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Despite the ongoing onslaught of Coronavirus on economies worldwide, several blockchain and crypto platforms have made notable developments. Band Protocol, the decentralized Oracle platform for Web 3.0 applications, recently announced its progress updates in 2020. Band Protocol in a blog post threw more light on its activities in March. It mentioned improvements made on its Cosmos blockchain, its testnet launch,...

Ever since the start of 2020, Energi has been reveling us with promising development initiatives. And when Energi 3.0 got officially launched, it created an instant buzz in the crypto community. Surely, you may still have unanswered questions about the various aspects of the launch. We bring you additional insights about Energi Gen 3 migration, wallet, staking, masternodes, and...

Global cryptocurrency exchange, Poloniex, has announced the creation of LaunchBase, a new token launching platform to help quality blockchain projects grow and further develop their ecosystem. According to the announcement, the new initiative will help promote Poloniex's mission to facilitate the growth and development of its blockchain community. https://twitter.com/poloniex/status/1246784679652532224?s=21 Poloniex's LaunchBase has selected its first project a TRON-based stablecoin lending platform called...

Zcoin's Project Steward, Reuben Yap gave a video briefing on what has been happening behind the scenes on the Zcoin project. Reuben Yap's Zcoin Update video was uploaded on their official YouTube channel on 25 March. Yap talked on various issues in the blockchain industry, several that concern Zcoin and its customers. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=61AQfX6HIdg Here are the main highlights from the video: Blockchain amid...

Decentralization is good. Removing power from central parties is excellent. Privacy is welcome. However, there is still a problem that might hinder adoption! It is regarding cybersecurity. Andreas M. Antonopoulos famously said, “not your keys not your coins.” There are so many projects, so many ways to store your crypto. You might store it in a decentralized blockchain wallet. Your...

All aboard the Steem train as we bring in updates from Splinterlands. Splinterlands continues to amaze! More than 11 million games were played with cards worth over $4 million. Take a look at one of the most successful crypto games and how Steem has brought it this far. Game Introduction Splinterlands is a decentralized collectible card game. Similarly to Hearthstone and Magic: the...

Almost a decade ago, the first distributed, decentralized and public ledger came into being. We are talking about the Bitcoin phenomenon. As it rose to fame for offering anonymity and privacy, blockchains like Ethereum, Ripple, Hyperledger, and Quorum mushroomed. But now, the excitement for newer blockchains is growing. Part of the problem Ethereum and Bitcoin face is to do with...

The CEO of Binance, Changpeng Zhao (CZ) has disclosed that his crypto exchange platform has donated over $2.4 million in the fight against the Coronavirus pandemic. The Binance CEO was speaking in an ask-me-anything (AMA) session on Friday. He revealed that his company's charity arm, Binance Charity Foundation (BCF), had donated crypto to purchase COVID-19 medical supplies. https://twitter.com/binance/status/1245909347147767808?s=21 He added that the...

Chiliz has released a full and detailed recap of the latest keynote of its CEO, Alex Dreyfus, on Tuesday.  The release of the recap was also announced via an official tweet. In the keynote, Dreyfus talked at length about the present situation of blockchain and sports in light of the current COVID-19 pandemic. https://twitter.com/chiliz/status/1245272931489452034?s=21 COVID-19: A threat or an opportunity? According to...

COVID-19 seems to have bought the world to a screeching halt. But then there are projects like Cardano that continue to forge ahead with full swing. However, social distancing did not stop the project team from going live with its much talked about Byron reboot.  And there is a lot more happening in the background as we learned from...