Blockchain & Digital Assets

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

September 9, 2024 @ 8:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ripple and Futureverse, an AI and metaverse technology and content company, have announced plans “to integrate Ripple Custody to enable Futureverse to securely custody its digital assets.” Futureverse will enable “secure, compliant Know Your Customer (KYC) verified access to DeFi via its self-developed Ottó blockchain.” Futureverse… Read More

September 8, 2024 @ 11:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Siemens has again issued a digital bond in accordance with Germany’s Electronic Securities Act (Gesetz über elektronische Wertpapiere, eWpG). Following the successful issuance of its first digital bond last year, the company is thus continuing to play a key role in “the application of the… Read More

September 8, 2024 @ 6:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Avaloq has launched a digital asset platform at Zürcher Kantonalbank. Avaloq states that it has successfully integrated its digital asset platform “at one of Switzerland’s leading banks, Zürcher Kantonalbank (ZKB), in partnership with Fireblocks.” The bank’s new offering addresses growing market demand “for trading and… Read More

September 8, 2024 @ 4:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Biconomy, a platform specializing in simplifying Web3 development through powerful and easy-to-use APIs, is now live on Boba Network. Biconomy offers a robust suite of tools that streamline transactions, “enabling gasless transactions, 1-click UX, and smart contract wallets.” This integration is set to enhance Boba… Read More

September 7, 2024 @ 9:08 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Hex Trust, a provider of digital asset solutions for institutional finance and the Web3 ecosystem, announces a strategic partnership with Grass, a viral, new decentralized infrastructure network that is building the first open internet to scale web crawl. Today, the network is powered by “over… Read More

September 6, 2024 @ 4:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Paystand, the global enabler of blockchain-enabled B2B payments, announced its zero-fee B2B network is expanding to Canada. While Paystand first introduced limited service in Canada in 2018, Canadian payers will now be able to “access all the benefits of the Paystand Platform and the Zero-Fee… Read More

September 6, 2024 @ 10:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance has released an update entitled, Blockchain in the Modern Payments Landscape: Synergy and Transformation. Binance Research has shared that key takeaways as follows: This Binance Research report looks at “the state of modern payments, its main pain points, and how blockchain payments can address… Read More

September 6, 2024 @ 10:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

MARA Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: MARA), which claims to be one of the world’s largest publicly traded bitcoin (BTC) miners and a leader in supporting and securing the Bitcoin ecosystem, recently released unaudited BTC production and miner installation updates for August 2024. Fred Thiel, MARA’s chairman… Read More

September 6, 2024 @ 8:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Chainalysis has shared key insights focused on Russia’s cryptocurrency pivot as well as legislated sanctions “evasion.” In response to mounting financial pressures of Western sanctions, Russia enacted significant legislation “legalizing cryptocurrency mining and permitting the use of cryptocurrency for international payments.” Chainalysis added that the… Read More