Aeternity Blockchain co-founder Nikola Stojanow announced a new €100 million ($112.5 million) venture capital fund focused on blockchain development in emerging markets on June 15. Meta Change Capital (MCC) claims it will work with projects across all next generation blockchains, providing funding and support in series A and beyond. It is currently securing investors and will close its first round funding in Q4 2020. Biggest potential for change MCC will support blockchain opportunities in underdeveloped regions of Europe, Asia, MENA and Africa, especially the areas which will benefit most from the capital. Stojanow said, “I see the largest potential and …

Blockchain firm Aeternity launched its social monetization tool "Superhero" on May 20, describing the platform as “the first decentralized peer-to-peer instant payment tool for digital goods or social content.” The extension is supported by the crypto-friendly internet browsers Brave and Opera, in addition to Firefox and Chrome. The decentralized app — or DApp — is also available on mobile for iOS and Android. Superhero solely supports tipping in the form of Aeternity’s native coin, AE. Superhero features a widget for integration onto blogs and websites. Aeternity launches social monetization dapp Users can purchase vouchers loaded with 5, 10, or 15 …

T-Block, an Indian government-led blockchain accelerator program by the State Government of Telangana and Tech Mahindra, has partnered with blockchain companies Matic Network, Harmony, and Aeternity to support the growth of blockchain startups across the state. Local news outlet Telangana Today reported on May 7 that the three blockchain platforms will help Telangana-based startups work on “strong blockchain use-case” with their blockchain solutions. Providing technical support at all levels T-Block’s collaboration with the above-mentioned companies is expected to help startups at all levels of product development and deployment. Indian startups that are able to create innovative solutions will secure a …