Blockchain & Digital Assets

February 3, 2023 @ 7:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In an effort to lead the industry in “trust” and “transparency” on their mission to accelerate the adoption of cryptocurrency, Kraken is pleased to release its 2022 Transparency Report. The 2022 Transparency Report “provides a summary of how they protect their clients’ privacy and financial… Read More

February 3, 2023 @ 6:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Specialty insurer Relm Insurance Ltd. announces an expansion of its strategic fronting partnership with Trisura Specialty Insurance Company, enabling the Bermuda-domiciled carrier “to provide capacity in support of AM-Best rated paper for U.S. digital asset risks.” Trisura, rated A- by AM Best, claims it is… Read More

February 3, 2023 @ 11:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance, which claims to be the world’s leading cryptocurrency and blockchain infrastructure provider, announced the signing of an MoU with The Georgian Agency for Innovation and Technology (GITA). Under the agreement, both parties “expressed mutual interest in the delivery and implementation of large-scale educational and… Read More

February 3, 2023 @ 10:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

ShareRing users and developers will be able to test out the alpha release of ShareRing Vault Query Language (VQL), a web-based platform with a query tool “for retrieving a user’s profile data from [their] ShareRing Vault.” VQL will benefit Web3 users who are looking “for… Read More

February 2, 2023 @ 8:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Blockchain Intelligence Group, a key player focused on blockchain investigations and training, owned by BIGG Digital Assets, Inc. (CSE: BIGG), announces that it has achieved significant company and industry milestones “in global crypto investigations.” It added new customers, “including enabler of real-time clearing and Embedded… Read More

February 2, 2023 @ 1:13 pm By JD Alois  |  

Hamilton Lane (NASDAQ: HLNE), one of the largest private markets investment firms in the world, has listed its Equity Opportunities Fund V, on the digital securities platform Securitize. Going forward, Securitize and Hamilton Lane plan to launch two additional feeder funds in the coming months…. Read More

February 2, 2023 @ 12:53 pm By JD Alois  |  

Yesterday, the UK government announced that it would assist the crypto industry by providing robust regulation of the emerging innovation. As industry insiders acutely understand, without clearly defined rules, risk increases, generating hesitancy and undermining acceptance of the technology. While policymakers in the US have… Read More

February 2, 2023 @ 8:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

tZERO, a financial technology company providing transformative market-based solutions for companies, entrepreneurs, and retail & institutional investors, announced the launch of Aurox’s crowdfunding campaign on the tZERO Markets platform. Aurox, a cryptocurrency DeFi-focused software development company, is “seeking to raise capital from the public to… Read More

February 2, 2023 @ 8:41 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The European Investment Bank (EIB) priced its first ever £50 million digital bond using a combination of private and public blockchains operated and accessed via HSBC Orion – the bank’s tokenization platform. It follows the recently adopted Luxembourg legal framework tailored “to allow for the… Read More

February 1, 2023 @ 9:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Strike, which claims to be the world’s “leading” digital payments platform built on Bitcoin’s Lightning Network, announced the expansion of its “Send Globally” product to the Philippines. Send Globally now “enables fast, secure, and low-cost money transfers between the U.S. and the Philippines, revolutionizing traditional… Read More

February 1, 2023 @ 6:24 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Chair of the House Financial Services Committee, Patrick McHenry, issued a statement today as he led its Organizational Meeting for the 118th Congress. McHenry said that under his leadership, the Committee is ready to boost innovation as well as pursue policy that fosters economic… Read More

February 1, 2023 @ 12:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ConsenSys, a blockchain technology company, announced its newest initiative, MetaMask Learn. MetaMask Learn is “a free-to-use resource available in 10 languages for anyone interested in learning about web3.” It provides “an interactive MetaMask UI environment to help onboard those new to self-custody, and guides users… Read More

February 1, 2023 @ 9:16 am By JD Alois  |  

The UK government has announced its intent to “robustly regulate crypto-asset activities.” In recent years, the UK has expressed its intent to become a crypto hub – supporting innovation while crafting a regime that provides sufficient consumer protections and transparency. The goal is to deliver… Read More

February 1, 2023 @ 8:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The crypto-asset industry might have been struggling during the past year, however, global banking institution HSBC (NYSE: HSBC) is looking to enhance its expertise in the area, advertising for senior digital assets and tokenization professionals. The new roles, both at HSBC‘s Global Private Banking and… Read More

January 31, 2023 @ 7:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Holepunch, a “fully encrypted” platform for building peer-to-peer applications, announced the launch of Keet Mobile, a free peer-to-peer instant messaging application that works without “the need for centralized entities on any device.: Keet Mobile is the first in “a series of peer-to-peer applications that will… Read More

January 31, 2023 @ 6:03 pm By JD Alois  |  

“The business model Celsius advertised and sold to its customers was not the business that Celsius actually operated.” – Court Document, Filed January 31, 2023 Celsius, one of the first big crypto firms to fail and file for bankruptcy protection, continues to meander its way… Read More

January 31, 2023 @ 1:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance and Mastercard (NYSE: MA) are excited to announce the launch of Binance Card in Brazil. Brazil is among “the top ten markets for Binance globally and becomes the second country in Latin America to have the product, following its release last year in Argentina.”… Read More

January 31, 2023 @ 1:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

FIO Protocol, the decentralized solution for global blockchain usability, has announced the launch of FIO Domain wrapping on the Polygon blockchain. Wrapping is the process of taking a token “from one blockchain and making it available for use on another.” This launch moves FIO Protocol… Read More

January 31, 2023 @ 9:25 am By JD Alois  |  

Stellar blockchain proponents Tempo France and Armenotech have announced a partnership on payments and remittances, according to a note from the firms. Tempo France is an international money transfer system that recently utilized Stellar to power transfers in Europe and the Asia Pacific region. Tempo… Read More

January 31, 2023 @ 9:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Yield App has acquired Trofi Group, a platform that offers structured product solutions for cryptocurrencies, in response “to growing investor demand for enhanced yield investment opportunities.” The acquisition adds four new structured product strategies “to Yield App’s product suite that offer the opportunity to capture… Read More