Blockchain & Digital Assets

March 20, 2024 @ 9:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Graviton, one of India’s Web3-focused accelerators, has unveiled a list of teams that have been accepted into the second edition of its 16-week program. This update comes nearly a month after the syndicate-backed fund stopped accepting applications, and was preceded by “a nationwide hunt for… Read More

March 20, 2024 @ 7:56 pm By JD Alois  |  

As reported earlier, BlackRock, the largest asset manager in the world, is partnering with Securitize to issue a digital asset fund. Securitize is a leading enabler of digital securities in the US and operates a trading platform, as it has been approved to run an… Read More

March 20, 2024 @ 5:05 pm By JD Alois  |  

It was not too long ago that the Securities and Exchange Commission determined Ethereum (ETH) NOT to be a security. But times change, and new leaders take over. In this case, it is the Chairman of the SEC, Gary Gensler. According to an X distributed… Read More

March 20, 2024 @ 4:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Compass Coffee, a Washington, D.C.-based coffee chain, has announced a partnership with Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN), a US-based cryptocurrency exchange with global operations. This collaboration allows customers to pay for coffee purchases using crypto, specifically stablecoins like USDC. Compass Coffee, an established business with a presence across… Read More

March 20, 2024 @ 10:32 am By JD Alois  |  

Gate Group has announced that has registered as a VASP, or virtual asset service provider, via the Organismo Agenti e Mediatori (OAM) in Italy. Launched in 2013 and based in Cayman, Gate.io is currently ranked as the 8th largest crypto exchange in the world, according… Read More

March 20, 2024 @ 8:58 am By JD Alois  |  

Anchorage Digital co-founder and President Diogo Mónico is transitioning to the Executive Chairman of the Board of the digital asset firm while stepping in to become the General Partner at Haun Ventures. Anchorage’s CEO and co-founder, Nathan McCauley, will continue in his current role. Mónico… Read More

March 20, 2024 @ 8:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Sygnum, a global digital asset banking group, is tokenizing USD 50m of Matter Labs‘ treasury reserves onto the zkSync blockchain. The Sygnum-issued security tokens act as on-chain representations of units from Fidelity International‘s USD 6.9bn Institutional Liquidity Fund (ILF) to generate a secure and transparent… Read More

March 20, 2024 @ 7:58 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Figure Technologies announces the launch of Figure Markets, the first step in a vision to create an “everything marketplace”– a single platform where investors can trade a range of blockchain-native assets from crypto to stocks to alternative investments. Figure Markets has secured over $60 million… Read More

March 19, 2024 @ 10:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

BIGG Digital Assets, a digital assets firm and owner of Netcoins, Blockchain Intelligence Group, and TerraZero, has announced a new anti-fraud service The new initiative is aimed at aiding small capitalization companies in “safeguarding against investment fraud. BIGG reassures its stakeholders that it remains untouched… Read More

March 19, 2024 @ 2:38 pm By JD Alois  |  

Bitfinex Securities, a digital asset marketplace, reports that ALT2612, a tokenized bond, has issued its first payment to investors. Microlender Mikro Kapital issued the digital asset in 2023. The bond, which represents approximately 300,000 borrowers in 14 different countries, has a value of €1.09 billion. The… Read More

March 19, 2024 @ 12:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

As the Bitcoin halving approaches, an event that is expected to reduce the daily BTC minting supply by half, several crypto industry analysts have provided their insights on the current state of the volatile crypto-assets markets. The Bitfinex Alpha Report aims to offer a comprehensive… Read More

March 19, 2024 @ 11:24 am By JD Alois  |  

Genesis Global Capital, LLC has settled charges filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that emerged due to the Commission’s claims that its Gemini Earn program involved the sales of securities. The Earn program, powered by Genesis, allowed crypto investors to generate income while… Read More

March 19, 2024 @ 10:18 am By JD Alois  |  

Luxembourg-based Tokeny has revealed a partnership with Moreliquid to tokenize the HSBC Euro Liquidity Fund. Moreliquid is a digital securities investment platform. Tokeny is a tokenization platform that enables issuers and other firms to enable digital securities. The Moreliquid Money Market EUR (MMMEUR) aims to… Read More

March 19, 2024 @ 7:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

CoinShares International Limited (Nasdaq Stockholm: CS), the European investment company specializing in digital assets, announced the completion of its acquisition of Valkyrie Funds LLC, the investment advisory business of Valkyrie Investments Inc., as well as the Sponsor rights to the Valkyrie Bitcoin Fund, the physically-backed… Read More

March 19, 2024 @ 3:15 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The top AI crypto countries in 2024 are the US, which accounted for 18.9% share of global interest in the narrative, followed by the UK (9.1%) and Türkiye (6.5%), according to a report from CoinGecko. The US and UK also led the meme coin craze… Read More

March 19, 2024 @ 1:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has recently introduced Phase 2 of the e-HKD Pilot Program. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) confirmed the launch of Phase 2 of the e-HKD Pilot Program, with a view to further “exploring innovative use cases for an e-HKD… Read More

March 18, 2024 @ 10:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin halvings, occurring approximately every four years, are key events that significantly slow down the supply growth of BTC by reducing cryptocurrency miners’ rewards in half. By activating bitcoin’s so-called “deflationary” as well as “scarcity” mechanisms, halvings enhance its appeal as a form of “digital… Read More

March 18, 2024 @ 11:41 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Andean Wide —an international payments technology platform— announced that it has chosen Bitso Business —the Bitso B2B segment supporting the technology of cross-border payments— as its infrastructure solutions provider “to apply blockchain technology and expand its cross-border offerings with greater efficiency.” Andean Wide is a… Read More

March 18, 2024 @ 8:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Archax, the FCA regulated exchange, broker, and custodian for digital assets, announced a strategic partnership with Talos, the institutional crypto trading platform. Through this partnership, Archax says that it will “leverage it’s FCA cryptoasset registration combined with the market-leading capabilities of the Talos platform to… Read More

March 18, 2024 @ 7:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Marco Manoppo, the Research Director at Digital Asset Research, notes that deal flows remained strong this past week, as the sector saw $180M+ in deals. As noted in the update shared by Digital Asset Research, Eclipse Labs has reportedly raised a $50M Series A that… Read More