Zug, Switzerland – 25 April, 2018 – The Crypto Valley Association (CVA) is proud to announce that ConsenSys is joining the Association as a Strategic Partner.
Comprised of over 750 blockchain experts, entrepreneurs, computer scientists, designers, engineers, consultants, educators, and business leaders with delivery experience across six continents, ConsenSys is the world’s largest blockchain venture production studio. Its vision is to use blockchain technology to create a world in which distributed applications and the Ethereum world computer support a new class of frictionless, global commerce with inclusion for all.
Oliver Bussmann, President of the Crypto Valley Association, said: “We are delighted to welcome ConsenSys as a Strategic Partner. With its size and scope, ConsenSys occupies a special place in the blockchain community, both in terms of development of public blockchain on Ethereum as well as in the enterprise and government blockchain space. The company has an incredible depth of understanding and expertise not just in the technology, but also in the universe of blockchain use cases as well as the broader implications of decentralization. As a Strategic Partner, we believe ConsenSys will bring great value to our members and to the wider Crypto Valley ecosystem.”
Joseph Lubin, CEO of ConsenSys, said: “We are very excited to become a Strategic Partner of the CVA. ConsenSys has always had a special affinity for the Crypto Valley, which has been the home of the Ethereum Foundation since its founding in 2014. We have watched the Crypto Valley ecosystem grow to become one of the most important and respected pillars of the global blockchain community. The CVA has played a key role supporting this growth through its community building activities as well as thought leadership. We look forward to working closely with the CVA on its mission to promote a successful and sustainable blockchain industry in Switzerland as well as support the broader global crypto community.”
As a Strategic Partner, ConsenSys will chair the CVA’s new Enterprise Blockchain working group, which will serve as a forum for CVA enterprise, corporate and other members to share case studies of enterprise blockchain projects and examine current and future use cases.
Ken Timsit, Managing Director at ConsenSys, said: “Over the last 12 months, ConsenSys has been very active in Europe, where we now have four offices and subsidiaries, and over two dozen ongoing projects in eight countries. We are delighted to be supporting the CVA and look forward to working with peers as we examine the use of blockchain technology to reinvent industry value chains and create new business models.”
ConsenSys, which through The Brooklyn Project and other initiatives has been actively involved in the blockchain policy debate in the US and in Europe, will also be joining the CVA Regulatory and Policy Working Group.
About Crypto Valley Association:
Founded in January 2017, the Crypto Valley Association is a not-for-profit association established to support the development and dissemination of cryptographic technologies, blockchain, and other distributed ledger technologies by supporting startups and other companies in Zug, Switzerland and internationally. Crypto Valley’s mission is to shape an open, free, and prosperous economy spanning multiple sectors.
Board members of the Crypto Valley Association are:
Oliver Bussmann, Founder & Managing Partner Bussmann Advisory; Vasily Suvorov, Vice President Technology Strategy Luxoft; Professor René Huesler, Director of the Lucerne School of Information Technology, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts; Sam Chadwick, Director Financial & Risk Innovation Thomson Reuters; Søren Fog, CEO iProtus.
Crypto Valley Conference 20-22 June:
The Crypto Valley Association (CVA), in cooperation with Lucerne School of Applied Sciences, will hold the Crypto Valley Conference in Theatre Casino in Zug, Switzerland, from 20-22 June 2018. The conference brings together leading researchers, developers, lawyers and innovators from across the globe to share and discuss state-of-the-art developments and advances in the blockchain technology ecosystem.
About ConsenSys:
ConsenSys is a venture production studio building decentralized products, platforms and infrastructure for blockchain ecosystems, focusing primarily on Ethereum. ConsenSys is interested in the identification, acquisition, and development of talent and projects on an ongoing basis, in addition to the development of internal projects and consulting work. ConsenSys is based in NYC, with offices in Paris, Dubai, London, Dublin, San Francisco, Toronto, Sydney, Manila, and other major cities around the globe.
A leading cryptocurrency exchange in India, Zebpay, has introduced crypto-to-crypto trading on its platform. The launch closely follows the Reserve Bank of India banning banks from servicing crypto exchanges. Meanwhile, Zebpay celebrated its 3 millionth app download.
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Crypto-to-Crypto Trading
Indian cryptocurrency exchange Zebpay has launched its first crypto-to-crypto trading pair.
Established in 2015 and headquartered in Mumbai, Zebpay claims to be India’s largest cryptocurrency exchange. In March, the company said that its app had more than three million downloads, “making it the most downloaded cryptocurrency app on both iOS and Android in India.”
Citing that its “engineers have been working round-the-clock to launch crypto-to-crypto trading,” the exchange detailed this week:
Zebpay is excited to announce the launch of crypto-to-crypto trading. Now, you can easily exchange one cryptocurrency for another…The first pair we’re introducing is ETH/BTC. More crypto pairs coming soon.
The “crypto-to-crypto trading feature will be available in the new app update: Android version 2.0.14 and iOS version 2.0.24,” the exchange clarified, adding that the fees for all crypto-to-crypto transactions will be charged in bitcoin.
Furthermore, Zebpay tweeted last week that “Initially, this feature will be available to a limited set of users.”
Indian Crypto Ecosystem
Zebpay’s crypto-to-crypto trading launch follows the announcement by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) which bans banks and financial institutions under its control from providing services to cryptocurrency exchanges.
“We remain committed to keeping customer funds and assets secure, and are exploring various options,” Zebpay responded to RBI’s announcement. “However, a sudden disruption in banking services could affect our ability to service deposits and withdrawals, until banking services are restored. Please keep this risk factor in mind while making your investment decisions.”
The crypto community has been growing in India. According to Zebpay, while it is estimated that 10 million Indians are investing in financial markets, 5 million Indians are said to be trading cryptocurrencies. “This translates to a market penetration of 60% for Zebpay with its 3 million downloads,” the company emphasized. CTO Mahin Gupta commented:
Looking at the Indian milieu, people have started looking at cryptocurrencies not only as an investment option but as a technology that is about to change the future of money.
Last month, the company with one of India’s largest tax filing platforms to help taxpayers with crypto-related taxes.
What do you think of Zebpay launching crypto-to-crypto trading? Let us know in the comments section below.
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The DNA.Fund has expanded its portfolio of promising clients with the addition of cryptoasset portfolio manager . B21 is the world’s first personal wealth manager exclusively focused on cryptoassets.
Their aim is to bring cryptoasset investing to the mass market, making investing in cryptoassets easy and available to everyone. The B21 team is focused on building a community of global investors to drive growth and adoption of blockchain technologies.
B21 is differentiating itself by developing a platform which makes the currently complex cryptoasset markets easily manageable over a smartphone application. B21 allows customers to invest in cryptoassets like bitcoin, Ethereum and EOS as well as other altcoins using local fiat currency.
The company are solving on ramping, user interface and trust issues by launching an easy to use, transparent and regulated service1 targeted at the general public. With the B21 application customers will only need one account to create and manage a portfolio of cryptoassets whereas other competitive offerings would require multiple accounts, passwords, and account verification processes.
To drive the power of a global community B21 will offer account holders the ability to vote for new assets which will be made available on the platform, truly returning the power of investment capital back to the people.
“We are honored to be working with the DNA team,” said Miles Paschini, Co-founder of B21, “in today’s rapidly changing landscape of building global communities, it is necessary to work with strategic partners like DNA. With its deep and wide expertise in building blockchain technologies and communities, DNA will provide the necessary investment, guidance and support that a young startup needs. The DNA team constitutes a mix of young and experienced team members who have both hands on and a visionary view.”
The B21 management team includes , , and who have extensive experience in managing and building regulated financial services applications as well as cryptocurrency related products. In addition to the DNA team, B21 is advised by industry leaders and .
About DNA Fund
DNA Fund, headquartered in Puerto Rico with offices in Santa Monica, CA and Austin, TX, sources and provides funding, strategy and consulting for the world’s highest potential decentralized projects.
About B21C
B21C Limited, headquartered in Gibraltar with company registration number 116274, is a fintech company developing a personal wealth management platform exclusively for cryptoassets. 1The company has applied to be regulated by the Gibraltar FSC under the DLT licensing scheme.
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has announced that in the framework of Blockchain Week NYC in May they are going to hold their XRP Community Night featuring a live music performance by Snoop Dogg who has already shown his interest in cryptocurrencies. The event itself is aimed at celebration of the company’s hard work on developing its XRP token and ledger technology.
In their Ripple team described their VIP event the following way: “As special thanks to those who are building liquidity, validating transactions, developing on the XRP Ledger, looking to xRapid as a liquidity solution and sharing the good word about XRP’s many benefits, we’re hosting a special night.”
The event is for invited guests only but the company has taken a decision to organize two contests via Twitter, 10 winners of which will get a ticket for the upcoming special XRP Community night.
Win tickets to Night with on May 15 during in NYC! More on how to win:
— Ripple (@Ripple)
The first contest is “Twitter Trivia” and it will be held on April 26. The company will post three questions at 4 p.m. Pacific Time and the community will have one chance for answering this questions using one single tweet. Eight tickets are allocated for this contest which means that eight participants who will be the first to answer correctly all three questions in a single tweet will become winners. Their names will be publicly announced the next day.
The second contest is for more creative users. Ripple will ask its fans to “Make the Meme”. On May 2, the company will share two images and prompts and those who want to participate will need to create captions for one of two images. For this task participants will have only 24 hours.
Each user will have only one chance to show his or her imagination and creativity. Only the first tweet for each image will be considered by judges. There will be two winners (one winner for each image) and each of them will be awarded with a ticket. The names of the luckiest participants will become known on May 4.
Nevertheless, recently Ripple has been mentioned not only in the context of high-scale events featuring such celebrities as Snoop Dogg. While the discussions regarding the status of Ripple’s XRP cryptocurrency are still under way (though the company on not classifying its token as a security), Ripple is actively working on establishing partnership with banks and other financial institutions.
Just some weeks ago, it was that Spanish banking giant Banco Santander is planning to launch its new international payment system powered by the Ripple’s xCurrent distributed ledger technology. This new move will facilitate global payments for retail customers from some European nations, nevertheless, the audience is said to be expanded soon. Moreover, Ripple has recently $25 million of its XRP into Blockchain Capital’s Parallel IV Fund for early-stage projects support.
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