Decentralized storage network Filecoin has partnered with Protocol Labs and other participants within the Web3 ecosystem to launch the Decentralized Storage Alliance. According to the announcement, one of the main goals of the newly formed alliance is to help Web2 enterprises transition to Web3 through education, advocacy and best practices. The Alliance said it hopes to achieve this by bringing together diverse viewpoints from leading Web2 and Web3 industry players, such as Advanced Micro Devices, Ernst & Young and data storage solutions provider Seagate. The organization aspires to become a trusted space where different companies can collaborate around Web3 technologies …

The Crypto Market Integrity Coalition (CMIC) announced the induction of eight new members, the organization announced on Sept. 29. The organization now has 38 members. CMIC members take a pledge to uphold market integrity and efficiency that the organization says: “gives a unified voice to the crypto industry’s commitment to continually improving market integrity and collaboration with regulators.” According to its statement, the CMIC is also developing market integrity training for digital asset markets to help compliance professionals counter manipulation. The new CMIC members are digital asset trust and security company BitGo, crypto exchange Bittrex, blockchain analytics platform Crystal Blockchain, …

The Crypto Market Integrity Coalition, an organization founded two months ago by 17 cryptocurrency exchanges, firms and industry associations worldwide, announced 13 new members have joined. The group is centered around a pledge endorsed by members’ CEOs or chief compliance officers that (among other things): “We will integrate principles that uphold Market Integrity and Market Efficiency into our operations and business strategy.” The coalition, or CMIC, was spearheaded by market surveillance firm Solidus Labs. “To enable the promise of crypto and DeFi, we must as an industry be vocal about our commitment to address and mitigate the risks,” Solidus Labs …

The enterprise adoption of blockchain technology is an important long-term goal of the cryptocurrency community because the integration of digital currencies with daily business activities will bring new users into the ecosystem and provide a boost to on-chain activity. One protocol that has been gaining traction on the enterprise adoption front is XinFin Network, an enterprise-ready hybrid blockchain solution specifically designed to optimize international trade and finance. Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView shows that after hitting a low of $0.0673 on July 20, the price of the XinFin Digital Contract (XDC) token rallied 190% to establish a new …

Celo, a stablecoin payments network, has announced the addition of more than 20 new members to its "Alliance for Prosperity" ahead Celos’s mainet launch — which is currently expected for mid-May. The new alliance members have begun working to deliver mobile-friendly decentralized applications (DApps) built on top of Celo. The alliance's total membership has now tagged 75 just two months after launching. Celo alliance membership grows by 50% The new additions include payment processors, digital asset wallet providers, custody providers, blockchain advocacy groups, privacy coins, stablecoins and teams seeking to integrate blockchain technology into supply chain management systems. “We are …

The Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA), the world’s largest open-source Blockchain initiative, has recently added 34 new members expanding to a total of 150 organizations. Mastercard and Cisco Systems The EEA is a non-profit consortium that is focused the developments of Ether or in the broader sense, the whole Ethereum Blockchain. Among their 34 new members are Mastercard and Cisco as well as the Scotiabank and Government of Pradesh. While Cisco is clearly on the list of the new members in the press release, the absence of Mastercard's name has brought confusion to the Ether community in Reddit. But actually, the …