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A U.S. Naval research group has given blockchain software startup Simba Chain $9.5 million to install a secure messaging platform
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SIMBA Chain, a blockchain technology company and smart contracts platform, today announced it has been awarded a five-year Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase III contract from the Naval Air Warfare Center in San Diego, Cal.
2020-2-6 19:09 | |
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Telegram, the Pavel Durov-led privacy-centric instant messaging app that is developing its blockchain network, Telegram Network (TON), and native altcoin dubbed Gram (GRAM), has released a new statement, making it clear to the entire public that its Gram token is not a security as alleged by the U.
2020-1-7 18:30 | |
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The South Korean internet company Kakao is looking away from the financial application of blockchain technology to build a widely-used “killer app. ” The firm believes that the monetary use of the technology is still too fraught with regulatory issues to explore — for now.
2019-11-29 14:02 | |
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Klaytn (KLAY), the blockchain project from the stables of South Korea’s messaging giant, Kakao, has selected 27 highly reputed firms that will make up its governing council and the consortium has successfully held its inaugural meeting.
2019-11-29 22:00 | |
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Telegram, the messaging app company turned blockchain startup, has released an early desktop wallet for its crypto token.
2019-11-1 17:00 | |
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Malta-based crypto asset exchange OKEx is the latest name to join the blockchain project of the Korean social messaging giant Kakao. OKEx said in a press release that it hopes its involvement with Klaytn, as the public network is called, will help encourage blockchain adoption around the world.
2019-10-26 01:00 | |
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As someone who needs to communicate with family and clients scattered around the world, Internet messaging apps have been important to me for years. Once upon a time, Skype, Windows Messenger, AIM, and other such apps did the job.
2019-10-23 13:00 | |
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Good morning forkers, it’s that time of the week again. It’s Hard Fork’s wrap-up of the weekend’s cryptocurrency and blockchain headlines you shouldn’t miss. Let’s get to it. 1. Facebook‘s “cryptocurrency” Libra is facing yet more challenges as Mastercard, Visa, eBay, payment system provider Stripe, and South American partner Mercado Pago have pulled out of the troubled project, The Financial Times reports.
2019-10-14 11:40 | |
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New Vector, a decentralized communication startup based in the United Kingdom, has recently been able to raise around $8.5 million USD, which will be used in its Matrix protocol. According to the press release, Matrix is set to be an innovative messaging protocol that will use the blockchain technology. The protocol can be used as […]
2019-10-11 18:38 | |
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With ever-increasing threats to our online privacy, a secure, private messaging system is a virtual necessity. Unfortunately, all of our current systems are vulnerable in one way or the other. The world needs a genuinely secure private messaging system.
2019-10-8 15:15 | |
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Two formidable messaging rivals meet yet again, but this time in a new arena. Facebook and Telegram are taking antithetical strategies when it comes to digital currencies. Facebook is consulting with regulators and holding their hands as they walk them through the process, and Telegram planned it’s entire move in secrecy before a sudden launch.
2019-10-7 19:00 | |
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Telegram, the privacy-centric instant messaging app has confirmed that its distributed ledger technology (DLT) network will be launched in late October 2019, as the testing phase has successfully been completed, according to a message in the official TON Board on Telegram on October 2, 2019.
2019-10-4 23:00 | |
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This year, the blockchain and crypto-industry witnessed the entry of several mainstream companies into its ecosystem, including the likes of Fidelity, JPMorgan, Facebook and Telegram. However, Facebook’s Libra has made the most noise so far due to the regulatory hurdles that it faces.
2019-10-3 19:30 | |
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Messaging app giant Telegram has kicked off a contest that will see developers come up with smart contracts for its new blockchain platform Telegram Open Network (TON). According to the announcement, the contest will comprise of three parts where the award will be given for all the tasks. The awards ranges from $200,000 to $400,000 […]
2019-9-27 23:21 | |
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Canadian messaging platform Kik had previously raised about $100 million in an ICO for its native cryptocurrency, Kin, on the Ethereum blockchain. However, the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission [SEC] recently accused the instant messaging platform of conducting an unregistered token sale.
2019-9-26 18:30 | |
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Kik Interactive, the Candian firm in charge of the Kik messaging app and kin cryptocurrency, has officially announced plans to shut down the Kik app, downsize its workforce from over 100 to just 19 employees and take other measures to ensure the altcoin remains in existence, according to a blog post from Kik Founder andRead MoreRead More.
2019-9-25 09:00 | |
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TON, the highly anticipated blockchain project from messaging giant Telegram, has reportedly entered its last stage of development, summing up its progress from early 2018. Facebook’s Libra, which entered the fray in early 2019, was speculated to be potential competiton for Telegram’s GRAM token.
2019-9-21 22:30 | |
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The Stellar Development Foundation (SDF), a non-profit organization that claims to be dedicated to supporting the development and growth of the Stellar blockchain network, is collaborating with Keybase instant messaging platform to organize a 2 billion ($120 million) XLM token airdrop to users of the messaging platform, according to a blog post on September 9,Read MoreRead More.
2019-9-11 17:00 | |
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American crypto tycoon Tim Draper is joining Sense. Chat Board of Directors according to an article published on September 9, 2019, by BusinessWire. Tim Draper Joins Sense. Chat Tim Draper has been appointed as a member of the Board of Directors of the messaging App Sense.
2019-9-10 09:00 | |
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The famous venture capitalist Tim Draper, who has invested in several companies such as Skype, Tesla and Baidu, has recently been invited to join the board of MakeSense Labs, the company behind a new messaging app that was created on top of the EOS blockchain.
2019-9-9 21:46 | |
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Silicon Valley notable Tim Draper has joined the board of MakeSense Labs, provider of a messaging app built on the EOS blockchain.
2019-9-9 18:30 | |
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Telegram’s blockchain project, Telegram Open Network (TON), is on the verge of launching its main net following the release of its test net node software and blockchain explorer on Sept 5. The messaging app released its implementation code on its test network website earlier on Friday providing users with a node, validator node, and explorer. […]
2019-9-7 18:33 | |
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TON, the upcoming blockchain project from Telegram, has entered its last stage of development before being released. The messaging giant is in the news again after Telegram released the code for running a TON blockchain node on its testnet portal, code that will allow developers and community members to start experimenting with it.
2019-9-7 13:13 | |
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The world’s first live streaming platform using blockchain technology goes in the testing phase BLive is a multifunction audio and video tool with instant messaging & live streaming Public beta expected to be launched on Sept.
2019-9-4 21:18 | |
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South Korea has emerged as the global hub for blockchain and cryptocurrency development. With the South Korean government strongly backing blockchain in the nation, many heavyweights from diverse backgrounds have started joining the bandwagon too.
2019-9-3 10:38 | |
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Telegram is publicly testing its much-anticipated blockchain project ‘TON. ’ The company’s blockchain will be compatible with Ethereum, allowing developers to port their Ethereum smart contracts, revealed a tech startup working on the project alongside Telegram.
2019-9-3 06:35 | |
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Messaging platform Telegram recently announced the launch of its native cryptocurrency, GRAM. The company revealed that the messaging giant’s blockchain would be compatible with Ethereum which would further allow users to operate Ethereum’s DApps on the Telegram blockchain through Solidity.
2019-9-2 00:38 | |
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This year, cryptocurrencies seem to have lured huge private tech companies like Facebook, JP Morgan, and Fidelity into the cryptocurrency market. The latest addition to this list is instant messaging service, Telegram, and it is set to launch its very own cryptocurrency “GRAM” very soon.
2019-8-31 19:30 | |
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The privacy-focused instant messaging app Telegram – that is launching its blockchain in October – is reportedly used by terrorist groups to raise funds in crypto for their cause, a recent study shows.
2019-8-31 14:39 | |
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Terrorist organizations have used social media and cryptocurrency to raise money for a number of years, but messaging app Telegram’s upcoming token launch has caused some to become increasingly concerned.
2019-8-30 12:54 | |
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Kakao, the company in charge of South Korea’s most popular messaging app, Kakao Talk, has given cryptocurrency enthusiasts a glimpse of its Klip cryptocurrency wallet. Klip is being developed by Kakao’s blockchain subsidiary, GroundX and it’s designed to support non-fungible tokens (NFTs), decentralized applications (dApps) as well as digital assets of projects on Kakao’s KlaytnRead MoreRead More.
2019-8-13 01:00 | |
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Messaging app giant Kakao – which launched its own blockchain in June – has teased the release of a crypto wallet dubbed "Klip" later this year.
2019-8-12 13:00 | |
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KakaoTalk, a South Korean instant messaging application is the newest member of the crypto-community as it is set to launch its native cryptocurrency wallet ‘Klip’. Recently, Kakao’s blockchain subsidiary, Ground X released its own blockchain platform called Klaytn and the latest crypto wallet, Klip, is the result of it.
2019-8-12 10:30 | |
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The messaging app has filed a countersuit against the SEC, claiming the agency has deliberately twisted facts to make it seem like Kik had not complied with necessary regulations. The SEC launched an investigation into Kik and came to the conclusion that their token, Kin, was a security but did not comply with securities regulations.
2019-8-8 15:00 | |
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The XRP ecosystem has been working towards developing the means to increase the coin’s use cases. In an effort to do the same, IndImm, announced the beta release of a messaging protocol on top of Ripple’s blockchain.
2019-7-24 17:30 | |
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Kakao, a South Korean Messaging application claimed that its recently launched Klaytn blockchain network is extremely fast, in fact, its 15x faster than Ethereum . Leading South Korean news outlet, the Korean Herald reported on July 9, that that GroundX, a subsidiary of Kakao organized a press conference in the capital city , Seoul claiming […]
2019-7-10 22:26 | |
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Pundi X, the blockchain asset payment ecosystem, today revealed new features and support for its XWallet app, including Telegram chat, Crypto Gift, QTUM support in the virtual card, and overall improvements concerning user experience.
2019-7-9 16:10 | |
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Blockchain advisory firm AmaZix is launching a "moderation bot" to help stamp out cryptocurrency scams on popular messaging app Telegram.
2019-7-3 15:35 | |
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BlackPearl. Chain is pushing decentralization into the future with a third-generation public blockchain. It’s network achieves blazing transaction speeds (Millions TPS) using Sharding and a VRF lightning-fast consensus mechanism built in-house.
2019-6-30 20:33 | |
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The Blockchain Association has taken over the “Defend “Crypto” fund setup to help finance the legal battle between Kik and the SEC. The social messaging firm has stated that it feels the money could be better put to use by the industry collectively.
2019-6-29 02:00 | |
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LG Electronics Inc. , a leading South Korean multinational electronics firm and LG International Corp. , an affiliate of the LG Group have agreed to adopted Klaytn, the distributed ledger technology (DLT) platform of Korea’s messaging giant, Kakao.
2019-6-28 15:00 | |
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The Klaytn blockchain from the fold of messaging app giant Kakao has launched on its mainnet, with a governing body including big enterprises like LG.
2019-6-27 15:30 | |
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Interbank messaging giant SWIFT will soon allow DLT-based trade platforms to make use of its GPI platform for traceable, near-instant payments.
2019-6-25 16:30 | |
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Line Corporation, the firm in charge of Japan’s largest messaging app, Line Messenger, is set to be approved for its BitMax bitcoin exchange from the Financial Services Agency (FSA), reports Bloomberg on June 20, 2019.
2019-6-21 20:00 | |
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Facebook’s maiden tryst into the realm of blockchain and cryptocurrency has taken the world by storm. The Libra project, despite looking at a launch date of 2020, is today the talk of the town.
2019-6-18 17:00 | |
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Almost all service providers rely on a centralized server to store and manage users’ data. This is one of the main ways in which blockchain sets itself apart from the traditional models of technology that are common today.
2019-6-15 03:44 | |
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It appears that encrypted-messaging app Telegram is finally going forward with the public sale of its Gram tokens, as announced in a press release on June 11, 2019. This comes after the messaging app initially canceled its earlier public ICO plan, amid a firestorm of SEC clampdown on the funding mechanism.
2019-6-12 21:00 | |
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Telegram, the messaging giant which took the cue from Facebook to veer into the cryptocurrency and blockchain world, is finally ready to make its mark. According to a press release, the encrypted messaging application will work with cryptocurrency platform Liquid for the public sale of Telegram Open Network [TON].
2019-6-11 12:52 | |
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In a bid to expand its reach, facilitate cross-border payments and offer existing customers more benefits, Line Pay, the digital wallet and fintech solution from the stables of Line Messenger, Japan’s largest messaging app, has announced its partnership with Visa, a global payments processor.
2019-6-7 15:00 | |
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Ukraine's ministry of digital transformation has utilized cryptocurrency and nonfungible tokens, even CryptoPunks, in an effort to fund its military and humanitarian aid.
Sudanese financial regulator considers cryptocurrencies to be the source of “high risks" as the demand grows.
Major General Zaw Min Tun said rolling out a digital currency would "help improve financial activities in Myanmar."
The adoption of blockchain in the defense industry has taken another leap forward with Thales utilizing the novel tech in complying with NATO standards. From identity management to secure data sharing several countries are deploying decentralized ledger technology (DLT) in their defense programs.
India's defense minister Rajnath Singh highlighted the potential use of blockchain technology in the defense industry on Monday.
It remains to be determined how artificial intelligence will affect our society as a whole. The wildest theories have been making the rounds in that regard. One major point of concern is the increasing automation of weaponry.