Tag: BlockchainBased

Helium and Dish Network Collaborate to Expand its Blockchain-based Distributed 5G Platform

The decentralized peer-to-peer (P2P) 5G wireless network Helium announced on Tuesday, October 26, a new partnership with Dish Network. DISH has become the first telecom operator in the telecom industry to join the Helium 5G network ecosystem. This cooperation will expand the Helium node and deploy their own Helium 5G CBRS-based hotspots with dish customers while receiving HNT token rewards. Helium network, founded in 2013, is the world’s first peer-to-peer LoRaWAN wireless IoT network, also known as “The People’s Network”. Frank Mong, Chief Operating Officer of Helium, commented on the…

DISH to Tap Into Blockchain-Based Helium 5G Network

Helium is partnering with internet service giant DISH on its quest to build a user-powered wireless network, the company announced Tuesday. The deal marks the first collaboration between Helium, a decentralized internet network with over 250,000 hotspots, and a major carrier. Seemingly related to the move, DISH is looking to hire a “Digital Currency and Blockchain Product Lead,” according to a Tuesday job post. “DISH Wireless is building a next-gen 5G network to disrupt the wireless industry and fuel innovation in transportation, health care, education, sustainability, city management, and agriculture,”…

Label Foundation Raises $1 Million to Build Blockchain-Based Platform for the MOOC Industry – Press release Bitcoin News

press release PRESS RELEASE. The next-generation NFT Infrastructure – Label Foundation has announced the successful completion of its private sale round. Supported by many leading VCs and famous Grammy-winning artists, the NFT platform raised $1.0 million during the private sale that generated major interest from top investors and venture capitalists in the finance and blockchain industries. A major milestone for Label Foundation The private sale round was led by HG ventures and backed by some of the leading venture capitals and institutions in the blockchain sphere, such as GBIC, Mindfulness…

French central bank pilots blockchain-based CBDC for debt market

The central bank of France continues actively exploring a central bank digital currency (CBDC), completing a significant trial of a blockchain-based CBDC in the country’s debt market. Over 500 institutions in France have participated in a 10-month experiment testing a CBDC issued by Banque de France for government bond deals, The Financial Times reported Oct. 19. The CBDC trial was led by Belgium-based financial services firm Euroclear and used a system developed by American technology giant IBM. The CBDC test also involved the French public debt office alongside the central…

Steam Boots Blockchain-Based Video Games From Its Platform

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A Strategic Blockchain-Based Game in the Metaverse – Sponsored Bitcoin News

sponsored MetaWars is a highly immersive multiplayer strategy game. With an infinite universe that is established in a digital metaverse, players can use a wide variety of NFTs to determine the journey they take in-game. MetaWars allows players all around the world to earn through gameplay, “adopting blockchain into the thriving gaming industry”. The Booming Game Industry The global gaming industry market size is flourishing with a staggering 48% on mobile game returns in 2020. With the rising popularity of the gaming industry, investors are searching for blockchain-based games to…

BlockFilm Becomes Leading Blockchain-based Film Financing Platform after Groundbreaking OSC Exemption Order – Blockchain News, Opinion, TV and Jobs

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BlockFilm is to become the first independent and leading blockchain-based film financing platform in the space. The Canadian based production platform will be powered though a strategic partnership with TokenFunder. A groundbreaking Exemption Order by the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC), paved the way for this ‘tokenized’ production financing opportunity to happen. The decision follows a rigorous process conducted by the OSC’s Launchpad teamand helps investors in content production avoid multiple-year waits before monetizing their investment, and gives producers access to wider pools of investment. It also allows BlockFilm to bring…

Linux Foundation launches blockchain-based platform for insurance

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The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit technology consortium that supports the Linux operating system, is backing a new blockchain-based project for the insurance industry. On Monday, the foundation announced the launch of the Open Insurance Data Link platform, a project that aims to reduce the cost of insurance reporting and create a standardized insurance data repository using distributed ledger technology. OpenIDL is a joint initiative of the Linux Foundation and the American Association of Insurance Services, a national insurance advisory organization in the United States. The open-source project brings together major global insurance…

Blockchain-based renewable energy marketplaces gain traction in 2021

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Concerns about energy production, resource consumption and its impact on the environment are one of the dominant topics of debate on the global stage. The intensive energy costs of mining Bitcoin and other proof-of-work cryptocurrencies are also frequently pointed to as a serious downside to the emerging asset class.  While environmental concerns and the cost to reward debate rages on, there is one group of cryptocurrency projects that has the goal of bringing blockchain technology to the global energy grids as a way to encourage renewable energy generation through a…