WISeKey in Cooperation with Casper Labs and WISeSat Mints Two Emblematic NFTs from Space at the “FT Investing in Space Summit - New Horizons for Sustainable Growth” in London
June 09 2022 - 10:39AM
WISeKey in Cooperation with Casper Labs
and WISeSat Mints Two Emblematic NFTs from Space at the “FT
Investing in Space Summit - New Horizons for Sustainable Growth” in
London
https://ftspace.live.ft.com/held
on June 9, 2022
Through the WISeSat constellation, WISeKey in
cooperation with WISeSat and Casper Networks, minted two NFTs from
space completing the connection cycle from space to device through
secure telecommunication means. The space-based NFT ecosystem
ensures personal and secure authentication capabilities through the
global WISeSat constellation.
WISeKey in cooperation with FOSSA, has launched a
total of 13 WISeSat FOSSA-secured satellites, creating one of the
largest European IoT constellations in history.
GENEVA, Switzerland – June 9, 2022
– WISeKey International Holding Ltd. (“WISeKey”) (SIX:
WIHN, NASDAQ: WKEY), a leading global cybersecurity, AI, Blockchain
and IoT company, today announced at the “FT Investing in Space
Summit - New Horizons for Sustainable Growth” meeting in London
that it has minted from space, two emblematic NFTs produced by
Pedro Sandoval from space.
Through the WISeSat constellation, WISeKey
enables the direct connection of satellites to IoT devices for NFT
authentication, completing the connection cycle from space to
device through a secure telecommunication means. The space- based
NFT ecosystem ensures personal and secure authentication
capabilities through the global WISeSat constellation.
This breakthrough solution combines the benefits
of satellite, IoT and blockchain integration for supply chain
management, filling a gap in the supply chain industry where
immutable and authentic data on the blockchain can be leveraged for
ensuring the safety and security of the goods being transported and
enabling logistics processes through smart contracts. This solution
can be used in multiple industrial applications to: optimize
productivity across industries through predictive maintenance on
equipment and machinery, create truly smart homes with connected
appliances, and provide critical communication between devices
including autonomous vehicles, self-driving cars and trucks, and
smart homes. The possibilities are endless.
The NFTs minted include:
- A first ever-sustainable NFT project using the Porrima.CH solar
panels installed in 2010. Using limited resources effectively is
the core philosophy underpinning the Porrima, a concept boat
centered on environmental research, which aims to show how
sustainable technology could revolutionize the shipping industry
(https://www.wisekey.com/press/wisekey-and-porrima-ch-team-up-to-launch-the-first-ever-sustainable-nft-project-to-celebrate-earth-day-2022/)
- And the NFT Casa de Alba Foundation Christopher Columbus's
letters, as part of the Foundation’s collection appraised at
over one hundred million dollars by Christie’s.
(https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2022/04/28/2431014/0/en/Casa-de-Alba-Foundation-Selects-WISeKey-s-WISe-Art-NFT-Market-Place-and-Luminaries21-for-the-Digital-Transformation-of-one-the-Best-Private-Collections-of-Cultural-Heritage-NFT-pro.html)
The WISeSaT Satellite is a security IoT-hardened
FOSSASAT-2E picosatellite designed to further drive down satellite
costs for IoT applications. These WISeSaT-ready platforms will
enable secure and robust IoT connectivity and space-enabled
services for assets in remote locations and applications such as
maritime shipment, emergency locators, agriculture, or
farming. WISeKey is offering this technology to its IoT
clients in a SaaS model, allowing both remote and redundant urban
IoT communications for companies seeking to securely connect their
assets via satellite communication covering large and unserved
geographic areas such as maritime, deserts, mountains, etc., at
affordable prices. WISeKey Trust and Security solutions offer
unique integration into an end-to-end platform that communicates in
real-time with the WISeSat. Satellite by ensuring the authenticity,
confidentiality, and integrity of the devices, objects, data, and
transactions.
About WISeKey
WISeKey (NASDAQ: WKEY; SIX Swiss Exchange: WIHN)
is a leading global cybersecurity company currently deploying large
scale digital identity ecosystems for people and objects using
Blockchain, AI and IoT respecting the Human as the Fulcrum of the
Internet. WISeKey microprocessors secure the pervasive computing
shaping today’s Internet of Everything. WISeKey IoT has an install
base of over 1.6 billion microchips in virtually all IoT sectors
(connected cars, smart cities, drones, agricultural sensors,
anti-counterfeiting, smart lighting, servers, computers, mobile
phones, crypto tokens etc.). WISeKey is uniquely positioned
to be at the edge of IoT as our semiconductors produce a huge
amount of Big Data that, when analyzed with Artificial Intelligence
(AI), can help industrial applications to predict the failure of
their equipment before it happens.
Our technology is Trusted by the OISTE/WISeKey’s
Swiss based cryptographic Root of Trust (“RoT”) provides secure
authentication and identification, in both physical and virtual
environments, for the Internet of Things, Blockchain and Artificial
Intelligence. The WISeKey RoT serves as a common trust anchor to
ensure the integrity of online transactions among objects and
between objects and people. For more information, visit
www.wisekey.com.
Press and investor contacts:WISeKey
International Holding LtdCompany Contact: Carlos
MoreiraChairman & CEOTel: +41 22 594
3000info@wisekey.com WISeKey
Investor Relations (US)Contact: Lena CatiThe Equity Group
Inc.Tel: +1 212 836-9611lcati@equityny.com
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