September 24, 2021 @ 5:28 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

A new app from AirWire allows people to create NFTs in under one minute, while also providing a host of other conveniences, its CEO says. Earlier this week AirWire officially launched the NFT Camera App with a double wallet and an integrated NFT marketplace. Using… Read More

September 24, 2021 @ 3:43 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Plastiq, a smart payments platform for SMBs, this week announced the appointment of Kerry Hatch as its new president and board member. Hatch will play a key role in accelerating the growth of the business by leading the product, engineering, talent, operations, business development, and go-to-market functions at… Read More

September 24, 2021 @ 3:04 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Scottish firm HOKO this week revealed their national and international expansion plans along with a new £500,000 crowdfunding campaign. Their goals include 30 new studios as part of plan to be UK’s largest homeowner architect. Not too long ago, Hoko raised £400k from individual investors… Read More

September 23, 2021 @ 4:01 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Blockchain tech firm Metrika this week announced a $14 million Series A funding round led by Neotribe Ventures. Other institutional investors include Coinbase Ventures, Samsung NEXT, Nyca Partners and SCB 10X, with additional funding from all previous investors. This latest round brings a total of $17.7… Read More

September 23, 2021 @ 3:14 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Fintech firm Circle, a company providing payments and financial infrastructure for internet businesses, has integrated with Plaid, a data network powering the digital financial ecosystem. The integration simplifies the process of connecting bank accounts and accepting ACH payments because Plaid enables quicker account verification, the… Read More

September 23, 2021 @ 12:07 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

While the baseline premise behind Liti Capital is interesting enough on its own, the founding team’s vision for the company and the cryptocurrency industry as a whole suggests it is well-positioned to be around for the long haul. Executive chairman and CIO David Kay previously… Read More

September 22, 2021 @ 8:09 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Akoin, a digital ecosystem and cryptocurrency developed by global artist and Akon to improve social opportunities and access for African entrepreneurs, is now listing on the cryptocurrency exchange BitMart. The listing with BitMart provides access for Akoin within the United States from people who want… Read More

September 22, 2021 @ 5:06 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Biconomy, a multichain relayer network building infrastructure designed to provide access to Web 3.0, has integrated with Showtime, a user-owned NFT social network. The pair pledge to enable gasless transactions and bringing free minting to the NFT ecosystem. Showtime’s web app allows creators and collectors… Read More

September 22, 2021 @ 8:39 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

EmiSwap, a community-governed decentralized exchange that provides rewards for liquidity providers, today announced its integration with cross-chain bridge Movr. The integration will allow EmiSwap users to transfer tokens across blockchains like Ethereum, Polygon, Arbitrum, Binance Smart Chain and xDAI at lower fees and higher speed… Read More

September 21, 2021 @ 11:44 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Etherisc, an open-source, decentralized insurance protocol, and ecosystem, together with the Blockchain Competence Center Mittweida (BCCM) at Mittweida University of Applied Sciences, today announced the launch of a joint project to develop a blockchain-based insurance prototype. This project aims to provide refined alternatives to traditional… Read More

September 21, 2021 @ 8:51 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Blockchain-based fintech Figure today announced the completion of a digital securities transaction using Figure ATS, an alternative trading system that is registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and that is part of Figure’s Marketplace trading platform. The trade included the minting of a… Read More

September 21, 2021 @ 8:18 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Prophecy DeFi has appointed Peng Zhong to its advisory committee, effective immediately. The CEO of DeFi software provider Tendermint, Zhong leads a team that builds applications to improve the usability, accessibility, and safety of blockchain for developers and end-users. Tendermint is a core contributor to… Read More

September 21, 2021 @ 8:11 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Blockchain technology provider Polymath announced today that Polymesh, an institutional-grade permissioned blockchain built specifically for regulated assets, will be launched by the Polymesh Association on October 13. The mainnet launch follows the success of its Incentivized Testnet (ITN), which saw more than 4,300 unique verified… Read More

September 21, 2021 @ 6:30 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Gilded, a B2B blockchain payments and accounting software provider, today launched Compass, a solution that enables advanced mapping capabilities between blockchain wallets and a company’s general ledger. When Gilded released their cryptocurrency accounting software to the public in early 2020, the vision was to make… Read More

September 21, 2021 @ 6:01 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

QNTMPAY, the official digital banking partner of McLaren F1, is working with global embedded finance platform Railsbank to support upcoming product and services launches in the UK. The companies made the announcement at today’s Money20/20 event. Railsbank is supporting QNTMPAY, to launch in the UK, with… Read More

September 21, 2021 @ 5:57 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

A new study from Juniper Research predicts global transaction value of digital bill payment and presentment will exceed $2 trillion by the end of 2021, up from $1.9 trillion in 2020. Digital bill payment and presentment are accessed and paid digitally, primarily through mobile banking… Read More

September 20, 2021 @ 8:10 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

MYHSM by Utimaco announced this week its Payment Hardware Security Modules (HSM) as a Service is now available in AWS Marketplace. Customers can now directly connect to and deploy the MYHSM Service, providing financial institutions around the world with a full-cloud, multi-cloud or hybrid cloud… Read More

September 20, 2021 @ 7:09 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

FUELTRAX, an electronic fuel management solution (EFMS) provider for offshore vessels, has partnered with blockchain technology company Topl to use Topl’s Blockchain-as-a-Service (BaaS) platform to meet the growing demand for greater transparency in energy trading operations. With blockchain integrated into EFMS products, each step in… Read More

September 20, 2021 @ 4:23 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Technicorum Holdings, an IT and service group specializing in digital assets and incubator of DeFi and NFT project KingSwap, today announced Gennix, a microlending protocol aimed at reducing financial inequality on the blockchain, has struck a strategic business partnership with DTC to integrate fiat-crypto payment… Read More

September 20, 2021 @ 2:16 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

BSO, in partnership with Geneva-based ImpactScope, a social enterprise providing carbon offsetting solutions to digital asset exchanges and crypto mining companies, now offers its cryptocurrency traders the means to calculate and offset the excess carbon emissions of their operations. The criticism of cryptocurrencies’ energy consumption… Read More