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SAN FRANCISCO, UNITED STATES, June 1st, 2023, ChainwireWith BRC-30, OKX Wallet users will soon be able to stake BRC-20 tokens and Bitcoin to earn passive income on their digital assetsOKX, a leading Web3 company, today introduced its proposal for a new, open-source BRC-30 protocol that enables staking of BRC-20 tokens and Bitcoin in order to earn BRC-30 tokens. The protocol is open-source and available for all developers to build upon.OKX Wallet will add support for the BRC-30 standard according to the protocol, enabling users to earn passive income by staking BRC-20 tokens or Bitcoin on Web3 Earn without actively trading.…

In October 2021, the American actor Matt Damon appeared in a crypto.com advertisement. This ad created a ruffle in the industry for good and bad reasons. The promo, produced in a future scenario, encourages consumers to take their chances and join the bitcoin bandwagon utilising the platform’s services. Damon reminds viewers in the ad that “fortune favours the brave,” equating crypto investors to arctic explorers, the Wright brothers, and astronauts. Damon has now revealed why he starred in the commercial. Damon felt slightly embarrassed as he revealed his rationale for appearing in the ad to the Associated Press on March…

Recent report from Bank of America (BAC) stated that the Near protocol is one of a new wave of blockchains that are employing creative strategies to improve the “tradeoff between scalability, decentralisation, and security.” The report reflected that developers will likely be interested in blockchains like Near that expand functionality and reward development in the near future. The analysts from the bank reflected that, “Over the longer term, we expect blockchains that prioritise usability and effectively market themselves to gain market share by attracting a robust and diverse ecosystem of applications that drives adoption, network effects and cash flows.” The…

Silvergate, a bank known for its cryptocurrency-friendly policies, has announced that it will cease operations due to recent legislative and business changes. The holding company for Silvergate Bank, Silvergate Capital Corporation, issued a press statement on Wednesday stating that an orderly wind-down of the Bank activities and a voluntary liquidation of the Bank is the safest course of action. The bank will completely refund all deposits as part of its wind-down and liquidation process. As per the statement, the bank is considering the best ways to settle lawsuits and protect the remaining value of its assets, particularly its in-house technology…

The Chinese government’s proposal for a central bank digital currency (CBDC), also known as the “digital yuan” or “e-CNY,” has not generated much interest among Hong Kong residents. Only 625 individuals in Hong Kong acquired the digital yuan hard wallets in the first four days after they became available. The machines were set up in Shenzhen, the first place in China to offer physical wallets for digital yuan. These machines were configured to serve Hong Kong residents exclusively due to the city’s special status as a gateway from Hong Kong to mainland China.The initiative’s goal was to distribute 50,000 hard…

New York, United States, 6th October, 2022, ChainwireCozies, an immersive community-driven movement promoting a “Cozy” culture of living, has announced its first-ever Cozies NFT release is minting for October 10th at 10 am EST on its Cozies.io website. Inspired by lo-fi anime aesthetics, sci-fi, and streetwear culture, the Cozies collection is made up of ERC721A 10,000 NFTs, each intentionally crafted to reflect a Cozy futuristic reality.  As a Web3-native well-being brand, Cozies is aiming to empower and encourage NFT owners to expand on their character’s stories after they go on a journey of self-exploration. To achieve this, the team is…

Los Angeles, CA, 5th October, 2022, ChainwireTakeaways: A novel web3 social platform called Diamond is launching on DeSo, a new blockchain that has raised $200 million from Coinbase, Sequoia, and Andreessen Horowitz. Diamond is the first product ever to enable all posts, profiles, social graphs, and content to be hosted on a decentralized censorship-resistant blockchain. Posts on Diamond can be minted as NFTs, earn crypto tips, and other novel features.  Today, content is hosted on centralized platforms like Twitter, TikTok, or Instagram. Many thought leaders like Elon Musk and even Twitter founder Jack Dorsey call for an alternative. Recently, messages…

Lisbon, Portugal, 5th October, 2022, ChainwireTalent Protocol, the web3 professional community for high-potential builders, has acquired Agora Labs, a social token and NFT infrastructure platform for creators to build and scale their communities. The acquisition will not only integrate Agora’s tech stack and community into Talent Protocol, but also onboard its young talented founders, Matthew Espinoza (CEO) and Freeman (CTO) into the team.  Despite being only a year old, Talent Protocol saw this acquisition opportunity as another way of working towards its mission of supporting the builders of tomorrow. The startup – founded by Pedro Oliveira, Filipe Macedo and Andreas…

Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 5th October, 2022, ChainwireThe first edition of the Middle East Blockchain Awards will be held in Abu Dhabi in November 2022, to recognise and reward outstanding efforts within the fields of blockchain and Web 3.0 innovations. Hoko Agency Middle East will host the Awards, in association with Abu Dhabi Global Market’s flagship platform, Abu Dhabi Finance Week; and the Middle East, Africa and Asia Crypto and Blockchain Association (MEAACBA).   Frontrunners in the industry will be recognised through the Middle East Blockchain Awards (MEBA), with all nominations assessed by a panel of prestigious experts. Judges include: …

Zug, Switzerland, 5th October, 2022, ChainwireSwiss-based digital asset data and analytics Fintech, Nuant, is launching a platform that solves a critical industry-wide portfolio management problem for institutional funds invested in digital assets: namely data fragmentation from exchange accounts, on-chain wallets, custodial wallets, on-chain data and market data by providing a single unified hub to manage, monitor and make accurate data-driven investment decisions for digital asset portfolios. For the first time, funds will now have access to accurate on-chain and market data, metrics, analytics and compliance tools for all current holdings as well as potential new assets into a portfolio, in…

Willemstad, Curaçao, 4th October, 2022, ChainwireToday, BC.GAME announces the launch of its newly redesigned website with more and better features for its players. This is one of the many efforts of BC.GAME in order to continue giving the best experience and satisfaction to its players around the world.  BC.GAME Introduces a Newly Redesigned Website  The main website showcases a new UI layout with a cleaner and slicker design compared to the old version. Players can also select different languages if they want to translate the descriptions written on the site. Languages such as Portuguese, Indonesian, Russian, Vietnamese, Korean, and Spanish…

Los Angeles, CA, 3rd October, 2022, ChainwireTakeaways: Jack Dorsey and Elon Musk’s Messages call for a decentralized social media blockchain: DeSo could be the answer. Sam Bankman-Fried, Founder of FTX crypto exchange, also had a conversation about buying Twitter or creating a blockchain-based social network The DeSo Foundation just released its roadmap to decentralize social media The DeSo Foundation announces the release of their ambitious roadmap to decentralize social media and build The Social Layer of Web3. Milestones on the roadmap will be executed over the next 2 quarters to solve the major problem with social media today. “Most people…

Los Angeles, California, 3rd October, 2022, ChainwireA USDC integration with DeSo, a new blockchain that has raised $200 million from Coinbase, Sequoia, and Andreessen Horowitz, is launching next week The integration gives DeSo a financial bridge to millions of Ethereum users and DApps, giving them one-click access to end-to-end encrypted on-chain messaging and a full “Twitter-like” feature set The integration paves the way for DeSo to become a cross-chain social layer for all of web3 Today, social media is controlled by a handful of private corporations– but that could soon change as blockchains like DeSo begin to onboard millions of…

Singapore, Singapore, 28th September, 2022, Chainwire$INR is live on Huobi, after successful VC rounds and several strategic partnership announcements. Trading officially opened at 13:00 UTC today, September 28th and the project saw its token trending up from $0.22 to $0.44 within the first few hours. The listing is an important milestone for Inery on its journey to revolutionize how data is handled on the decentralized web. Inery, a decentralized data system envisioned to enable a new paradigm for data management, has been listed on Huobi exchange, one of the world’s leading crypto exchanges, supporting over 1000 trading pairs and more…

San Francisco, United States, 28th September, 2022, ChainwireSushi completes deployment to the Kava blockchain with a liquidity pool eligible for KAVA and SUSHI token rewards. Earlier this year, Kava shook up the L1 industry with its Ethereum Co-Chain launch, sparking the fastest growth of protocols on any blockchain in 2022. Today, tier-1 DeFi protocol Sushi combines its deployment to Kava with an up to $7M matching rewards plan alongside their elegantly redesigned Sushi 2.0 user interface. Providing liquidity to Sushi’s wKAVA/USDC pool deployed to the Kava EVM will be eligible for KAVA and SUSHI token rewards. Sushi’s deployment also enables…

London, United Kingdom, 27th September, 2022, ChainwireAfter a successful IDO and INO, Kitsumon is pleased to announce details of the highly anticipated NFT land sale in partnership with top gaming and NFT platforms, including; Babylons BalthazarDAO DareNFT ScottyBeam FantomStarter DAOLauncher Liquidifty GameStation Synapse Network Land in the Kitsumon metaverse is a key element for the MMORPG: Professions gameplay due to release in 2023. Professions will allow players to explore a massively multiplayer world where players can use their land to level up their character in 6 different roles, such as farming, cooking, fishing, mining, crafting and alchemy. A full overview…

Denver, Co, 26th September, 2022, ChainwireDeSo, a new blockchain-backed by Coinbase, Sequoia, and Andreessen Horowitz, has announced its integration with MetaMask. As a result, millions of Ethereum users can now enjoy one-click access to encrypted on-chain messaging and a full Twitter-like feature set. DeSo’s integration with the leading web3 wallet effectively turns MetaMask into a full-fledged decentralized social network. It also paves the way for DeSo to become the cross-chain social layer for all web3. DeSo Founder Nader Al-Naji said: “Existing blockchains cannot store content efficiently. It costs about $50 to store a 200-character Tweet on Ethereum and about fifteen…

Singapore, Singapore, 26th September, 2022, ChainwireDeFiChain, the world’s leading blockchain on the Bitcoin network dedicated to bringing decentralized financial applications and services to everyone, today announces the listing of its DFI token on Gate.io, one of the world’s leading cryptocurrency exchanges. This is a major step in DeFiChain’s mission to make DFI accessible to investors worldwide. Gate.io is one of the world’s biggest exchanges and supports the most cryptocurrencies of any exchange. The DFI token (ERC-20 version) will start trading on Gate.io at 10am UTC on September 26th. Initially, it will trade against USDT, though Gate.io could bring a DFI-BTC…

Tokyo, Japan, 26th September, 2022, ChainwireCROOZ, Inc. (Listed on Tokyo Stock Exchange Standard Market; Head office: Shibuya-Ku, Tokyo; CEO: Koji Obuchi; hereinafter: CROOZ) has announced that the blockchain game known as “PROJECT XENO” under development by CROOZ is going to collaborate with Floyd Mayweather Jr. who is a former professional boxing world champion in five weight classes.  Collaboration with Floyd Mayweather Jr. As announced earlier, the token that is published by EPOCH FACTORY and used in  “PROJECT XENO” is just about to be listed on the Cryptocurrency exchange “MEXC Global” on 3rd of Oct.   “PROJECT XENO” is going to…

Singapore, Singapore, 23rd September, 2022, ChainwireBinaryX, a GameFi development platform, announced today the launch of CyberChess, one of the first free-to-play, play-and-earn auto chess strategy games in the P2E dominant GameFi space. CyberChess offers people on Web3.0 new entry points into the world of GameFi.  $500,000 worth in BNX Prize Pool and Heroes Giveaway for CyberChess Launch To celebrate the launch, BinaryX will commence Season 1 of Ranked mode battles, where players will stand a chance to win up to $500,000 USD worth of prizes in the first 8 weeks of launch. Over the same period, BNX airdrops will be…

Zug, Switzerland, 22nd September, 2022, ChainwireUnveiling multiple technological breakthroughs, SupraOracles is excited to announce its novel cross-chain oracle infrastructure enabling highly accurate, robust data porting across a multitude of blockchains and DLTs with only 3-5 second finality. Now, with over 550+ signed integration partners, they’re officially announcing the launch of their Alpha testnet as they progress towards mainnet in early 2023. To jumpstart momentum, Supra has partnered with Dorahacks, the host of BNB Grants and BNB Global Hackathons, by sponsoring and providing its oracle service to over 4,000-5,000 developers worldwide. Developers interested in adding this new, institutional grade oracle to…

San Francisco, California, 21st September, 2022, ChainwireAs part of a drive to strengthen its contribution to the Nigerian economy, the Lekki Free Zone Development Company (LFZ) is in talks with Gluwa, a blockchain technology company. The pair are looking to partner and use blockchain to foster trade collaboration, growth, and sustainability among new and existing Free Zone enterprises. The partnership would also explore the creation of a Virtual Free Zone within the Lekki Free Zone. Lekki Free Zone’s Head of Strategy, Innovation & Special Projects, Mr. Tomiwa Idowu, has disclosed that discussions are ongoing between LZF, the Nigerian Export Processing…

San Francisco, United States / California, 20th September, 2022, ChainwireIf a Roole vehicle is reported stolen, millions of Nodle-enabled smartphones will work together to find the lost vehicle Vehicle theft is a common concern in Europe and Roole, a French automobile club, announced today their partnership with Nodle to help car owners trace and recover their cars. Nodle is a decentralized network of smartphones that work together to locate and connect smart objects, such as Bluetooth tags embedded within vehicles. Nodle users are rewarded with the NODL cryptocurrency in exchange for helping grow the mobile network and locating stolen vehicles.…

London, United Kingdom, 23rd September, 2022, ChainwireKitsumon has announced the launch of its Breeding Mainnet, showing the significant progress made by the game project since its testnet announcement back on the 14th of June 2022, and hundreds of users testing this Gameplay aspect within this period of time also, which is now available. The Breeding Mainnet allows players the full capability to create “Hybrid Kitsus”, which are the combination of two Kitsu creature NFTs. The offspring created inherits genetic elements through Digital DNA technology, providing over 17 trillion possible outcomes. Players can get their hands on Egg NFTs through Kitsumon’s…

Sheridan, United States, 20th September, 2022, ChainwireCoinshift’s native integration of Superfluid Protocol allows DAOs and web3 businesses to automate payroll with money streams, saving HR managers time and cognitive effort Coinshift, the leading treasury management and infrastructure platform that enables DAOs and web3 businesses to manage treasury operations securely and efficiently, is pleased to announce its native integration of Superfluid Protocol   (“Superfluid”) within its V2 Dashboard is now live. Coinshift’s native integration of Superfluid allows users to create, view, manage & edit real-time money streams directly from the Coinshift dashboard, enabling them to put web3 payroll on autopilot. As programmable…

Seattle, Washington, United States, 20th September, 2022, ChainwirePeer Inc., a metaverse technology company, has entered a new partnership with Seattle-based innovation agency Fresh Consulting. Peer will be working with Fresh to deliver on its vision of a gamified digital layer on top of the world, and support its mission to bring people and content into the metaverse. Fresh will provide an elite team of engineers, developers, designers, and strategists who build innovative end-to-end solutions for some of the world’s largest tech companies.  “AR is eating the metaverse,” said Tony Tran, CEO & CTO, Peer Inc. “We were searching for a…

Singapore, Singapore, 20th September, 2022, ChainwireOn September 13, 2022, the leading blockchain ecosystem TRON and the APENFT Foundation jointly announced their plan to launch the game “City of Origin” on The Sandbox Metaverse’s Draft Gallery. This game was created by blockchain technology service provider MetaFrontier and metaverse design studio MetaBaka. Phase I construction of the game has been completed. By entering through the Game Maker Gallery, users can explore the virtual city, and enjoy the magnificent landscapes and unspeakable wonders. Phase II of the game will focus on the development of the in-depth game experience. Users can discover various kinds…

Singapore, Singapore, 19th September, 2022, ChainwireInery, a decentralized data system, announces the official listing of its token on Huobi Exchange is set to go live on September 28, 2022. Huobi Exchange is one of the world’s leading crypto exchanges, supporting over 1000 trading pairs and more than 600 cryptocurrencies. Inery takes a different approach to decentralizing data and data management for both Web2 and Web3 companies while streamlining the shift to the decentralized web.  Inery ecosystem is curated to enable decentralized data management by integrating blockchain functionalities like immutability, security, and owner-controlled data assets with the distributed database properties to…

ZUG, SWITZERLAND, 19th September, 2022, ChainwireThe GRN Association announced today that it has secured an investment totaling $50M for the GRNGrid project from GEM Digital Limited, a venture capital focused on digital currencies. About GRNGrid GRNGrid is an environmentally friendly, scalable, and stable Layer 1 blockchain, with novel DeFi features. On GRNGrid, users have the choice to only use nodes running exclusively on renewable energy for their transactions. GRNGrid’s renewable energy partners, who specialize in data center and hosting facilities, have shown keen interest in running Grid’s nodes as validators. With their help, the company can kickstart the availability, speed,…

Buenos Aires, Argentina, 8th September, 2022, ChainwireBC.GAME, the award-winning crypto casino, and the Argentine Football Association (AFA)  have entered into a global sponsorship agreement. The deal will open an international pathway for both brands to reach a broader audience and drive synergies between the organizations and casino players.  Fans and players from around the world will be able to enjoy the varied entertainment that BC.GAME has to offer. The crypto casino will support the Argentine national team during the coming months including its Qatar World Cup games. Famous players like Lionel Messi, Paulo Dybala, and Angel Di Maria will connect…