Blockchain & Digital Assets

September 12, 2024 @ 3:57 pm By JD Alois  |  

Digital asset innovation has meandered in the US primarily due to the byzantine regulatory ecosystem which is based on rules established before crypto was even a thing. Today, Representative John Rose of Tennessee has introduced new legislation into Congress that aims to chart a path… Read More

September 12, 2024 @ 2:17 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crypto protection firm Coincover says it will now work with two of Canada’s crypto trading platforms, VirgoCX and Netcoins. The goal is to provide best-in-class security for customer assets. Coincover says its solution will also help VirgoCX and Netcoins exceed regulatory requirements in Canada. Digby… Read More

September 12, 2024 @ 2:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Galaxy Asset Management, an affiliate of Galaxy Digital Holdings Ltd. (TSX: GLXY) and one of the world’s largest investment managers of digital assets and blockchain exposures, and State Street Global Advisors, the asset management business of State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT),  announced the introduction of… Read More

September 12, 2024 @ 11:02 am By JD Alois  |  

eToro USA will halt nearly all crypto trading activity following an agreement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The settlement also requires eToro to pay a $1.5 million fine. eToro has agreed to the settlement without admitting or denying the allegations. Going forward, eToro… Read More

September 12, 2024 @ 10:25 am By JD Alois  |  

Fasset has announced IOWN, an Ethereum layer 2 blockchain for Real World Assets (RWA). Based in the UAE, the company states that it has moved forward with the project following the approval of its Credit Token Licence from the Labuan Financial Services Authority (Labuan FSA),… Read More

September 12, 2024 @ 6:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Gemini is pleased to announce the release of the 2024 Global State of Crypto report, offering a comprehensive look at attitudes and behavior toward digital assets from different investors across the globe. After two years of ups and downs, the crypto market has “rallied hard… Read More

September 11, 2024 @ 9:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Standard Chartered (LON: STAN) has announced its digital asset custody service in the UAE. The offering has been granted a licence by the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) within the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), a global financial hub, “following the memorandum of understanding (MoU)… Read More

September 11, 2024 @ 2:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently connected with Tristan Frizza, Founder of Zeta Markets. Notably, Solana recently hit $1.811 billion in DEX trading volume, capturing almost 10% of the market, as reported by Zeta Markets. This surge, fueled by Solana’s fast transaction speeds and low fees, has also led… Read More

September 11, 2024 @ 11:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

tZERO Group Inc., says it has received approval for its tZERO Digital Asset Securities as “a new Special Purpose Broker-Dealer for digital asset securities custody.” The company states that this is only one of two licenses for “a regulated broker-dealer digital asset security custodian that… Read More

September 11, 2024 @ 10:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

TRON, Tether, and TRM Labs have announced they will be joining forces to establish the T3 Financial Crime Unit (T3 FCU), described as a first-of-its-kind initiative aimed at facilitating public-private collaboration to combat illicit activity associated with the use of USDT on the TRON blockchain…. Read More

September 11, 2024 @ 8:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Nansen has acquired Stakewithus, a non-custodial staking service provider that reports over $80m assets staked by 30,000+ users, supporting over 20 different networks, including Solana, Sui, Celestia, dYdX, and more. With this acquisition, Nansen users should gain access to blockchain data, the ability to monitor… Read More

September 10, 2024 @ 10:15 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) has published the 2023 Cryptocurrency Fraud Report. The FBI released its Cryptocurrency Fraud Report for the past year. In 2023, the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center “received more than 69,000 complaints from the public regarding cyber-enabled crime and financial fraud… Read More

September 10, 2024 @ 9:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Paxos and the Arbitrum Foundation say the infrastructure firm will now integrate with Arbitrum, a Layer 2 (L2) scaling solution for Ethereum. According to a company statement, Arbitrum is the first L2 network to connect with Paxos. Paxos is a compliance-first blockchain ecosystem that can… Read More

September 10, 2024 @ 8:25 am By JD Alois  |  

Tether and its dollar-based stablecoin USDT is taking a beating this morning, courtesy of WSJ.com. In a report, the news site hammers Tether as “undermining America’s fight against arms dealers, sanctions busters, and scammers.” Tether is the 3rd most popular crypto in the world, with… Read More

September 10, 2024 @ 7:58 am By JD Alois  |  

European tokenization platform Tokeny says it will now connect DINO to work with 21X a DLT (distributed ledger technology) trading and settlement system (DLT TSS). This is the first platform to operate under the new European Union DLT ecosystem. Tokeny’s DINO is an open distribution… Read More

September 10, 2024 @ 7:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

BBVA’s institutional and private banking clients in Switzerland, as well as those with a NewGen account, can now manage their USDC funds on the same platform where they handle their traditional investments. They can exchange, custody, or automatically “convert USDC in near real-time into euros,… Read More

September 10, 2024 @ 7:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In the world of law enforcement, the ability to seize cryptocurrency has become crucial, according to an extensive update from Chainalysis. As digital currencies play a significant role in criminal activities, the stakes are “higher than ever.” Chainalysis also mentioned that missing even a single… Read More

September 9, 2024 @ 9:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In August 2024, the total losses from Web3 security incidents were estimated to be around $316 million. According to the SlowMist Hacked Archives, 28 hacking incidents were recorded, resulting in approximately $253 million in losses, with $13.58 million being recovered. The incidents were caused by… Read More

September 9, 2024 @ 9:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Konrad Fitzpatrick, a mining analyst at Compass Mining, notes that hash price is a critical metric that bitcoin miners use to measure their current and potential revenue. Compass Mining explains in a blog post that hash price is the “amount of bitcoin a miner can… Read More

September 9, 2024 @ 7:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The landscape of Layer–1 blockchains has evolved significantly in recent years. Networks like Bitcoin, Ethereum and Solana form the backbone of the cryptocurrency ecosystem, each offering unique approaches to scalability, security, and decentralization. This, according to a report from Coin Metrics. Coin Metrics pointed out… Read More