Blockchain & Digital Assets

December 11, 2023 @ 8:45 am By Michael Wong  |  

The European Union (EU) is set to significantly expand the powers of the European Central Bank (ECB), entrusting it with the oversight of risks associated with climate change and the burgeoning digital asset market. This sweeping update, detailed earlier this week, positions the ECB at… Read More

December 10, 2023 @ 7:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

BIGG Digital Assets Inc., an innovator in the digital assets space and owner of Netcoins, Blockchain Intelligence Group and TerraZero is pleased to announce that it has initiated a strategy to source partners to integrate and apply Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) training… Read More

December 10, 2023 @ 4:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Tether, which claims to be the largest company in the cryptocurrency industry, announced its latest initiative aimed “at safeguarding the cryptocurrency ecosystem.” On December 1, 2023, the company made the decision to “initiate a new voluntary wallet-freezing policy designed to combat activity connected with Sanctioned… Read More

December 9, 2023 @ 10:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Safe, the smart wallet infrastructure provider, is collaborating with Sygnum, a digital asset banking group, and CoinCover, a UK-regulated recovery service provider, to launch Safe{RecoveryHub}, “offering a curated suite of crypto recovery options.” Built with Safe’s smart account infrastructure at its core, this marketplace of… Read More

December 9, 2023 @ 3:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

IBM is announcing IBM Hyper Protect Offline Signing Orchestrator (OSO)—a new technology to help deploy cold storage solutions for digital assets, and the latest addition to its confidential computing portfolio. OSO is designed to “address limitations of current cold storage offerings for digital assets, including… Read More

December 9, 2023 @ 2:43 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

This week Babylon, a project that aims to build a Bitcoin-secured decentralized world, announced the close of its $18 million funding round. The round was co-led by Polychain Capital and Hack VC, with participation from Framework Ventures, Polygon Ventures, Castle Island Ventures, OKX Ventures, Finality Capital, Breyer Capital, Symbolic Capital and IOSG. The funds will… Read More

December 8, 2023 @ 6:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In 2021, BBVA in Switzerland was a pioneer among large Eurozone banks when it introduced a bitcoin trading and custody service. This was later expanded to “include ether, thus allowing interested investors the possibility of trading directly with the two most important crypto-assets on the… Read More

December 8, 2023 @ 2:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

STOXX has introduced the STOXX Digital Asset Blue Chip index, which aims to track high-quality assets that represent the crypto universe today. The launch, in partnership with Bitcoin Suisse, a Swiss crypto-financial services provider, marks STOXX’s entry into the digital assets space. Dr. Dirk Klee,… Read More

December 8, 2023 @ 8:45 am By JD Alois  |  

Tether, the largest dollar-referenced stablecoin issuer by market cap, says it is working with El Salvador on its “Adopting El Salvador Freedom Visa Program.” The Visa program aims to attract individuals who will help boost the economy of the Central American country. The program is… Read More

December 8, 2023 @ 7:41 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Circle and Nubank (NYSE:NU), which claims to be one of the world’s largest digital financial platforms serving 90 million customers across Brazil, Mexico, and Colombia, announced a partnership to extend USDC access to Brazilian Nubank customers. Circle’s USDC is the reported as being one of the… Read More

December 7, 2023 @ 10:50 am By JD Alois  |  

Digital asset firm Taurus SA is expanding into Germany. The firm is regulated in Switzerland by FINMA and provides an infrastructure to issue, custody, and trade any digital assets, including cryptocurrencies, tokenized assets, NFTs, and digital currencies. Taurus also operates a marketplace for private assets… Read More

December 7, 2023 @ 10:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:MARA), a firm focused on supporting and securing the Bitcoin ecosystem, published unaudited bitcoin (BTC) production and miner installation updates for November 2023. Fred Thiel, Marathon’s chairman and CEO, said: “In November, we increased our domestic energized hash rate 20% to… Read More

December 7, 2023 @ 8:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Robinhood (NASDAQ: HOOD) is launching a Crypto app, which will be offered to all eligible customers in the European Union (EU). According to a blog post by Robinhood, it is “the only custodial crypto platform where customers will get a percentage of their trading volume… Read More

December 6, 2023 @ 10:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Riot Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ: RIOT), an firm focused on Bitcoin (BTC) mining and data center hosting, announced that it has executed a purchase option and updated its long-term purchase agreement with MicroBT Electronics Technology Co., LTD, “through its manufacturing subsidiaries, a prominent manufacturer of Bitcoin… Read More

December 6, 2023 @ 4:11 pm By JD Alois  |  

Republic Note is now trading on INX, according to an email distributed by Republic. The digital security is designed to enable investors to participate in the gains generated from the issuers who have raising money on Republic and delivered a return for the portfolio. According… Read More

December 6, 2023 @ 3:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In another step towards developing the cryptocurrency trading platform Nubank Cripto, Nubank (NYSE:NU) announced its integration with Talos, the provider of institutional digital asset trading technology. With this partnership, customers who wish to trade crypto assets in Brazilian reais through the Nu app will benefit… Read More

December 5, 2023 @ 10:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

On November 30, 2023, Société Générale issued its first digital green bond in the form of a “ Security Token ” directly recorded by SG-FORGE on the Ethereum blockchain with transparency and traceability of ESG data. The tokens were fully subscribed “by two leading institutional… Read More

December 5, 2023 @ 10:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Americans’ primary objection to using cash in the current financial system is that “there are too many fees to access and move their money.” According to Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN), stablecoins offer consumers “all the benefits of cash without the drawbacks, including being cheaper and faster to… Read More

December 4, 2023 @ 11:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Alchemy Pay, the crypto payment solutions provider, has expanded its payment options in the Europe and UK regions. The introduction of the Euro Instant solution SEPA Instant and the UK fast e-money transfer solution Faster Payments enhances its On-Ramp service, “allowing users to swiftly execute… Read More

December 4, 2023 @ 10:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

This past week saw several notable developments in the digital assets and blockchain space. As widely reported, the US Securities and Exchange (SEC) is seeking feedback on proposed bitcoin ETFs by Franklin Templeton and Hashdex. In other key updates, Interactive Brokers has now launched retail… Read More