VCs target Australian blockchain and cryptocurrency firms with $44m in funds Start-ups with designs on making it big in the fast-growing world of blockchain and cryptocurrencies will be targeted by two new funds focusing on the Australian market, with almost $44 million to spend. Apollo Capital, founded by venture capital fund Dominent Venture Partners' Domenic Carosa and Holger Arians and Wall Street veteran Henrik Andersson, is attempting to raise a minimum of $30 million and will specialise in crypto asset investments, which it defines as digital currencies, blockchain-based assets and initial coin offerings. At the same time an $80 million global blockchain development fund, NEM.io Foundation, is expanding to Australia, with its global director of partnerships and strategic alliances, Jason Lee, planning to deploy around $14 million locally. Mr Carosa said as the market continued to mature, he expected to see more funds targeting cryptocurrency and blockchain investments. NEM.io, which has one of the top 10 most popular cryptocurrencies in the world called XEM, will be scouting for blockchain start-ups utilising its NEM blockchain. It says it will have a "community-based investment approach", in which the majority of the NEM.io community needs to support the fund, along with other investment conditions. The foundation is willing to invest up to 50 million XEM in projects, equating to about $13 million. So far it has invested in Melbourne-based start-up CopyrightBank, which aims to be a one-stop-shop to protect digital assets and has raised the equivalent of $650,000 from the fund... http://www.afr.com/technology/vcs-target-australian-blockchain-and-cryptocurrency-firms-with-44m-in-funds-20171120-gzpg9f?btis#ixzz4zgFUZDNO |
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LATTICE80, World’s Largest Fintech Hub, Partners with Germany’s IOTA on New Innovation Lab https://www.crowdfundinsider.com/2017/11/125158-lattice80-worlds-largest-fintech-hub-partners-germanys-iota-new-innovation-lab/LATTICE80, a Singapore based Fintech hub that is the largest of its kind, has partnered with IOTA Foundation to open up a new innovation lab in Singapore. IOTA Foundation, based in Germany, holds a mission to support the development and standardization of distributed ledger technologies (DLT – or Blockchain as it is also called) and affiliated ecosystems. The two companies signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) recently to cement the commitment. LATTICE80 believes in the importance of Blockchain and the Internet of Things (IoT) to improve lives, and is a new stakeholder in the blockchain/cryptocurrency space. The company recently announced plans to conduct an initial coin offering (ICO) in 2018.... https://twitter.com/crowdfundinside/status/935390122228432896 |
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50 ETH Support from Cofound.it for each Playoffs Team With only days left before the Cofound.it Playoffs, we would like to announce that Cofound.it will be contributing 50 ETH of our own assets to each team’s crowdsale — otherwise known as, “putting our money where our mouth is”. Supporting our teams during their Seed stage crowdsale should be a clear sign to all of our community members; we fully believe in the validity of these startups. If we don’t support our teams, we can’t expect others to do the same. We will be contributing 50 ETH after the first hour of Phase 1 of the crowdsale to allow our community members to contribute first. At Cofound.it, we believe in the projects selected to participate in the Cofound.it Playoffs. They went through our rigorous selection process and were chosen to be part of our Seed program. Having already spent hours working on their businesses with our coaches, these teams are worthy of the support which comes through being members of our Seed program. Our innovative Cofound.it Seed program is tailored to early stage blockchain startups. Only Priority Pass™ members can participate in the Seed stage, and because these teams are at an earlier stage of development, all Seed supporters will receive a 100-percent bonus on their contributed funds (in ETH) at the time of the Main stage crowdsale. By crowdfunding a smaller round from the most engaged supporters, Cofound.it Seed teams can quickly validate their business idea, raise enough funds to complete the team, and continue work on their product in preparation for a later, Main stage crowdsale. Besides reinventing the crowdsale concept, which brings back the democratic potential of the crowdsale, the Seed program makes the team stronger in its early phase and raises the probability of delivering a product or executing an idea. If you haven’t already, now is the time to make sure the wallet you linked with your Cofound.it account contains 5,000 or more CFI tokens so you are able to fully participate in the upcoming Cofound.it Playoffs! Wallets will be checked and whitelists created 24 hours before the start of Phase 1. https://blog.cofound.it/50-eth-support-from-cofound-it-for-each-playoffs-team-95f02107654dShould you Buy Cofound.it? Incredible growth. If you bought $5k yesterday you’d almost double your money today! by 732pizza https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/7fvdp9/should_you_buy_cofoundit_incredible_growth_if_you/ |
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Today at 14:00 New York time (20:00 CET), NEO will present the next step in masterplan for a Smart Economy: Ontology. 5 promising projects will be further unveiled. by rookert42 https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/7fud5k/today_at_1400_new_york_time_2000_cet_neo_will/Agenda • 13:30 – 14:00 Arrival and registration • 14:00 – 14:30 Hongfei Da, CEO of Onchain & Blockchain Community Leader - Welcome speech • 14:30 – 15:00 Jun Li, Chief Architect of Onchain - A New Generation of Distributed Trust Networks • 15:00 – 15:30 (to be confirmed) • 15:30 – 16:00 Coffee break • 16:00 – 16:10 Alphacat sharing presentation • 16:10 – 16:20 The Key sharing presentation • 16:20 – 16:30 Q Link sharing presentation • 16:30 – 16:40 Deep Brain sharing presentation • 16:40 – 16:50 PeerAltas sharing presentation • 16:50 – 17:30 Networking |
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CITY OF ZION DAPPS COMPETITION http://cityofzion.io/dapps/1DAPPS WINNERS The City of Zion hosted their first dApps competition to further elevate the NEO community through collaborative engagement. Below are the winners and honourable mentions that we really felt stood out. |
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Flash Channels Competition & Statistics https://blog.iota.org/flash-chanels-competition-statistics-15870a4073eaLast month we released the Flash Channels demo and more recently the specialised Micro-payments demo. These demos showcased instant streaming of IOTA tokens in a secure, off-tangle state channels. This technology enables special use cases of IOTA which require sub-second token exchanges among one or more partners. The technology of Flash Channels enables a number of interesting new payment interactions. Never before was it possible to have instant and fee-less value transfer. A perfect example is exchanging tokens in realtime with a charging station: no accounts or excessive deposits required. This opens the door for a number of realtime payment solutions to be implemented today. Pure Flash Channels ............ |
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Distributed Ledger Device Management Platform Prepares for Rise of IoT http://www.chain-finance.com/2017/11/16/distributed-ledger-device-management-platform-prepares-for-rise-of-iot/At its core a blockchain-agnostic platform, Augmate Connect will start by integrating the IOTA Tangle, a block-less distributed ledger that allows transfer of value between devices without fees. Augmate Connect will eventually integrate new blockchain protocols. The Augmate Connect Platform will be activated and utilized with tokens called Machine Access Token Exchange – MATEs™. MATEs act as usage tokens, and Augmate will continually add services including a DApp store and app store with resources for developers in order to make it easier for enterprises and consumers to manage a growing collection of connected devices, from a secure and streamlined platform............. |
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Onboard with Alignment Ventures The list of our partnerships is growing day by day and every new partnership onboards more experience, expands opportunities and empowers us to reach out for our goals with even more confidence. Priceless! It is a honour to announce WePower’s partnership with a well known premier one-stop-shop for blockchain creation & transformation (drums roll!) — Alignment ventures! Our new partner’s team combines leading blockchain industry experts and is founded by Singulariteam Technology Group, CoinTree Capital and BlockchainIL. The team is committed to both being a driving force of innovation, as well as supporting early stage projects and existing companies, from inception through token execution, and beyond. Alignment ventures already helped to fortify the success of such projects comprising Bancor ($153M on ICO), kik ($98M on ICO), Stox ($33M on ICO). We are thrilled to work with Alignment Ventures on refining our token model end ensuring smooth delivery of our public crowdsale on 1st of February. “WePower is a project with the potential to connect the blockchain with the real world and bring about a revolution in energy sharing and distribution. Through the tokenization of energy will come unprecedented new products, services and business models that will benefit the world” — Guy Benartzi, Bancor Co-founder and Alignment Advisor. Let’s create a green energy revolution together! https://medium.com/wepower/onboard-with-alignment-ventures-4e262ec96b73 |
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IOTA is the crypto-currency of the future https://medium.com/@norbert.gehrke/iot-iota-is-the-crypto-currency-of-the-future-2360d64f78fcThe following is a translation from an article on The Motley Fool, Germany. Even today, machines manage to do their job without human intervention. If, in addition, an autonomous payment transaction between machines needs to take place, one requires a digital currency. But for good reasons that will likely not be Bitcoin or Ethereum, but more recent developments like IOTA...... |
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good news https://medium.com/pundix/qtum%E9%87%8F%E5%AD%90%E9%93%BE%E6%90%BA%E6%89%8B%E4%B8%9C%E5%8D%97%E4%BA%9Apundi-x-%E5%B8%A6%E6%9D%A5%E5%85%A8%E6%96%B0%E6%94%AF%E4%BB%98%E8%A7%A3%E5%86%B3%E6%96%B9%E6%A1%88-f65f9f64f6d6The Qtum Quantum Chain, along with Pundi X in Southeast Asia, brings a new payment solution Beijing November 24, Qtum Quantum Chain official announced it will work together with the world's leading digital finance and trading solutions provider Pundi X, Pundi X POS devices and consumer technology to the world. Pundi X used the blockchain technology to create the Pundi-Pundi non-cash payment system. Mobile phone users simply scan two-dimensional code, you can retail and restaurants and other physical stores using digital encryption currency for instant payment. In less than a year Pundi-Pundi already has more than 100,000 registered users and more than 500 merchant partners in Jakarta and has become Indonesia's premier local payment solution. Pundi X expects to deliver up to 700,000 Pundi X POS devices to all target markets over the next three years. In the future, Qtum Quantum Chain will provide the underlying technical support for Pundi X's underlying blockchain, which will not only enrich the Qtum quantum chain ecosystem, but will also help Qtum's quantum chain to reach Southeast Asia, especially in Indonesia. And Pundi X will also perfect their digital financial payment system based on the Qtum quantum chain, allowing more users to appreciate the conveniences blockchain brings to life. Moreover, each Pundi X POS device can connect to Qtum, Ethereum and the NEM blockchain to enable consumers to use legal currencies (U.S. dollars, Indonesian rupiahs, Thai baht, etc.) or to use bank cards, mobile wallet or Pundi X Pass Cards Easily buy or sell cryptocurrencies (QTUM, BTC, ETH, XEM, LTC, PXS tokens). ZacCheah, CEO of PundiX, said: "Qtum Quantum Chain technical support will help reduce potential trading risks, protect customer assets and provide a better user experience." Qtum's global chain of influence will also help Pundi X in the near future to the world rather than confined to Southeast Asia. " Qutum Co-founder Qiu Quan Qiu said: "I really appreciate the concept of Pundi X. The development of financial technology using blockchain technology is a global hot spot.I am very pleased that we can work together Pundi X, accelerate the application of blockchain technology in life It also helps to expand the community of Qtum Qtoms in South East Asia and looks forward to the fresh blood Pundi X injected into the ecosystem of the Qtum quantum chain. " About Pundi X Pundi X is a blockchain startup that aims to enable cryptocurrencies to reach ubiquitous cashless payments in Southeast Asia and beyond. Its product, Pundi X POS, assists offline environments such as stores, cafes and convenience stores with the ability to encrypt currencies directly for the vast majority of consumers, based on the business model Pundi-Pundi, Indonesia's most popular QR code cashless payment application. Pundi X presales ICO to raise over $ 6 million and is well-supported by industry-renowned angel investors, including Prof. Li Guquan, a senior researcher who has invested in ZCash, Qtum, TenX, InfoCorp and OmiseGo, and in blockchain innovation and Mr. Huang Lun, the chief person in charge of NEM's block chain plan, and hopes to expand the deployment of Pundi X POS intelligent system in the Southeast Asia market. Pundi X public initial chip issue (ICO) will begin January 21, 2018. Pundi X is expected to provide up to 700,000 Pundi X POS devices for all target markets over the next three years. For more information on Pundi X, visit our official website at https://pundix.comArticle Source Qtum public number, link: http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/OXI63Oaxqov4wcGI6FSaXw |
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good news https://medium.com/pundix/qtum%E9%87%8F%E5%AD%90%E9%93%BE%E6%90%BA%E6%89%8B%E4%B8%9C%E5%8D%97%E4%BA%9Apundi-x-%E5%B8%A6%E6%9D%A5%E5%85%A8%E6%96%B0%E6%94%AF%E4%BB%98%E8%A7%A3%E5%86%B3%E6%96%B9%E6%A1%88-f65f9f64f6d6The Qtum Quantum Chain, along with Pundi X in Southeast Asia, brings a new payment solution Beijing November 24, Qtum Quantum Chain official announced it will work together with the world's leading digital finance and trading solutions provider Pundi X, Pundi X POS devices and consumer technology to the world. Pundi X used the blockchain technology to create the Pundi-Pundi non-cash payment system. Mobile phone users simply scan two-dimensional code, you can retail and restaurants and other physical stores using digital encryption currency for instant payment. In less than a year Pundi-Pundi already has more than 100,000 registered users and more than 500 merchant partners in Jakarta and has become Indonesia's premier local payment solution. Pundi X expects to deliver up to 700,000 Pundi X POS devices to all target markets over the next three years. In the future, Qtum Quantum Chain will provide the underlying technical support for Pundi X's underlying blockchain, which will not only enrich the Qtum quantum chain ecosystem, but will also help Qtum's quantum chain to reach Southeast Asia, especially in Indonesia. And Pundi X will also perfect their digital financial payment system based on the Qtum quantum chain, allowing more users to appreciate the conveniences blockchain brings to life. Moreover, each Pundi X POS device can connect to Qtum, Ethereum and the NEM blockchain to enable consumers to use legal currencies (U.S. dollars, Indonesian rupiahs, Thai baht, etc.) or to use bank cards, mobile wallet or Pundi X Pass Cards Easily buy or sell cryptocurrencies (QTUM, BTC, ETH, XEM, LTC, PXS tokens). ZacCheah, CEO of PundiX, said: "Qtum Quantum Chain technical support will help reduce potential trading risks, protect customer assets and provide a better user experience." Qtum's global chain of influence will also help Pundi X in the near future to the world rather than confined to Southeast Asia. " Qutum Co-founder Qiu Quan Qiu said: "I really appreciate the concept of Pundi X. The development of financial technology using blockchain technology is a global hot spot.I am very pleased that we can work together Pundi X, accelerate the application of blockchain technology in life It also helps to expand the community of Qtum Qtoms in South East Asia and looks forward to the fresh blood Pundi X injected into the ecosystem of the Qtum quantum chain. " About Pundi X Pundi X is a blockchain startup that aims to enable cryptocurrencies to reach ubiquitous cashless payments in Southeast Asia and beyond. Its product, Pundi X POS, assists offline environments such as stores, cafes and convenience stores with the ability to encrypt currencies directly for the vast majority of consumers, based on the business model Pundi-Pundi, Indonesia's most popular QR code cashless payment application. Pundi X presales ICO to raise over $ 6 million and is well-supported by industry-renowned angel investors, including Prof. Li Guquan, a senior researcher who has invested in ZCash, Qtum, TenX, InfoCorp and OmiseGo, and in blockchain innovation and Mr. Huang Lun, the chief person in charge of NEM's block chain plan, and hopes to expand the deployment of Pundi X POS intelligent system in the Southeast Asia market. Pundi X public initial chip issue (ICO) will begin January 21, 2018. Pundi X is expected to provide up to 700,000 Pundi X POS devices for all target markets over the next three years. For more information on Pundi X, visit our official website at https://pundix.comArticle Source Qtum public number, link: http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/OXI63Oaxqov4wcGI6FSaXw |
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