Blockchain & Digital Assets

April 29, 2024 @ 10:20 am By JD Alois  |  

Crypto mixer zkSNACKs and Wasabi Wallet service is now blocking US citizens from using its service. Crypto mixers have gained the ire of the US Department of Treasury, which believes that they are frequently used by bad actors to cover their tracks for nefarious activities…. Read More

April 29, 2024 @ 8:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

As the bull market continues, VC Brian D. Evans shares insights on how projects and founders can best approach and take advantage of the current bull run. He also comments on the difference in approach between a bull market in traditional finance vs. the crypto… Read More

April 29, 2024 @ 7:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin’s fixed and programmatic supply function is on display as Bitcoin experienced its fourth halving last Friday evening, the team at NYDIG noted. As noted in the report from NYDIG, fees jump following the Bitcoin halving event, albeit temporarily, as Runes “makes its debut, breaking… Read More

April 28, 2024 @ 8:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Blockchain Association (BA) and the Crypto Freedom Alliance of Texas (CFAT) filed a lawsuit against the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in the Northern District of Texas that challenges the SEC’s misguided attacks on the U.S. digital asset industry and the Commission’s arbitrary and capricious… Read More

April 28, 2024 @ 4:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Cboe: CBOE), the derivatives and securities exchange network, announced plans to refocus its digital asset business to leverage its core strengths in derivatives, technology and product innovation while realizing operating efficiencies for both Cboe and its clients. These changes are being… Read More

April 28, 2024 @ 3:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Custodian Copper.co and “trusted” third party Nemean Services announce that they have upgraded their insurance protection for digital assets in cold storage. Building on the $500m of cover already in place, one of the largest limits in existence, cover has now been extended to include… Read More

April 28, 2024 @ 11:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Digital Currency Group (DCG) recently announced the appointment of Aimie Killeen as Chief Legal Officer (CLO). An experienced legal executive with a track record executing legal strategies that drive corporate success and shareholder value, Killeen brings “to DCG 20+ years of deep expertise in… Read More

April 28, 2024 @ 11:01 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Talos, the premier provider of institutional technology for trading digital assets, announced its acquisition of Cloudwall, a developer of sophisticated digital asset risk technology. The technology and expertise of Cloudwall will aim to “enhance Talos’s existing portfolio management system (PMS), expanding it to deliver the… Read More

April 27, 2024 @ 5:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital asset firm Gemini notes in its Weekly Market Update that Bitcoin miners are seeing rewards cut following the halving event. However, there are some positive indicators in terms of the supply of Bitcoin and its relationship to the availability of gold in global markets…. Read More

April 27, 2024 @ 4:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Manchester City has announced a new multi-year partnership with Quidd, one of the world’s  digital collectible platforms. Quidd is providing new experiences enabling people “to swap and collect digital cards, transforming the football culture pastime of collecting stickers and cards for the modern age through… Read More

April 27, 2024 @ 4:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Custodia Bank, a financial services provider that’s focused on the Bitcoin (BTC) and digital assets ecosystem, has shared a key update. Unlike other Bitcoin custodians, Custodia Bank notes that it “uses a segregated custody model that allows you to validate your address balances on-chain.” As… Read More

April 26, 2024 @ 5:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CertiK notes that for about a decade, Chainalysis has been at the forefront of blockchain analytics and crypto compliance, “providing comprehensive coverage across a range of blockchains and tokens, and setting industry benchmarks with its data attribution and labeling capabilities.” However, CertiK claims that leading… Read More

April 26, 2024 @ 5:15 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Movement Labs, a San Francisco-based blockchain development team, has secured $38 million in a Series A financing round led by Polychain Capital. The funding will support the company’s mission to bring Facebook’s Move Virtual Machine to Ethereum, addressing smart contract vulnerabilities and enhancing transaction throughput…. Read More

April 26, 2024 @ 5:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Consensys is reportedly suing the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in an attempt to defend the Ethereum ecosystem. Joe Lubin, Co-founder of Ethereum and Founder/CEO of Consensys, notes in a blog post that ConsenSys “took an important step towards preserving access to the Ethereum… Read More

April 26, 2024 @ 5:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A new report from CoinGecko has looked at the latest market share of centralized crypto exchanges in terms of digital currency trading volumes. Binance has reportedly remained “the largest centralized exchange (CEX), with its market share at 49.7% in March 2024. Its spot trading volume… Read More

April 26, 2024 @ 12:41 pm By JD Alois  |  

Paystand has acquired Teampay, according to a statement from the company. Details of the transaction were not immediately available. Paystand is a payments platform that claims to be the largest B2B receivables, payables, and payments network running on blockchain. Paystand digitizes receivables and automates processing… Read More

April 26, 2024 @ 9:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Chainlink is pleased to announce that the Chainlink Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) has officially entered general availability (GA). Any developer can now permissionlessly use CCIP “to securely transfer onboarded tokens cross-chain, send arbitrary messages to smart contracts on another integrated blockchain, or simultaneously send data… Read More

April 26, 2024 @ 8:54 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:MARA), which claims to be one of the world’s largest publicly traded Bitcoin miners and a firm focused on supporting and securing the Bitcoin ecosystem, announced that the company is “increasing its hash rate target for fiscal year 2024 from 35-37… Read More

April 26, 2024 @ 8:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Alchemy Pay has integrated the newly-launched USDT on TON stablecoin by Tether onto its payment ramp, expanding accessibility and enhancing the user experience “for those looking to engage with USDt on TON through fiat transactions, reaching out to the vast network of Telegram’s 900 million… Read More

April 25, 2024 @ 6:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), the international financial centre of the UAE’s capital, and Hacken, a global enabler of blockchain security auditing, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to set new benchmarks for blockchain security and compliance. This partnership reflects a synergy “between a… Read More