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Decentralised Security Provider Silence Laboratories raises $1.7 Million in Seed Funding

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Thursday, September 1, 2022
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SINGAPORE, Aug. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Silence Laboratories , a web3 focused cybersecurity startup, headquartered in Singapore and working on libraries for MPC and Proofs-based Decentralised Security-as-Service (DSaaS), has closed a $1.7 million round in a seed funding, led by Pi Ventures .

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  • SINGAPORE, Aug. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Silence Laboratories , a web3 focused cybersecurity startup, headquartered in Singapore and working on libraries for MPC and Proofs-based Decentralised Security-as-Service (DSaaS), has closed a $1.7 million round in a seed funding, led by Pi Ventures .
  • Silence Laboratories (SL) is on a mission to build a developer focused cryptographic stack and is motivated to democratizing non-trivial libraries.
  • Hence, the internet is witnessing a growing push towards distributed authentication protocols and signature schemes and Silence Laboratories is at the forefront of this revolution," says Jay Prakash, CEO and Co-Founder at Silence Laboratories.
  • Silence Laboratories is working on setting up an Applied Cryptography and Web3 Security corporate R&D centre in South Asia, with local and international collaborations.

Footprint Emerges From Stealth to Create the Last Identity Form You Will Ever Fill Out

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Wednesday, August 3, 2022
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PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Footprint, a new company that allows companies with just five lines of code to frictionlessly and securely onboard users, launched today, with $6 million in Seed funding. The company wants to put people in control of their identity while solving KYC, IDV, and PII storage problems for enterprises. The round was led by Index Ventures, with participation from the founders of Plaid, Ramp, Lattice, Moonpay, Kayak, and Jumpcloud, as well as seed-focused funds BoxGroup, Operator Partners, Lerer Hippeau, Palm Tree Crew, Not Boring Capital, and K5. Funds will be used to further product development and round out the Footprint team prior to the launch of early access this fall. Early demand has far exceeded the company's expectations, and it will add users on a rolling basis as it scales to meet demand.

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  • The company wants to put people in control of their identity while solving KYC, IDV, and PII storage problems for enterprises.
  • As a result, the process to verify the identity of an individual has no involvement from the actual person.
  • Once users sign up for an account with Footprint once, they never have to fill out a form again.
  • Footprint provides frictionless identity verification and PII vaulting for a faster, safer, better experience online.

MEGA Security Update

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Tuesday, June 21, 2022
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Customers who have logged into their MEGA account at least 512 times (the more, the higher the exposure).

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  • Customers who have logged into their MEGA account at least 512 times (the more, the higher the exposure).
  • While all MEGA client products use permanent sessions by default, some third-party clients such as Rclone do not, so their users may be exposed.
  • We also invite vendors of third-party client software to upgrade to the latest MEGA SDK, and those who maintain their own MEGA API client implementation, to add an equivalent fix.
  • MEGA has made a significant vulnerability payment to the researchers and welcomes reports from any other party.

MEGA Security Update

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Tuesday, June 21, 2022
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Customers who have logged into their MEGA account at least 512 times (the more, the higher the exposure).

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  • Customers who have logged into their MEGA account at least 512 times (the more, the higher the exposure).
  • While all MEGA client products use permanent sessions by default, some third-party clients such as Rclone do not, so their users may be exposed.
  • We also invite vendors of third-party client software to upgrade to the latest MEGA SDK, and those who maintain their own MEGA API client implementation, to add an equivalent fix.
  • MEGA has made a significant vulnerability payment to the researchers and welcomes reports from any other party.

Chia Launches the First Native Peer-to-Peer Exchange Capabilities and DEXs

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Wednesday, January 12, 2022
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Chia Network, Inc. , a new energy-efficient decentralized blockchain founded by Bram Cohen , today announced the launch of Offers, its first native, peer-to-peer exchange capabilities for anyone with a Chia wallet.

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  • Chia Network, Inc. , a new energy-efficient decentralized blockchain founded by Bram Cohen , today announced the launch of Offers, its first native, peer-to-peer exchange capabilities for anyone with a Chia wallet.
  • To further support Offers, Chia also announced a partnership with Stably to launch USDS, the first dollar denominated stablecoin to arrive on Chia Network.
  • Additionally, Stably will be making available wrapped bitcoin and wrapped ether on the Chia blockchain.
  • Offers allows Makers and Takers buyers and sellers to seamlessly create and accept trade offers all from the privacy of their Chia wallet.

Costa Rica and Chia Announce Partnership to Support Climate and Government Initiatives

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Thursday, November 11, 2021
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The MOU outlines Chias support of Costa Ricas leadership on climate and deep commitment to transparency.

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  • The MOU outlines Chias support of Costa Ricas leadership on climate and deep commitment to transparency.
  • The Government of Costa Rica selected Chia as an open-source partner due to both its technical software and open-source expertise, but also the platforms commitment to secure, sustainable, inclusive blockchain technology and immutable data storage, said Andrea Meza Murillo, Minister of Environment and Energy of Costa Rica.
  • Realizing the platforms potential in partnership with the Government of Costa Rica has been one of our most exciting ventures to date.
  • Chia is committed to being the rails for enabling climate inventory management and is at COP26 in support of its commitment.

Chia Appoints Vishal Kapoor Senior VP of Business Development

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Thursday, October 21, 2021
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Chia Network, Inc. , a next generation open-source blockchain and smart transaction platform founded by Bram Cohen , today announced the hiring of Vishal Kapoor as Senior Vice President of Business Development.

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  • Chia Network, Inc. , a next generation open-source blockchain and smart transaction platform founded by Bram Cohen , today announced the hiring of Vishal Kapoor as Senior Vice President of Business Development.
  • Mr. Kapoor will be responsible for strategizing new verticals, developing partnerships, incubating new business ventures, and corporate development for the company.
  • His track record of success across a broad set of technology-driven endeavors speaks volumes for his unique talent as a business development strategist.
  • Joining Bram, Gene and the Chia team as adoption moves to the next level could not be more exciting, said Vishal Kapoor.

Chia Partners With Supranational to Create Industry Leading Proof-of-Space-Time Security

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Wednesday, October 13, 2021
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Timelock cryptographys time has come, said Bram Cohen, Founder and CEO of Chia Network.

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  • Timelock cryptographys time has come, said Bram Cohen, Founder and CEO of Chia Network.
  • To us, its simple: the future of blockchain requires VDFs, and were making that happen with Supranational.
  • Advancing the current state of the art for VDFs is critical for the future of blockchain adoption, said Kelly Olson, Co-Founder at Supranational.
  • Chia and Supranational are targeting the launch of their new VDFs in the second half of 2022.

Chia Hires Paul Ford as VP of Developer Relations to Launch Chialisp Developer Program

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Wednesday, September 1, 2021
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Chia Network, Inc. , a new energy-efficient decentralized blockchain founded by Bram Cohen , today announced that Paul Ford will become Vice President of Developer Relations.

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  • Chia Network, Inc. , a new energy-efficient decentralized blockchain founded by Bram Cohen , today announced that Paul Ford will become Vice President of Developer Relations.
  • In this role, Ford will be responsible for launching the Chialisp Developer Program (CLDP) which will provide the training, education, and experiences required for global developers to create on top of Chia.
  • Were thrilled Pauls joining the Chia team as we ramp up broader adoption of our cryptocurrency, said Gene Hoffman, President & COO of Chia.
  • Paul brings a powerful combination of industry expertise and entrepreneurial know-how that resonates with our developer community.

Chia Creates Cultivation Grant Program to Fund High-Potential Projects

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Wednesday, August 18, 2021
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Chia Network, Inc. , a new energy-efficient decentralized blockchain founded by Bram Cohen , today announced the launch of its Chia Cultivation Grant Program to support developers who want to create and apply tools that grow the broader Chia ecosystem.

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  • Chia Network, Inc. , a new energy-efficient decentralized blockchain founded by Bram Cohen , today announced the launch of its Chia Cultivation Grant Program to support developers who want to create and apply tools that grow the broader Chia ecosystem.
  • Chias mission centers around crowd-sourced and open-sourced contributions to strengthen our network and expand the technologys capabilities, said J. Eckert, Vice President of Ecosystem Operations at Chia.
  • The first recipient of the Cultivation Grant is Emergent Coin , a company focused on creating decentralized apps to help build the broader Chia ecosystem.
  • For more information about the Chia Cultivation Grant Program, how to apply and other frequently asked questions, please visit www.chia.net/grants or email [email protected] .