# HBAR Foundation launches 0M climate-focused  impact fund, declaring DOVU as inaugural grantee

# HBAR Foundation launches $100M climate-focused impact fund, declaring DOVU as inaugural grantee

” HBAR Foundation launches $100M climate-focused impact fund, declaring DOVU as inaugural grantee “ The HBAR Foundation, a philanthropic and independent subsidiary of distributed ledger firm Hedera Hashgraph, has announced the launch of the environmentally-conscious Sustainable Impact Fund, SIF, conceived to foster the development of climate-conscious solutions within the Hedera ecosystem. The first recipient, a…

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# What is Solana, and how does it work?

# What is Solana, and how does it work?

” What is Solana, and how does it work? “ What is Solana? Solana is a highly functional open source project that implements a new, permissionless and high-speed layer-1 blockchain. Created in 2017 by Anatoly Yakovenko, a former executive at Qualcomm, Solana aims to scale throughput beyond what is typically achieved by popular blockchains while…

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# What is the Near Protocol, and how does it work?

# What is the Near Protocol, and how does it work?

“# What is the Near Protocol, and how does it work? ” What is Near protocol blockchain? Near Protocol is a decentralized application (DApp) platform that focuses on usability among developers and users. As a competitor of Ethereum, NearProtocol is also smart-contract capable and a proof-of-stake (PoS) blockchain. Near uses sharding technology to achieve scalability,…

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# Swiss central bank tests wholesale CBDC with commercial partners

# Swiss central bank tests wholesale CBDC with commercial partners

“# Swiss central bank tests wholesale CBDC with commercial partners ” Switzerland took another step to clarify the roadmap for integrating central bank digital currencies (CBDC) into the current financial system.  The Swiss National Bank (SNB), the country’s central bank, completed the second phase of Project Helvetia with its partners by integrating wholesale CBDC into the…

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# Australian Reserve Bank’s ‘Project Atom’ CBDC research finds numerous benefits

# Australian Reserve Bank’s ‘Project Atom’ CBDC research finds numerous benefits

“# Australian Reserve Bank’s ‘Project Atom’ CBDC research finds numerous benefits ” The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) published a report into its two-year research project into wholesale central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) that emphasized the benefits of digitizing and autonomizing manual, paper-based banking processes using distributed ledger technology (DLT). The report marks the conclusion…

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# EU central banks work on DLT-based asset settlement

# EU central banks work on DLT-based asset settlement

“# EU central banks work on DLT-based asset settlement ” European central banks ramp up their efforts to utilize distributed ledger technology (DLT), the foundation of blockchain, in central bank money settlements. Banca d’Italia and Deutsche Bundesbank, central banks of Italy and Germany, respectively, joined forces to work on settlements in central bank money of…

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# Iota launches beta smart contracts to foster interoperability

# Iota launches beta smart contracts to foster interoperability

“# Iota launches beta smart contracts to foster interoperability ” The Iota Foundation has announced the release of its beta version smart contract functionality, with the objective to solve market challenges of scalability limitations and high transaction fees, as well as reportedly debuting components not witnessed thus far in the space. Iota’s nonprofit foundation is…

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