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Alibaba Claims Patented Cross-Chain System Is Better Than Cosmos

Paddy BakerJun 1, 2020

The e-commerce firm says its new patent would improve upon current systems used by blockchains to communicate with one another.

Polkadot

Polkadot Goes Live as Web3 Foundation Pushes Prospective Mainnet

William FoxleyMay 26, 2020

Polkadot is now live, following the launch of its first “chain candidate” (CC1).

China

How Chainlink and Cosmos Fit Into China’s Grand Blockchain Initiative

David PanJun 23, 2020

Chainlink will help the state-backed Blockchain-Based Service Network with oracles, and Cosmos-powered Irisnet will assist with interoperability.

Interoperability

‘Very Near Launch’: Polkadot Founder Gavin Wood Details Network Rollout

William FoxleyMay 6, 2020

Polkadot founder Gavin Wood outlined the “five or six” steps the network will be taking as it moves to a full launch, some four years after first being conceived, during his Ready Layer One presentation.

Interoperability

New Crypto Bridge Will Make Tether Transactions Cheaper, CTO Says

Paddy BakerApr 25, 2020

Bitfinex and Tether CTO Paolo Ardoino says he hopes pToken – a project he has assisted – will make it easier for retail USDT holders to swap their tokens from one chain to another.

Interoperability

Polkadot

Shyft Network to Build FATF-Compliant ‘Identity Layer’ for Polkadot

William FoxleyApr 6, 2020

Shyft Network is adding yet another blockchain to its decentralized digital identification network.

Stellar

IoT App Nodle Moves From Stellar Blockchain to Polkadot

William FoxleyMar 31, 2020

IoT platform Nodle announced it is switching from the Stellar blockchain to a custom build on Parity Technologies’ Substrate network.

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Enterprise Blockchain

Old Rivals Oracle and IBM Want Their Blockchains to Talk to Each Other

Ian AllisonMar 9, 2020

IBM and Oracle are working on an interoperability project that could unite the business consortia on the companies' respective blockchain platforms.

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Polkadot

Web3 Foundation Funds Technical Bridge Connecting Polkadot to Bitcoin

Paddy BakerMar 5, 2020

Web3 has awarded grants to more than 100 projects building on Polkadot.

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Interoperability

RSK Launches Interoperability Bridge Between Bitcoin and Ethereum

Paddy BakerFeb 7, 2020

RSK's tokens can now operate within the ethereum ecosystem using the new token bridge.

Cosmos

What Is Going On With Jae Kwon and Cosmos?

Brady DaleFeb 4, 2020

Internal tensions at Tendermint, the company building the Cosmos blockchain, have begun to spill out into public view.

Interoperability

‘One Network, Many Chains’ – The Case for Blockchain Interoperability

Brady DaleJan 30, 2020

Inter-blockchain communication (IBC) is poised to be a major theme of 2020. And, like most trends in crypto, it has its fair share of hope, hype and haters.