Qtum, the blockchain company which just put a full node into space last week, has been in the news again following the successful space launch. On February 5th Qtum CEO and Co-founder, Patrick Dai, told CNBC viewers that cryptocurrency was just a manifestation of the more important technology. Discussing February\'s big market crash, Dai emphasised that blockchain is about more than just Bitcoin, and that regulators should give it more time to settle down.

Qtum\'s blockchain is described as a bridging project, connecting old and new players in the crypto community, as well as bringing together different branches of the new tech. The development team has members from both the Bitcoin and the Ethereum community, as well as from more traditional backgrounds such as NASDAQ, Tencent and Alibaba. The Qtum Project is also backed by major blockchain actors, Chinese tech execs, and venture capitalists.

On February 5th a new start-up announced \"a collaboration\" with Qtum, using Qtum\'s QRC-20 blockchain protocol for its skill-sharing platform called Vanywhere. The project launched its white paper on January 31st after extensive social media testing, and will function with the VANY native token. Vanywhere is a distributed app that will allow users to connect globally, via phone, chat or video, to share skills and eventually also project documentation.