WISeKey Signs Agreement with Universa Blockchain to join the La Linea, Gibraltar 4th Industrial Revolution Center of Excellence
Geneva, Moscow, Gibraltar, La Linea – January 19, 2022 – WISeKey International Holding Ltd (“WISeKey “) (SIX: WIHN, NASDAQ: WKEY), a leading global cybersecurity, AI, Blockchain and IoT company, announces the signing of a strategic partnership with Universa Blockchain.
The agreement includes deep cooperation at the La Linea Gibraltar 4th Industrial Revolution Center of Excellence (LLG 4IR).
It was created following the signing of two Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) with Mr. Fabian Picardo, Chief Minister of Gibraltar and the Mayor of La Línea de la Concepción, Mr. Juan Franco, to spearhead innovation in the region.
The parties will unite joint efforts in the breakthrough directions of Advanced Air Mobility (AAM), Energy sector, Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), Non-fungible tokens (NFT) and Metaverses that Morgan Stanley predicts an $8 trillion opportunity.
The partnership also thrives the ecosystem of cities of the Future: National Blockchain, Digital Passports, Smart City Management, Digital coupons and instant verification of documents based on QR codes, Tokenization and Digital Commodity.
According to research from Markets and Markets, the global Internet of Things (IoT) in smart cities market size is projected to hit $350 billion by 2026.
Alexander Borodich, CEO of Universa Blockchain stated: “There should be a digital hub of expertise for the whole world. It is a great honor for us to stand next to partners who look to the future. We plan to implement the best blockchain solutions focused on air mobility and digital assets that will set the basis for the flourishing of the LLG 4IR center.”
The fourth industrial revolution is a method of breaking down the boundaries between the bodily and digital worlds.
It is a fusion of advances in synthetic intelligence (AI), blockchain, robotics, the Internet of Things (IoT), genetic engineering, quantum computing and different applied sciences.
The Industrial Revolution Center of Excellence began its operations with the profitable launch of WISeSAT Fossa Systems satellites aboard SpaceX transporter rideshare 3 mission final week.
It will likely be managed from the floor by the just lately put in management station primarily based in La Linea de la Concepcion, Spain.
The enterprise mannequin of the joint 4IR Center of Excellence is to help modern start-ups in areas akin to AI, Blockchain, IoT, Satellite, IoT, Drones, Cybersecurity and Quantum to carry out collective R&D actions, promote their applied sciences internationally, facilitate the speedy adaptation and on-boarding of 4IR-based options, foster stronger collaboration between the public, personal and educational sectors and cooperate to be sure that the newest technological requirements are made accessible in a protected and trusted method.
About Universa Blockchain
Universa Blockchain is a decentralized infrastructure providing an especially quick and safe blockchain community, smart-contracts, tokenization and information storage providers for enterprises and governments.
The firm was based in 2017 by Alexander Borodich, a blockchain investor, serial entrepreneur, and digital media strategist.
He is the present Chairman of the Scientific Research & Innovative Technologies Commission at the International Aerospace Committee.
For extra info, go to https://universablockchain.com/
About WISeKey
WISeKey (SIX Swiss Exchange: WIHN) is a number one world cybersecurity firm presently deploying giant scale digital id ecosystems for folks and objects utilizing Blockchain, AI and IoT respecting the Human as the Fulcrum of the Internet. WISeKey Microprocessors Secures the pervasive computing shaping immediately’s Internet of Everything. WISeKey IoT has an set up base of over 1.6 billion microchips in nearly all IoT sectors (related vehicles, sensible cities, drones, agricultural sensors, anti-counterfeiting, sensible lighting, servers, computer systems, cell phones, crypto tokens and so forth.). WISeKey is uniquely positioned to be at the edge of IoT as our semiconductors produce an enormous quantity of Big Data that, when analyzed with Artificial Intelligence (AI), will help industrial purposes to predict the failure of their gear earlier than it occurs.
Our know-how is Trusted by the OISTE. WISeKey’s Swiss primarily based cryptographic Root of Trust (“RoT”) gives safe authentication and identification, in each bodily and digital environments, for the Internet of Things, Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence. The WISeKey RoT serves as a standard belief anchor to guarantee the integrity of on-line transactions amongst objects and between objects and other people. For extra info, go to www.wisekey.com.
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