Blockchain & Digital Assets

July 28, 2023 @ 8:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Republic of Palau and Ripple have launched a limited stablecoin pilot. Palau and Ripple, the leader in enterprise blockchain and crypto solutions, started collaborating on exploring potential use cases in 2021. The U.S. Dollar-backed Palau Stablecoin (PSC) will be “issued on the XRP Ledger… Read More

July 28, 2023 @ 7:44 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Crypto.com announced that it has been approved for registration with De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) as a provider of crypto services. This registration confirmation reportedly follows “a comprehensive review of Crypto.com’s business and compliance in line with the Netherlands’ Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Prevention) Act… Read More

July 28, 2023 @ 7:41 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Concluding the first half of 2023, and the Stellar Development Foundation made significant strides on its roadmap to further its strategy: utility is the growth exponent. To that end, SDF delivered “on the three building blocks: make innovation easy and scalable, win over builders, and… Read More

July 27, 2023 @ 3:07 pm By JD Alois  |  

Beam, a new self-custody digital wallet, has been launched, founded by former CoinList Executive and co-founder Andy Bromberg. According to the Beam website,  the global digital wallet lets you send money to anyone, anywhere, instantly. In a series of Tweets, Bromberg explained that they realized… Read More

July 27, 2023 @ 2:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Credix, with support from Clave, launched a “first-of-its-kind,” fully insured receivables pool. Inaugural investors include the Solana Foundation and Keyrock. The receivables pool offers an investment opportunity “to accredited investors seeking up to a double-digit yield while insuring credit risk.” More specifically, the pool, “which… Read More

July 27, 2023 @ 8:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Commerzbank is reportedly the first German bank to have completed a blockchain-based Letter of Credit (LC) transaction for its client, Ascentex Exim LLP, a Singapore-based textile trader, on Contour, a digital trade finance platform. The LC was issued for “a shipment of rubber threads from… Read More

July 27, 2023 @ 8:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The IOTA Foundation and Shimmer teams have been working diligently on various aspects of their respective projects to enhance functionality, research new possibilities, and engage with the community. These advancements and collaborations demonstrate “the commitment of the IOTA ecosystem to drive innovation, foster community engagement,… Read More

July 27, 2023 @ 8:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Digital security platform Securitize will become the first entity to enable tokenized securities in the European Union – as well as the US. Securitize has been approved for tokenized assets under an EU pilot regime. The company holds security licenses in both the US and… Read More

July 26, 2023 @ 10:39 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act (FIT Act), comprehensive legislation designed to create a new regulatory approach for digital assets, was approved by the House Financial Services Committee today. The legislation is now ready for a potential floor vote of the… Read More

July 26, 2023 @ 10:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CertiK has successfully completed the formal verification of HyperEnclave, an innovative open and cross-platform Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) from Ant Group’s Trust Native Technology team. This marks the first time in the industry that such “an in-depth formal verification process has been completed for a… Read More

July 26, 2023 @ 12:14 pm By JD Alois  |  

The House Financial Services Committee is holding a markup hearing today for several bills of interest. At the top of the list is the Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act (FIT Act) – legislation that aims to define a regulatory approach for… Read More

July 26, 2023 @ 11:41 am By JD Alois  |  

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has filed charges against Michael and Amanda Griffis of Clarksville, Tennessee, according to a statement issued by the Commission. The complaint charges the defendants with defrauding over 100 people and failing to register with the CFTC in connection with a… Read More

July 26, 2023 @ 10:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Sygnum and SATO Technologies are renewing this innovative green financing solution to grow the global ecosystem of carbon-neutral crypto miners. Sygnum provides cash loans “to green crypto miners who pledge a pre-defined portion of their computational mining power, then sells the mined coins to repay… Read More

July 26, 2023 @ 10:49 am By Omar Faridi  |  

FalconX, which claims to be the most reliable digital assets prime brokerage for the world’s leading institutions, is releasing the only crypto derivatives offered by a CFTC-regulated swaps dealer. These contracts are settled “against indices administered by CF Benchmarks, the FCA regulated cryptocurrency index provider.”… Read More

July 26, 2023 @ 10:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Mithril is nearing its mainnet release. Currently in its final testing stages, Mithril is preparing “for a mainnet launch.” As noted in a blog post, Mithril is a stake-based signature scheme and “a protocol that improves the speed and efficiency of nodes’ syncing times.” Mithril… Read More

July 26, 2023 @ 9:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Catalyze Research, the Web3 and blockchain consulting group, and Ripple, which claims to be the “leader” in enterprise blockchain and crypto solutions, announced their partnership to bolster the presence of the XRP Ledger (XRPL) in South Korea. This collaboration aims to tap into the robust… Read More

July 26, 2023 @ 9:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Paxos recently noted that it was founded in 2012 at the dawn of cryptocurrencies, digital assets and tokenization. Their “ItBit Exchange” catered to financial professionals and businesses. They also allowed retail customers to access their platform as there “were few venues where people could safely… Read More

July 25, 2023 @ 5:32 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) says that in 2022, investment scams were the costliest type of fraud in the US. The FBI states in its Internet Crime Report 2022 (IC3) that fraud complaints jumped from $1.45 billion in 2021 to $3.31 billion in 2022…. Read More

July 25, 2023 @ 10:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Neon EVM, an Ethereum Virtual Machine operating as a smart contract on Solana, announced its integration with Covalent, marking a significant step forward for both platforms. Neon EVM’s recently launched platform “allows developers to use EVM developer tools and Ethereum’s compute layer to transact on… Read More

July 25, 2023 @ 8:22 am By JD Alois  |  

The Clarity for Payment Stablecoins Act of 2023 (HR 4766) will be discussed in a markup hearing today of the House Financial Services Committee. During the hearing, the language of the bill will be reviewed, and additional amendments may or may not be added before… Read More