Earth Day: A closer look at crypto projects that make the world a greener place
Earth Day, a 52-year-old tradition celebrated annually on April 22, provides an opportune moment for the world’s citizens to reflect upon their environmental progress, as well as rally support for political policy-making, cultural climate awareness and individual commitments to sustainability. The emergence of blockchain and Web3 has provided the core architecture for a structural remodeling […]
HBAR Foundation launches $100M climate-focused impact fund, declaring DOVU as inaugural grantee
The HBAR Foundation, a philanthropic and independent subsidiary of distributed ledger firm Hedera Hashgraph, has announced the launch of the environmentally-conscious Sustainable Impact Fund (SIF), conceived to foster the development of climate-conscious solutions within the Hedera ecosystem. The first recipient, a Welsh blockchain company called DOVU, will be granted $100 million to pursue their open-source Guardian […]
Hedera Governing Council to buy hashgraph IP, and open-source projects code
The Hedera Governing Council has officially voted to purchase the intellectual property rights to the hashgraph consensus algorithm from founding architect and inaugural member of the council, Swirlds Inc, for an undisclosed fee. A Jan. 19 announcement also details plans to transition their code to an open-source model this year under Apache 2.0 license, in […]
Hedera and Korea's Shinhan Bank partner on KRW stablecoin pilot
South Korea’s Shinhan Bank and Hedera Hashgraph (HBAR) have completed a proof of concept that is designed to conduct international remittances using stablecoins on the Hedera Network. The new proof of concept by South Korea’s Shinhan Bank for remittances can send money internationally within seconds for a fraction of a cent on the Hedera Network. […]
Nifty News: GameStop’s NFT market, NBA star LaMelo ‘mints career’ on NFTs … and more
It appears that “r/wallstreetbets” favorite meme stock company GameStop is in the process of developing its own NFT marketplace. Oh wow, @GameStop is launching an NFT platform https://t.co/3lkqgJTiwS pic.twitter.com/3BT1Szo9qJ — Brad Michelson (@BradMichelson) May 25, 2021 While an official announcement hasn’t been made, the gaming giant appears to have launched a website named “nft.gamestop” — […]
Top movers review: Terra (LUNA), VeChain (VET) and Hedera Hashgraph
While Bitcoin (BTC) and major altcoins tend to garner most of the attention from investors, there are several projects that aim to bring greater decentralization, transparency, accountability and financial inclusion to society and businesses. For the past few months, Cointelegraph has been identifying such projects extensively and several of the tokens recently highlighted have seen […]
Hedera makes inroads in Africa as Standard Bank Group becomes node operator
Standard Bank Group — Africa’s largest bank by assets — has partnered with enterprise-grade distributed ledger technology project Hedera Hashgraph. According to a joint announcement, the African banking giant now joins other major corporations like Google, LG, and IBM as a member of the Hedera Governing Council. Standard Bank will also become a Hedera node […]