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Shardus to Demonstrate First Linearly Scalable Blockchain

DALLAS, Texas -- The Shardus Project (Shardus.com) continues to gain momentum with their state sharding solution and will be the first team in the world to demonstrate linear scaling functionality on a decentralized blockchain network at their Q3 update event on Saturday, October 19th in Dallas at the Emerging Technology Summit in Dallas, Texas.

The Shardus team has made significant advancements over the past few months, building sharding and linear scaling into the Shardus distributed ledger. Sharding enables applications built on Shardus to process significantly more transactions in parallel than blockchains that do not have sharding capabilities. Each new node that joins the network helps to increase the parallel processing of transactions so that the throughput of the network scales linearly with the number of nodes in the network.

"We are excited to be the first blockchain protocol to come to market with linear scaling functionality in a dynamic network, and our team is proud to push the industry forward in this direction," said Omar Syed, one of the founders of the Shardus project.

Each quarter, the Shardus team holds a presentation to give interested parties the status of the project and demonstrate the latest developments.

The presentations are recorded and posted on the Shardus YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-DQu61lxOvicMi0VsSIAtA

This quarterly event is in partnership with the University of Texas, Dallas (UTD) Emerging Technology Summit, a leading technology-focused collegiate network. A hackathon will also be taking place during the event. Shardus executives and developers will also be available at the hackathon to teach the participating students how easy it is to build a decentralized network using Shardus.

The Shardus team also recently announced the launch of UniswapDex.com, an open-source project that provides a more feature-rich interface to Uniswap. Users can easily swap between ERC20 tokens and ETH as well as add liquidity to earn transaction fees. The site also shows statistics on Uniswap trading volume, liquidity and return on investment for liquidity providers.

To learn more visit: https://shardus.com

Blockchain DLT - Shardus 2019 Q3 Meetup information - Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/blockchain-dlt-shardus-2019-q3-meetup-tickets-71549529569

About Shardus:
The Shardus project is focused on building the core software for a linearly scalable distributed ledger which can be used to create many different networks in the future. The project has an ERC20 token on the Ethereum network which can be earned by contributors to the project.

For inquiries contact: info@shardus.com


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EnHelix Unveils the First Blockchain-Based Commodity Trading Software at Houston Gastech Event

HOUSTON, Texas, -- EnHelix(R), an award-winning oil and gas commodity trading and logistics management software with artificial intelligence and blockchain, today announced the launch of its new Marketplace Blockchain software for commodity trading companies. The new software is an advanced blockchain solution for trading companies which helps to standardize and automate its system of physical trades. It reduces frauds and operational risks, and expedites payment.

The public launch marks the world's first fully operational, enterprise pre-trade and post-trade blockchain trading system for all commodity markets. After the beta period ended, the initial response was overwhelming, with over 50 companies and consulting partners signed up to explore EnHelix Marketplace blockchain trading system.

Speaking about the new products, Jen Wang, Marketing Director of EnHelix attending Gastech conference, said: "Our marketplace blockchain is a fit-for-purpose configurable software that works on top of major CTRM or ETRM systems with the goals of faster production blockchain trading system in weeks not years."

"Our customers are thrilled on how secure and production-ready the Marketplace blockchain system is and how it can help them solve the pre-trade and trade execution fractured processes that have plagued the industry for years," she added.

With EnHelix marketplace blockchain solution, companies can now streamline their trading processes with blockchain with much-improved speed and security. This benefits everyone along the supply chain from market participants to customers.

How EnHelix Marketplace blockchain software for commodity trading companies makes a difference in efficient trade processes and better blockchain implementation experience.

EnHelix Marketplace blockchain software makes a lot of difference for commodity trading companies in the following ways:
* It provides traders with a new blockchain tool to automate trade execution and reduce trade discrepancies while maintaining trading flexibility and optionality.
* Marketplace blockchain system works as an upstream system to ETRM; it is designed to integrate with customers' existing ETRM systems without expensive modifications
* With narrowing MiFID II exemptions and widening reporting scope, EnHelix Marketplace can strengthen reporting needs and address transparency issues
* EnHelix Marketplace gives companies total control, agility, and flexibility with turn-key solutions to faster production blockchain system. It also enables them to gain the benefits of the distributed blockchain technologies across their trading network.

EnHelix Marketplace is part of larger EnHelix Blockchain family of software solutions serving the commodity trading, logistics, and financial segments.

More information: https://blockchain.enhelix.com

About EnHelix(R):

EnHelix is a global software leader in providing commodity trading and logistics management solutions driven by integrated Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence to serve the value chain across crude oil, natural gas, LNG, refined products, petroleum, chemical, NGL, renewals, power, and other commodity markets. Learn more: https://www.enhelix.com/

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SafeChain Partners with RamQuest to Provide Fraud-Free Closings

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- SafeChain, the industry leader in wire fraud prevention technology and blockchain applications for land title, announced today its SafeWire application has been fully integrated into RamQuest's Closing Market application - making SafeWire available as a seamless experience to title offices nationwide.

"Improving functionality for RamQuest clients will be essential as we look toward eliminating wire fraud," said Rob Zwink, CTO at SafeChain. "We know human error accounts for the majority of wire fraud detection failure. Consequently, ensuring that agencies' escrow and closing teams can access SafeWire within RamQuest's Closing Market provides the ideal connection. It enables agencies to reduce their exposure without making major changes in their processes."

SafeWire protects real estate wire transactions with multi-source verification. By digitally identifying all transaction participants it assures agencies that the information cannot be tampered with or intercepted by unauthorized parties. This allows bank account authentication, two way sharing of secure documents, collection of wet signatures, and continuous secure communication from pre to post-closing. SafeWire works with buyer and seller banks to ensure all authorized parties receive funds.

"We're committed to developing integrations that empower our customers to grow their business," RamQuest CSO Ben Cork said. "The SafeWire integration is just one example of this and gives RamQuest customers an easy solution to securely communicate sensitive information, verify bank accounts, and ultimately deter fraud."

About RamQuest, Inc

RamQuest, Inc. is a Texas-based corporation that has been serving the title industry since 1991. As the provider of the title insurance and settlements industry's most comprehensive solutions, RamQuest products are currently in use for closings in all 50 states. For more information about RamQuest, visit https://ramquest.com/.

About SafeChain

SafeChain makes real estate transactions safer and modernizes operations for both the public and private sectors of the land title industry. Built by real estate title experts in collaboration with banking technologists, SafeChain tackles the inefficiencies of the home buying and selling process from the inside-out to help title companies, mortgage bankers, realtors and local governments decrease costs and deliver a better experience for customers. Leveraging the most advanced technologies, including blockchain, SafeChain increases the speed and security of real estate closings to deliver faster transactions. For more information visit https://www.safewire.com/ramquest.

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CPROP Partners with The Mortgage Collaborative as Its Exclusive Blockchain Vendor

COVINGTON, Ky. -- CryptoProperties LLC (CPROP) is pleased to announce it has signed an agreement with The Mortgage Collaborative (TMC) to join its Preferred Partner Network as TMC's exclusive provider of blockchain-enabled products and services.

"We are highly intrigued by the potential advantages blockchain can deliver to the mortgage industry, both in terms of operating efficiencies and product innovation," TMC Chief Operating Officer Rich Swerbinsky said. "We look forward to working closely with CPROP to help our members remain at the forefront of the industry and continue to grow market share."

"We are honored to join TMC's network of top tier lenders and strategic partners," said CPROP Co-founder Sandy Selman. "TMC's platform affords us an ideal opportunity to work directly with the lending community to tackle industry pain points and deploy solutions that advance the mortgage industry - one of the key real estate industry sub-sectors served by CPROP."

Debbie Hoffman, who has joined CPROP as a senior advisor, will serve as the senior executive for the TMC client relationship.

"This partnership between TMC and CPROP will serve both parties extremely well," Hoffman said. "CPROP's ability to deliver tailored and focused blockchain mortgage initiatives to TMC members will enable the industry to develop added efficiencies across the mortgage lifecycle."

About The Mortgage Collaborative:

Founded in 2013, TMC is the largest independent mortgage cooperative in America, serving more than 155 lender members, with an aggregate annual origination volume of over $200 billion. The lender network is supported by a preferred partner network of best-in-class companies that specialize within each facet of the mortgage life cycle. TMC empowers mortgage lenders across the country with better financial execution, reduced costs, enhanced expertise and improved compliance to help its members access the dynamic and changing consumer base in America.

For more information, visit: https://www.mortgagecollaborative.com/.

About CPROP:

As a thought leader in blockchain-enabled solutions in real estate, CPROP develops and deploys proprietary and white-labeled apps across the real estate value chain, using blockchain where appropriate, to help its partners and clients reduce business risk, address pain points and capture new revenue opportunities.

For more information, please visit http://cprop.io or send your inquiry to info@cprop.io.

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SafeChain Announces Founding Title Partners in Blockchain Network

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- SafeChain, in partnership with 9 independent title agents in Ohio, has launched a blockchain-backed network that enables peer-to-peer transfers of prior title insurance policies to streamline the title search process and drive down costs for member agencies.

The new network allows independent agents to share prior policies, rewarding contributing agents for policies accessed. Agents have the ability to set the price of their policies as well as customize which underwriters and agents they want to view in their search results. While member agents will maintain governance of the network upon completion, SafeChain will act as the network operator while the project is being built and will gradually relinquish control over to independent agents over the course of the next few years.

"The future of technology in title is driven by the independent title agent. Using world-class software and a new way of thinking about partnerships, we can create a better experience for consumers. It's not a fierce competition, but working together in the best interest of our customers that will allow the industry to redefine how it operates," said Tony Franco, CEO of SafeChain.

Created by and for independent agents the goal of the network is to unlock unrealized value that prior policies can provide. With the network, independent agents will be able to protect their intellectual property, search work programmatically and set the price should they choose to share with other partners of the network.

The initial agent group is set with the task of establishing governance, fees, and network upgrades. Founding members include:

* Jonathan Holfinger - COO/Principal of Northwest Title
* Scott Stevenson - CEO/Principal of Northwest Title
* Ryan Marrie - President of Ohio Real Title
* Sean Stoner - President and CEO of Title First
* Jeff Meyer - Owner of Clean Title Agency, Columbia Title Agency, WIN Title Agency and Leadership Title Company
* Jim Janson - President of Chicago Title of Northeast Ohio
* Kevin Blum - President of Erie Title
* Kelley Sauerzopf - Co-Owner of World Class Title
* Tim Leehan - Partner of Venture Land Title
* John Dyer - President of Nova Title

"We have taken an active interest in learning about what blockchain technology can provide to the title industry, and this project seems to be the most valuable use case for title agents to date," Holfinger said. "We are excited to be part of a project that both shares and protects our work product, increases consumers' access to re-issue credit, and lowers our search costs."

"In the past technology was driven by the title plants and underwriters -- both of which are traditionally slow to adopt new technologies based on their current market lead. It makes way more sense to have independent agents driving change in the industry, and I am eager to work with our partners in Ohio to improve our technical capabilities," added Marrie.

Independent title agents can sign up to learn more at https://www.safechain.io/prior-policy-network.

About SafeChain:

SafeChain makes real estate transactions safer and modernizes operations for both the public and private sectors of the land title industry. Built by real estate title experts in collaboration with banking technologists, SafeChain tackles the inefficiencies of the home buying and selling process from the inside-out to help title companies, mortgage bankers, realtors and local governments decrease costs and deliver a better experience for customers. Leveraging the most advanced technologies, including blockchain, SafeChain increases the speed and security of real estate closings to deliver faster transactions and better consumer confidence. For more information visit https://www.safechain.io.

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SafeChain Partners with Adeptive to Provide Fraud-Free Closings for ResWare Customers

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- SafeChain, an industry leader in wire fraud prevention software and blockchain applications for land title, announced today that Adeptive Software has integrated SafeWire into ResWare, Adeptive's powerful title and escrow production software.

"Wire fraud is not a problem that can be tackled alone. It takes a concerted effort from everyone involved to take on an issue that keeps on growing," said Tony Franco, CEO at SafeChain. "We know that seamless integrations are important for title professionals, and with this integration, they no longer have to leave the ResWare environment to prevent wire fraud. Teaming up with Adeptive is a significant step forward to bring peace of mind during one of the largest transactions in a person's lifetime."

SafeWire protects real estate wire transactions by verifying the identity of both the buyer and seller and authenticating ownership of the accounts involved in the transaction. Backed by blockchain technology, SafeWire also provides a secure portal to transmit and store wiring instructions, ensuring that this information cannot be tampered with or intercepted by unauthorized parties.

"We are focused on enabling our customers to be as efficient and productive as possible providing integrations, where they make sense, to enhance the transaction process. Integrating with SafeChain aligns with our focus to seamlessly connect while securing against cyber threats," said Adeptive Software President Bryan Buus.

About Adeptive Software:

Independently-owned and operated, Adeptive Software was founded in 2003 and develops the powerful ResWare title and escrow production platform. ResWare is a sophisticated, yet flexible solution providing workflow automation, custom configuration, a secure collaboration portal, and numerous partner integrations that enable clients to be more productive, efficient, and adaptable. With the ResWare platform and Adeptive's experienced staff, Adeptive helps transform businesses by empowering them to grow their top line, enhance customer offerings, plan for the future, and thus transform their business overall. Learn more at https://www.adeptivesw.com.

About SafeChain:

SafeChain makes real estate transactions safer and modernizes operations for both the public and private sectors of the land title industry. Built by real estate title experts in collaboration with banking technologists, SafeChain tackles the inefficiencies of the home buying and selling process from the inside-out to help title companies, mortgage bankers, realtors and local governments decrease costs and deliver a better experience for customers. Leveraging the most advanced technologies, including blockchain, SafeChain increases the speed and security of real estate closings to deliver faster transactions and better consumer confidence. For more information visit https://www.safechain.io.

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seriesOne Acquires Dynamo Development to Accelerate its Global Expansion Efforts and Bring Software Development In-House

NEW YORK, N.Y. -- seriesOne Inc., a leading global digital security fundraising platform led by leaders with over 20 years of traditional investment banking, venture capital and technology experience, today announced its acquisition of Dynamo Development, a custom software development company with a mature engineering team based in the Ukraine. The acquisition enables seriesOne to expand and strengthen its in-house technology development capabilities, to accelerate the delivery of solutions for issuers and react to market demands with the support of an additional 40 engineers.

Dmitry Grinberg, former CEO of Dynamo Development, will oversee the in-house technology division in his new role as the Global Head of Technology for seriesOne.

"For the past five years, Dynamo Development has been a trusted, strategic development partner who has enhanced both seriesOne's offerings and our capability in the digital security fundraising space," said Michael Mildenberger, CEO of seriesOne. "Now is an opportune time to bring our development team in-house as we expand our solutions to issuers and investors in Europe and Asia, and provide them with a growing list of products and services."

"seriesOne was among our most important customers and the opportunity to join them as they expand in the digital security space is significant to our team," said Grinberg "We have developed specific fintech expertise through a long association with clients such as seriesOne and other financial clients such as Prime Trust and Citibank. We're looking forward to continuing to contribute to the growth of seriesOne."

To learn more about seriesOne, please visit: https://seriesone.com/

About seriesOne:
seriesOne is a leading blockchain based FinTech company formed by industry veterans with decades of expertise across technology, investment banking, venture capital, and financial compliance. The firm enables digital security offerings by providing a combination of key technology, strategic consulting, regulatory compliance, fundraising infrastructure and access to a network of investors worldwide. All seriesOne services are designed to comply with applicable securities regulations, enabling companies to register, market, and escrow their fundraising initiatives.

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Totle Launches Equity Crowdfunding Campaign on Republic

DETROIT, Mich. -- Totle, the startup powering rapid growth in the world of decentralized finance (DeFi) by providing optimized exchange functionality, today announced their partnership with Republic - a leading crypto and equity investment platform backed by Binance and AngelList that enables anyone to be an angel investor. Totle plans to use the funding to accelerate and foster business development with new API partners.

"Republic is incredibly diligent about the companies they get behind, so this opportunity is very exciting for us," said David Bleznak, CEO of Totle. "Their involvement only affirms our vision for crypto asset exchange and the future of decentralized finance. By raising funds on Republic, we have the opportunity to closely involve all of our supporters."

In addition to CEO David Bleznak's own $500k recent share purchase, Totle community members will now have the opportunity to join in on the startup's early successes. Since launching its beta product last year, the company has expanded its suite by opening up the platform to B2B partners via their API and recently secured funding from top blockchain industry institutional investors including Arrington XRP, NEO Global Capital and Goren Holm Ventures.

Bleznak adds, "The campaign with Republic represents our commitment to democratizing finance so that 'unaccredited' investors can access the same opportunities as JP Morgan or Goldman Sachs. The funds raised will enable Totle to expand the onboarding of new B2B partners and continue to build out our suite of decentralized exchange products and services available through our API. These new features enable partners to focus on building their businesses, while Totle focuses on providing optimal exchange functionality for them."

Totle provides the emerging decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem access to DEX liquidity and optimal pricing for the exchange of digital assets. By doing so, Totle unlocks the opportunity for billions of people to improve their standard of living through the application of distributed ledger technology. Totle's customers include leading wallets, trading funds, DApps and other financial applications. These B2B partners utilize Totle to offer end-users diverse use-cases, including the ability to pay for goods and services with a wide variety of tokens.

To learn more about Totle, please visit: https://www.totle.com/

To learn more about investing in Totle, please visit: https://www.totle.com/invest

About Totle:
Totle powers the blockchain economy by providing the safe, simple decentralized exchange of digital assets as the best price. For wallets, traders, payment processors and any business with a need to exchange digital assets, Totle provides one simple API to access the leading decentralized exchanges and decentralized exchange protocols.

By aggregating many DEXs, Totle solves fragmentation, improves liquidity, and propels the growth of de-fi solutions. Totle solutions are non-custodial and enable users to always maintain control over their own private keys.

About Republic:
Republic, a spinoff of AngelList, provides the opportunity for anyone to invest in highly vetted startups with as little as $50. Our curated investment platform hosts a diverse set of equity and crypto-focused token offerings. Republic operates under U.S. equity crowdfunding regulations and is under the supervision of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the U.S. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.

To date, the acceptance rate of companies applying to fundraise on Republic is below 5 percent, while funding success rate exceeds 95 percent. Through its partners and affiliates, Republic also connects founders to institutional investors, provides compliance services and supports crypto projects' digital token distribution needs. For additional information, please visit: https://republic.co/ @joinrepublic facebook.com/joinrepublic.

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Major Utah Title Agency Cottonwood Title Selects SafeWire from SafeChain

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- SafeChain, the industry leader in wire fraud prevention software and blockchain implementation for land title, announced today that Cottonwood Title Insurance Agency, Inc., one of the largest independent title agencies in Utah, has adopted SafeWire(TM) to protect the wire transactions facilitated by its agents across the Wasatch Front.

"At Cottonwood Title, we pride ourselves on our speed, accuracy and ability to close transactions on schedule, but equally as important to us is ensuring that our clients' funds do not fall into the wrong hands," said Cort Ashton, vice president of escrow at Cottonwood Title. "SafeWire provides our customers with peace of mind in knowing their wire transactions are protected without impacting the excellent service our customers and partners expect."

Leveraging both bank-grade authentication and blockchain technology, SafeWire uses this technology to prevent fraudsters from interfering with real estate wire transactions. Through the platform, title agents can verify the identities of both the buyer and seller in the transaction, as well as securely store and transmit wiring instructions to prevent fraudsters from intercepting and tampering with this information. In addition, title agents can authenticate ownership of the buyer's and seller's respective bank accounts to ensure funds are being sent to and received by authorized parties

"The pace at which real estate wire fraud is increasing has far outstripped the industry's ability to address the issue through traditional means," said Tony Franco, CEO and co-founder of SafeChain. "Technology like SafeWire is the industry's best hope at stopping wire fraud in its tracks, and proactive title agencies like Cottonwood Title are really leading the way for the industry in terms of implementing solutions to address this issue."

About SafeChain:
SafeChain makes real estate transactions safer and modernizes operations for both the public and private sectors of the land title industry. Built by real estate title experts in collaboration with banking technologists, SafeChain tackles the inefficiencies of the home buying and selling process from the inside-out to help title companies, mortgage bankers, realtors and local governments decrease costs and deliver a better experience for customers. Leveraging the most advanced technologies, including blockchain, SafeChain increases the speed and security of real estate closings to deliver faster transactions and better consumer confidence. For more information visit: https://www.safechain.io.

About Cottonwood Title:
Since 2000, Cottonwood Title has provided professional title and escrow services for homeowners and investors throughout Utah. With six offices across the Wasatch Front, our premium services are available to over 2 million people. We're known for the personal relationships we develop, and our proprietary process helps us move quickly and close transactions with accuracy and on schedule. For more information, visit https://www.cottonwoodtitle.com.

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Base Zero Crypto Custody Keeps Financial Institutions Safe from Theft, Fraud, and Accidental Loss of Client Cryptocurrency Assets

BERKELEY, Calif. -- Multi-signature transaction authorization has become more secure and more convenient, thanks to Base Zero's handheld signer devices. The devices work in combination with flexible security software that smoothly integrates with existing financial systems. Base Zero institutional crypto custody enables offline safekeeping of client crypto assets while maintaining 24/7 real-time asset access and transaction capability.

In 2018 over $1.7 billion in cryptocurrency was lost worldwide as a result of fraud or theft. That's $600 million more than the total construction cost of the massive new Salesforce Tower in downtown San Francisco. Financial institutions have a need and responsibility to securely safeguard crypto assets from theft, disaster, death of key personnel, and other business continuity scenarios.

"The real threats are existential - like having to show up in court for bankruptcy proceedings five years later after your fund or exchange goes out of business due to catastrophic loss of client assets," says CEO Matt Zimmerman. "While Base Zero protects against hacking and embezzlement, we also help financial institutions meet compliance requirements, and earn the trust of their clients."

Combining the most advanced technology with the simplest of the most easy-to-use interface, Base Zero allows institutions to safeguard and control client assets in-house - without relying on third parties. With 24/7 asset access, Base Zero provides convenience and high security - offering peace of mind to asset managers and their clients.

Financial Institutions can get started with as little as a letter of intent.

Zimmerman goes on to say, "Our engineers come to your location to set up your handheld devices and integrate with your systems. We do a custom integration for all of our clients."

Interested parties should download the Base Zero product Datasheet and Security Whitepaper at: https://basezero.com/

Twitter: @basezero_crypto

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