Blockchain & Digital Assets

January 24, 2025 @ 10:08 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Plume Network, the first full-stack L1 RWA Chain for RWAfi (Real World Asset Finance), announced its partnership with Whinfell Partners LLC to introduce a range of “institutional-grade” credit instruments and diversified yield-bearing assets to its ecosystem. Leveraging Plume’s flagship staking protocol Nest, Whinfell will bring… Read More

January 24, 2025 @ 9:23 am By JD Alois  |  

Yesterday, President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order supporting digital asset development. The order seeks to ensure US leadership in digital financial technology. A working group will soon be established chaired by the White House AI & Crypto Czar, David Sacks, and include the Secretary of… Read More

January 24, 2025 @ 7:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

BX Digital and BX Swiss announced a partnership with Chainlink, the standard for onchain finance, to bring critical pricing data for Swiss-based equities onchain. BX Digital is a sister company of the Swiss exchange BX Swiss – both are part of Boerse Stuttgart Group, the… Read More

January 24, 2025 @ 7:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

OKX announced that their platform is reportedly the first Virtual Financial Assets (VFA) exchange to secure a Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) “pre-authorization.” Upon receipt of a full MiCA license, OKX said they will offer “localized” crypto services to over 400 million Europeans via its… Read More

January 23, 2025 @ 6:28 pm By JD Alois  |  

SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin (SAB) 121 is no more. Today, SAB 122 rescinded the guidance of SAB 121 – the bulletin that “expressed the views of the staff regarding the accounting for obligations to safeguard crypto-assets an entity holds for platform users.” Effectively, this made… Read More

January 23, 2025 @ 5:19 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Executive Orders keep coming out of the White House. Today, President Donald Trump signed several big ones – including an Executive Order that aims to ensure US leadership in digital financial technology or Fintech, including AI and digital assets. The Order establishes a Presidential… Read More

January 23, 2025 @ 12:49 pm By JD Alois  |  

The shift from Democrat control to Republican control will have a dramatic impact on innovation in financial services. While the Democrat party has been firmly anti-Fintech innovation, Republicans have embraced tech improvements in financial services, and today is emblematic of the change as the Senate… Read More

January 23, 2025 @ 10:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Cainam Ventures, a financial technology startup, is launching a platform that aims to redefine autonomous digital asset trading. Guided by its mission to support the onramp to agentic financial portfolio construction for digital capital investors, Cainam says that it leverages artificial intelligence (AI), large language… Read More

January 23, 2025 @ 10:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The financial world has seen significant volatility and transformation over the past several years, with some sectors experiencing steady growth. Equities and crypto / digital assets markets, in particular, have seen a considerable surge, attracting a new generation of investors eager to capitalize on these… Read More

January 23, 2025 @ 8:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Sygnum, a global digital asset banking group who recently announced its expanded EU market entry, is enhancing its B2B platform offering via a collab with Societe Generale-FORGE, the digital asset subsidiary of one of Europe’s financial services groups, Société Générale. The EUR CoinVertible (EURCV), a… Read More

January 22, 2025 @ 9:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Riot Platforms (NASDAQ: RIOT) has recently launched a formal evaluation of potential AI/HPC uses for remaining 600 MW of power capacity at its Corsicana facility. Riot Platforms says that it has engaged expert consultants in order to assess AI/HPC opportunities and plans to “accelerate engagement… Read More

January 22, 2025 @ 6:10 pm By JD Alois  |  

This past week, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced a new Crypto Task Force established with the mission of creating a regulatory framework for digital assets. After years of regulation by enforcement, the SEC is finally doing its job. The change arrived with the departure of Gary Gensler as… Read More

January 22, 2025 @ 3:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The concept of a U.S. strategic bitcoin reserve under the Trump administration has garnered attention, with Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) CEO Brian Armstrong suggesting it as a realistic possibility. Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Armstrong remarked on Trump’s apparent enthusiasm for cryptocurrency, stating: “He… Read More

January 22, 2025 @ 12:56 pm By JD Alois  |  

Rayls has announced the integration of Arbitrum, an Ethereum Layer 2 scaling platform. Rayls is a blockchain platform that aims to bridge DeFI and TradFi. The integration seeks to create a new public blockchain that connects and aggregates liquidity from Rayls’ network. Rayls says its… Read More

January 22, 2025 @ 12:26 pm By JD Alois  |  

The new Trump administration has moved quickly to reverse the Biden administration’s anti-digital asset innovation policies. This week, Commissioner Mark Uyeda was selected as the acting Chair of the SEC. His first act was to create a Crypto Task Force led by Commissioner Hester Peirce,… Read More

January 22, 2025 @ 11:48 am By JD Alois  |  

In recent weeks, GOin became the first crypto asset manager to receive a Digital Asset Service Provider License (DASP – agrément en qualité de prestataire de services sur actifs numériques -PSAN) issued by the French Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF). GOin is approved to offer:… Read More

January 22, 2025 @ 11:18 am By JD Alois  |  

CI has received comments from Ruslan Lienkha, chief of markets at YouHodler, a regulated Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP), regarding the new Trump administration and its impact on digital assets. President Trump is well known for his support of crypto, and markets have responded positively… Read More

January 22, 2025 @ 7:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

On January 21, 2025, President Donald Trump granted a full and unconditional pardon to Ross Ulbricht, the founder of the infamous (and now defunct) dark web marketplace, Silk Road. Ulbricht had been serving two life sentences without the possibility of parole since his 2015 conviction… Read More

January 22, 2025 @ 7:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Gemini says it has chosen Malta as its hub for the Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) framework. This strategic decision underscores Gemini’s ongoing dedication to “enhancing regulatory compliance and European growth.” Having received their Virtual Financial Assets (VFA) Service License in Malta in Dec 2024 (their… Read More

January 21, 2025 @ 5:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Kaia has integrated Fireblocks, an enterprise platform to manage digital asset operations and build innovative businesses on blockchain. The collaboration enables institutions to securely manage and transfer assets on the Kaia blockchain / DLT network, reportedly “offering enhanced capabilities in tokenization, DeFi, and blockchain-based financial… Read More