Blockchain & Digital Assets

May 30, 2023 @ 3:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The WOO token can now be staked “across seven chains to earn USDC on Arbitrum from WOOFi swap fees.” As noted in a blog post, WOOFi Stake 1.0 was “born on BNB Chain back in December 2021 and quickly grew in TVL as WOO stakers… Read More

May 30, 2023 @ 3:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fibonacci, a commercial public chain that focuses on the social field and builds a social and creator economic ecosystem, has partnered with Alchemy Pay “to provide a convenient fiat on-ramp and off-ramp solution within its ecosystem.” With this collaboration, Alchemy Pay “offers a user-friendly plugin… Read More

May 30, 2023 @ 3:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Cogito Protocol is pleased to share their exciting new collaboration with Unicorn Ventures, a “community-backed” venture capital fund focusing on decentralized finance, metaverse, and blockchain gaming. Together with their partner, they strive “to grow Cogito and their ecosystem’s adoption.” They share a… Read More

May 30, 2023 @ 11:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Euro Coin, or EUROC, launched on Ethereum in 2022 in order “to provide businesses and developers with a fully reserved, euro-backed stablecoin they can trust.” Euro Coin helps unlock new opportunities “for global commerce, faster and more efficient FX, and greater access to the euro… Read More

May 30, 2023 @ 9:10 am By JD Alois  |  

Web3 payment platform Transak has raised $20 million in a Series A funding round led by CE Innovation Capital. Other investors included SBI Ven Capital, Sygnum, Azimut, Third Kind Venture Capital, UOB Venture Management, Signum Capital, Animoca Brands, Genting Ventures, Istari Ventures, No Limit Holdings,… Read More

May 30, 2023 @ 8:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Polymesh, which claims to be the leader in public-permissioned blockchain, announced today its integration into the ecosystem of NayaOne, a digital transformation platform for the financial services industry. This integration provides opportunities “for financial institutions to effectively and efficiently leverage the benefits of blockchain technology… Read More

May 29, 2023 @ 5:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

API3 is pleased to announce our latest partnership with Dovish, a perpetual swap protocol in the DeFi ecosystem. With a commitment to bringing smart money into DeFi, Dovish is “utilizing API3’s data feeds for their upcoming perpetual decentralized exchange (DEX) launch on Polygon’s zkEVM.” After… Read More

May 29, 2023 @ 4:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Gulf Binance Co., Ltd., a joint venture between Binance and Gulf Innova Co., Ltd., has now secured digital asset operator licenses from the country’s Ministry of Finance. Digital asset operators are “regulated by Thailand’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).” Gulf Binance will be able “to… Read More

May 29, 2023 @ 10:46 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Horizen, a layer 0 public blockchain, is pleased to announce a strategic partnership with Band Protocol, a cross-chain data oracle platform, “to provide real-time price feeds and reliable data for EON, Horizen’s new EVM-compatible smart contracting platform.” The partnership will bring decentralized oracle services “to… Read More

May 27, 2023 @ 5:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

From fragmented monitoring and enforcement to differing classifications of crypto assets, many barriers hinder global coordination on crypto-asset regulation efforts. A new study from the World Economic Forum identifies “the importance of a global approach to crypto-asset regulations and provides potential solutions to these barriers.”… Read More

May 26, 2023 @ 6:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Symbiosis, a cross-chain liquidity protocol, announced the addition of Arbitrum Nova to its platform. This integration will “allow users to swap assets across 12+ chains.” Arbitrum Nova is a new chain that is designed to be more cost-effective and faster than Arbitrum One. It is… Read More

May 26, 2023 @ 5:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitfinex, a  digital asset trading platform, has announced a new investment in the leading Chilean crypto firm Orionx, as both companies look “to ramp up efforts to promote financial freedom and inclusion throughout Latin America.” Paolo Ardoino, CTO at Bitfinex, said: “We’re excited to collaborate… Read More

May 26, 2023 @ 5:20 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has obtained final consent judgments against The Hydrogen Technology Corporation, its former CEO, Michael Ross Kane, and Tyler Ostern, CEO of Moonwalkers Trading Limited.  The SEC’s case involved the offering of unregistered securities in regard to the issuance of… Read More

May 26, 2023 @ 12:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Etana Custody, a regulated, “trusted” firm focused on multi-asset custody and support services, announced the appointment of Dennis Noto as the company’s chief technology officer (CTO). Noto reportedly “brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to Etana’s executive team, which includes more than 25 years… Read More

May 26, 2023 @ 9:15 am By JD Alois  |  

The European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB) has published a report providing a succinct outline of the global digital asset industry while outlining policy recommendations to regulate crypto and decentralized finance (DeFi). Similar to other reports, the ESRB views crypto as not systemically risky while noting… Read More

May 26, 2023 @ 2:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

SC Ventures, Standard Chartered’s (LON: STAN) innovation, fintech investment and ventures arm, has exited its stake in Metaco SA, a Swiss-based tech firm offering critical software infrastructure that enables institutions to issue, secure, manage and trade digital assets. SC Ventures was “one of the early… Read More

May 25, 2023 @ 8:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

As part of Kraken’s commitment to client security, they have reportedly completed and passed an independent auditor’s examination over internal controls as defined by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) SOC 2, Type I compliance standard. Kraken has shared details “about this process… Read More

May 25, 2023 @ 5:14 pm By JD Alois  |  

Digital Innovation for America, a lobbying group advocating on behalf of digital assets, has updated its campaign to highlight the ability of crypto to streamline transfers or payments globally by promoting the need for Ukrainians living in the US to support the ongoing war against… Read More

May 25, 2023 @ 4:20 pm By JD Alois  |  

Credora, a real-time credit analytics for the crypto industry, recently announced that it had raised a $6 million strategic funding round supported by S&P Global and Coinbase Ventures as lead investors. In a statement  from last month, Credora CEO Darshan Vaidya, explained that his company… Read More

May 25, 2023 @ 11:33 am By JD Alois  |  

Yesterday, in a Twitter Spaces interview which was delayed due to overwhelming interest, Florida Governor and candidate for President Ron DeSantis expressed his support for Bitcoin while re-iterating his opposition to central bank digital currency (CBDC). Florida has passed a law that they do not… Read More