Wanchain Community,

The first month of the 2019 has come to an end, and the Wanchain team continues to make great progress. We passed a major milestone this month, as it has been one year since our mainnet launched. The team remains focused on accomplishing the goals we have set out as we proceed on our journey through 2019. It will be an important year, not only for Wanchain, but for the industry as a whole. Thank you for continuing to help us along the way!

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Recent Developments

The Wanchain platform got more technically robust with the release of 3.0, thus the Wanchain team has been focusing on integrations with enterprises in order to foster adoption in the blockchain space. Wanchain has joined forces with Telefónica, Rivetz, Evernym, the Scalable Protocol Alliance (SPA), and the Public Chain Technology Alliance in China.

Wanchain Joins Elevenpaths and Rivetz to Provide Secure Mobile Blockchain Solutions

Wanchain, the world’s leading public blockchain focused on interoperability, has joined Rivetz, an industry leader in embedded, blockchain-based mobile security solutions, and ElevenPaths, Telefónica’s Cybersecurity Unit, in its partnership to offer blockchain solutions to enable the next-generation technology for some of the strongest privacy and cybersecurity protection for consumer and enterprise mobile subscribers available today.

Wanchain Staking Pilot Update — Bidding to Start March 15th

In this update, we have included many details about the staking pilot, as promised. It’s quite a bit of information, so here are the key points:

The smart contract address for bidding will be released on March 8th (one week prior to bidding)

Bidding starts on March 15th and results will be visible on a live bidding board

For those who gain a place in the staking pilot, the 3-month locking period for the staking pilot is April 3 — July 3.

Evernym, Decentralized Identity Technology Specialist, and Wanchain Join Forces for Self-Sovereign Identity

Wanchain and Evernym are excited to announce a partnership and initiation of technical integrations leveraging each organization’s key strengths. The collaboration brings Evernym’s Decentralized Digital Identity technology to Wanchain, adding its industry-leading self-sovereign identity to Wanchain’s ecosystem. Wanchain will also apply to become a Sovrin Steward. By working with Wanchain, Evernym will leverage Wanchain’s interoperability technology in its ecosystem. In addition to these technical implementations, Evernym and Wanchain both bring unique geographic expertise to each organization. Evernym and Wanchain will support each other in global expansion of business and community, particularly in South America and Asia.

Wanchain Joins Scalable Protocol Alliance (SPA)

Scalability and interoperability are essential to reach mass consumer and enterprise adoption of blockchain. We look forward to joining in real work with the SPA, including technical shared learning, integration and co-development, and dev-focused events. Press release here.

Wanchain Has Joined the Public Chain Technology Alliance (PCTA)

We are thrilled to announce that Wanchain is now a member of the Public Chain Technology Alliance. As a member we will work to promote the development of cross-chain technology standards for public blockchains.

Wanchain to Integrate Oath Protocol for Decentralized Governance and Dispute Resolution

Wanchain is pleased to announce a collaboration and integration with the decentralized governance and dispute resolution platform Oath Protocol. Oath Protocol will make dispute resolution services available for any dApps built on the blockchain.

Wanchain VP, Oliver Birch, Presented at the Decentralized Summit

Watch the presentation here:

Wanchain Turns One

The past year was definitely one to remember for everyone in crypto. We will all remember the market volatility, but also for the fantastic technological progress made across the entire industry. We are very proud of our contributions to the BUIDL movement this year, as we released three major product launches throughout the year. Now as we start 2019, we have Wanchain 3.0 live on mainnet. We have accomplished our roadmap that we laid out when we launched the company. Although we are very excited to be the leading provider of blockchain interoperability, we remain steadfast in our pursuit of mass adoption, excellent user experience, and bridging the traditional world to the Web 3.0 world. We thank you for going along this journey with us, and we can’t wait to share an even more exciting 2019 with you all.

Gemini Dollar ERC20 Integration

Gemini Dollar (GUSD) stablecoin has been integrated on Wanchain for cross-chain capability. We are excited to aid in Gemini’s mission by building additional bridges for the Gemini dollar to the Bitcoin blockchain and several more this year and beyond.

About Wanchain

Wanchain is a blockchain platform that connects isolated blockchain networks to enable decentralized transactions between them. Wanchain’s economic infrastructure enables cross-chain financial capability for distributed applications. Wanchain currently enables cross-chain transactions with Ethereum, Bitcoin, and ERC20 tokens. Going forward, we will continue to bridge blockchains and bring cross-chain finance functionality to companies in the industry. Wanchain has employees globally with teams in Beijing (China), Austin (USA), London (UK), Paris (France), and Madrid (Spain).

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