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Kraken debuted its crypto wallet to compete with providers like Coinbase and Consensys in an expanding digital asset storage market.

Sam Altman's Worldcoin unveiled a new personal data custody feature and made the core software of its iris-scanning Orb open source.

Coinbase-supported Base Layer 2 network has open-sourced its code repositories, aiming to enhance transparency and encourage public contributions.

Dubai-based blockchain platform Flare announced the integration of the blockchain indexing solution network Subsquid.

Circle has launched Circle Research, an initiative to advance crypto, blockchain, and web3 innovation through open-source research

Stellar launched the Stellar Disbursement Platform (SDP) — an open-source global payment service. In its Aug. 16 announcement, Stellar explained that SDP can help with tasks ranging “from paying gig workers anywhere in the world to delivering digital aid’.” The…

The TON Foundation, a non-profit association working to advance The Open Network (TON), is introducing an update to the TON virtual machine (TVM). 

This week, the crypto industry witnessed the launch of TezID, a new identity oracle based on the Tezos blockchain. https://twitter.com/TezID_net/status/1376855796395474947 TezID’s Functionality TezID is a smart contract that will aid blockchain users in verifying ownership of email addresses, phone numbers,…

In May 2019, Microsoft sketched up a plan for an open-source, decentralized, and blockchain-agnostic identification system called Identity Overlay Network (ION). As per a June 10, 2020 release, the ION public beta will launch on the Bitcoin mainnet. Microsoft has said…

Open source projects depend on the public for source code improvement and maintenance. Since there is no consensus on digital asset valuation, the number of commits submitted to GitHub can be used to gauge ecosystem activity. Lisk, aelf, and Chainlink,…

Huobi Chain, the blockchain created by the eponymous company, just went open source. The project, in collaboration with Nervos, will enable companies to launch their own blockchain network, tokenize assets or create decentralized financial services (DeFi). The news comes directly…

Hyperledger has scored yet another coup as Post Italiane, the postal service of Italy, has joined their blockchain consortium according to a January 29, 2019 press release. An Italian Job One of the biggest commercial sectors that has embraced the…

Hyperledger, a collaborative project focused on advancing cross-industry blockchain technologies, has announced the creation of Grid, a framework aimed at enhancing the development and delivery of distributed ledger technology (DLT)  powered solutions for the supply chain ecosystem, according to a…

Linux Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to creating highly functional open source projects for the good of humanity, has announced on July 30, 2018, the successful addition of twenty-two organizations, including blockchain, artificial intelligence, cloud computing, to augment its open source…

In a major development, the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA) announced the release of the Enterprise Ethereum Client Specification 1.0, an open-source, cross-platform framework that ensures greater trust building in smart contract-based systems. Suited For Enterprise Purposes Announced on EEA’s official…

Author Cal Newport in his book Deep Work Rules for Focused Success In a Distracted World calls the ability to focus without distraction one of the most valuable skills in our economy. But in this same book he makes an…