• Bison Trails supports NEAR Protocol
    NEAR co-founder Illia Polosukhin explains the difference between proof-of-authority and proof of stake (Photo: NEAR)
    Technology

    Bison Trails unveils support for Ethereum competitor NEAR Protocol

    The partnership’s goal is to provide developers the tools to build blockchain-based apps that are easier to use

    June 9, 2020 /

    Consumer-friendly blockchain platform NEAR Protocol unveiled a key partnership today that it said will make it easier to build fast, decentralized apps offering predictable transaction fees.

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  • Levey to lead Libra
    Stuart Levey's goal as CEO of the Libra Association is to calm its critics (Photo: Libra Association)
    Cryptocurrencies,  People,  Politics

    Stuart Levey to lead Libra Association, comfort critics

    A top HSBC executive and Treasury Department official in charge of financial crimes and sanctions, a big part of the new CEO’s role is to reassure central bankers, regulators, and elected officials

    May 6, 2020 /

    By hiring Stuart Levey the Facebook-founded Libra Association is announcing that compliance—with central bankers, financial regulators, tax authorities, and criminal and intelligence investigators—will be a prime driver as it moves forward.

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  • DApp platform NEAR
    NEAR Protocol wants to make open web DApps quick and easy to build (Photo: Pixabay)
    Cryptocurrencies,  Technology

    Open Web DApp platform NEAR completion

    Andreessen Horowitz led a $21.6 million funding round for NEAR Protocol, a platform that allows decentralized applications to tokenize anything from game assets to stock certificates

    May 5, 2020 /

    The funding round announced on May 4 will enable Switzerland-based NEAR to continue developing a platform that enables decentralized application builders to write, test, and deploy their DApps in a matter of minutes.

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  • Chris Dixon and Katie Haun's new $515 million war chest has been imaginatively named 'Crypto Fund II'
    People,  Technology

    Andreessen Horowitz sets out bold vision for second crypto fund worth $515M

    Transforming archaic payment systems and changing the way creators monetize content appear to be the main things on a16z’s agenda

    April 30, 2020 /

    Andreessen Horowitz announced today that it has managed to raise $515 million in order to launch its second crypto fund—substantially more than the $450 million it was reportedly aiming for back in mid-April.

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