Altcoins
Cardano
IOHK signs a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Ethiopian Ministry of Science and Technology to explore training blockchain developers and use Cardano in the Agritech Industry.
https://mobile.twitter.com/IOHK_Charles/status/992001912752017408
IOTA
IOTA starts the unveil of Qubic, the previous rumoured and hyped project name Q.
With Qubic, IOTA confirmed the addition of Smart contracts, Oracles and outsourced computation to the platform.
More details on July 3rd.
(more details of the additions on the article below)
https://twitter.com/iotatoken/status/992039271333851137
- iotatoken
https://vxcompany.com/2018/05/04/qubic-update-potential-impact/
VeChain
PricewaterhouseCoopers, better known as PwC, has acquired a small ownership interest in VeChain.
PwC said that the will begin offering blockchain auditing services to allow corporations to utilize the blockchain to record transactions and process information in a decentralized manner.
As one of the big four auditors and accounting firms in the world alongside Deloitte, PwC’s business model revolves around its professional services.
https://www.yahoo.com/amphtml/finance/news/big-four-giant-pwc-invests-124712048.html?__twitter_impression=true
Maker
The Request Network announces a strategic partnership with MakerDAO to increase stability in Cryptocurrency finance.
Through this partnership financial dApps built on top of the Request Network can soon use the Dai stablecoin to provide price stability against the U.S. Dollar.
https://twitter.com/RequestNetwork/status/992388684262592512
- RequestNetwork
aelf
aelf announced the inauguration of the Innovation Alliance.
Innovation alliance is creating a coalition of large international blockchain players, of all industries, who can help accelerate the road to blockchain adoption for organisations.
Among others, some of the current players are:
● Huobi Labs - Huobi exchange incubation program
● Signum Capital - Singapore’s largest blockchain fund
● FBG Capital - One of the largest blockchain and cryptocurrency hedge funds in Asia
YEE
Yee and Microsoft China reached an initial agreement on strategic cooperation.
The core technology of Microsoft Xiaoice will be applied to YeeCall application to enrich chat scenario. YeeCall will establish access to Microsoft cloud service and become a vital partner.
Yee is a blockchain-powered & cloud-based social ecosystem.
https://twitter.com/YeeToken/status/992005061034168325
- YeeToken