Blockchain & Digital Assets

January 9, 2024 @ 4:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitstamp and Cboe are uniting in an effort to “elevate” crypto integrity. The firms are pleased to share an exciting development at Bitstamp: They’ve established a Surveillance Sharing Agreement (SSA) with Cboe. By working with Cboe‘s BZX Exchange, Bitstamp says that it is “continuing crypto’s… Read More

January 9, 2024 @ 4:30 pm By JD Alois  |  

Minutes ago, it was reported that the  Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) had approved the first Bitcoin Exchange Traded Funds (ETF). Apparently, the SEC’s X account was “compromised,” and the statement on X by SEC Chair Gary Gensler was bogus. The X has now been… Read More

January 9, 2024 @ 10:28 am By JD Alois  |  

Latin American digital asset platform Bitso has distributed a list of predictions for 2024. Felipe Vallejo, Chief Corporate Affairs Officer at Bitso, the end of 2023 was positive for Bitso: “… not only because we reached 8 million users globally and 1,700 institutional clients, but… Read More

January 9, 2024 @ 8:09 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Hackers tied to North Korea stole at least USD$ 600 million in cryptocurrency in 2023, according to new research by TRM Labs. Additional hacks carried out in the final days of last year could, if confirmed to “have been committed by North Korea, push this… Read More

January 9, 2024 @ 8:05 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Coinshares (Nasdaq Stockholm: CS; US OTCQX: CNSRF)  is reporting a solid start for digital assets as we prepare for 2024, with $151 million in total inflows. According to the CoinShares latest weekly update, digital asset investment products saw considerable inflows during the first week of… Read More

January 8, 2024 @ 3:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Bitcoin spot ETF approvals are expected to be announced this week. The final decisions are now expected to come this Wednesday, with trading starting before the end of this current week. In preparation for all of this, each ETF administrator is required to disclose… Read More

January 8, 2024 @ 11:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Dennis M. Kelleher, Co-founder, President, and CEO, issued the following statement on the filing of Better Markets’ Supplemental Comment Letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in response “to multiple proposed rule changes filed by national securities exchanges seeking to list and trade shares… Read More

January 8, 2024 @ 9:51 am By JD Alois  |  

John Reed Stark, a former employee of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and longtime crypto critic, has taken to X to hammer Bitcoin just as expectations that the SEC will approve Bitcoin ETFs later this month. Stark has been vocal for years now regarding… Read More

January 8, 2024 @ 9:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

One month after going live, the dYdX chain on Cosmos reports that it has surpassed $10B in trading volume. According to the update shared with CI, this is a key milestone for the community and considered to be a “testament” to the success of the… Read More

January 8, 2024 @ 9:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Elliptic, a blockchain analytics and data intelligence company, is expanding its public sector practice to meet the increasing demand “for its crypto identity data from U.S. national security and law enforcement agencies.’ Elliptic has welcomed Tom McDivitt as Chief Revenue Officer and Matthew Price as… Read More

January 8, 2024 @ 9:13 am By JD Alois  |  

Some of the sponsors of potential Bitcoin ETFs are updating fees to make their products more appealing to potential investors. Highlighted in a series of X’s by Bloomberg, amended S-1s were hitting the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Edgar filing system this morning. Franklin Bitcoin ETF… Read More

January 8, 2024 @ 7:34 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bracket Labs completed a $2 million pre-seed fundraise round to support the launch of “Passage,” a volatility trading product available on the project’s BracketX trading platform. The debut of the range-bound product “makes trading long and short volatility entirely on-chain easy for traders of all… Read More

January 7, 2024 @ 6:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) claims that it’s on a mission to increase economic freedom for more than 1 billion people. In support of this mission, Coinbase says that it’s focused on “building the most trusted, compliant products and services and expanding their use around the world.” Coinbase‘s… Read More

January 7, 2024 @ 6:16 pm By Michael Wong  |  

CharacterX, a decentralized AI social network, announced raising of $2.8 million in its Seed funding round, co-led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, INCE Capital, and Spark Digital Capital, valuing the company at $30 million. This significant investment, including contributions from major investors such as CGV, ZC… Read More

January 7, 2024 @ 5:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Coincover thinks the crypto industry could be on an upward trajectory heading into 2024 with the anticipation of approval for a Bitcoin ETF and “a remarkable 51% decline in hacks in 2023.” Coincover‘s Head of Legal, Yoann Leokowitz, has recently shared his… Read More

January 7, 2024 @ 4:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Kyle Waters and Tanay Ved from Coin Metrics noted that digital assets rebounded sharply in 2023 as market conditions “improved across the board and institutional interest accelerated alongside the impending launch of a spot Bitcoin ETF.” Looking to 2024, there are a number of important… Read More

January 7, 2024 @ 4:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitdeer Technologies Group (NASDAQ: BTDR), a technology company for blockchain and high-performance computing, recently announced its unaudited mining and operations updates for December 2023. Linghui Kong, Chief Executive Officer of Bitdeer, commented: “In December, we continued to generate positive results in our core business and… Read More

January 6, 2024 @ 4:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Dave Inc. (Nasdaq: DAVE), which claims to be one of the nation’s leading neobanks, recently announced it has reached an agreement with FTX Ventures Ltd. in order “to purchase a convertible promissory note that it previously issued to FTX in the original principal amount of… Read More

January 6, 2024 @ 8:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

MultiBit, a dual sided bridge between EVM and bitcoin, has introduced Alchemy Pay’s On-Ramp solution on its website. This integration reportedly enhances user convenience, “enabling them to utilize their chosen fiat payment methods effortlessly to acquire $MUBI token on MultiBit’s platform. Furthermore, the $MUBI token… Read More

January 6, 2024 @ 8:10 am By Michael Wong  |  

KuCoin Labs, the incubator and investment arm of the KuCoin ecosystem, has announced its investment in DeMR, a decentralized Mixed Reality (MR) infrastructure built on the Solana Chain. This development marks the beginning of a comprehensive collaboration focusing on community operations and subsequent product development,… Read More