Monthly Archives: February 2019

Swiss bank Julius Baer plans to provide its client access to digital asset services, following a partnership with crypto bank startup Seba Crypto, a press release from Julius Baer reveals on Feb. 26.The partnership will come into effect when Seba is granted a securities dealer and banking license by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority,…

The idea of private blockchains, such as enterprise blockchain platforms, will eventually “fail miserably,” the CEO of Abra said during Fortune’s “Balancing The Ledger” show on Feb. 25.Bill Barhydt, CEO of cryptocurrency wallet and investing app Abra, has argued that the idea of a truly decentralized cryptocurrency contradicts the notion of private blockchains.Unlike public blockchains,…

Blockchain-centric smartphone Exodus, developed by consumer electronics giant HTC, announced that it had partnered with Opera Browser as well as added support for multiple DApps. The news was revealed in a series of tweets on Feb. 26 from the firm’s official Twitter.The company announced support for Etheremon and Decentraland DApps in its ZIONVault integrated cold…

Spain’s biggest multinational telecommunications company, Telefónica, has partnered with Microsoft to expand its digital innovation using blockchain and artificial intelligence (AI), a press release confirmed on Feb. 25.Telefónica, which has sealed multiple blockchain-related partnerships in recent months, will now leverage Microsoft’s Azure platform to develop new services for the telecoms industry.The deal emerged as part…

Estonian game developer Ether Dale is ready to implement its new system — dubbed “Side-chain 2.0” — to its multi-blockchain mobile game Glitch Goons. The company says its aim is to build a platform on which people who are not familiar with blockchain can easily create, trade and exchange non-fungible tokens (NFTs).Easy way to non-fungible…