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Blockchain Game Alliance Will Host NFT Open Forum to Boost Adoption

The Blockchain Game Alliance was formed by a group of companies looking to boost the adoption of blockchain technology in the gaming industry, and it is sponsored by companies like Ubisoft, AMD, ARK.io, Maker, and Algorand.The organization will be running an online open forum discussion on January 15th about the status of the NTF space and its future in 2021.The gamification of cryptocurrency investment strategies like yield farming represented a step forward for NFT’s, which promise to be a big player in the crypto ecosystem in 2021.The Blockchain Game Alliance

EXCLUSIVE: We May Already See Enterprise-Grade Blockchain Solutions Implementation, Says Monica Tartau of Lisk

Monica Tartau, Marketing & Events Lead at Lisk, recently sat down with BeInCrypto to discuss the benefits of blockchain technology, supply chain-related blockchain applications, and the best use case for the LISK token, among other things. Having a background in the food industry, Tartau elaborated on the complexity of implementing blockchain to build a decentralized traceability solution. She projected that the industry will not only see projects entering production phases and blockchain applications built, but also said that we may already see blockchain implementation at the enterprise level.  Lisk is

Bitcoin’s Killer Application: “Skin In The Game”

Bitcoin has soared in 2020 and everyone is talking about the price. But I want to talk about how Bitcoin is actually being used and the new capabilities it enables.  Sure, bitcoin is the hardest form of money that exists and the best store of value. But it is also the most practical form of digital value that we have, as it is global, interoperable and programmable. So, what other use cases does Bitcoin enable? And what are the revolutionary new capabilities that people didn’t even know they needed Bitcoin

Google, Ubisoft & Microsoft Swell the Ranks of the Maiden NFT Awards Judges Panel

The first edition of the annual NFT (non-fungible token) Awards, Co-hosted by Enjin and DEA is set to have a stellar cast of judges high-ranking members of Ubisoft and Microsoft joining the panel. The award ceremony is yet another pointer to the growing popularity of NFTs especially within the emerging collaborations between the gaming industry and the blockchain space.With digital real estate also beginning to gain greater traction, the NFT marketplace is seeing a significant expansion. From virtual land to art, and other collectibles, blockchain is providing an agile base later

Enjin Pumps After Announced Integration with Aave and Bancor

Enjin Coin (ENJ) has seen an increase of 23.8% following an update that enables the cryptocurrency to be added in Aave’s DeFi protocol. After the announcement, ENJ went from $0.172 to $0.214 in less than two days. As of press time, the gaming asset has retraced back to $0.198 as trading volume appears to be in a downtrend. Enjin and Aave The Enjin platform enables gamers to earn ENJ by playing the platform’s growing collection of games and applications. They can then sell these game items in the Enjin Marketplace,

Season 5 of Ubisoft Entrepreneur Labs has begun, revealing 8 chosen startups

Based in Station F (Paris), Ubisoft launched the newest season of their startup program, led by the Ubisoft Strategic Innovation Lab. The program is oriented around supporting innovative startup products and services by providing them expert assistance and access to world-class facilities.  Season 5 of this series will be focused over social entertainment, as evidenced by statements made by the Program Director of the Ubisoft Entrepreneurs Lab Catherine Seys’ on the 9th of January, 2020. She laid out the foundation for the 5th Season by saying – “We want to

Atari Partners with Unikrn to Increase Game Token Functionality

Gaming and interactive entertainment giant Atari has secured a partnership with blockchain esports firm Unikrn. The deal is geared towards enabling Atari token holders to shop, game, and bet with the firm’s native cryptocurrency. Tokenizing Atari’s Video Game Ecosystem According to a press release published on Thursday (June 11, 2020), California-based gaming heavyweight Atari has signed a partnership with industry-leading esports blockchain company  Unikrn to increase the utility and functionality of its native blockchain game token dubbed Atari Token. Commenting on the details of the deal, CEO of Atari Fred

Chainlink Introduces VRF Tool to Help Smart Contracts Achieve On-Chain Randomness

Chainlink is best known for its pioneering work around decentralized oracles, but the project’s experts have also gone expansive with work on Mixicles, meta oracles, and beyond. The Link Marines are buzzing anew, then, as Chainlink has rolled out yet another major contribution to the smart contracts ecosystem this week, the Chainlink VRF. The “VRF” in that stands for verifiable random function, a cryptographic primitive that can generate random numbers in verifiable and unbiasable fashion. Why’s this important? There are no shortage of use cases in which blockchain projects could