December 15, 2021 @ 12:15 pm By JD Alois  |  

Assetz Capital, a peer-to-peer lending platform for secured loans, says it has provided a £1.3 million loan to Amor Homes Ltd to complete its luxury development in Cheshire. Assetz Capital states that having built four luxurious homes in South Cheshire the developers are now exiting… Read More

December 15, 2021 @ 11:23 am By JD Alois  |  

Wise (LSE:WISE) has completed research that concludes international banking undermines the effectiveness of small businesses to expand. A challenge that should come as no surprise to SMEs aiming to expand overseas. Wise states that “broken payments and banking technology remain a barrier to international ambitions.”… Read More

December 15, 2021 @ 11:08 am By JD Alois  |  

Sound.xyz, a Music NFT Platform, has raised $5 million in a funding round led by a16z. a16z General Partner Ali Yahya tweeted about the investment earlier today stating he is “beyond excited to announce that a16z is leading Sound.xyz’s initial funding round. “Music is the… Read More

December 15, 2021 @ 9:53 am By JD Alois  |  

Atom Limbs, a company co-founded by CEO Tyler Hays along with a leadership team with resumes that include names like Tesla and Apple, raised over $1 million in under one hour, according to a note from the company. Hays holds a good amount of entrepreneurial… Read More

December 15, 2021 @ 9:08 am By JD Alois  |  

The UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld multiple bans on crypto-asset promotions today. The impacted firms include Coinbase Europe, CoinBurp, Lumo Money, Exmo Exchange, Papa John’s, Payward/Kraken, and eToro. In regards to Coinbase, four issues were investigated with each being upheld by the regulator…. Read More

December 15, 2021 @ 8:36 am By JD Alois  |  

Last week, there was a hearing at Parliament that tackled some of the challenges to growing the Fintech ecosystem in the UK – a strategic sector of great importance for the country. The UK has long been a top Fintech global hub. Brexit, policy inertia,… Read More

December 15, 2021 @ 7:25 am By JD Alois  |  

Anchorage, the first federally chartered digital asset bank, has announced a Series D funding round of $350 million. The round was led by KKR with participation from a long list of well-known investors including Goldman Sachs, Alameda Research, Andreessen Horowitz, Apollo credit funds, Blockchain Capital,… Read More

December 14, 2021 @ 5:05 pm By JD Alois  |  

Robinhood (NASDAQ:HOOD) is boosting its crypto tool kit in advance of launching its bespoke digital wallet. According to a blog post, Robinhood has acquired Cove Markets – a cross-exchange trading platform that is designed to help investors manage their crypto accounts. Robinhood says the two… Read More

December 14, 2021 @ 4:42 pm By JD Alois  |  

Rewards platform Indiegogo has posted a blog boasting about a partnership with StartEngine that pairs an e-commerce offering alongside a securities sale. You may recall, that Indiegogo was launched with the intent of morphing into an investment platform once the rules were in place to… Read More

December 14, 2021 @ 1:08 pm By JD Alois  |  

SupraFin, a platform that offers professional quality crypto investing services, has now launched an Android app to complement its already released Apple version. SupraFin is a Wealthtech platform for cryptocurrencies founded by financial services industry professionals with more than 20 years of experience in cryptocurrencies,… Read More

December 14, 2021 @ 10:59 am By JD Alois  |  

Bitfinex is reporting that it has recovered 6.51458211 Bitcoin from a hack that took place over 5 years ago in 2016. Bitfinex states that this recover was completed in partnership with Poloniex, another digital asset marketplace. Bitfinex states: “Recovery Right Token (RRT) holders will have… Read More

December 14, 2021 @ 10:39 am By JD Alois  |  

The Sao Paolo Stock Exchange, B3, is expected to launch cryptocurrency investment options in 2022 according to multiple reports. The news was revealed during a presentation by B3 President Gilson Finkelsztain.   🔎 O presidente da B3, Gilson Finkelsztain, durante o B3 Day afirmou que… Read More

December 14, 2021 @ 9:24 am By JD Alois  |  

Payments provider Wirex has announced a non-custodial digital Wallet. In a release, Wirex said that it believes their cross-chain, keyless, Wallet will “finally break down the barriers to mainstream adoption.” Wirex said the wallet is available now on the App stores. The Wirex wallet will… Read More

December 14, 2021 @ 9:11 am By JD Alois  |  

Elon Musk is once again impacting crypto markets with a Tweet. Musk indicated that Tesla may be testing Dogecoin as an accepted currency for some “merch.”   Tesla will make some merch buyable with Doge & see how it goes — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December… Read More

December 13, 2021 @ 8:16 pm By JD Alois  |  

SEC Commissioners Hester Peirce and Elad Roisman have once again voiced their concern regarding SEC Chairman Gary Gensler’s regulator agenda – a list that was recently updated. Last summer, Gensler published his regulatory agenda and now an update is available. When Gensler posted his initial… Read More

December 13, 2021 @ 7:49 pm By JD Alois  |  

Robinhood (NASDAQ:HOOD) has enlisted the assistance of top digital asset compliance firm Chainalysis in advance of wide release of its digital wallet. According to a statement by Chainalysis, Robinhood will be using its Know Your Transaction (KYT) and Reactor software for compliance management. Robinhood already… Read More

December 13, 2021 @ 11:26 am By JD Alois  |  

CoinShares reports that $88 million flowed into digital assets last week during a time of significant volatility as Bitcoin moves lower, well off of all-time highs. CoinShares adds that while some providers experienced inflows others experienced outflows representing as much as 11% of assets under… Read More

December 13, 2021 @ 10:38 am By JD Alois  |  

Genesis Custody Limited has been authorized by the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) as a Registered Cryptoasset Business. Genesis is a digital currency prime brokerage. Genesis Custody provides multi-asset cold storage for full custody of client assets. Genisis states that clients’ private keys are fully… Read More

December 13, 2021 @ 9:37 am By JD Alois  |  

Binance has shut down its Singapore-facing crypto exchange. The news follows a series of events that have eventually led to Binance exiting the top Asian Fintech market with a wholly owned trading platform. Binance Singapore was originally granted an exemption from holding a license under… Read More

December 12, 2021 @ 5:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Laurel Road, a digital banking platform and a subsidiary of KeyBank, says that younger people are stressed about their finances, something that should come as no surprise as inflation goes through the roof and the federal government is on a spending spree. In a survey… Read More