Blockchain & Digital Assets

March 7, 2024 @ 9:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Smart wallet tech provider Safe is reporting that it has surpassed $100 billion in assets secured. At the same time, Switzerland based firm has hired Julian Grigo, former Managing Director at Solaris, as Head of Institutions and Fintech. Safe, previously Gnosis Safe, is an on-chain… Read More

March 6, 2024 @ 11:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Telegram has recently introduced an ad revenue-sharing initiative through the TON blockchain. In a key development that may transform the current ecosystem of online advertising, Telegram recently unveiled an innovative ad revenue-sharing solution through the TON blockchain/DLT network. This latest announcement has led to a… Read More

March 6, 2024 @ 11:32 am By JD Alois  |  

Reflecting on the enforcement action taken against ShapeShift, SEC Commissioners Hester Peirce and Mark Uyeda have criticized the Commission’s slapdash approach toward crypto under Chairman Gary Gensler. The Commissioners have issued a dissenting opinion on the enforcement action. In an Administrative Proceeding, it was determined… Read More

March 6, 2024 @ 8:35 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bullish, a digital asset exchanges, announced that its affiliate, BTH, has partnered with Paxos, the blockchain and tokenization infrastructure platforms. The collaboration offers traders and market makers “significant liquidity on the Bullish exchange for the regulated, PayPal USD (PYUSD), PayPal’s stablecoin issued by Paxos, and… Read More

March 6, 2024 @ 7:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Rabobank has reportedly carried out several pilots in order to execute over €2 billion in commercial paper transactions via blockchain platform Ubermorgen. The platform provides financial market participants with instant access to funds via the automated issuance of commercial paper as well as certificates of… Read More

March 6, 2024 @ 5:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitstamp announced that it received the In-Principle Approval (IPA) from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). According to an update from Bitstamp, this is considered to be “a crucial step towards obtaining our Major Payment Institution license.” IPA paves the way for Bitstamp to “provide… Read More

March 6, 2024 @ 5:02 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Fetch.ai, a firm focused on artificial intelligence development, has announced a major infrastructure investment securing the expansion of the tools and training capabilities available to its users and developers. The launch of Fetch Compute is “a $100 million project that is designed to supercharge participant’s… Read More

March 5, 2024 @ 10:36 am By JD Alois  |  

Is it the Bitcoin ETFs? The Halving? The debt debacle in the US? Whatever it is, Bitcoin has hit a new all-time high. According to Coinbase, Bitcoin briefly breached $69,000 – the highest valuation ever. Currently trading at around $68,000 some prognosticators are predicting that… Read More

March 5, 2024 @ 8:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Eric Demuth, CEO at Bitpanda, reveals that they’re launching LeadBlock Bitpanda Ventures (focused on Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals). When the team first created Bitpanda, there wasn’t much help available to them. There also wasn’t enough funding and there wasn’t expertise they could draw… Read More

March 4, 2024 @ 3:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ethereum Layer-2 roll-up platform Metis is announcing key collaborations with Chainlink Labs, EigenLayer, Renzo, Ethena, and DeFi Kingdoms. These collaborations are expected to make Metis stronger and “more accessible—a self-sustaining blockchain—by enabling better user experiences and deeper liquidity.” Many Ethereum Layer 2 (L2) networks “offer… Read More

March 4, 2024 @ 11:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

BIGG Digital Assets Inc. (CSE: BIGG), an innovator in the digital assets space and owner of Netcoins, and Blockchain Intelligence Group and TerraZero is pleased to report that Finliti, a wealth management software company that uses behavioral science to optimize investment decision making for brokerages,… Read More

March 4, 2024 @ 10:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

IntoTheBlock, a provider of on-chain analytics has announced the integration of the TRON network into its Market Intelligence suite. Via a collaboration with TRON DAO, these advanced indicators “will be available for free to the TRON DAO community.” The TRON network, which is reportedly “known… Read More

March 3, 2024 @ 11:52 pm By Michael Wong  |  

The United Kingdom has taken a decisive step by introducing new legislation aimed at curbing the use of cryptocurrencies in criminal activities. Set to take effect on April 26, 2024, the updated Statutory Instrument under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 grants law… Read More

March 3, 2024 @ 9:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Taiko has acquired $15 million via a Series A round, bringing its total outside investments to $37 million. The initiative’s developers claim to be working on an Ethereum-equivalent ZK rollup with “based sequencing” – both described as being technological innovations. However, Taiko currently faces an… Read More

March 3, 2024 @ 7:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Riot Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ: RIOT), an industry enabler of vertically integrated Bitcoin (BTC) mining, announced that it has entered into a new purchase agreement with Shenzhen MicroBT Electronics Technology Co., LTD, “through its manufacturing subsidiaries, (MicroBT) a prominent manufacturer of Bitcoin miners.” Under the Agreement,… Read More

March 3, 2024 @ 6:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Since stepping in as Binance CEO, Richard Teng  (who replaced former CEO Changpeng Zhao), has reportedly made it a priority to ensure and maintain the user-focused principles of Binance across the company, with the primary emphasis being on ensuring stability. According to Richard Teng, in… Read More

March 3, 2024 @ 5:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Robinhood (NASDAQ: HOOD) recently announced during the ETHDenver conference that its digital wallet users may now transact via Arbitrum. The latest integration is set to enable seamless access to decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms for new crypto clients by significantly reducing the complexity of L2 transfers…. Read More

March 3, 2024 @ 3:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

ether.fi, the liquid restaking protocol, announces a $23M funding round, led by Bullish Capital and CoinFund. ether.fi claims that it has established itself as a key player “in liquid restaking with over $1.6B in total value locked (TVL) – up 15x since the beginning of… Read More

March 2, 2024 @ 8:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Securitize, a digital asset/tokenization enabler, has launched a new subsidiary, Securitize Credit, which is introducing a new product called “Earn.” The platform is designed “to provide Securitize users an opportunity to earn sustainable, high-quality on-chain yields through digital assets.” Securitize Earn enables qualified crypto lenders… Read More

March 1, 2024 @ 3:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

SynFutures V3, the latest version of the decentralized derivatives trading protocol, is live on Blast mainnet. Now that they’ve brought permissionless perps to Blast, users can reportedly “earn up to 3x the rewards potential through Blast, Blast Gold (Big Bang developer airdrop allocation), and our… Read More