Blockchain & Digital Assets

October 25, 2023 @ 12:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fireblocks, an enterprise platform to manage digital asset operations and build innovative businesses on the blockchain, announces the appointments of Peter Marton, former Deputy Superintendent of Virtual Currency at the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS), and cryptographer, Chaitanya Reddy Konda, who “designed… Read More

October 25, 2023 @ 10:06 am By JD Alois  |  

Ledger, best known for its hardware digital wallets, is now offering tokenization services via its enterprise division or turning assets into digital assets. In a blog post, Legder said it was “unlocking institutional opportunities” as more firms look to leverage distributed ledger technology to issue… Read More

October 25, 2023 @ 9:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

CoinList, the crypto launchpad and exchange that provides access to established crypto assets, recently conducted a survey of over 500 validators and testnet participants in order to gain insight “into their preferences and inform their future initiatives.” Testing crypto products and protocols “requires active community… Read More

October 25, 2023 @ 7:32 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Vodafone’s Digital Asset Broker (DAB) announced it has demonstrated a proof of concept with Sumitomo Corporation, Chainlink Labs and InnoWave to “address longstanding challenges in the $32 trillion global trade ecosystem.” The demonstration focused on “the seamless exchange of crucial trade documents across diverse platforms… Read More

October 25, 2023 @ 7:08 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Beluga, a platform that onboards and guides new users through their crypto journey, announced a $4M seed round from some of the most well-known crypto and FinTech investors. The investment round was led “by Fin Capital with participation from Anagram, UDHC, Dispersion Capital, Aptos Labs,… Read More

October 24, 2023 @ 11:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

North America is the largest cryptocurrency market, according to Chainalysis. Chainalysis reveals hat the region has “an estimated $1.2 trillion in value received on-chain between July 2022 and June 2023.” That total now “represents 24.4% of global transaction activity during the time period studied.” Most… Read More

October 24, 2023 @ 10:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Blockstream, the global leader in Bitcoin infrastructure technology, has announced the public rollout of its “Lightning-as-a-Service” solution, Greenlight. This launch aims to transform the way developers and enterprise clients worldwide “integrate fast, low-cost bitcoin payments into their software via the Lightning Network.” In the current… Read More

October 24, 2023 @ 10:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

nSure.ai, an innovator in AI-driven fraud prevention, and Justt, a firm focused on smart chargeback automation, today announced a new partnership. This collaboration will aim to “provide fraud protection and chargeback management capabilities tailored for high-risk digital transactions in gaming, gift card, and cryptocurrency.” As… Read More

October 24, 2023 @ 10:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently caught up with Bundeep Singh Rangar, the CEO of Fineqia, a digital asset business that builds and targets investments in early and growth-stage technology companies that will be a part of the next generation of the Internet. Publicly listed in Canada (CSE: FNQ)… Read More

October 24, 2023 @ 2:19 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Luxembourg Stock Exchange (LuxSE) has listed the “first digital native security” or “digital native note (DNN)” to be admitted to trade in the European Union. As was reported earlier today, R3 worked with the World Bank to issue the security on its Corda blockchain…. Read More

October 24, 2023 @ 1:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Following the announcement of Ireland as our MiCA entity location, Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) are pleased to announce that they are strengthening our presence in Benelux and the Nordics, a key market for Coinbase. This move underscores Coinbase‘s increased commitment to continental Europe. Elke Karskens will reportedly… Read More

October 24, 2023 @ 10:01 am By JD Alois  |  

R3, an enterprise-focused permissed blockchain provider, is reporting that its Corda technology has enabled the first digital bond issuance on Euroclear’s International Central Securities Depository (ICSD). The SSA, or “supranational, sovereign and agency bond,” was issued by the World Bank, with Citi (an investor in… Read More

October 24, 2023 @ 9:46 am By JD Alois  |  

Orbital has received approval from the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission (GFSC) to operate as an Electronic Money Issuer (EMI) and a Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) Provider. Orbital has offices in London, Gibraltar, and Tallinn. Gibraltar has long been known as an enabler for digital asset… Read More

October 23, 2023 @ 9:27 pm By JD Alois  |  

Bitcoin has increased by over 18% today, now trading at over $33,000. Just yesterday, Bitcoin was trading under $30,000. Bitcoin has always been a volatile digital asset that gyrated quickly in price – sometimes without an apparent catalyst. The most popular crypto in the world… Read More

October 23, 2023 @ 8:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Charles Guillemet, CTO at Ledger, recently went over various options to implement Bitcoin governance strategies at the institutional level. As explained in a blog post, Ledger devices are extremely useful “for letting users self-custody their Bitcoin.”  Guillemet also comments on what might be useful if… Read More

October 23, 2023 @ 1:00 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Nium, a provider of real-time global payments, today announced Nium Global FX, a product it says allows for guaranteed and competitive FX rates. This includes the ability to lock and hold an FX rate for up to 24 hours and settle FX conversions on a… Read More

October 22, 2023 @ 5:35 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has received a judgment in its enforcement action against Thor Technologies. In 2022, the SEC filed an enforcement action against Thor alleging an unregistered security offering as Thor had issued a “crypto asset security” and did not qualify for… Read More

October 22, 2023 @ 5:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nomura Securities Co., Ltd. of Japan and Kudasai Corp. have formally partnered to enhance the content dissemination of the Web3 learning application “Web3 Pocket Campus”. SlowMist will contribute by “providing high-quality research reports and content as teaching materials to support Web3.” As a blockchain security… Read More

October 22, 2023 @ 3:11 pm By JD Alois  |  

Jonny Fry has been selected to lead ClearBank‘s digital asset strategy, according to the digital bank. ClearBank is a fully licensed bank that also offers its tech stack to other financial services firms. Fry was previously CEO of TeamBlockchain and publisher of Digital Bytes. The… Read More

October 21, 2023 @ 2:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Copper.co, one of the industry’s digital asset custodians, is announcing further growth of integrated blockchains with Stacks, a network that enables the creation of decentralized applications (dApps) and smart contracts on top of the Bitcoin blockchain. Stacks reportedly combines “the strength, security, and capital of… Read More