Blockchain & Digital Assets

August 22, 2024 @ 9:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Copper.co, a firm focused on digital asset custody, collateral management and prime services, has added custody and staking support for MINA, the native currency of Mina Protocol, a next-gen zero knowledge (ZK) blockchain. This integration expands options “for institutional clientele to participate in the Mina… Read More

August 22, 2024 @ 9:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team behind Story Protocol is announcing $140M in total fundraising to build Story, which is described as the world’s IP blockchain. As explained by the Story Protocol developers, Intellectual property (IP) is one of the world’s biggest asset classes. Training data, AI models, memes,… Read More

August 22, 2024 @ 2:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cumula 3, a provider of cloud-based solutions for NetSuite, announces a strategic partnership with Paystand, a provider of B2B payment solutions. Cumula 3 will integrate Paystand‘s advanced payment platform into its “portfolio of software and services for NetSuite customers, enabling them to leverage simplified transactions,… Read More

August 22, 2024 @ 10:32 am By JD Alois  |  

The Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM) has now approved two Solana-based ETFs (SOL). The first was approved earlier this month, offered by a Brazilian asset manager QR Asset, according to reports. The second was approved this past week. Solana joins a global movement of… Read More

August 22, 2024 @ 10:15 am By JD Alois  |  

In 2020, the French Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) and the Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution (ACPR) added OmegaPro and affiliated platforms to its “blacklist” of trading platforms that consumers should avoid. Unfortunately, that was insufficient to deter people from throwing good money… Read More

August 22, 2024 @ 7:58 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitpanda and Coinmotion have revealed a new partnership. Coinmotion is a crypto broker operating in the Nordic region. Bitpanda is a successful Austrian firm that has expanded its reach into services beyond crypto and other countries. Bitpanda Technology Solutions will be utilized by Coinmotion to… Read More

August 21, 2024 @ 6:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In response to increasing market demand for tokenized real-world assets from fund issuers and investors, Provenance Blockchain Labs (ProvLabs), a blockchain development company building a modern financial services operating system with the dApps and expertise TradFi needs to digitize trillions of dollars of assets on… Read More

August 21, 2024 @ 1:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT) and Taurus SA, a global firm focused on digital asset infrastructure, has announced a strategic agreement seeking to deliver digital assets capabilities for State Street Bank and Trust Company clients. The agreement will further enhance State Street Digital Asset Solutions,… Read More

August 21, 2024 @ 1:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

Prometheum Ember Capital LLC, a subsidiary of Prometheum Inc., says it has added digital asset securities Uniswap (UNI) and Arbitrum (ARB) to its custodial platform.  Prometheum Capital is a FINRA-regulated special-purpose broker-dealer for digital assets. Customers of Prometheum will now be able to custody Ethereum… Read More

August 21, 2024 @ 9:54 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance Labs, the venture capital and incubation arm of Binance, has invested in Corn, a platform that claims to be the first super yield network built around Bitcoin. Corn is an Ethereum Layer 2 network focused on establishing a decentralized finance (DeFi) hub for Bitcoin…. Read More

August 21, 2024 @ 9:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitget, the cryptocurrency exchange and Web3 company, is pleased to announce the integration of Apple Pay and Google Pay into their platform’s payment system. Both integrations enable users to convert fiat to crypto within 30 seconds, “aligning with Bitget’s ongoing efforts to provide secure, efficient,… Read More

August 20, 2024 @ 2:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitpanda are pleased to announce that The National Bank of Ras Al Khaimah (RAKBANK) has become the first bank in the UAE to partner with Bitpanda Technology Solutions to unlock digital assets. RAKBANK is one of the major banks in the UAE, and one of the… Read More

August 20, 2024 @ 8:38 am By Omar Faridi  |  

WSPN (Worldwide Stablecoin Payment Network), a provider of next-generation stablecoin infrastructure, has raised $30 million in seed funding round. This investment round was led by Folius Ventures and Foresight Venture, with participation “from prominent investors including Hash Global, Generative Ventures, RedPoint Capital, and a consortium… Read More

August 20, 2024 @ 6:32 am By Omar Faridi  |  

SwissFortress announced the launch of the Fortress Coin (FC), supporting and maintaining the global Send-to-Name (StN) system, creating a more user-friendly and secure way to navigate the decentralized web. 0.4% of all crypto users claimed their domain “using Unstoppable Domains over the last few years.”… Read More

August 20, 2024 @ 6:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ledger announced that Revolut, one of the world’s leading fintech solutions for digital payments, will join Ledger Live as a buy provider. This collaboration aims to further our mission of complete self-custody “for people’s financial assets and make buying crypto easier and more accessible than… Read More

August 20, 2024 @ 6:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitwise Asset Management announced the acquisition of ETC Group, a London-based crypto ETP issuer with over $1 billion in assets under management. The news marks Bitwise’s expansion into Europe and “adds nine European-listed crypto ETPs to Bitwise’s broad suite of ETPs, hedge fund solutions, and separately… Read More

August 20, 2024 @ 6:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Tether Operations Limited, which claims to be among the largest companies in the digital assets industry, announced that they will be launching U.S. dollar-pegged Tether tokens (USD₮) on the Aptos Network. This integration is part of Tether’s broader strategy “to make digital currency more accessible… Read More

August 19, 2024 @ 10:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitfinex, a digital asset trading platform, has announced a collaboration to explore a strategic integration with Komainu Connect, a regulated digital asset custodian. The integration is expected to “allow institutions and sophisticated investors to leverage Bitfinex’s deep liquidity and advanced trading features while maintaining the… Read More

August 19, 2024 @ 10:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In June, a team at CertiK conducting whitehat research discovered a “critical” vulnerability in the Kraken platform. This CertiK team then reportedly “notified the exchange to ensure this important vulnerability was fixed—which was a win for blockchain and Web3 security.” However, in conducting this work,… Read More

August 19, 2024 @ 7:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Uppsala Security, a provider of tools and services for crypto AML/CTF, transaction risk management, regulatory compliance, transaction tracking, and cybersecurity, is pleased to announce the rebranding of its flagship platform, Sentinel Protocol, to ChainBounty. Since its launch in 2018, Sentinel Protocol has reportedly been “at… Read More