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Blockchain development agency Labrys partners with innovation consultancy and startup accelerator Collective Campus to launch Metarise, a web3 venture fund and tokenised startup accelerator that brings web3 projects to fruition.

The Ronin Network has lost 173,600 ethereum and 25.5 million USD Coin — a digital stablecoin pegged to the US dollar — due to a security breach on the network, the company says.

An affiliate of the NetWalker ransomware group has been extradited from Canada to the US on Thursday, following a January indictment issued by the US Department of Justice that alleged he had been part of a group that used this strain of the malware to attack institutions around the world.

GUEST OPINION: If there has been one constant during the past few years, it's been the growing pace of technological change. Businesses have increasingly embraced cloud platforms, reconfigured network infrastructures to support remote workers, and deployed new security tools.

Infosys launches Infosys Metaverse Foundry, a consulting service that lets businesses ideate, prototype, and build offerings to help them transition into 3D.

The Cooperative Research Centre for Developing Northern Australia (CRCNA) is partnering with Queensland blockchain company Civic Ledger, FNQ Growers, and Inclusive Growth Partners to de-risk agriculture development with grower-led water markets across Northern Australia.

GUEST OPINION: Hit ‘sustainability Australia’ into a search engine, and the results reveal a broad spectrum of issues: farming, solar power, irrigation, Great Barrier Reef, e-vehicles, e-homes and forestry, and many more.

GUEST OPINION: Key senior technology management from Extreme Networks, a cloud-driven networking vendor, today issued their 11 key predictions for 2022 providing advice to enterprises on trends in the year ahead for Zero Trust, blockchain, Wi-Fi, AIOps, cloud and 5G adoption.

GUEST OPINION: Data creation continues to grow exponentially with an estimated 2.5 quintillion bytes produced globally every day. It is important for organisations to harness that power and create useful insights and business outcomes.

The chief executive of a cryptocurrency marketplace has welcomed the recommendations of a Senate inquiry into taxation, licensing and regulations to cover digital and cryptocurrency businesses in Australia.

Australian-listed blockchain and AI focused mobile games developer Animoca Brands has acquired 100% of indie game developer Blowfish Studios for an upfront consideration of $9 million, plus payments of up to $26 million conditional on certain employment and performance targets.

Australian energy trading technology company Power Ledger is migrating its own next-generation blockchain platform, the Powerledger Energy Blockchain, from Ethereum to Solana.

Australian-listed blockchain and AI focused mobile games developer Animoca Brands and Queens Park Rangers Football Club have announced that they will develop and launch non-fungible tokens (NFTs) based on the popular English football team, starting with sets of limited edition collectibles to be launched later in the year.

GUEST OPINION by Ashley Diffey, Head of APAC and Japan at Ping Identity: When information technology was first embraced by businesses, it tended to be in a very centralised form. Data centres held core applications and databases while users gained access through authorised devices and network links.

Designed to enable trusted exchanges and monetisation of data via private blockchain, Nokia says this development accelerates initiatives in AI and machine learning through federated learning and offers secure multi-party transactions to benefit a wide range of industries.

Piper Alderman makes history as “the first legal firm in Australia” to use Lygon, a blockchain-based platform that streamlines paper-based payment guarantees. This breakthrough will help the legal firm “enjoy greater efficiency and security over guarantees.”

ICT professional association ISACA is offering a new certification which it says gives IT professionals the scope to boost their skillset in top emerging technologies and ensure their knowledge is up to date.

Global spending on blockchain solutions will rise to US$6.6 billion (A$8.5 billion) this year, an increase of more than 50% compared to the pandemic year, the technology analyst firm IDC says.

Global database and business applications vendor, Oracle, today announced significant blockchain technologies coming free in all versions of the Oracle database and bolstering security and trust.

First-to-market blockchain-based platform Lygon has announced it has "minted its first industry standardised digital bank guarantee, representing a significant breakthrough for blockchain-based companies globally", with Lygon a joint venture between ANZ, Westpac, Commonwealth Bank, Scentre Group and IBM.