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Square is making a decentralized finance platform based on bitcoin called ‘TBD’
Digital payments company Square Inc. has announced plans to launch an open-source, bitcoin-focused decentralized financial services project that will be named “TBD.” Square’s Chief Executive Jack Dorsey took to Twitter in a series of tweets late Thursday to outline the plans. He said the company would be “focused on building an open developer platform with the ...
Blockchain smart contract auditor CertiK raises $37M in funding
Blockchain security startup CertiK has raised $37 million to innovate its smart contract auditing capabilities to correct blockchain security vulnerabilities. The Series B funding round, announced Wednesday, was co-led by Coatue Management LLC and Shunwei Capital, with participation from Coinbase Ventures. CertiK audits distributed ledger blockchain protocols and smart contracts to provide increased security using artificial ...
Android 12 Beta 3 debuts improved functions and finalized APIs
Google LLC today announced the third Beta of Android 12 for developers that includes the finalized version of its application programming interfaces and the official software development kit. This release also included a number of feature enhancements such as scrolling screenshots, privacy indicator APIs, on-device search enhancements, enhanced auto-rotate and new Game Mode APIs. The ...
Crypto wallet provider Phantom raises $9M for managing blockchain assets
Multichain cryptocurrency wallet provider Phantom today announced it has raised $9 million in an early-stage funding round following the recent launch of its app and browser extension. The Series A funding round was led by Andreessen Horowitz and also saw participation from Variant Fund, Jump Capital, DeFi Alliance, and Solana Foundation. Phantom is a multichain cryptocurrency ...
Twilio Live launches to power interactive audio and video live streaming for business
Cloud communications provider Twilio Inc. today announced the launch of Twilio Live, a new cloud-based platform that allows businesses to embed live, interactive audio and video streaming solutions within applications. “The rise of virtual experiences and the popularity of platforms like Clubhouse and TikTok have signaled that the next big channel for customer engagement is ...
Australian government awards $4.2M for two blockchain pilot programs
The Australian government announced Monday that it awarded AU$5.6 million ($4.2 million) through its Blockchain Pilot Grants program to two pilot projects. The two pilot programs that received the grants were from Everledger Ltd., a London-based blockchain provenance solutions startup, and Convergence.tech, a Canadian consultancy blockchain firm that has helped develop a number of blockchain use ...
Google introduces ‘Play as You Download’ amid new tools for Android game developers
Google LLC’s annual Google for Games Developer Summit is on, and the software giant today announced a new set of developer tools and updates to make building games for Android easier than before. According to Greg Hartrell, product management director of Google Play and Android, through continually updating developer tools and making Google Play a ...
Visa partners with 50 crypto companies to support spending and converting digital currencies
Visa Inc. announced Wednesday that it’s partnering with more than 50 cryptocurrency companies, including Coinbase Inc. and Crypto.com, to allow merchants to spend and convert virtual currencies through its card program. According to the company, that will open up the ability to spend and convert cryptocurrencies at more than 70 million merchants worldwide. Visa has ...
Heifer and IBM use blockchain and AI to help Honduran coffee and cocoa farmers
IBM Corp. and Heifer International announced today that blockchain-based IBM Food Trust and artificial intelligence platform IBM Watson are being used to help small-scale coffee and cocoa farmers in Honduras get higher crop yields and access new markets. Food Trust uses blockchain technology to track products from farm to point of sale, providing transparency along ...
Sauce Labs extends error monitoring into production with acquisition of Backtrace
Sauce Labs Inc., a provider of continuous testing solutions, today announced the acquisition of error monitoring startup Backtrace I/O Inc. to extend its platform’s monitoring capabilities into production environments. Backtrace allows development teams to quickly identify and fix bugs across all environments by automating responses to user-affecting errors. It does this by processing errors, including ...