July 21, 2021 @ 4:18 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Ripple better up its game if it wants to stay top of mind when it comes to settlement systems, the CEO of tokenization platform STASIS warns. STASIS is a tokenization platform, including smart contract creation, that claims deep expertise in the current regulatory environment. It… Read More

July 21, 2021 @ 4:09 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

A new report from ABI Research predicts neobanks and challenger banks will nearly quadruple their number of accounts over the next five years The top 57 neo and challenger banks should grow their accounts from the 2020s 155 million to 590.6 million by 2026 due… Read More

July 21, 2021 @ 3:41 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Canadian blockchain tech company Helix Applications has completed its acquisition of GlobalBlock Limited. GlobalBlock is now a wholly-owned operating subsidiary. Based in the United Kingdom, GlobalBlock is a digital asset broker offering a personalized telephone broking service, trading platform, and mobile app. It has been… Read More

July 21, 2021 @ 12:21 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Digital asset trading platform BitMart is integrating with the Polygon network and supporting its ecosystem. While in the past BitMart only supported MATIC ERC-20 token payments, this new integration allows all BitMart users to transfer funds directly to the Polygon PoS network more efficiently. Polygon is… Read More

July 20, 2021 @ 10:11 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Biometric Fintech Zwipe and ICPS, an international card payment processor and card personalization bureau, together are bringing Zwipe Pay ONE-enabled biometric payment cards to African and Asian banks. They will be equipped with fingerprint sensors. Zwipe will contribute its biometric ISO contact plate module, passive… Read More

July 20, 2021 @ 10:01 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Origin Ventures today promoted Scott Stern and Prashant Shukla to partners in the firm. Over his five years with Origin, Stern has directed investments in marketplaces and software companies and serves as a director or observer with Tovala, Idelic, Anthill, Fountain, Kidizen, and Voxpopme. He… Read More

July 20, 2021 @ 9:47 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

NFT collectibles and luxury goods marketplace 4K has announced a seed raise of $3 million led by Electric Capital, Crosscut Ventures, Collab+Currency, ConsenSys, and IDEO CoLab. The funding will go to improving the StockX marketplace. Customers send their collectible to 4K, which authenticates, insures and… Read More

July 20, 2021 @ 9:27 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Decentralized capital market AllianceBlock has launched the mainnet of AllianceBridge with initial support for Ethereum, Binance Smart Chain, Avalanche, and Polygon. There are plans to extend to Ethereum Virtual Machine-compatible blockchains and non-EVM networks. AllianceBlock aims to provide regulated financial entities around the globe with… Read More

July 20, 2021 @ 9:03 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission has announced five people who will serve on Chair Gary Gensler’s policy staff under Director Heather Slavkin Corzo. Corporation Finance Counsel Corey Klemmer was an analyst at the AFL-CIO’s Office of Investment. She will focus on ensuring policies allow investors… Read More

July 20, 2021 @ 5:47 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) this week filed a settled action against UBS Financial Services related to compliance failures for sales of a volatility-linked exchange-traded product (ETP). It marks the sixth case for the agency’s ETP Initiative. The ETP was designed to track short-term… Read More

July 20, 2021 @ 5:24 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Canadian VC firm ThreeD Capital, which invests in junior resources and disruptive technologies, has invested $400,000 in DeFi Yield Technologies, developers of a proprietary automated yield engine for decentralized finance that leverages different DeFi protocols and strategies to increase diversification, maximize yield, while minimizing exposure… Read More

July 20, 2021 @ 5:21 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

A judge’s decision to depose former Securities and Exchange Commission director William Hinman in the case of the SEC vs, Ripple Labs has the cryptocurrency industry talking, so now is a good time to revisit Hinman’s comments as a refresher. Hinman made the comments at… Read More

July 20, 2021 @ 4:46 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Don’t say she didn’t warn you, GlobalBlock sales trader Alexandra Clark said in her latest research notes. As Bitcoin continued plummeting, contributing to the downward spiral was the lacklustre performance of crypto stock Galaxy Digital Holdings, which shed 63 percent of its value from its… Read More

July 15, 2021 @ 5:06 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

tZERO announced today the tZERO Crypto app, a cryptocurrency trading platform, now supports Dogecoin (DOGE), USD Coin (USDC), and 0x (ZRX), bringing its number of cryptocurrencies on offer to 10. “Today’s announcement in supporting three new coins comes off the heels of the tZERO Crypto app… Read More

July 15, 2021 @ 3:06 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

The recently completed second quarter was a busy one for QED Investors, co-founder and managing partner Nigel Morris said in a recent investor update. So far this year QED has invested in 14 companies, Morris said, while describing the pace of deal-making as “frenetic”. Seven… Read More

July 15, 2021 @ 3:03 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

As consumers begin to emerge from their pandemic cocoons, they better closely manage their spending to avoid falling into a credit crunch, Canadian fintech Borrowell said. The company said the potential surge in “revenge spending” could hurt consumer credit scores if they become overly reliant… Read More

July 15, 2021 @ 12:33 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Asian cryptocurrency exchange platform Liquid this week announced Stellar USDC is now available on Liquid. This will include multi-chain support for USDC by expanding into a Stellar-based version. Users will see fee-free USDC withdrawal capabilities, Liquid COO Seth Melamed said. “Liquid focuses on increasing cryptocurrency… Read More

July 15, 2021 @ 11:53 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Cryptocurrency, blockchain, and digital asset technology company Net Savings Link (OTC Pink: NSAV) this week announced its cryptocurrency exchange will launch Aug. 9 under the brand name NSAV. Net Savings Link will own 100 percent of the exchange. The NSAV management team includes director Yuen… Read More

July 15, 2021 @ 8:00 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Data released this week by TradingPlatforms.com shows the growing influence of digital commerce in Europe. The research authors defined digital commerce as all consumer transactions made via the Internet directly relating to online shopping for products and services, with payments made through providers like PayPal… Read More

July 15, 2021 @ 1:00 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

One in nine adults in the United Kingdom could make their first cryptocurrency purchase over the next year, data from UK money app Ziglu suggests. Should they all take the plunge that would mean 21 percent of UK adults would own some digital currency. Of… Read More