Blockchain in April 2021
The April 2021 blockchain news summary gathers headline items across distributed ledger subjects including: blockchain use in supply chains; NFTs and the fashion industry; blockchain in gaming; decentralized domain name services using blockchain; and many more.
Items here deliver a snapshot of significant blockchain news headlines for the month, each pulled from Startup News Asia’s daily mobile and social media feeds; each DLT news headline is hyperlinked, taking you instantly to the online article behind it – in full, online and free to read. This gives blockchain enthusiasts two benefits:
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- Download: Blockchain Now And Tomorrow – Assessing Multidimensional Impacts Of Distributed Ledger Technologies, from the European Union
- Download: Blockchain Development Trends 2021, examining key trends in core blockchain, DeFi and NFT projects over the past 12 months, from Outlier Ventures
- Download: Research Report – The Adoption of Blockchain Technology in Supply Chains, An Investigation in Logistics (pdf)
- Blockchain: A video snapshot of 16 recent blockchain and related tech news headlines, QR coded to give access to the online articles behind each headline
- Digital Securities & Tokenization Summit set for May 19-20, a virtual conference focusing on the implementation of blockchain in traditional finance
- A look at the luxury fashion industry’s growing interest in NFTs
- Download: Time for trust – The trillion-dollar reasons to rethink blockchain, an October 2020 overview from pwc (pdf)
- Aura Blockchain Consortium unveiled by Louis Vuitton, Cartier and Prada fashion giants, aiming to combat counterfeit goods using cryptographic proof-of-provenance
- ICYMI: Opera web browser becomes the first to add native support for Unstoppable Domains blockchain-based decentralized domain name provider
- Australia: An interview intro to Power Ledger, peer-to-peer energy trading platform based on blockchain technology
- ICYMI: Gucci and other fashion brands reportedly working on NFT projects
- NFTs: Is the spotlight-stealing blockchain tech a cash grab or the next big thing? via CB Insights
- Singapore: Enjin raises $18.9M in private token sale to build Polkadot blockchain for NFTs, moving away from Ethereum
- Singapore: Tribe government-backed blockchain network gains backing to boost Academy and Accelerator, with participating startups separately raising over $70M
- Singapore: STACS raises US$3.6M pre-Series A using distributed ledger tech to aid financial institutions meet environmental, social, and governance requirements
- Singapore: Play Ventures game investment fund to establish blockchain game fund, acquiring a stake in Golden Gate Ventures spin-off, LuneX Ventures
- Sri Lanka: Lanka Angel Network Angel Fund invests over $100K in Niftron, blockchain-as-a-service platform focused on easy implementation of blockchain technology
- Taiwan: An intro to TuringChain’s TuringCerts service, blockchain-backed solution focused on verification and authentication of education certificates
- Taiwan: Vision Program Online Demo Day set for April 28th, showcasing 5 startups working in blockchain, green energy, medtech and more
- Vietnam: Coin98 Finance gains $4M investment from US’ crypto trading firm Alameda Research, working on decentralized finance protocols and applications
- Malaysia: An interview intro to the country’s digitalisation strategy, looking at use of cloud platforms, artificial intelligence and blockchain
- Singapore-based ImToken blockchain startup and crypto wallet developer raises $30M to build out decentralized finance services and expand blockchain research
- Hong Kong: TOKEN2049 crypto conference set for November 23-24, looking at global developments in cryptocurrency, blockchain and more
- Non-Fungible Tokens: What exactly are they?
- Hong Kong: RioDeFi decentralised finance startup launches incubator hub to bring greater blockchain interoperability to Asia, following 3 successful pilot projects
- Malaysia: 40% stake in Tranglo cross-border payments firm acquired by Ripple blockchain payments giant
- XELS blockchain-based carbon offset platform gains Bittrex listing for XELS token, providing tokenised voluntary carbon offset credits for individuals and companies
- Singapore: Mintable non-fungible token marketplace platform gains seed funding, with over 150K NFTs created and listed for sale in the last month alone
- South Korea: Klaytn blockchain firm partners with ConsenSys to work towards a Korean central bank digital currency, a digital won
- Non-fungible tokens: How do you regulate a non-conventional marketplace?
- Vision Program Online Demo Day from e27 is taking place online tomorrow, April 27th, showcasing 5 startups and 3 alumni from the program
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