Blockchain & Digital Assets

October 20, 2024 @ 6:46 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Drop Protocol, a liquid staking protocol for interchain assets and an inaugural member of the Lido Alliance, is reporting that it successfully closed a $4 million seed funding round. The round was led by CoinFund, with additional backing from CMS Holdings, Anagram, Interop Ventures, and… Read More

October 20, 2024 @ 5:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

-BVNK announced recently that it is partnering with Circle in an effort to streamline global business payments. BVNK explained that they will be working closely with Circle to bring the utility of stablecoin USDC to more types of payments, which will aim to include global… Read More

October 20, 2024 @ 5:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital assets firm Gemini noted that understanding the concept of “crowded trades” – where “net positioning” becomes “skewed” in one direction and the “market consensus is focused on one particular outcome” – is said to be a “time-tested skill” in risk analysis and trade idea… Read More

October 20, 2024 @ 7:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ripple, the provider of digital asset infrastructure, has recently announced a partnership with the International Rescue Committee (IRC), one of the humanitarian organizations helping people affected by crises to survive, recover and rebuild their lives. Ripple and the IRC will now aim to explore how… Read More

October 19, 2024 @ 10:17 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

DNA Fund, a player in emerging tech and Web3 investments, has acquired Coral Capital Holdings, an investment management firm that has previously managed millions in the DNA founders’ funds. DNA and its founders have invested in or founded projects such as Tether, EOS, Mastercoin, Bancor,… Read More

October 18, 2024 @ 5:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

North America remains the largest crypto market globally, with an estimated $1.3 trillion in on-chain value received between the time period of July 2023 and June 2024, accounting for around 22.5% of all such activity. This, according to an update from Chainalysis. The research report… Read More

October 18, 2024 @ 11:54 am By JD Alois  |  

Crypto money is pouring into the state of Ohio to defeat Democrat Senator Sherrod Brown. Seen as a winnable seat by Republicans, Senator Brown is currently the Chairman of the Senate Banking Committee and widely known as someone who is anti-crypto and against Fintech in… Read More

October 17, 2024 @ 7:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Paxos recently revealed that it’s planning an expansion to the Stellar Network which would be in collaboration with the  Stellar Development Foundation. Paxos confirmed that it will integrate with the Stellar network, which is desribed as an open-source blockchain that’s used for a range of… Read More

October 17, 2024 @ 6:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

a16z has shared the State of Crypto Report 2024, which examines data on swing states, stablecoins, AI, builder energy, and offers other key insights. Daren Matsuoka, Robert Hackett, and Eddy Lazzarin noted that when they launched their very first annual State of Crypto report two… Read More

October 17, 2024 @ 2:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Paul Grewal, the Chief Legal Officer at US-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN),  has pointed out that at first, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) had reportedly stated that it could potentially avoid Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) since documents they’re owed are considered to be… Read More

October 17, 2024 @ 10:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

One of India’s largest and most prominent crypto exchanges, WazirX, had experienced a damaging security breach back in July of this year. If you go and review some of WazirX’s online / social media activity even now, they don’t seem to have resolved this issue… Read More

October 17, 2024 @ 10:11 am By JD Alois  |  

Venture funding of Fintechs bounced along during Q3 2024, declining from Q2 and nowhere near more robust activity in recent years. This is according to S&P Global Markets, which reports that Fintech startups globally saw 370 funding rounds worth $6.4 billion in the third quarter… Read More

October 17, 2024 @ 8:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

CSD Prague reportedly received its first European DLT register approval. The Central Securities Depository (CSD) claims that is focused on leading innovation in the European capital market with the introduction of DLT (Distributed Ledger Technology). This technology has the potential to significantly enhance the financial… Read More

October 17, 2024 @ 8:20 am By Omar Faridi  |  

SDX and RULEMATCH deliver a complete, end-to-end, institutional-grade solution for banks and financial institutions. This Swiss-made partnership signals the coming to age of the crypto market, centered around efficiency, security, and compliance. Institutions will be able to trade on RULEMATCH’s platform with post-trade clearing and… Read More

October 16, 2024 @ 9:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Blockstream has reportedly finalized a $210 million convertible note financing round which has been led by Fulgur Ventures, marking a key shift in its evolution as the global provider of financial infrastructure technology powered by Bitcoin (BTC), the flagship cryptocurrency. The capital injection will be… Read More

October 16, 2024 @ 5:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

MARA (NASDAQ: MARA), a global firm focused on leveraging digital asset compute to support the energy transformation, announced that it has secured a $200 million line of credit, “collateralized” by a portion of its bitcoin holdings. MARA explained in an update that it may potentially… Read More

October 16, 2024 @ 5:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Paxos, the regulated blockchain and tokenization infrastructure platform, introduced its new stablecoin payments platform. Stripe’s Pay with Crypto product is powered by Paxos’ stablecoin payments infrastructure, making it easier for merchants to accept stablecoin payments. As a regulated provider of blockchain infrastructure, Paxos’ stablecoin payments… Read More

October 16, 2024 @ 7:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Securitize, the firm focused on tokenizing real-world assets, announced that qualified institutions can now convert their USDC to USD via Securitize’s integration with Zero Hash, a crypto and stablecoin infrastructure platform which facilitates conversion between U.S. dollars and digital assets, to subscribe into BlackRock’s USD… Read More

October 16, 2024 @ 7:45 am By JD Alois  |  

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has joined the growing number of regulatory/innovation entities by launching a Fintech Sandbox to support the development of digital assets. Just about everyone acknowledges that at some point, all securities will be digital—potentially enhanced with codable or “smart”… Read More

October 16, 2024 @ 7:32 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Recently Xalts announced a deeper collaboration to bring its enterprise-grade real-world asset tokenization platform, RWA Cloud, to the Polygon blockchain network. RWA Cloud provides solutions to enable financial services, governments, and other enterprise developers looking to build digital asset platforms for implementing blockchain, tokenization, and… Read More