Matchmaking: Anchorage Now Offers Networking Platform for Crypto Firms, Financial Services by JD Alois

May 18, 2022 @ 12:03 pm By JD Alois  |  

SEC Chairman Gary Gensler testified in front of the Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, part of the House Appropriations Committee, to justify the agency’s budget request. As part of the questioning from various members, Gensler answered several questions which were crypto-related. Chairman Gensler… Read More

 Tagged gary gensler, house appropriations committee, sec, securities and exchange commission, Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Governmen

May 18, 2022 @ 11:41 am By Omar Faridi  |  

BIGG Digital Assets Inc. (CSE:BIGG), owner of Blockchain Intelligence Group, a global cryptocurrency intelligence and compliance company, is pleased to announce “the appointment of Kenneth A. Goodwin, Jr. as the Director of Regulatory and Institutional Affairs.” Goodwin brings extensive experience in global banking and capital… Read More

 Tagged bigg digital assets, blockchain intelligence group, canada, jr, kenneth a. goodwin, lance morginn, new appointments

May 18, 2022 @ 10:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Elwood Technologies, a platform providing “institutional-grade” access to digital asset markets and liquidity venues, recently announced it has “closed a $70 million Series A funding round.” The round was co-led by Europe‘s largest B2B investor Dawn Capital and global investment bank, Goldman Sachs. There was… Read More

 Tagged crypto-assets, dawn capital, digital assets, digital financial services, elwood, elwood technologies, europe, goldman sachs, investment round, james stickland, josh bell, mathew mcdermott

May 18, 2022 @ 10:13 am By JD Alois  |  

Institutional digital asset trading platform Talos is going on a hiring spree after raising a solid $105 million Series B funding round. Last week, Talos announced that it had raised capital at a unicorn valuation of $1.25 billion. Big-name investors participated in the round with… Read More

 Tagged anton katz, talos

May 18, 2022 @ 9:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Encode Club, a Web3 education community with focuses on blockchain education, talent sourcing and venture investing, has completed a $5 million funding round that was led by Lemniscap and Galaxy Digital (TSX: GLXY). The investment round included participation from Dragonfly Ventures, Folius Ventures, not3Lau Capital, Ascensive… Read More

 Tagged anthony beaumont, blockchain education, distributed ledger technology, dlt, encode club, galaxy digital, investment round, lemiscap, roderik van der graaf, talent sourcing, venture investing, Web3, web3 education, will nuelle

May 18, 2022 @ 8:52 am By JD Alois  |  

Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN), the largest digital asset marketplace in the US, has announced it will slow its hiring process due to the “current market downtown.” The news should come as no surprise for Coinbase watchers as the crypto focused firm experienced hyperbolic growth that inevitably had… Read More

 Tagged brian armstrong, coinbase

May 18, 2022 @ 8:29 am By JD Alois  |  

After a painful drop where Bitcoin crashed below $30K and many other cryptocurrencies chased it down, GlobalBlock (TSXV:BLOK) sees light at the end of the tunnel – at least for now. Marcus Sotiriou, Analyst for GlobalBlock, operating in the UK has distributed a comment on… Read More

 Tagged globalblock, lithuania, Marcus Sotiriou, uk, united kingdom

May 18, 2022 @ 7:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Zumo, the Edinburgh-based crypto wallet and payments platform, recently appointed Jonathan Sepulchre to serve as Head of Growth, a newly-created function “to drive the next stage of the company’s development.” An experienced “growth leader” with a comprehensive background in digital marketing, Jonathan will work closely… Read More

 Tagged Crypto Transactions, edinburgh, europe, fintech apps, jonathan sepulchre, new appointments, nick jones, payments, uk, united kingdom, zumo, zumo app

May 18, 2022 @ 3:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Nahmii AS are pleased to confirm that they have been chosen to work with Norges Bank (the central bank of Norway) on their upcoming experimental CBDC (central bank digital currency) sandbox project. This “prestigious” award confirms Nahmii AS’s position as “a global leader in the… Read More

 Tagged blockchain adoption, cbdc, cbdcs, central bank digital currency, digital currency, distributed ledger technology, dlt, ethereum, ethereum scaling, europe, layer2s, Nahmii, norway

May 18, 2022 @ 1:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Cryptix, the Fintech Web 3.0 venture builder, recently announced that it has received regulatory approval to launch Equito – which is described as “a fully regulated, all-in-one investor platform designed to unlock new financing channels for European start-ups and SMEs (small to medium sized enterprises).”… Read More

 Tagged bernhard koch, cryptix, equito, europe, financing, fintech adoption, fintech trends, investor platforms, luka gubo, regualtory approval, slovenia, small businesses, smbs, sme financing, sme's, startups, web 3.0