Blockchain & Digital Assets

April 24, 2023 @ 7:37 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology (Fintech) and Inclusion, has posted the list of witnesses for its hearing on “The Future of Digital Assets: Identifying the Regulatory Gaps in Digital Asset Market Structure.” The hearing follows the approval by the European Parliament of MiCA… Read More

April 24, 2023 @ 6:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In a move that should help lenders make better, more informed decisions on credit applications submitted using blockchain technology, TransUnion (NYSE: TRU) has partnered with Spring Labs and Quadrata in order “to deliver off-chain credit scoring to DeFi and Web3 applications (internet applications based on… Read More

April 24, 2023 @ 6:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nansen recently announced their partnership with NEAR protocol in order “to provide on-chain insights to their ecosystem.” The team says they are pleased to announce their collaboration with NEAR, “a growing Layer-1 blockchain, to provide advanced analytics for ecosystem developers and investors.” This latest cooperation… Read More

April 24, 2023 @ 12:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Kraken has successfully registered its Irish subsidiary, Payward Europe Solutions Limited, with the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) as a Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP). The firm claims that Kraken’s Irish VASP registration “demonstrates to both their clients and regulators that Kraken follows Europe’s most… Read More

April 24, 2023 @ 9:35 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Jens Groth explains that zero-knowledge proofs “allow you to prove a statement is true without revealing anything else but the fact the statement is true.” He also pulls out a deck of cards “to illustrate what he means by this.” He adds: “Let’s say I… Read More

April 24, 2023 @ 8:50 am By JD Alois  |  

As was reported last week, the European Parliament approved MiCA, or Markets in Crypto-Assets legislation, which aims to make the EU a digital asset-friendly jurisdiction. At the same time, the Transfer of Funds regulation was approved, which requires crypto operators to identify their customers as… Read More

April 23, 2023 @ 7:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Tableland, a permissionless relational database for web3 applications, today announced a $8M Series A round led by CoinFund with participation from Multicoin Capital, Blueyard and A Capital, bringing the company’s total financing to $10.4M. The new funds from the investment round will be used “to… Read More

April 23, 2023 @ 6:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The EU Parliament’s passing of the Markets in Crypto Act, or MiCA, on Thursday has been hailed as a “landmark moment” for cryptocurrencies that will “help drive prices” for the likes of Bitcoin. This, according to the CEO of an independent financial advisory, asset management and… Read More

April 23, 2023 @ 2:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Hyperlane and Caldera are pleased to announce their collaboration “to bring permissionless interoperability between any Caldera rollup and to any EVM chain.” Permissionless interoperability “enables any Caldera rollup to self-deploy the Hyperlane interoperability stack and easily access all of its features, ranging from interchain apps… Read More

April 23, 2023 @ 1:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fluree, a company headquartered in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, which has developed a graph ledger database and data pipeline toolset for trusted-, interoperable-, secure-data management and sharing, announced it has closed a $10 million Series A funding round led by SineWave Ventures. Eve Atlas, Augment Ventures,… Read More

April 23, 2023 @ 1:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Gemini is pleased to announce the upcoming launch of Gemini Foundation — a non-US crypto derivatives platform. Their first derivatives contract “will be a BTC perpetual contract denominated in Gemini dollars (GUSD).” An ETH/GUSD perpetual contract “will launch soon thereafter.” Gemini Foundation… Read More

April 23, 2023 @ 12:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Celo, the carbon-negative, mobile-first EVM-compatible layer-1 blockchain is now integrated with Safe, the self-custody infrastructure provider and trusted decentralized custody protocol. Users and builders can now use Safe’s custody and asset management solution “natively on the Celo blockchain.” The events of the past year “have… Read More

April 23, 2023 @ 10:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Cardano Foundation, an “independent,” Swiss-based non-profit organization tasked with advancing the public digital infrastructure Cardano, launched its inaugural Annual Report today. From technical infrastructure support to spreading knowledge or establishing targeted partnerships and collaborations, the report highlights the Foundation’s work “across its three core… Read More

April 22, 2023 @ 4:41 pm By JD Alois  |  

Blockchain Moon Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ: BMAQ) has announced it would return shareholder funds and delist its shares. The blank check firm raised money to pursue prospective targets that were businesses in blockchain technologies in North America, Europe, and Asia.  The special acquisition company (SPAC) announced… Read More

April 22, 2023 @ 4:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Copper.co, a provider of institutional digital asset custody, collateral management and settlement solutions, announced the appointments of Stefano Maestri as Chief Technology Officer, Sam Goh as Chief Financial Officer and Sam Brown as General Counsel. These appointments are effective immediately. Stefano reportedly “has over 25… Read More

April 21, 2023 @ 4:52 pm By JD Alois  |  

Earlier today, Brian Armstrong, CEO of Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) visited with officials at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).  Armstrong revealed the trip in a Tweet stating: “Met with the SEC today. We’ll continue pushing for a clear rule book in the U.S. for crypto regs…. Read More

April 21, 2023 @ 9:29 am By JD Alois  |  

The state of Texas has introduced new legislation targeting digital asset providers. The bill relates to the “comingling of funds” by crypto platforms. As one would anticipate, the language of the bill requires digital asset platforms not to mix customer funds with those belonging to… Read More

April 21, 2023 @ 8:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Societe Generale–FORGE (SG-FORGE), a “fully” integrated and regulated subsidiary of Societe Generale group dedicated to digital assets, launches the EUR CoinVertible, a digital asset that purports to maintain a stable value (stablecoin). EUR CoinVertible is “deployed in Euro denomination on the Ethereum public blockchain (ticker… Read More

April 20, 2023 @ 10:49 pm By JD Alois  |  

The House Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology (Fintech), and Inclusion has scheduled a hearing on digital assets and the regulatory shortcomings that pepper the market today. Entitled, The Future of Digital Assets: Identifying the Regulatory Gaps in Digital Asset Market Structure, the hearing will… Read More

April 20, 2023 @ 3:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Space and Time and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) announce that developers can now “deploy the Space and Time data warehouse directly from the Microsoft Azure Marketplace, an online store providing applications and services for use on Azure.” The one-click deployment provides customers “with an accelerated on-ramp… Read More