https://www.algorand.com/resources/news/mentat-sap-connectorLondon, UK, Nov 5, 2020-- Mentat Innovations, a leading artificial intelligence and blockchain solutions provider to global enterprises, today announced that it will develop an open source SAP connector and Enablement API to the Algorand blockchain.
Algorand provides a stable and fast blockchain that is purpose built for enterprise type applications that Mentat’s clients are planning to deploy on established software platforms like SAP.
Mentat has chosen Algorand as their preferred blockchain platform due to the global scale, speed and security enabled by the Algorand protocol and by the flexibility provided by Algorand Smart Contract (ASC1) and Algorand Standard Asset functionality. The combination of scale and flexibility is critical in supporting Enterprise adoption across a very wide range of use cases.
https://ment.at/partners/ - Very impressive partner list.
AVAX Subnets are next level stuff...awesome tech...learn about them asap.
https://cryptostocksreviews.org/this-is-how-avalanche-platform-will-converge-crypto-and-the-stock-market-launching-a-new-breed-of-crypto-assets/news/
Fill those bags...
Black Friday Crypto sale bonanza !!!
Great bargains on all your favorite cryptos, all weekend
Another 3.0 Blockchain to keep an eye is SOL Solana.
Circle today announced the immediate availability of USDC for Solana (October 21, 2020)
Solana offers over 50,000 TPS, which Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire told CoinDesk helps USDC function “at scale and in a highly performant condition.”
https://www.circle.com/blog/circle-solana-partner-to-bring-usdc-to-solana-blockchainUSDC announced a partnership with FTX; Serum, the exchange’s decentralized trading platform built on Solana
USDC is live on ETH,ALGO,XLM all three are Coinbase listed and now SOL has USDC live.
SOL is the only blockchain with USDC that has not been listed on Coinbase...yet.
I believe SOL will be listed on Coinbase soon, its already on Coinbase Custody.
Tether also announced its planned integration with the “ultra high-speed” Solana blockchain.
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/76409/ftx-serum-dex-augustAugust 30, 2020,
FTX's Solana-based decentralized exchange, Serum, officially went live on Sunday
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/genesis/85954/a-brief-look-at-the-data-behind-serumhttps://serum-academy.com/en/serum-dex/HOW TO USE SERUM DEX
In this tutorial we will show you how to trade on Serum step by step.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeldelcastillo/2020/12/02/visa-partners-with-ethereum-digital-dollar-startup-that-raised-271-millionCredit card giant Visa today announced it is connecting its global payments network of 60 million merchants to the U.S. Dollar Coin (USDC) developed by Circle Internet Financial on the ethereum blockchain.
After Circle itself graduates from Visa’s Fast Track program, likely sometime next year, Visa will issue a credit card that lets businesses send and receive USDC payments directly from any business using the card.
Whats even more interesting is that USDC is now live on ALGO & SOL, both are magnitudes faster and cheaper for USDC than the ETH chain.
Visa needs scalable,fast ,low cost blockchains to allow its users transact in USDC.
BUY ALGO & SOL 
Visa claim 150 million transactions per day...
If even 1% of VISA daily tx comes to SOL & ALGO through USDC (which it will)...
Thats at least 1.5million tx per day on their Blockchains...WOW
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/voyager-digital-announces-digital-asset-investing-solutions-on-algorand-301185253.htmlVoyager's support for USDC and Algorand Standard Assets (ASA) will seamlessly enable users to avail of the transaction speed and guaranteed finality of the Algorand protocol, with full integration on the Voyager platform.
Voyager will develop USDC payment rails on the Algorand protocol, such that consumers will have the ability to buy, hold, trade, and self-custody their USDC, ALGO, and Alogrand Standard Assets on Voyager.
The Algorand Protocol will make USDC transactions more efficient and less costly for consumers, as well as bring interest-bearing benefits to customers. Going forward, this development will facilitate future ASA tokens to be bought, sold, or transferred through the Voyager platform.
Voyager will also enable users to earn
8.5% on USDC supported on Algorand, when lent through Voyager's services.
One of the world’s largest ride-sharing companies, Cabify, is moving to offset its carbon emissions with the help of blockchain technology.
ClimateTrade to digitize and track its carbon emissions.
Climatetrade announces a partnership with Algorand and Investment from Borderless Capital
https://www.prnewswire.co.uk/news-releases/climatetrade-announces-a-partnership-with-algorand-and-investment-from-borderless-capital-882870392.html
With the Visa news and many other new developments, now is not the time to fear any dips...
Make the most from them....
Buy the dips, dca all the way, wait and hodl tight
Solana had some technical issues....causing a small drop in price....
Devs fixed the bugs and all problems have been resolved...well done SOL team,
overcoming things like this can only make you stronger.
Now you have an amazing opportunity to fill up you SOL bags for cheap before the Coinbase listing and Visa USDC adoption
With USDC live on all 4 of these Blockchains...
Im sure Visa would prefer the cheapest and fastest options for USDC on the Visa network.
ETH
15 transactions per second
20 seconds - 5 minutes to process a transaction
$2.50+ Fee per transaction
XLM
1,000+ transactions per second
2–5 seconds to process a transaction
0.00001 XLM Fee per transaction
ALGO
1000+ transactions per second (with an upgrade due early 2021 taking ALGO tps over 45k)
2-5 seconds to process a transaction
$0.0001 Fee per transaction
SOL
over 60k transactions per second
400ms block times - instant to process a transaction.
$0.00001 Fee per transaction
1 Million tx on ETH cost around $2.5 Million
1 Million tx on SOL cost around $10
Hope you bunch of lurkers have stocked up...
Hodl tight , its about to go nuts
https://www.forbes.com/sites/haileylennon/2021/01/04/occ-regulator-implements-groundbreaking-cryptocurrency-guidance-for-banks-and-the-future-of-paymentsToday the OCC published Interpretive Letter 1174, which explains banks may use new technologies, including independent node verification networks (INVNs) and stablecoins, to perform bank-permissible functions, such as payment activities. Said simply, a bank may use stablecoins (cryptocurrencies designed to minimize the price volatility) to facilitate payment transactions for customers.
In doing so, a bank may issue stablecoins, exchange stablecoins for fiat currency, as well as validate, store, and record payments transactions by serving as a node on a blockchain (INVN)
Banks will issue USDC and have nodes on the blockchains that host USDC....
Which Blockchains have the scalable,low cost, high speed that the banks will use?
Well if you have been following this thread then you already know
100x or more will happen on the Blockchains that banks and Visa will be using for USDC.
https://www.asiacryptotoday.com/maps-2/What is Maps.me?
Maps.me is a mapping application that users can access offline. It functions almost similarly with Google Maps, only that Maps.me can work without internet access. Across the world, the platform has recorded over 140 million users utilizing it for their travel needs, as well as an aid for directions.
Maps 2.0 introduces new financial products and services on the platform. Through this upgrade, users can finally store assets, perform currency exchange, transfer money, and make payments digitally. One of its biggest additions includes the integration of DeFi on Maps 2.0.
Maps is a travel and navigation application that allows users to access maps both online and offline. Lately, Maps has introduced new digital finance features built on the Solana blockchain. With a remarkable user base actively using the platform, it can become a springboard for greater DeFi adoption.
https://www.algorand.com/resources/blog/usoccs-recent-breakthrough-announcementThis week the largest regulating body of banks in the US, The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC, @USOCC), issued forward looking interpretive guidance that clearly states US Banks may participate in node technology such as Algorand's, as well as use the technology’s related stablecoins, to create the necessary settlement infrastructure of the future—one that is secure, fast, and final.
This is an important step in opening the door for advances in global payments by recognizing that the current outdated legacy system should evolve to a network that is more efficient, modern, trustworthy and readily available. We believe this is a significant early indicator in how legacy infrastructures will evolve and eventually lead to our economies being powered by blockchain technology designed to facilitate the trusted exchange of economic value. In particular, as banks participate in blockchain-enabled ecosystems, users will be able to settle payments faster, at scale, with lower fees, and with greater accountability and transparency.
Banks will be able to streamline financial transactions and offer consumers and businesses the instant transaction finality and compliance needed to advance and build inclusion in economies around the world. Many of these transactions will be enabled by stablecoins, a form of programmable digital money. As an example,
Algorand is one of the first blockchains with a stablecoin implementation powered by Circle’s USDC. Circle's platform has supported over 100 million transactions, worth tens of billions of dollars, with nearly 10 million retail customers, and over a thousand businesses. Circle has also stored and secured more than $5 billion in digital currency assets. In addition to USDC, Algorand has a wide range of supported stablecoins that includes licensed e-money in Euros, British pounds, and Icelandic krona (all from Monerium), Stablecorp’s QCAD (first fully-compliant Canadian-dollar stablecoin), USDT from Tether (the most widely traded stablecoin), Meld Gold (a gold-backed stablecoin), and more.
Algorand was designed specifically for this opportunity with Layer-1 core primitives that include the global scale, speed, security, finality, and advanced tools (such as Smart Contracts) required for a modern financial system. These capabilities allow developers to program sophisticated payment applications that can support billions of users in a truly secure and scalable manner.
Just as i have been saying
https://cryptoslate.com/algorand-algo-eyes-100-billion-use-case-with-new-partnership/
https://aithority.com/technology/blockchain/stablecorp-launches-qcad-stablecoin-on-algorand-blockchain/QCAD is the first fully-compliant, mass market CAD stablecoin and is currently supported by over 22 different ecosystem partners, including exchanges, custodians, payment providers, DEXs and more. Having originally launched QCAD on Ethereum, Stablecorp’s new implementation on Algorand opens up the possibility for more mainstream use cases that require higher-throughout and faster transaction speeds.
Algorand is uniquely designed to enable global scale, speed and security, which makes it an optimal platform for a high volume stablecoin. The Algorand blockchain’s Permissionless, Pure Proof of Stake algorithm not only facilitates the scale needed for a high transaction volume stablecoin but also delivers the guaranteed transaction finality that builds a high level of confidence for all parties involved in those transactions.
[moderator's note: consecutive posts merged]
