Scientists are continuously pursuing ways to lengthen the human lifespan, and blockchain might have been a missing part of the puzzle. The Longevity Science Foundation, a Swiss entity launched by a consortium of biotech founders, clinicians and leading longevity research institutions, aims to spend more than $1 billion over the next 10 years to find tech-based means to achieve a 120-year human lifespan. The foundation seeks to fund research, institutions and projects that use blockchain and other next-gen technologies to find new horizons in four critical areas of the field; namely, therapeutics, personalized medicine, artificial intelligence (AI) and predictive diagnostics. …

The European Commission's blockchain initiative has selected the Iota Foundation as one of seven projects to participate in the preliminary stage of designing an EU-wide distributed ledger technology platform. The initiative seeks to increase the efficiency and accountability of the European Blockchain Services Infrastructure (EBSI), a network of nodes dedicated to facilitating the efficiency of EU-centric transactions, as well as the expansion of the region's supply chain through the adoption of emerging technologies, all the while reducing European carbon footprint. The Iota Foundation — a non-profit organization supporting the Tangle, an open-source DLT platform — will support EBSI in cross-border …

After several years of nearly total media silence, the Dogecoin Foundation is coming back to support core developers and projects benefiting the meme-based cryptocurrency. In a Tuesday announcement, the Dogecoin Foundation said it would be reestablishing itself in an effort to support the Dogecoin (DOGE) community as well as promote the future of the blockchain. The foundation said it would be announcing new projects in the coming weeks encouraging the adoption and utility of DOGE “that increase Dogecoin uptake at a grassroots level.” “The Foundation holds the Dogecoin mark and the Dogecoin Logo and will maintain them for the community,” …

1inch Foundation, the non-profit organization of the 1inch decentralized exchange aggregator, has earmarked $3 million to fund new protocol upgrades as part of a grants program targeting developers. Over the next 12 months, 1inch Foundation will disburse grants for projects in the following categories: network development, community development and research and analytics. The network development category targets aggregation products, automated market makers, wallets, layer-2 protocols and integrations involving the 1inch API. For community development, eligible projects include educational materials, local meetups and hackathons. In the research and analytics category, 1inch Foundation is looking to fund projects around data analytics and …

Tommy Leas, professionally known as DJ PLS&TY in the electronic dance music industry, has launched the vinyl record of his “Very Special” EP record on the Ethereum-based art and culture exchange platform, Foundation. Foundation allows artists to sell limited-edition art, and it prices their work based on the demand it creates over time. The EP was originally released in April and the artist is now targeting crypto and blockchain enthusiasts, with a starting price of $50. With each record sold, the price of the vinyl is expected to increase due to rising demand. According to an Aug. 26 announcement, the …

The Stellar Development Foundation, or SDF, has allocated $5 million to crypto investment app Abra. The company now looks to incorporate the Stellar blockchain into its platform, as well as develop Stellar-based products. "We believe Stellar’s platform is one of the most scalable and versatile cryptocurrency platforms available today," Abra CEO and founder Bill Barhydt told Cointelegraph in an email, adding: "That combined with a similar shared mission of democratizing access to financial services means that our companies are strongly aligned in our services roadmap going forward." The Abra investment is only the foundation's second financing move using its enterprise …

The Stellar Development Foundation, or SDF, a non-profit tasked with fostering Stellar's network growth, unveiled new ties with crypto risk-management operation, Elliptic, on April 30. The partnership sees the SDF calling on Elliptic's crypto risk expertise for businesses and financial institutions based on Stellar blockchain, SFD director of communications Lauren Thorbjornsen told Cointelegraph in an April 30 email. "These services are live and available for businesses on the network today as Elliptic launched the world’s first Stellar network transaction monitoring system," she said. What does it all mean? Essentially, Elliptic now brings Stellar-based businesses the ability to track suspicious and …