October 3, 2021 @ 5:02 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

India’s Federal Bank has partnered with the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) to launch the Federal Bank RuPay Signet Contactless Credit Card, which comes with an annual interest rate starting from 5.88 per cent.  Federal Bank RuPay Signet credit cardholders will gain access to… Read More

October 2, 2021 @ 9:16 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

UK-based money app Ziglu this week its £1 million crowdfund oversubscribed in 81 minutes, beating its previous record of three hours. The campaign was launched on Seedrs, an equity crowdfunding platform. Ziglu is raising equity capital at a pre-money valuation of £85 million. Ziglu’s previous… Read More

October 1, 2021 @ 7:27 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Trace Network Labs said it is ushering in the next generation of the luxury lifestyle within metaverses powered by NFTs, and they’re doing it with beer. The company is partnering with Vietnamese craft beer maker 7 Bridges Brewing Company to release what they believe could… Read More

October 1, 2021 @ 3:16 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Persistence, a multi-asset protocol focused on liquid staking, NFTs, and commodities, has partnered with BridgeTower Capital, a global private equity firm focused on blockchain infrastructure and bridging digital assets to traditional institutional investors. BridgeTower has become a leading institutional participant of Persistence’s new liquid staking… Read More

October 1, 2021 @ 2:55 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Race car driver and social media sensation Lindsay Brewer this week announced the launch of her own personal cryptocurrency, $LINDS, on Rally, making her the first female pro-race car driver and only second female athlete to launch her own cryptocurrency. Fans of the 24-year-old driver… Read More

October 1, 2021 @ 2:52 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

MX, a financial data platform, this week announced that SUMA Wealth, a Fintech company for U.S. Latino youth founded by successful entrepreneurs Beatriz Acevedo and Xavier Gutierrez, has gone live on the MX platform for data aggregation and data enhancement to power SUMA’s custom-built financial… Read More

October 1, 2021 @ 2:34 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Australian eco startup Zero Co has announced a $4.3 million crowdfunding campaign, asking Australians to support its next growth phase as they seek to tackle the global plastic problem.  Over the past 10 months, Zero Co has signed up more than 40,000 Australian households and… Read More

October 1, 2021 @ 1:06 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Add STASIS CEO Gregory Klumov to the list of cryptocurrency figures who believe China’s recent decision to ban digital assets will not stop the market from growing. A sister company of EXANTE, STASIS is a stablecoin and tokenization platform based in Malta. In late September the… Read More

October 1, 2021 @ 11:32 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Flourish, a provider of technology for registered investment advisers (RIA), today launched Flourish Crypto, a turnkey cryptocurrency investing solution. Flourish Crypto is built on the Flourish Platform, which is offered through Flourish Digital Assets and Paxos Trust Company. The company is wholly owned by MassMutual…. Read More

October 1, 2021 @ 9:38 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Nahmii has launched a Layer 2 Ethereum scaling solution capable of achieving true commercial viability with a baseline of top-tier performance, instant finality and low, predictable fees, the company said this week. “We are truly thankful to the community of developers who provided their feedback… Read More

September 30, 2021 @ 8:27 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

n.exchange, a cryptocurrency exchange specializing in fiat on- and off-ramp services, this week unveiled its crypto purchase credit card fraud attempt figures for 2019-2021. It highlights a significant rise in fraudulent purchase attempts by cyber criminals using stolen card details, most of which was perpetrated from… Read More

September 30, 2021 @ 8:14 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

While it’s taken a while for B2B technology to reach the levels of responsiveness common to their B2C brethren, the gap is indeed narrowing, CEO Brandon Spear of B2B payments company TreviPay said. B2B has always lagged behind B2C for the simple reason – building… Read More

September 30, 2021 @ 8:05 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Digital assets infrastructure company Zero Hash this week announced $35 million in new Series C funding. The investment round was led by Point72 Ventures alongside NYCA Partners, DriveWealth, and other unnamed investors. Several notable angel investors also participated in the round including Immad Akhund (Mercury… Read More

September 30, 2021 @ 8:03 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Switcheo Labs, a think tank supporting decentralized ecosystems in DeFi, has successfully deployed the mainnet for ZilBridge, a cross-chain interoperability bridge built on Zilliqa, a high-performance blockchain platform. Users of ZilBridge will be able to bridge WBTC, ETH, and USDT assets between the Zilliqa and… Read More

September 30, 2021 @ 7:27 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Dispute funder Validity Finance reports it has raised a new managed fund of $70 million in capital commitments to invest in litigation finance. To date, Validity’s third-party managed funds total nearly $150 million of assets under management, in addition to its permanent capital base. Validity’s… Read More

September 30, 2021 @ 4:07 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

While China’s ban on cryptocurrency transactions has had a measurable effect on the markets, it’s not a death knell by any means, one industry watcher said. Earlier this month the People’s Bank of China said all virtual currency-related business activities were illegal, claiming it would… Read More

September 30, 2021 @ 3:56 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

The Cardano Foundation confirmed a series of new strategic partnerships at the recent Cardano Summit, an event highlighted by the launch of its smart contract capabilities earlier this month. “At Cardano, our goal is to provide those at the cusp of societal and technological change… Read More

September 30, 2021 @ 3:42 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Elliptic, a provider of blockchain analytics and crypto compliance solutions, today announced an agreement with US-based financial infrastructure provider Prime Trust, which aims to help fintech innovators launch quickly and scale securely in today’s digital economy. Prime Trust, which recently announced the close of a… Read More

September 30, 2021 @ 2:43 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Edge computer PKT Cube will try and help users monetize unused internet bandwidth. PKT Pal co-founder Josh Berger made the announcement at a session this week at Coin Agenda. PKT Cube connects to the PKT blockchain, a Layer 1 protocol powered by PacketCrypt, the bandwidth-hard… Read More

September 30, 2021 @ 12:00 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

HLTH.network is now using the Avalanche (AVAX) platform to launch the base layer protocol for global health data and the accompanying line of products. At the beginning of the company’s second phase, HLTH.network’s growth led them to switch.  The primary reason for the decision was… Read More