23, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

ZenCash changes its name to Horizen

ZenCash, the privacy-focused blockchain platform for borderless, decentralized communications and transactions, has announced a comprehensive brand expansion. It involves ZenCash changing its name to Horizen, a refreshed logo and an elevated focus for its product offerings to include an on-chain treasury voting system, and side chains with smart contracting capability. The platform’s cryptocurrency Zen will…

$Blockchain technology firm ShapeShift acquires Bitfract$

August 22, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Blockchain technology firm ShapeShift acquires Bitfract

Swiss blockchain technology company ShapeShift AG has announced that it has acquired Austin-based software firm Bitfract. Bitfract has built a tool that allows users to trade bitcoin into dozens of digital assets in a single transaction. The Bitfract team made expert use of ShapeShift’s open API to build a product that we ourselves were planning to…

First stablecoin to launch on Bitcoin Cash

August 21, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Carats.io and KELA to push diamond blockchain into the global market

Carats.io has just announced its strategic partnership with KELA, a jewelry and diamonds e-tailer in Asia, signifying the integration of the diamond blockchain into the market. Carats.io has created CARAT, a diamond-backed token which provides a solution for the need of a stable coin, basing its value on the positive appreciation of the diamond market.…

August 17, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Shyft rolls out TestNet

Shyft, a blockchain-based solution that is building a trusted ecosystem to enable secure and private data transfers, has announced its first group of companies that have signed an expression of interest to become Trust Anchors, including EnStream, BDO, Paysafe Group Plc (LON:PAYS), Polymath, and Aion, with more than one billion data points across key sectors…

August 16, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Blockchain and cloud spike Xunlei Q2 results

Cloud and blockchain company Xunlei this week announced its financial results for the second quarter of 2018. The company made nearly US $66 million in revenue, an over 70% year-on-year increase. Xunlei attributes its solid performance thus far to having diversified its business offerings in recent years, especially around cloud and blockchain solutions. Originally known…

August 15, 2018 BY Mariela Naydenova

Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan place a $32-million bet on blockchain

The cryptocurrency market has crushed big time, Bitcoin is falling down to $6,300 and its market capitalization is currently not more than $105 billion. This seems like a huge drop and hit to the whole digital coin market, as other cryptocurrencies are falling fast along the "people's currency". However, two of the biggest banks in…

ACER and the Energy Community tighten cooperation on electricity market coupling

August 15, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Applied Blockchain becomes affiliate of the Energy Web Foundation

Applied Blockchain, the UK developer of distributed ledger technology and smart contracts, has just announced that it has become an affiliate of the Energy Web Foundation (EWF), a global non-profit organisation focused on unleashing blockchain’s potential in the energy sector by building the first open-source, scalable core blockchain platform tailored specifically to the industry. As…

August 14, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Refereum launches Community Growth Engine for blockchain companies

Refereum has just announced the launch of its Community Growth Engine, a web widget that will let blockchain companies directly reward their most active community members for their engagement and interactions with tokens and other prizes. With Refereum’s Community Growth Engine, companies can design a series of quests, like micro-tasks, for users that are fun…

æternity releases a live version of its blockchain platform

August 07, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Constellation debuts code and network visualization in testnet launch

Constellation Labs, the horizontally-scalable blockchain for consumer-grade applications, has announced the release of their testnet — the first version (V1) of Constellation’s base code. This launch begins a process of building out a small network of nodes, which communicate with each other in order to prevent “bad actors” on the system. The testnet’s primary goal…

August 06, 2018 BY Mariela Naydenova

Food Quality and Blockchain in China

Food quality and blockchain are teaming up to provide a modern blockchain-based food quality control e-place, designed by the Chinese company, Wangjiahuan, an agricultural startup firm. The company has raised $58 million in a Series A round, which was managed by Global Logistic Properties. Global Logistic Properties is a leading logistics solution company based in…

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