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Dish Network Partnership Highlights Cardano Summit Day 1
The rapidly rising crypto is landing deals left and right investors recently found out
The ongoing Cardano Summit had been eagerly anticipated since it was first announced. As the rapidly evolving crypto had recently rolled out smart contracts, investors were abuzz with what collaborations they might be able to land in the aftermath. Wonder no more, as on Day 1, details started to emerge about some of the juicier partnerships that have been finalized, including a mammoth agreement with Telecom provider Dish Network.
A Fortune 250 company, Dish Network, is also an early proponent of cryptocurrency, accepting Bitcoin starting all the way back in 2014. Their forward thinking ways regarding blockchain technology have continued with the partnership struck with Cardano.
The two companies will work to provide eight million Dish customers with digital identities (DIDs) on phones, which will be a pioneering move in the $1.3 trillion telecom space. Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson cited the overlapping of identity, data capacity and a wide range of possibilities how the relationship can bring value added to Dish customers.
With Dish boasting more than 19 million users, their mass adoption of Cardano should provide a…
