# A16z taps Deutsche Telekom subsidiary as Celo validator

# A16z taps Deutsche Telekom subsidiary as Celo validator

“# A16z taps Deutsche Telekom subsidiary as Celo validator ” The United States-based venture capital fund Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) has picked T-Systems MMS validator group, a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom, to delegate its native Celo (CELO) assets. According to a notice on Deutsche Telekom’s website on Tuesday, T-Systems MMS is running the validator nodes via the…

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# Goldman Sachs backs M funding round for Blockdaemon

# Goldman Sachs backs $28M funding round for Blockdaemon

“# Goldman Sachs backs $28M funding round for Blockdaemon ” Goldman Sachs has backed a $28 million Series A funding round for blockchain infrastructure firm Blockdaemon. The funding was led by Greenspring Associates and included participation from crypto lending firm BlockFi, and crypto-asset broker Voyager Digital Ltd, along with a $5 million investment from Goldman…

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# Theta’s Mainnet 3.0 launch date pushed to June

# Theta’s Mainnet 3.0 launch date pushed to June

“# Theta’s Mainnet 3.0 launch date pushed to June ” Crypto-powered esports streaming app Theta’s mainnet 3.0 launch has been delayed until June. In an announcement from Theta Labs, the company stated that its development team is still working “to incorporate some building blocks” for a non-fungible token, or NFT, marketplace for the Theta Mainnet…

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# Ethereum now available on Amazon Managed Blockchain

# Ethereum now available on Amazon Managed Blockchain

“# Ethereum now available on Amazon Managed Blockchain ” Tech giant Amazon just announced the general availability of Ethereum on its managed blockchain. According to Amazon Web Services, or AWS, users now have the ability to “provision Ethereum nodes” as well as connect to the blockchain’s mainnet as well as the Ropsten and Rinkeby testnets…

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# Bison Trails launches Global Blockchain Sync to enhance node operations, reduce lag times

# Bison Trails launches Global Blockchain Sync to enhance node operations, reduce lag times

“# Bison Trails launches Global Blockchain Sync to enhance node operations, reduce lag times ” Bison Trails, a leading blockchain infrastructure company, has launched a new protocol that allows customers to scale their node operations without the lag times that normally accompany such functions. Beginning Tuesday, Global Blockchain Synch, or GBS, will allow Bison Trails…

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# Bitcoin node count hits new all-time high

# Bitcoin node count hits new all-time high

“# Bitcoin node count hits new all-time high ” The number of Bitcoin nodes is at an all-time high, with 11,558 reachable nodes currently active, according to Bitnodes.io. Another Bitcoin network statistics tracker, coin.dance, calculates the total number of Bitcoin nodes at 11,613, which is just above the previous high of 11,250 set one year…

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