Blockchain & Digital Assets

March 8, 2025 @ 10:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital assets exchange Kraken, officially known as Payward Inc., is reportedly targeting an initial public offering (IPO) in the first quarter of 2026, according to a recent Bloomberg report. This announcement from Kraken comes on the heels of a significant shift in the U.S. regulatory… Read More

March 8, 2025 @ 10:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Maple Finance announced that Bitwise Asset Management, a crypto specialist asset manager with $12B+ in client assets, has made its  institutional allocation leveraging DeFi through Maple, a key milestone in the adoption of on-chain credit by institutional allocators. This marks a pivotal step as institutional… Read More

March 8, 2025 @ 9:48 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Fireblocks, an enterprise platform for managing digital asset operations and building businesses on blockchain, has launched its Cyber and Operational Resilience (COR) Compliance Package. This suite is designed to help financial institutions meet their obligations under the new Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA), which came… Read More

March 7, 2025 @ 7:45 pm By JD Alois  |  

House Finacial Services Committee leaders have sent a letter to SEC Acting Chairman Mark Uyeda asking him to reverse harmful rules impacting crypto enacted during the Biden Administration. Chairman of the Committee French Hill, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology, and Artificial… Read More

March 7, 2025 @ 6:39 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

This week’s announcement of a US strategic crypto reserve has tongues wagging across the industry. The reserve will include Bitcoin, Ether, XRP, Solana’s SOL and Cardano’s ADA. Many believe it will propel the industry forward and stimulate a bull run, but others found faults. deVere… Read More

March 7, 2025 @ 6:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital assets exchange Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) has reportedly acquired a team to accelerate privacy efforts on Base. According to a blog post by Coinbase, privacy is “critical for unlocking the full potential of an onchain future.” Coinbase further explained that this is why they’re “bringing on… Read More

March 7, 2025 @ 4:26 pm By JD Alois  |  

Operation Chokepoint 2.0 was a nefarious move by the Federal government to target crypto firms or firms affiliated with digital asset businesses by debanking operations. It is very difficult to run a business if you cannot hold funds and save them via the banking system…. Read More

March 7, 2025 @ 1:27 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crypto executives and insiders are meeting today at the White House. The first-ever Crypto Summit, led by AI and Crypto Czar David Sacks, will establish a path for the US to lead the way in digital asset innovation. The Summit follows the Executive Order signed by President… Read More

March 7, 2025 @ 12:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Figure Technology Solutions, a technology platform powering a more efficient and liquid marketplace for financial products, announced that its DART electronic lien registry has achieved significant ecosystem traction among “warehouse providers, investors and originating partners.” DART is a “core component” of the Figure Connect loan… Read More

March 7, 2025 @ 11:48 am By JD Alois  |  

Representative French Hill, Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, has issued a statement on the creation of a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and Digital Asset Stockpile. These two vehicles were announced yesterday in an Executive Order signed by President Donald Trump in the run up… Read More

March 7, 2025 @ 9:45 am By JD Alois  |  

Today, a group of crypto-related executives and insiders are meeting at the White House to discuss the future of digital assets. Fox News shared a list of the individuals invited to the summit. These include mostly CEOs from top digital asset firms: Gemini Ripple Anchorage… Read More

March 7, 2025 @ 9:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance announced support for the Global Fintech Institute (GFI) to advance fintech education, professional development, and innovation. This collaboration aims to equip professionals with the skills needed to succeed in an era defined by artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain, and evolving financial regulations. As part of… Read More

March 7, 2025 @ 9:10 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Superstate is pleased to announce that they have now officially registered Superstate Services LLC, their transfer agent, with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Superstate says that it is laser-focused on its mission to “modernize finance through blockchain technology.” This step further advances tokenized… Read More

March 7, 2025 @ 9:08 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The EY organization announces the launch of new artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities to its EY Blockchain Analyzer: Smart Contract and Token Review (SC&TR) tool. The SC&TR tool is designed to help enhance “vulnerability detection in smart contracts through greater code coverage and streamline the contract… Read More

March 7, 2025 @ 7:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

tZERO Group Inc., a firm focused on technology solutions for capital markets, is pleased to confirm that the “full” tokenization of its Series-A Preferred Equity Security (TZROP) will occur on March 14, 2025. Once completed, TZROP will become the “first” digital asset security to be… Read More

March 6, 2025 @ 10:54 pm By Michael Wong  |  

CGS International Futures Malaysia (CGS MYF) has introduced the first publicly available CME Crypto Futures contracts in Malaysia, offering traders and investors access to Bitcoin and Ethereum futures, the company announced. The launch makes CGS International Securities Malaysia (CGS MY) the first licensed derivatives broker… Read More

March 6, 2025 @ 10:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fly Wing Technologies Pte Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Matrixport, the “one-stop” crypto financial services platform in Asia, announced that it has been granted the Major Payment Institution (MPI) License by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). With this license approval, Fly Wing will… Read More

March 6, 2025 @ 6:20 pm By JD Alois  |  

While some countries are hurtling towards issuing a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) it does not appear the US will do the same. Fears of excessive government control and the lure of snooping by the Feds means privacy concerns are trumping any movement for the… Read More

March 6, 2025 @ 3:45 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Digital Pound Foundation (DPF) has merged with Innovate Finance. Innovate Finance is an advocacy group that supports and promotes the growth of Fintech in the UK. DPF is playing a similar role but for advocating on behalf of a digital pound or CBDC and… Read More

March 6, 2025 @ 3:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

ICAN [Investors Choice Advocate Network], a legal advocacy group supporting smaller firms and individuals targeted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, says it has won another case as the courts have dismissed the PulseChain case. In 2023, the SEC filed charges against Richard Heart [aka… Read More