December 21, 2021 @ 6:45 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Cypherium, a scalable and permissionless blockchain platform, has enabled support both for an Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) as well as the Ethereum Network’s primary coding language, Solidity. The company said the benefits that come with this are many but include bringing about much greater interoperability… Read More

December 21, 2021 @ 3:14 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Futuur, which provides a wide selection of prediction markets available at one URL, has officially launched its real-money markets to forecasters around the world.  Real-money markets have been added alongside Futuur’s already existing play-money markets, with trading available in seven cryptocurrencies: Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH),… Read More

December 21, 2021 @ 1:23 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Novea, a Fintech software company, announced this week it has closed $50 million in equity and $5 million in debt financing. The equity proceeds will go towards wholly-owned subsidiaries Jacana Warranty and Jacana Insurance, to support a proprietary user application platform it developed which services… Read More

December 16, 2021 @ 8:31 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Lending platform F88 Business has entered into a new strategic partnership with CIMB Bank Vietnam to promote financial inclusion to the unserved and underserved sector of the economy. According to the latest figures from the General Statistics Office, Vietnam had more than 28.2 million people who were… Read More

December 16, 2021 @ 7:31 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Aventus Network, a Layer-2 blockchain protocol that brings scalability, lower costs, and speed to Ethereum transactions, recently launched its native utility token AVT on Bittrex Global. The token fuels the Aventus Network through powering transactions, supporting validator activity and by proofing governance. Since the launch of… Read More

December 16, 2021 @ 4:26 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Two senior vice presidents from e-commerce platform Fluent Commerce recently shared their predictions for the industry trends that will shape 2022 Jamie Cairns, SVP channel & alliances, Fluent Commerce Supply chain disruption will continue “The global pandemic has meant huge disruption to retailer’s supply chains… Read More

December 16, 2021 @ 3:56 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

While payments companies are looking to increase their reach across multiple channels, they better keep the focus on customer service as they expand, or their best efforts could fall short, two executives at TokenEx said recently. TokenEx chief operating officer Matthew Meehan said the future… Read More

December 16, 2021 @ 3:51 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

CoinShares, a European digital asset investment firm with more than $4.7 billion of assets under management, this week announced a partnership with Scalable Capital, a European digital wealth manager, and neo broker. Scalable Crypto is now available as part of Scalable Capital’s mobile app and allows Scalable… Read More

December 16, 2021 @ 3:12 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

bsurance, a B2B2C embedded insurance platform, and Kika/Leiner Group, a European furniture retailer, have come together to create an in-store and online embedded insurance experience. The partnership extends the offering Kika/Leiners and bsurance which enables customers at its 42 stores in Austria to get personalized… Read More

December 16, 2021 @ 3:07 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Nansen, a blockchain data analytics platform, has raised a $75 million Series B round led by Accel. GIC, Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Tiger Global, and SCB 10X are among the VCs and angel investors who also participated in the round. This funding will be used to… Read More

December 15, 2021 @ 10:29 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

FSS (Financial Software and Systems), a provider of integrated payment products and processing, along with CSB Bank, one of the oldest private sector banks in India, have joined forces to deliver hyperlocal banking services to financially underserved segments. Under this partnership, CSB Bank and FSS… Read More

December 15, 2021 @ 6:26 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

APEXX, a global payments platform, earlier this week announced a long-term strategic partnership on buy now pay later (BNPL) with Worldline, a provider of payments and transactional services industry. As part of the strategic partnership, Worldline will enable their global e-commerce merchants to access BNPL… Read More

December 15, 2021 @ 5:10 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Recent analysis from London-based Nickel Digital Asset Management reveals 20 listed companies with a market cap north of $1.0 trillion have around $9.6 billion invested in Bitcoin. They originally spent $5.9 billion buying the cryptocurrency. North American corporations dominate the listed company investment in Bitcoin… Read More

December 15, 2021 @ 5:04 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Bitcoin panic-sellers are “practically giving away” their cryptocurrencies to wealthy buyers who will use the digital assets as an inflation shield, deVere Group CEO Nigel Green believes. The observation comes as Bitcoin and other leading cryptocurrencies steadied slightly ahead of the U.S. Federal Reserve’s meeting… Read More

December 15, 2021 @ 4:54 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

AI-powered finance concierge Zeni today announced it has appointed Carl Hekkert as Chief Financial Officer of customer success and Collin Cadmus as chief revenue officer, both the first executives to hold the roles at the company. Hekkert and Cadmus join at a time of rapid… Read More

December 15, 2021 @ 2:44 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Ledn, a global digital asset savings and credit platform, today announced it successfully raised $70 million in a Series B funding round which brings its valuation to $540 million. 10T Holdings led the round while Golden Tree Asset Management, Raptor Group and FJ Labs were… Read More

December 15, 2021 @ 2:39 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

The Giving Block, a crypto philanthropy platform, has launched Private Client Services, a premium cryptocurrency donation experience specifically tailored to the needs of high-net worth individuals, institutions and advisors. High-value donors now have access to a suite of services including white-glove donation execution as well… Read More

December 14, 2021 @ 5:16 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

European VC firm Sapphire Ventures will significantly expand its European investment activities over the coming year, the company said this week. As part of this expansion, which follows the opening of the firm’s first European office last year, Sapphire promoted Annalise Dragic, currently a principal,… Read More

December 14, 2021 @ 4:23 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Digital assets provider Amber Group today launched WhaleFin, which it described as an “all in one”  digital asset platform positioned to empower mainstream investors to build wealth in the digital era. WhaleFin combines features of the Amber Pro, launched in 2019, with the user interface… Read More

December 14, 2021 @ 3:29 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Stere, a digital ecosystem catering to managing general agents and insurance companies, this week announced the closure of its seed funding round. The $2 million round is led by Fin VC, with participation from Plug and Play Ventures, Sandalphon Capital and Hartford Investment Management Company…. Read More