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The South Korean blockchain-focused firm Blocko has finally launched its newly-developed hybrid public-private blockchain, Aergo, in the UAE through a strategic partnership with the SEED Group, a member of the Private Office of Sheikh Saeed bin Ahmed Al Maktoum.Blocko has already raised $16M through two separate funding rounds in which
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Oneiro, a blockchain solution company, secured a $5 million investment from Cosimo Ventures.Total investment of $8 millionIn an Oct. 3 press release, Boston-based provider of high-performance blockchain solutions Oneiro announced that it had secured a $5 million investment from Cosimo Ventures in a Series A funding round.Cosimo Ventures is
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Leading technology manufacturer for United States law enforcement Axon Enterprise Inc. is exploring new data tracking technologies, including blockchain, for its body cameras.Verifying police footageThe impetus behind Axon’s interest in emerging technologies is public and government concerns about “deepfake” videos, Reuters reported on Oct. 3. Deepfake videos are produced
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Investment management company Stone Ridge is trying to register a new Bitcoin (BTC) futures offering with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).The new fund is called NYDIG Bitcoin Strategy Fund and describes itself as “a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company that continuously offers its shares,” with an
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Blocko, a South Korean blockchain provider, launched in the United Arab Emirates after securing $16 million in funding.Building full-scale enterprise blockchain solutionsOn Oct. 2, Middle Eastern business publication Arabian Business reported that Blocko has partnered with SEED Group, a member of the Private Office of Sheikh Saeed bin Ahmed
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The Austria-based company Danube Tech GmbH secured over $143K from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) for enabling interoperability between blockchains for multiple credential data formats.Implementing this new security functionality for blockchain will help the DHS to combat forgery and counterfeiting in immigration and citizenship
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Ripple, a San Francisco-based distributed ledger technology (DLT) project in charge of XRP, the third-largest cryptocurrency in existence by market cap, has acquired Algrim, an Icelandic cryptocurrency trading platform. The deal will enable Ripple to have a presence in Northern Europe, according to a blog post, September 30, 2019. Ripple Expands As
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The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has reached a settlement with Block.one to pay $24 million in penalties for conducting an unregistered initial coin offering (ICO).On Sept. 30, the SEC announced in a press release that it has settled the charges against the firm behind the EOS
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The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has awarded $143,478 to Vienna-based Danube Tech to develop blockchain security solutions.Silicon Valley Innovation ProgramOn Sept. 26, the United States DHS Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) announced in a press release that Danube Tech was awarded a contract to assist the
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Blockchain and artificial intelligence startup, Core Scientific has acquired Stax Digital to further develop its infrastructure and software solutions.Creator of HoneyminerIn a Sept. 27 press release, Core Scientific announced the acquisition of blockchain mining company Stax Digital, the creator of the most widely used GPU mining program, Honeyminer. Stax
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