The Telos Foundation is joining the Blockchain Research Institute in an effort to further its mission to bring blockchain to the masses. The Blockchain Research Institute (BRI) is a brain trust of individuals, organizations, and researchers from a wide range of fields that have come together to identify industries where blockchain technology could be of use. The research focus spans 10 primary categories including financial services, healthcare, energy & power, and manufacturing.
Riot Blockchain, Inc. (NASDAQ: RIOT) ("Riot" or the "Company"), a cryptocurrency miner that focuses on bitcoin, has appointed Gateway Investor Relations, a leading strategic financial communications and capital markets advisory firm, to provide investor relations and consulting services to the company.
FC Barcelona has signed a new global partnership agreement with world leading blockchain-based fan engagement platform for sports & entertainment Chiliz. The agreement, which is part of Barça's new digital and commercial strategy, will help the Club stay closer to its global fanbase through Barça Fan Tokens ($BAR), digital assets that allow supporters to take part in polls and surveys on Chiliz fan voting & rewards mobile app Socios.com.
Klaytn, the leading blockchain project led by the South Korean Internet giant Kakao, announced that the cryptocurrency exchange Huobi is joining the Klaytn Governance Council. Developed by Kakao's blockchain unit, Ground X, Klaytn is a public blockchain platform whose mainnet launched in June last year. Klaytn partners with major firms and businesses as part of its Governance Council program to together run its distributed network under a shared governance.
Tether, the blockchain-enabled platform that powers the largest stablecoin by market capitalization, is live on Algorand 2.0, the world's first permissionless, pure proof of stake blockchain platform. Tether is the first stablecoin to leverage the innovation released in Algorand 2.0 and will provide instant confirmation, micro payments and automatic wallet support.
Neogen Corporation (NASDAQ: NEOG) announced today that it has entered into a partnership with food industry blockchain pioneer Ripe Technology (ripe.io) to adapt innovative blockchain technology for use with Neogen's food safety diagnostics and animal genomics.
Maxthon, the global Internet browser company, announces it is building the world's first Bitcoin-powered browser for the Bitcoin SV (BSV) blockchain. Maxthon 6 will be the next version of the award-winning browser – with an alpha release expected in late February, and a beta version targeted for March 2020. Since 2003, Maxthon has provided a state-of-the-art, multi-platform web browser that is one of the world's most popular – serving as the default browser for over 670 million users. Since its inception, Maxthon has won many top honors in About.com's Readers' Choice Awards; has been nominated for PCWorld's 100 Best Products; and received a 5-star award from CNET and named "Best Free Software."
Riot Blockchain, Inc. (NASDAQ: RIOT) ("Riot" or the "Company"), one of the few Nasdaq listed public cryptocurrency mining companies in the United States, received a written notification from the Division of Enforcement of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on January 29, 2020. According to the letter, the SEC has concluded its investigation of Riot, which was originally announced on April 9, 2018, and based on the information the SEC has as of the date of the letter, it does not intend to recommend an enforcement action against Riot, with respect to the matters investigated by the SEC.
The initial speculative trend of the blockchain industry, which gave it a negative appearance, is gradually decreasing. The market is starting to clear itself from this "wild west" brand, and corporations are beginning to look into the available technologies and even integrate them. For many years now some of the major companies with ties to different business fields were developing their own proprietary DLT solutions, as well as supporting the developments by the third parties with investments.
LifeFilez® LLC, a cloud-based subscription service that empowers people to effectively manage important life documents, has developed a strategic partnership with BurstIQ to further develop the blockchain capabilities of its platform. This partnership will be focused on BurstIQ's ability to segment data on-chain, which will allow the life planning platform to deliver state-of-the-art security and privacy tiers for document collaboration.