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What is Dragonbite? (BITE)

DragonBite is an open decentralized asset management platform for customers to store and swap all digital assets in one app. Retail customers have always been big fans of loyalty programs, not only to express their approval of a product or a service but also because of the exciting perks that come with them. The problem is, the rules of these programs are often restrictive, and their rewards are too limited resulting in slim benefits for consumers, which they cannot enjoy. Fortunately, blockchain can change all of this.  Table of Contents Background 

Bakkt Holdings Set to Go Public on New York Stock Exchange

Crypto asset custodial and trading platform Bakkt will be listed for trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker BKKT from Oct 18, 2021. The company is owned by International Exchange Incorporated, which owns the NYSE. Sponsored Sponsored Bakkt Holdings has a current valuation in excess of $2 billion. Coinbase, a competitor to Bakkt, was also listed on the NASDAQ in its own IPO in April of this year.  The company first announced in January that it was making plans to go public, and is now ready to

DeFi Deep Dive — Covalent, Blockchain Data Unifier

One of the problems facing Web 3.0 is the unification of scattered decentralized networks. Covalent is addressing this issue. It gives developers access to smart contract data to survey the entire blockchain ecosystem.Sponsored Sponsored Covalent makes it easier for investors to glean insights and performance of digital assets. This is done through its unified API (application programming interface) that indexes blockchains. These range from NFTs to DeFi protocols. A brief history Ganesh Swami and Levi Aul started Covalent, expanding to a 35-person team. Across all personnel, they have extensive cumulative

Greenheart Token Closes Four Consecutive Pools

The Greenheart CBD Staking Program opened on June 7, 2021 and closed swiftly after reaching its target. To the same high demand, two more pools opened soon after and also closed early. Sponsored Sponsored The fourth pool closed recently—signifying a total of four (4) successfully closed pools for the first-ever CBD DeFi token on the blockchain network—the Greenheart CBD Token. Greenheart CBD Limited is innovating to improve the CBD (cannabidiol) production process through DeFi Blockchain and AI (Artificial Intelligence). Sponsored Sponsored After the close of three of its four staking

Grayscale adds Solana, Uniswap to its Digital Large Cap Fund

Grayscale Investments has added two new assets to its large-cap crypto fund for the first time on Friday. The addition of rapidly growing Solana [SOL] and prominent decentralized finance token Uniswap [UNI] was part of a quarterly rebalancing, as noted by the investment firm. As per the statement, “This announcement follows the July 2021 news that Grayscale adjusted the Digital Large Cap Fund’s portfolio and purchased Cardano (ADA), and (this) is the first time Solana (SOL) will be included in a Grayscale investment vehicle.” Solana displayed massive growth over time

Terra to Apply Columbus 5 Mainnet Migration

Terra, a top 15-ranked cryptocurrency by market capitalization, is planning to apply the Columbus 5 upgrade to its mainnet today. If everything goes according to plan, this new update will bring improvements to allow the Terra network to keep expanding. Columbus 5 will change how the network mints UST (terrausd), the main stablecoin of the blockchain, and will also bring integration with other chains, and faster transactions. Columbus 5 to Go Live Today Terra, a smart contract-enabled cryptocurrency chain, is prepared to apply the new Columbus 5 mainnet upgrade today.

Crypto treasury management platform Coinshift raises $2.5 million in seed funding

Crypto treasury management platform MultiSafe has rebranded to Coinshift and announced it has raised $2.5 million in a seed funding round.Investors included Sequoia Capital India, Weekend Fund (founded by Product Hunt founder Ryan Hoover), ConsenSys Mesh, DeFi Alliance, Ethereal Ventures, Fintech Collective, and Gnosis, among others. There was no lead investor in the round. Angel investors, including Fernando Martinelli (co-founder and CEO of Balancer Labs), Sandeep Nailwal (co-founder and COO of Polygon), Ajit Tripathi (head of institutional business at Aave), and Larry Sukernik (formerly of Digital Currency Group), also backed

Miss Universe PH to Launch Pageant NFT Collection

Share some Bitpinas love:By Shiela BertilloFollowing the continuous growth of Non fungible tokens (NFT), Miss Universe Philippines 2021 is making an impact as the latest brand and the first beauty pageant in the world to join the NFT wave. The global beauty pageant has teamed up with RedFOX Labs, a Southeast Asian blockchain venture builder, to launch  the Miss Universe Philippines NFT collection on September 24. The NFTs are available to purchase with RFOX tokens, which can be bought on Uniswap and MetaMask.With the launch of the Miss Universe Philippines NFT

African Weather Balloon Project Uses Blockchain to Track Climate in West Africa

According to the findings of one study, nearly 91% of deaths from natural disasters recorded between 1970 and 2019 occurred in developing countries. This study adds that such a high number of deaths is largely due to a lack of early warning systems and disaster management protocols. Using Blockchain to Store Climate Data It has been shown that improvements in technology can help to lower the number of lives lost as a result of flooding or cyclones. Unfortunately for third world countries, their poor access to centralized data which is

Your September Newsletter for All Things BitPay and Crypto

We have another month of crypto news and BitPay happenings, including an exciting new partnership, a product integration and more updates around global crypto adoption. Don’t forget to check out what ‘swap’ means and learn more about BitPay Reload in our product highlight.In This Issue:BitPay in the SpotlightUATP, a global payment network owned and operated by the airlines, has partnered with us to start accepting crypto payments and attract new business. Read the announcement here.Our CEO, Stephen Pair discusses why it’s important for the approach to crypto regulation to go

Prisma Analytics, Dell Technologies and CryptoDATA Tech will host the official launch of Edain utility token

Prisma Analytics, Dell Technologies and CryptoDATA Tech will host the official launch of Edain utility token Prisma Analytics GmbH, Dell Technologies, and CryptoDATA Tech have teamed up for an innovative project and announce the online launch of their utility token called EDAIN on September 29th, marking the start of the pre-sale period. The EDAIN launch event aims to raise awareness for decision-makers that seek to leverage data into actionable knowledge. It will be an exclusively online event, as it will be transmitted live on the Edain website starting 17:00 (UTC).