FosterBridge, a Korea-based global startup growth platform, will join forces with Qazaq Creative, a digital platform for discovering and connecting startups and individuals in creative industries, according to FosterBridge on Sept. 2. Qazaq Creative was launched by the Republic of Kazakhstan under its government-financed fund named “Creative Industries Development Fund.” "We have witnessed startups forging global opportunities not because they lack the expertise or technological prowess, but bec

JPMorgan, BNP Paribas, HSBC, Circle, Cumberland, Goldman Sachs and the Depository Trust & Clearing Corp. These are major institutions with massive public footprints that all have something in common: They’ve worked with Canton Network. Canton is a blockchain protocol linking Daml applications — Daml is an enterprise-grade, open-source smart contract language — defining who is entitled to see, and who is authorized to change any given contract. In practice, this allows transactions on shared infr

Co-founder and CEO of Circle Jeremy Allaire visited South Korea, which is one of the world's biggest markets for crypto trading, to woo partners and users ahead of the official launch of its newest settlement technology, Arc. "We're also expanding in other areas that could be powerful for the Korean financial ecosystem, such as Arc, which we are launching commercially this year," said Allaire during a press briefing Monday. Arc is a financial settlement rail based on blockchain technology. Circl