Blockchain & Digital Assets

November 6, 2023 @ 12:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The partnership will see the National Bank of Georgia and Ripple jointly plan the execution and delivery of the pilot program using the Ripple CBDC Platform. The National Bank of Georgia (NBG) has chosen Ripple, the enterprise blockchain and crypto solutions provider, as the official… Read More

November 6, 2023 @ 11:02 am By Omar Faridi  |  

As the Swiss crypto-financial service provider and one of the “first” worldwide, Bitcoin Suisse announced the full support of Celestia from day 1, “offering custody, trading, and staking of its native token TIA.” TIA’s utility includes interacting “with the network, paying for data availability, providing… Read More

November 6, 2023 @ 8:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Bank of England are requesting feedback on their proposed approach to regulating stablecoins. The Bank’s proposals cover “any payment systems in the future that use stablecoins in the UK at systemic scale.” Stablecoins are a new type of… Read More

November 5, 2023 @ 11:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

DigiFT, the regulatory-compliant real-world asset (RWA) exchange, and OKLink, a global provider of Web3 on-chain data and compliance solutions, announced strategic partnership to empower the accessibility of regulatory-compliant RWA on-chain. The two-fold partnership will see DigiFT offering OKLink Trust’s clients “the option to subscribe to… Read More

November 5, 2023 @ 7:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Derivio, a Binance Labs incubated institutional-grade decentralized derivatives trading platform, is thrilled to announce their mainnet launch on zkSync Era, a Layer 2 scaling solution for Ethereum. Derivio seeks to unlock the full potential of decentralized trading and enhance how users engage with DeFi derivatives,… Read More

November 5, 2023 @ 7:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Toposware, a key player focused on zero-knowledge technology, is pleased to announce the successful completion of its $5 million strategic seed extension round. The investment round was led “by Evolution Equity Partners and featured participation from prominent investors such as Triatomic Capital, K2 Access Fund,… Read More

November 5, 2023 @ 10:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitfinex announces that it has resolved a minor information security incident, discovered earlier this week. A “small” portion of Bitfinex‘s customer support boards, which “held partial, incomplete and stale information was accessed by an individual or group, through the phishing of a customer support agent… Read More

November 5, 2023 @ 9:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

NEAR Foundation, the non-profit that supports the growth and development of the NEAR ecosystem, announced a partnership with Berklee College of Music, the largest independent college of contemporary music and performing arts in the world. Under the terms of the agreement, Berklee has “selected NEAR… Read More

November 5, 2023 @ 9:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:MARA), a firm focused on supporting and securing the Bitcoin ecosystem, has entered into an agreement with Nodal Power, a company that develops and operates renewable energy assets, “specifically in the biogas space, to launch a 280 kW Bitcoin mining pilot… Read More

November 5, 2023 @ 7:20 am By Michael Wong  |  

Digital asset XRP has been granted approval by the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) for utilization within the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), marking a significant endorsement for cryptocurrency usage in financial services in Dubai, according to Ripple. As the first virtual asset sanctioned by… Read More

November 4, 2023 @ 2:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

On November 3, 2023, the United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned Russian national Ekaterina Zhdanova for using cryptocurrency “to launder money on behalf of Russian elites, ransomware groups, and other bad actors.” Chainalysis has examined the three Bitcoin… Read More

November 4, 2023 @ 11:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The dYdX Foundation is pleased to announce the open-sourcing of software for a Bridge User Interface that, if deployed, could “facilitate the conversion by users of ethDYDX to DYDX, the layer 1 (L1) token of the dYdX Chain.” Three significant developments have happened in the… Read More

November 4, 2023 @ 10:54 am By Omar Faridi  |  

DZ BANK has launched a new platform for the processing and custody of digital financial instruments. This makes the leading cooperative institution one of the first credit institutions “to launch such an offer for institutional customers based on blockchain technology.” With a volume of over… Read More

November 4, 2023 @ 10:45 am By Michael Wong  |  

Global assets in exchange-traded funds (ETFs) tracking the spot price of Bitcoin have reached a staggering $4.16 billion, according to the latest data from CoinGecko. This growing interest highlights the increasing mainstream acceptance of Bitcoin as an investment asset. Canadian investors have taken a particular… Read More

November 4, 2023 @ 7:21 am By JD Alois  |  

The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has sanctioned Russian national Ekaterina Zhdanova for utilizing crypto to launder and move money on behalf of “Russian elites.” Strict sanctions have been enacted by the US and other nations following Russia’s unprovoked… Read More

November 3, 2023 @ 3:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Banxa’s latest integration represents a major step in our mission to foster economic innovation. One of the fundamental aspects of blockchain is its ability “to bring tangible solutions to real-world problems.” The powerful Stellar blockchain network “offers the tools to make a difference through products… Read More

November 3, 2023 @ 11:27 am By Michael Wong  |  

Treehouse, a Web3 data and analytics company, has acquired advanced NFT analytics firm Origins Analytics to boost its non-fungible token (NFT) capabilities. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. Following the acquisition, Origins’ founding team will join Treehouse to integrate Origins’ technology into its… Read More

November 3, 2023 @ 9:35 am By Omar Faridi  |  

OneSpan (NASDAQ: OSPN), the digital agreements security company, announced a unique new capability to its market-leading e-signature solution, OneSpan Sign, to give organizations a better way “to safeguard the provenance of a document against emerging security threats.” The newest addition to OneSpan’s portfolio, Trust Vault,… Read More

November 3, 2023 @ 8:28 am By Michael Wong  |  

SEBA Bank, a licensed digital assets bank regulated in Switzerland, has teamed up with St.Galler Kantonalbank (SGKB), the country’s fifth-largest cantonal bank, to launch bitcoin and ether custody and brokerage for clients. The partnership, announced earlier this year, is now fully operational and signifies a… Read More

November 3, 2023 @ 8:02 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) reports that Q3 was a strong quarter for the digital asset firm. In a letter addressed to Coinbase shareholders, the firm says that amid multi-year low levels of volatility, they are pleased with their financial results. Although the company has generated a net… Read More