Blockchain & Digital Assets

December 4, 2024 @ 4:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

MARA (NASDAQ: MARA), a global firm focused on bitcoin mining and leveraging digital asset compute to support the energy transformation, announced entering into a definitive agreement to acquire a wind farm that’s reportedly based in Hansford County, Texas, with 240 MW of interconnection capacity and… Read More

December 4, 2024 @ 4:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Circle has introduced Event Monitoring for its Smart Contract Platform. According to Circle, this feature allows developers to: Subscribe to events emitted on Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) blockchains Receive real-time notifications via webhooks Take programmatic action based on these events. Circle added that with Event… Read More

December 4, 2024 @ 3:50 pm By JD Alois  |  

President-elect Donald Trump has selected Paul Atkins, a former SEC commissioner, to lead the nations top securities regulator as the Chairman of the Commission Announcing the appointment on Truth Social, Trump stated: “I am delighted to announce the nomination of Paul Atkins to be the… Read More

December 4, 2024 @ 11:59 am By JD Alois  |  

President-elect Donald Trump has emerged as the top advocate of digital assets and the need to enable crypto innovation. This contrasts with the outgoing President Joe Biden, whose administration sought to crush digital asset innovation at every opportunity. Today, during a House Financial Services Committee… Read More

December 4, 2024 @ 10:10 am By JD Alois  |  

Rezolve Ai (NASDAQ: RZLV), a small-cap AI firm that infuses AI within the e-commerce process, is partnering with Tether on retail payments. Tether is the largest stablecoin issuer in the world, and its dollar-based digital asset, USDT, has a market cap of over $135 billion. Rezolve… Read More

December 4, 2024 @ 9:03 am By JD Alois  |  

The 180-degree transformation of the regulatory approach to crypto is just around the corner. The Joe Biden presidency has been exceptionally detrimental toward digital asset innovation. While the Securities and Exchange Commission took a regulation-by-enforcement approach to crypto, ignoring the profound opportunity to transform capital markets, other… Read More

December 4, 2024 @ 8:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Payment firms are said to be one of the fastest growing customer segments on the Fireblocks Network, with their number reportedly doubling within a year as the share of stablecoins continues to expand steadily. During the last year, Fireblocks claims that it has processed $3… Read More

December 4, 2024 @ 8:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Republic, a global online investing platform, will reportedly build Sui Launchpad, a new iteration of its launchpad platform that will enable companies to create utility tokens. Republic is the largest online investment platform in the world, providing opportunities for both retail and sophisticated investors across a spectrum of… Read More

December 3, 2024 @ 5:07 pm By JD Alois  |  

Alex Mashinsky, the founder and former CEO of failed crypto investment platform Celsius Network, has pleaded guilty to fraud, according to reports. WSJ.com reports that Mashinsky will now avoid a criminal trial. At the same time, a guilty plea means he will face a maximum… Read More

December 3, 2024 @ 2:59 pm By JD Alois  |  

Tomorrow, the House Financial Services Committee is holding a Hearing on Fintech. Entitled Innovation Revolution: How Technology is Shaping the Future of Finance, multiple well-known entities in the Fintech sector will share their knowledge with the Committee. Those scheduled to testify, include: Denelle Dixon, CEO &… Read More

December 3, 2024 @ 2:43 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crypto.com is paying up to $2 million in “rewards” for individuals who uncover security violations. The bug bounty program, which is being managed in partnership with HackerOne, is said to be the largest ever on the platform. Kris Marszalek, CEO of Crypto.com, says that as… Read More

December 3, 2024 @ 2:37 pm By JD Alois  |  

Binance, the long-time largest crypto exchange in the world, says it is currently on track to generate almost 40% higher inflows than the total of the next 10 crypto exchanges combined. Binance also claims to be the first centralized exchange to surpass $100 trillion in lifetime… Read More

December 3, 2024 @ 9:18 am By JD Alois  |  

  Globacap has shared some perspectives on private markets in 2025 and expectations for the upcoming year. Based in the UK, Globacap, a partner of tokenization enabler Tokeny, is on a mission to enable the future of private securities by leveraging Fintech. The company believes the current… Read More

December 3, 2024 @ 7:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

21X, which will reportedly launch the EU-regulated financial market infrastructure (FMI) in order to provide order matching, trading, settlement and registry services for tokenized money and securities, announced that it has signed a partnership with Chainlink, which claims to be the standard for onchain finance…. Read More

December 2, 2024 @ 10:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Taiwan’s Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) has recently announced a considerable acceleration of its anti-money laundering (AML) regulatory guidelines for digital currency service providers. The Taiwanese authority has confirmed that it moved the registration deadline to November 30, 2024 from the initial January 1, 2025 date…. Read More

December 2, 2024 @ 10:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

World ID Credentials are now reportedly being piloted in select countries including Chile, Colombia, Malaysia and South Korea. This secure and “anonymous” World ID feature increases global access to World Network and paves the way for “increased World ID utility.” It also enables consumers to… Read More

December 2, 2024 @ 10:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Monochrome Asset Management is pleased to announce that it has expanded its custody solution by onboarding BitGo Trust Company, Inc to its list of crypto-asset custodians for the Monochrome Bitcoin ETF (IBTC) and Monochrome Ethereum ETF (IETH). This partnership reportedly aligns with Monochrome’s growth initiatives… Read More

December 2, 2024 @ 10:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Hong Kong is reportedly planning to waive taxes on investment gains made from cryptocurrencies as well as other alternative assets for hedge funds, private equity funds and various family offices as the city-state aims to improve its attractiveness as a wealth management center. In a… Read More

December 2, 2024 @ 11:13 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

With Bitcoin soaring to nearly $100,000 and gaining unprecedented recognition on the global stage, the time has come for the UK to embrace the idea of a strategic Bitcoin reserve, deVere Group CEO Nigel Green said this week. There has been chatter in the US… Read More

December 2, 2024 @ 9:31 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

2025 is shaping up to be a busy year for digital securities via blockchain, and tZERO says it is well-positioned to contribute to the growth of a unique method of providing primary raises, recapitalizations, and secondary trading. Senior Director of Business and Capital Development Ryan Zega… Read More