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The NEO Foundation and Ontology Foundation have joined forces to improve the development of API standardization, a sharing ecosystem of smart contracts, building open standards for smart contracts, and cross-chain technology innovation. Following the MoU signed earlier in May, the two projects announced on the 24th of May that they had contributed RMB 4 Million […]

Do you have an idea or dApp that you think could drive the future of blockchain technology? Do you know your way around EOSIO’s C++ API? Then Block.one and EOS are looking for you. The EOS Global Hackathon is the latest venture for the team behind EOS – the world’s fifth largest cryptocurrency by market cap. This […]

VeChain’s token rose 5% after an announcement from the VeChain Foundation unveiling a new development plan and whitepaper. The blockchain-based product ID and supply chain management platform’s release details upcoming partnerships, a new governance model, and the future of the VeChain project. Announced on Twitter on May 20, the new development plan and whitepaper identifies […]

Jack Ma, executive chairman and founder of Chinese tech juggernaut Alibaba, stated while he’s bullish about blockchain technology, Bitcoin is in a bubble. Speaking at a forum at the second World Intelligence Congress held in Tianjin on the 16th of May, the Alibaba Group Holding Ltd founder — who holds a personal fortune estimated at […]

Despite its ban on cryptocurrency, China is now publishing a monthly blockchain index. China’s Center for Industry Information Development (CCID) has published a May 17 report ranking 28 prominent blockchains, with the Ethereum “World Supercomputer” taking first place and Steem a close second. The Global Public Blockchain Technology Assessment Index arguably reflects the findings of […]

Canaan Creative, the world’s second-largest makers of Bitcoin mining rigs, submitted an application yesterday to go public in Hong Kong, according to various media reports. While the initial public offering (IPO) size and timing has yet to be announced to the public, a source told Bloomberg that the public offering could raise around $1 billion […]

Unfazed by the market’s recent up-turn, NEO’s value has stagnated in spite of the blockchain’s rapid advancement. As the smart contract platform of the world’s most populous country, one might be surprised by its modest position at 11th place by market cap ($4.4 billion). Picking up the pieces of Q1’s correction, Ethereum has recovered to […]

Wanchain has continued to steadily develop its platform with the goal of providing a private cross-chain smart contract ecosystem that enabling a confidential distributed financial infrastructure. WCN’s recent listing on Huobi, the world 3rd largest exchange, saw the network significantly increase its average trading volume with coin currently sitting as one of the exchanges top […]

Despite ICO and crypto exchange bans, Chinese public support for blockchain applications persists. According to Bloomberg, starting May 11, Huawei Technologies will be offering Chinese users access to a Bitcoin wallet through their native AppGallery. Huawei Partners with BTC.com BTC.com, owner of the world’s largest Bitcoin mining pool and subsidiary of Bitmain, has partnered with Huawei […]

Qtum has experienced a bullish past month of growth. The young project has exhibited a series of healthy leaps after the launch of its first-of-a-kind “cryptogame,” Heroes. Sitting just shy of a $2 billion market cap, Qtum has done remarkably well to slink under the radar of most — yet its recent performance would suggest this […]

Can China’s Mother of All Chains (MOAC) outperform the world’s second largest cryptocurrency? As one of the first cryptocurrencies to launch, Ethereum has since revolutionized the blockchain industry through its introduction of dApps and smart contracts – which have been used to launch countless ICOs worldwide. But recently, Ethereum has dealt with issues in efficiency […]

Formerly known as Antshares, NEO is reinventing commerce with blockchain technology by creating a smart economy in which businesses and governments will be able to digitize assets and automate their management. Often referred to as the “Chinese Ethereum,” NEO is a distributed network that combines digital assets, digital identities, and smart contracts. This Chinese cryptocurrency has […]

Alibaba Group, the conglomerate responsible for China’s largest e-commerce platform, has seen rapid expansion into neighboring markets growing at an incredible rate. As part of a recent forward-leaning development strategy, Alibaba has formed The IoT Connectivity Alliance, which now includes logistics-based blockchain project Waltonchain. Since the release of its first online marketplace in 1999, Alibaba […]

Interoperability is the focus of many projects within the blockchain ecosystem at the moment, with several platforms developing solutions that will facilitate communication and the transfer of assets between disparate blockchains. The Bytom project, however, isn’t aiming for mere cross-chain interoperability — instead, Bytom aims to connect the digital and “atomic” worlds, bringing off-chain assets […]

2018’s bearish bloodbath took a heavy toll on the market cap of many tokens, but the defiant Ontology project has bucked the trend. Married to the success of its big brother NEO, ONT’s show-stopping growth has turned heads market-wide. Having premiered in early March, ONT has screamed its way into the hall of fame, with […]

The Chinese search engine Baidu launched its blockchain stock photo service to help protect intellectual property in China. The stock photo service is named Totem and went live earlier this week. Totem uses a blockchain network to timestamp and verify submissions for each photograph. The originator’s name is stored and associated with each image using […]

The NEO Council, which oversees the NEO blockchain framework, posted its monthly update for February and March. The month saw the conclusion of the first NEO development competition, which was co-organized with Microsoft China, updates to NEO’s consensus nodes on TestNet, and the collaboration with various charities and community hackathons throughout Asia and Europe. The […]

South Korean exchange, Bithumb, has given VeChain a new set of legs, spurring on an unlikely price rally amongst a bloody sea of red. The South Korean exchange welcomed VET with a brazen show of support for the product management platform, using it as a rewards mechanism to seduce new users. Unlocking the gates to […]