Brane Inc., a leading cryptocurrency custodian, announced today that it plans to become a publicly traded company in fall 2021. The strategy will advance Brane's intention to become the first made-in-Canada qualified custodian for digital assets, providing Canadian financial institutions and investors with a domestic, industry-leading custody solution in a space currently dominated by a single U.S. company.
Bairong Inc. ("Bairong", 6608.HK), a leading independent AI-powered technology platform in China, has officially launched Indra, a groundbreaking secure multi-party computing platform that meets key privacy protection needs in the process of data development. Indra offers a safe and efficient data cooperation model for partners and financial institutions, enabling them to tap into the value of data whilst ensuring compliance with data usage policies and preventing data leakage.
One River Digital announced that its market leading institutional digital funds now offer 365-day liquidity to existing investors. This announcement marks the first time in digital asset fund management history that an investment vehicle has offered institutional clients 365-day liquidity. Investors in our Bitcoin strategy, and in our Ethereum strategy, can now access the true dynamism and liquidity of the digital asset market. Regardless of the holiday or weekend, One River Digital's institutional passive fund family is ready to support daily institutional access to this emerging asset class.
Blockcap Inc. ("Blockcap"), one of the largest bitcoin mining and blockchain technology companies based in the United States, announced today that Jarvis Hollingsworth will serve as the newest member of its board of directors. The addition brings unparalleled legal and regulatory expertise to the rapidly growing company as it seeks to transform both Texas and the United States more broadly as a global leader in blockchain technology.
Liquid Mortgage announced today it has appointed Fred Matera to its Board of Directors. Mr. Matera is a Managing Director and Head of Residential at Redwood Trust. He previously served as a Redwood board member from March 2019 to December 2020. Prior to that, he was co-founder of MoVi Partners, an advisory firm focused on the fintech industry, and President of EquiFi Corporation.
Blockchain Coinvestors, a leading venture fund-of-funds and coinvestment program with a combined portfolio of more than 300 blockchain and crypto projects, including 20 blockchain unicorns, today announced that their second Fund closed with $26.9 million and was oversubscribed given strong demand for blockchain and crypto-related exposure among institutional investors, family offices and private clients.
PlatON, the infrastructure for global privacy-preserving computation and distributed economies from LatticeX Foundation, has reached an all-round strategic partnership with ChainX and PolkaWorld recently. As the earliest launched project built on Substrate, ChainX is committed to the research and adoption of Bitcoin layer 2 expansion, digital asset gateway and Polkadot second-layer relay chain, With the strong tech support and community base, its mainnet has been released and run smoothly for one and a half years.
TechX Technologies Inc. ("TechX'' or "the Company'') (CSE: TECX) (OTC: TECXF) (FRA: C0B:FF), a company focused in emerging technologies across growth sectors including: crypto, blockchain, AI and cloud technologies, is pleased to announce that it has signed a letter of intent (LOI) to exchange certain information in pursuit of a potential transaction involving the acquisition of all of the outstanding share capital of CryptoBuddy Technologies Inc.
This partnership will support research conducted by UCL CBT's Senior Research Associate, Dr Geoffrey Goodell, to explore and evaluate end-user technology systems, infrastructure, business imperatives, and regulatory policy to support the privacy, dignity, and market power of individual persons in the emerging digital economy. The research is aimed at identifying the requirements and approaches for systems whose features specifically support the advancement of truly consensual trust relationships, the empowerment of local communities, and the public interest.
ZK International Group Co., Ltd., is pleased to announce that xSigma Corporation, a subsidiary of the Company and a blockchain R&D lab, is announcing that the smart contracts of its DeFi Protocol have been audited by Hacken and the Protocol has successfully passed Hacken's audit with its designation of a "well-secured" score. The audit by Hacken's team has found no critical or high severity issues.