GoodFi coalition adds 22 industry leaders to help attract 100M to DeFi

The decentralized finance coalition has onboarded 22 leaders from 19 teams to help further its mission of bringing 100 million people into DeFi by 2025. Non-profit decentralized finance alliance, GoodFi, has announced the addition of 22 DeFi industry leaders to its newly formed Board of Advisors including representatives from many of the sector’s top projects.It’s also launched a website to hook new users up with appropriate DeFi protocols.

MoneyGram Goes Bitcoin After Ending Partnership With Ripple

Major US money transfer company MoneyGram has teamed up with bitcoin (BTC) kiosk business Coinme to facilitate buying and selling this most popular cryptocurrency with cash through a network comprising thousands of new point-of-sale locations in the US and select foreign markets this year. Alex Holmes, Chairman and CEO of MoneyGram, said in a statement that the alliance

Much DAO: Open DeFi unveils DAO to support the entire ecosystem

Open DeFi’s new DAO will be community governed through a governance token. Decentralized finance alliance, Open DeFi, has announced it will create a decentralized autonomous organization, or DAO, to support its vision for an open and global cross-chain DeFi ecosystem. The alliance launched in late 2020 with the goal of bringing together Western and Eastern DeFi projects and has since seen some of the sector’s top projects join its ranks including as Aave, Synthetix and Balancer. The responsibilities of the Open DeFi DAO, or OD DAO, will include launching DeFi products across multiple layer-one networks, and exploring multi-chain applications for emerging decentralized assets, including data tokens and nonfungible tokens. The DAO will also incubate early-stage protocols and infrastructure, and seek to “generate long-term value through community-based strategies.” Open DeFi’s Marek Laskowski stated: “The goal of Open DAO is to develop a truly integrated multi-chain DeFi ecosystem that will open up liquid markets and establish a new operating system for finance.

Bonded.Finance partners with Luna PR

Bonded.Finance has announced a strategic alliance with Luna PR, a global public relations and marketing firm, to partner in all marketing-related initiatives. The Bonded platform was created to dep The post Bonded.Finance partners with Luna PR appeared first on AMBCrypto.

Deutsche Telekom invests in mobile DeFi platform Celo

Deutsche Telekom has become the first telecom firm to join the Celo Alliance for Prosperity.

Leading Bitcoin Payments Processor Bitpay Joins Crypto Patent Alliance COPA

The world’s largest provider of cryptocurrency payment services, Bitpay has announced the company is joining the Square-founded crypto patent effort the Crypto Open Patent Alliance (COPA).

German software developer donated $1.2M in 'undeserved' Bitcoin to political party

"The donor has made it clear to us that he sees these profits as undeserved wealth," said a spokesperson for the country's Greens party. A German national who reportedly sees his Bitcoin profits as "undeserved wealth" has donated more than $1 million to the country’s green political party. According to Hamburg-based news outlet Die Zeit, Moritz Schmidt, a software developer from the northeastern town of Greifswald, has sent one million euro — roughly $1.2 million — to Germany’s green party, known as The Greens or Alliance 90.

Civil Lawsuit Against Craig Wright Wants High Court to Rule Against His Bitcoin White Paper Claims

The Crypto Open Patent Alliance (COPA), a bitcoin industry working group focused on patent laws, has filed a civil lawsuit in the UK against Craig Wright.

COPA Challenges Craig Wright in a Legal Battle Over Bitcoin Whitepaper

Craig Wright. Source: a video screenshot, Youtube, CoinGeek Based on their interaction with the controversial Australian computer scientist and Bitcoin SV (BSV) proponent, Craig Wright, the payments company Square-backed alliance seems to be ready for what might be a legal fight over Wright's copyright claims to the Bitcoin (BTC) whitepaper. The Cryptocurrency Open Patent Alliance (COPA) is

COPA Sues Self-Declared Bitcoin Founder Craig Wright

Cryptocurrency Open Patent Alliance (COPA), an initiative created by Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s payment company Square, has moved to sue Craig Wright over the Bitcoin white paper.

Free TON DeFi Alliance to Lead the Decentralized Finance Ecosystem Growth of TON Blockchain

The Free TON DeFi Alliance creates the necessary infrastructure to attract and maintain strong teams and projects, attracts liquidity from other projects to Free TON and creates partnerships with major companies with large amounts of liquidity and/or a large number of transactions.

Alliance of major firms aims to reduce crypto's carbon footprint

One of the group's long-term goals involves transitioning all of the world’s blockchains to 100% renewable energy by 2025. A group of more than 20 firms comprising crypto, finance, technology, energy, and non-government organizations has banded together to focus on the environmental impact of cryptocurrency. In an announcement today, the Crypto Climate Accord — reportedly inspired by the 195-signatory Paris Climate Agreement — said it aims to address the "large and growing energy consumption of cryptocurrency and blockchain, and the climate impact of their energy use." Launched by nonprofits Energy Web Foundation, the Rocky Mountain Institute, and the Alliance for Innovative Regulation, the group’s partners include high-profile firms in the crypto space like blockchain-based payments company Ripple, Canadian mining firm Hut 8, digital asset investment firm CoinShares, Ethereum software company Consensys, and others.

Coinbase and Square lead new crypto lobbying effort

The Crypto Council for Innovation is looking to lead the charge for sensible cryptocurrency regulations around the world. Major stakeholders in the cryptocurrency scene, like Coinbase and Square, have formed an alliance to better relate with policymakers and regulators on the subject of crypto regulations. They are joined by other major players in the cryptocurrency scene, such as Fidelity Digital Assets and crypto-focused investment firm Paradigm. Dubbed the Crypto Council for Innovation, the CCI aims to facilitate constructive dialogue with governments and regulatory agencies about the benefits of cryptocurrencies, according to the details published on the group’s website. An excerpt from the CCI’s website reads: “CCI supports governments and institutions worldwide in efforts to shape and encourage the responsible regulation of crypto in a way that unlocks potential and improves lives.” According to the CCI, effective communication with regulatory stakeholders will help to separate “fact from perception” as far as cryptocurrencies are concerned. Indeed, anti-crypto rhetorics espoused by regulators around the world often echo misrepresentations about the crypto industry.

New Crypto Lobbyist, Facebook Payments, Grayscale's Chainlink + More News

Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news. Regulation news The Crypto Council for Innovation (CCI) announced their launch today, stating that their mission is "to unlock the transformational promise of crypto." CCI is a new alliance convened by

GreenBond Meter Coin: Backed by Natural Capital, Seeks to Reduce Carbon Footprint

[PRESS RELEASE – Please Read Disclaimer] The GreenBond Meter initiative arises from the strategic alliance of three companies, Heimdall Technologies OÜ (Estonia), Nideport S.A.

US Treasury’s Proposed Crypto Wallet Rule Is Unconstitutional, Warns Civil Rights Group

The New Civil Liberties Alliance has objected to FinCEN’s proposed crypto wallet rule, calling it “unlawful.” In addition, the group says that the US Treasury’s “planned ‘crackdown’ on cryptocurrency holders’ private wallets is an unconstitutional power grab.” FinCEN’s Proposed Crypto Wallet Rule Is Unlawful, Says NCLA The New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA), a nonpartisan, nonprofit […]

eGirls in the C-Suite: The ‘simposium’ storming crypto venture capital

What do you get when you cross a cat, a Pokemon, and an Iron Age warrior? A venture capital fund, of course! One of the toughest puzzles in crypto is figuring out what to take seriously.  On Friday, the DeFi Alliance — a decentralized finance startup incubator and accelerator — announced a list of 11 new members.

Recur raises $5 million for perpetual cross-platform NFT royalties

A seed round in a new NFT platform is a promising step towards universal NFT royalties Can a new non-fungible token (NFT) platform finally solve the problem of ecosystem-wide royalties? NFT platform Recur announced on Thursday a $5 million seed round led by the DeFi Alliance, Delphi Digital, Ethereum co-founder Joe Lubin, and Gemini, among others.

OKCoin Joins Square's Crypto Patent Alliance

The cryptocurrency exchange joins prominent members such as Coinbase, Square, and Blockstream in the fight against patent trolling.

This Radix-Inspired Alliance Wants to Bring DeFi to 100 Million New Users

Decentralized finance has shown the 1% that the masses do not have to remain subjugated to the wills of the financial ruling class.

Chinese lottery service 500.com acquires Bitcoin mining pool BTC.com

Chinese sports lottery service 500.com has entered a share exchange agreement to acquire maror Bitcoin mining pool BTC.com. Chinese sports lottery service 500.com has acquired a major Bitcoin (BTC) mining pool, BTC.com. 500.com has entered into a share exchange agreement with Blockchain Alliance Technologies Holding Company in the Cayman Islands, according to a Feb.

Chainlink, Aave, Messari and others launch GoodFi crypto alliance

GoodFi claims to be the first cryptocurrency alliance focused on furthering education and research into decentralized finance.

Crypto Patent Alliance Questions Craig Wright’s White Paper Copyright Claim

Back in January, the notorious Craig Wright who claims to be Satoshi Nakamoto had his lawyers send letters to a number of websites like bitcoin.org telling them to remove the Bitcoin white paper hosted on their web portals.

Colombian Banks to Work with Exchanges on Year-long Crypto Pilot

Colombian banks are set to form an unlikely alliance, with some of the nation’s biggest crypto exchanges set to work together on a cryptoasset transactions pilot. Per Semana, the pilot will, in most cases see crypto exchanges join forces with a bank to test how financial institutions can use crypto to conduct transactions – and whether it can indeed speed

Tron, NEM, Zcash Price Analysis: 19 January

As Bitcoin closed in on the $37,000-mark, the altcoin market looked to move in alliance with the king coin.

DEXs launch ‘L2 Squared’ alliance to promote Ethereum scalability

DeversiFi and Loopring partner up to improve scalability solutions based on layer two technology. Layer two decentralized exchanges Loopring and DeversiFi are joining forces by forming a committee dedicated to promoting usage of layer two solutions, named “L2 Squared” or just L². Announced on Monday, the alliance wants to ease the transition for users into these higher performance on-chain exchanges.

Coinbase becomes a founding member of Square’s crypto patent group

Coinbase will help COPA on its journey of defending against patent overreach. The Cryptocurrency Open Patent Alliance, or COPA, headed up by finance company Square, recently picked up Coinbase as a cornerstone participant.

Polkadot launches DeFi alliance with Chainlink and will let 1000 nodes bloom

Polkadot is making moves to expand its ecosystem, announcing a new DeFi Alliance alongside a new support program for validators. Polkadot has become the latest Ethereum competitor to launch a decentralized finance alliance. Announced on Dec.

Polkadot DeFi Alliance Formed By Key Teams

Disclaimer: The text below is a press release that was not written by Cryptonews.com. Alliance to organize and promote discussions around crucial topics for DeFi on Polkadot Initial membership to include core parachain, oracle, and application builders December 3rd, 2020, Polkadot Decoded: While the excitement around the Polkadot Network’s potential for Decentralized Finance has been palpable

Alliance Bernstein Tells Clients Bitcoin Has a Role in Asset Allocation

Alliance Bernstein has told its clients that bitcoin has a role in investment portfolios.

World's first tradable carbon token launched by Universal Protocol alliance

The Universal Protocol Alliance [UPA] which included prominent blockchain companies like Bittrex Global, Ledger, CertiK, InfiniGold, and Uphold launched the Universal Carbon [UPCO2] on a public blockc The post World's first tradable carbon token launched by Universal Protocol alliance appeared first on AMBCrypto.

Universal Protocol Alliance introduces tradable carbon token

“Combine a digital asset with a rainforest carbon offset and give everyone in the world access." An alliance of crypto firms is introducing tokenized carbon credits for individuals to offset the amount of carbon dioxide they contribute.  According to a Dec.

Shotguns, dragons, and Doctor Who: The Blockchain Game Alliance's Game Demo Day

The two-part Game Demo Day event highlighted the diversity and innovation in the blockchain gaming sector. For an industry starved of end-users, few apples look juicier to the blockchain world than gaming.

Ripple Joins Business Alliance Advocating ‘Safe and Accessible’ US Election

Blockchain payments startup Ripple has joined an alliance comprising of almost 1,000 major US companies and CEOs calling for calm and fairness in Tuesday's presidential election.

Paxful launches crypto debit card in Mexico

The debit card was made possible thanks to an alliance with a Spanish neobank Bitcoin (BTC) P2P marketplace Paxful has partnered with Spanish neobank Bnext to launch its first crypto debit card in Mexico. The partnership will allow Paxful’s Mexican customers to use their crypto funds to pay with a debit card in any national and foreign point-of-sale, or PoS, and even withdraw cash from ATMs without fees. Bnext customers will also have direct access to the P2P marketplace to buy and sell crypto.

East meets West as eight top projects join global DeFi alliance

Eight of the western world’s top DeFi projects have joined an industry consortium that is supported by a Shanghai science and technology institution. The Open DeFi Alliance has announced the launch of a western arm and onboarding of eight new member firms.

Mysterium Network, Sentinel Launch dVPN Alliance to Make Internet Users ‘Untraceable, Unblockable and Unhackable’

Web 3 projects Mysterium Network and Sentinel have today launched an alliance which aims to protect online users from personal data hacks, cybercrime and surveillance.

Binance Alliance With Japanese Crypto Platform Abandoned

A potential partnership between Binance and TaoTao fell through, 10 months after first being revealed.

European Commission to launch blockchain regulatory sandbox by 2022

Crypto and blockchain regulations seem to have become a top priority in the EU. The European Commission in collaboration with the 30-country alliance called the European Blockchain Partnership (EBP) plans to launch a pan-European blockchain regulatory sandbox by 2022. Per an update to the official webpage for the commission’s Digital Innovation and Blockchain team on Sep.

VeChain Joins Leading Health and Safety Alliance in China, Will Be Sole Blockchain Provider

Enterprise blockchain platform VeChain is joining hands with the China Animal Health and Food Safety Alliance (CAFA) to become the consortium’s sole blockchain provider.

This DeFi Group Wants to Bring Maturity to the Yield Farming Craze

The Chicago DeFi Alliance, launched in April 2020, is now poised to help members profit from yield farming and the liquidity mining craze.

Binance’s US arm joins Chicago DeFi alliance

Binance’s interest in DeFi expands globally. The United States arm of Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange,  has entered a major organization focused on decentralized finance, or DeFi. According to a Sept.

VeChain to Supply Blockchain Tech for Chinese Food Safety Group That Includes McDonald’s

The VeChain Foundation has become the first blockchain-based entity to join the China Animal Health and Food Safety Alliance (CAFA) and will work with members to trace supply chains in the country.

VeChain offers services to 130 firms in China as food safety alliance member

The platform plans to assist in "building a from-farm-to-table traceability system" across China. The VeChain Foundation has joined the China Animal Health And Food Safety Alliance as a council member.  According to a Sept.

Curve, Aave, Synthetix and 7 others join Global DeFi Alliance

Huobi's Global DeFi Alliance has announced 10 new members, including sector heavyweights Aave, Curve Finance, and Synthetix.

Hong Kong’s BTC association pushes ‘Bitcoin Tram’ ad campaign

Another massive Bitcoin ad rolls out in Hong Kong, urging citizens to “be their own bank.” The Bitcoin Association of Hong Kong, a major local alliance promoting crypto awareness and education, is launching the “Bitcoin Tram” ad campaign in Hong Kong; one of the world’s main global financial centres. According to a Sept.

Square Inc. Launches Alliance for Crypto and Blockchain Companies to Fight Patent Trolls

Square has announced that it has successfully launched COPA to empower blockchain and crypto companies and to protect them from patent hoarding trolls.

Square launches cryptocurrency patent alliance to fight the trolls

Square is launching a consortium to pool patents and democratize access to innovative blockchain technologies Square, the US-based financial services company headed by Twitter’s Jack Dorsey, is establishing a consortium to fight patent trolling and ensure open access to technology in the crypto sector. The ‘Cryptocurrency Open Patent Alliance’ (COPA) seeks to democratize access to innovative technologies in the crypto sector, asserting that “open access to patents covering foundational cryptocurrency technologies is necessary for the community to grow, freely innovate, and build new and better products.” Square is putting all of our crypto patents into a new non-profit org we’re calling the Crypto Open Patent Alliance, which will maintain a shared patent library to help the crypto community defend against patent aggressors and trolls.

Square calls for open patent alliance in crypto communities 

Chief Executive Officer of Twitter, Jack Dorsey today announced in a blog about the launch of a Cryptocurrency Open Patent Alliance (COPA), a non-profit meant to address the concerns regarding the off The post Square calls for open patent alliance in crypto communities  appeared first on AMBCrypto.

Square Aims to Stop Patent Trolls From Killing ‘Bitcoin Adoption’

The alliance aims to minimize litigation and ward off patent trolls by bringing together crypto companies large and small.

Square Forms Group to Stop Patent Hoarding From Stifling Crypto Innovation

Square said the Cryptocurrency Open Patent Alliance (COPA) will allow companies to access and share tech innovations with one another.

Minecraft is set to launch its own NFTs before the year is out

This will be made possible thanks to an alliance between a number of top industry players. Minecraft, a best-selling game and worldwide phenomenon, is about to make its debut in the non-fungible token, or NFT, business thanks to a partnership between two players in the blockchain industry. According to the announcement, Japanese crypto exchange Coincheck and blockchain asset issuer Enjin have entered into a deal with Minecraft’s parent company, Mojang Studios, which will allow them to create NFTs for the popular game.

New DeFi alliance to connect Eastern and Western DeFi markets

The Chinese government is supporting a new global DeFi association. Amid the ongoing craze around decentralized finance, or DeFi, a blockchain startup in China is launching a global DeFi initiative. Conflux Network, a permissionless blockchain startup, has launched a new DeFi-focused association focused on international cooperation of major industry players. Called “Open DeFi,” the new alliance aims to connect Eastern and Western DeFi markets, uniting China-based blockchain leaders and global DeFi startups to streamline cross-border market growth, sustainability and innovation.  According to a Sept.

DeFi Alliance to Bridge Western, Asian Crypto Markets Launches

Open DeFi is a consortium to help the East meet the West.

Binance and Oasis Labs launch intelligence sharing platform for exchanges

Binance and Oasis Labs are building a platform to facilitate threat intelligence sharing among exchanges. The world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance, has teamed up with privacy-centric blockchain-powered cloud computing developers Oasis Labs to fight fraud in the crypto sector. Oasis was announced as the inaugural member and primary infrastructure provider for the Binance-led CryptoSafe Alliance on August 27. Oasis Labs’ “confidential smart contracts” will be utilized in building the decentralized CryptoSafe Platform which is designed to share threat intelligence data among crypto exchanges.

Partnership News of the Day: Binance, Oasis Labs, Coinbase Custody, Bison Trails

While major crypto exchange Binance is teaming up with data privacy software company Oasis Labs to launch the CryptoSafe Alliance, Coinbase's custody outfit is bringing its clients staking on Solana (SOL) tokens to enterprise-grade validators on the Bison Trails platform. Per an emailed announcement, the CryptoSafe Alliance is an effort to bring together a global ecosystem

Binance and Oasis Labs Launch Alliance to Combat Crypto Fraud and Hacks

The aim is a comprehensive database of information gleaned from previous hacks and fraud used to proactively fight future ones.