Blockchain & Digital Assets

January 22, 2023 @ 3:59 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Avraham Eisenberg, a 27-year-old U.S. citizen who was arrested and detained at MDC Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, with attempting to manipulate MNGO tokens – the native token of Mango Markets. Eisenberg is expected to appear before the Southern… Read More

January 21, 2023 @ 3:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ZEBEDEE, the Fintech and next-generation payment processor for the gaming industry, and VIKER, the innovative mobile games studio that’s taking over the Play-and-Earn space,  announced the launch of two new rewarded games, “with more to come soon.” These new releases continue VIKER’s strategy of using… Read More

January 20, 2023 @ 6:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Doge Sound Club, which claims to be the first South Korean NFT project, and Uppsala Security, a company specializing in blockchain and virtual asset regulation technology (Reg-tech), announced the signing of a partnership on the 10th of January “with the goal of improving Web3 security.”… Read More

January 20, 2023 @ 4:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Copper is pleased to announce that they will be teaming up with BitMart and joining the ClearLoop network, subject to contracts and the completion of technical integration. The settlement solution will “offer BitMart’s institutional clients the ability to trade on the BitMart… Read More

January 20, 2023 @ 9:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitpanda announced that the successful Austrian-only phase of their partnership with N26, one of the largest digital banks in Continental Europe, has been expanded. N26 customers from Germany, Portugal, Belgium, Ireland and Switzerland will now “be able to invest in a wide range of over… Read More

January 20, 2023 @ 9:05 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Alchemy Pay team is pleased to announce that Visa has listed Alchemy Pay as an Official Service Provider. Alchemy Pay has been “added as part of Visa’s Third Party Agent (TPA) Program and can be found listed as Alchemy GPS here.” This is “a… Read More

January 20, 2023 @ 7:35 am By JD Alois  |  

Late last night, Genesis, part of the Digital Currency Group (DCG), filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as it looks to restructure in light of a challenging environment in the crypto sector which has impacted multiple firms. Genesis is a digital asset prime brokerage that… Read More

January 19, 2023 @ 5:27 pm By JD Alois  |  

Beleaguered crypto firm Nexo has had to pony up a $45 million penalty following charges filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Without admitting or denying the SEC’s findings, Nexo agreed to a cease-and-desist order. Nexo had previously announced its exit from the United… Read More

January 19, 2023 @ 3:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Obligate, formerly known as FQX, announced it has successfully closed a seed extension funding round, “allowing them to scale their blockchain-based platform for bonds and commercial paper.” Blockchange Ventures and Circle Ventures join initial seed co-investors Earlybird and SIX Fintech Ventures – “bringing the total… Read More

January 19, 2023 @ 12:39 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Caroline Ellison, the former CEO of Alameda Research, and Zixiao (Gary) Wang, the former Chief Technology Officer of FTX Trading Ltd. (FTX), for their part in the “multi-year scheme” to commit fraud in regards to FTX, once… Read More

January 19, 2023 @ 12:18 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed a litigation release regarding allegations that Sam Bankman-Fried defrauded equity investors in FTX. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) have also announced charges against Bankman-Fried…. Read More

January 19, 2023 @ 9:46 am By JD Alois  |  

Spanish Fintech MONEI is reporting that it has received the “green light” from the Bank of Spain’s Fintech Sandbox to launch a digital Euro –  “EURM.” MONEI is a platform that aims to simplify and streamline digital payments, allowing any organization to integrate with Shopify… Read More

January 19, 2023 @ 9:06 am By JD Alois  |  

  Jamie Dimon has returned to CNBC bashing crypto once again. In an interview at Davos, the CEO of JP Morgan (NYSE:JPM) was asked about Bitcoin and cryptocurrency. Dimon said he wondered out loud why CNBC spent so much time on crypto, calling Bitcoin a… Read More

January 19, 2023 @ 7:08 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Coincover, which claims to be the leading digital asset protection technology company, announces a new partnership with Fireblocks, an easy-to-use platform “to create innovative products on the blockchain and manage day-to-day crypto operations.” The partnership provides Fireblocks customers “with a secure alternative for key backup… Read More

January 18, 2023 @ 10:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

MakerDAO, which claims to be the longest-standing DeFi lending protocol and creator of DAI, the original, decentralized stablecoin, announces Societe Generale-FORGE, a subsidiary of French multinational investment bank Societe Generale, has “completed an initial DAI drawdown from the MakerDAO protocol of 7 million DAI. SG-FORGE… Read More

January 18, 2023 @ 5:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Trakx, an emerging global Fintech company providing thematic Crypto Tradable Indices through its registered Tier-1 trading platform, announced the launch of three new indices named: Growth, Balanced and Conservative. The new indices are “designed to meet the increasing demand for risk-adjusted crypto indices from high-net-worth… Read More

January 18, 2023 @ 4:42 pm By JD Alois  |  

“Fueled a high-tech axis of cryptocrime.” The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced the arrest of Anatoly Legkodymov, 40, a Russian national who resides in Shenzhen, China, as the founder and operator of Bitzlato, a crypto exchange the feds have alleged to have processed… Read More

January 18, 2023 @ 11:24 am By JD Alois  |  

Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder and former CEO of FTX who is now under indictment for allegations of fraud, has returned to his substack, declaring that FTX US was and is solvent. Bankman-Fried previously provided an FTX “post-mortem” following his release on bail. He disputes a… Read More

January 18, 2023 @ 11:10 am By JD Alois  |  

  Tim Draper and the Draper Venture Network (DVN) have just announced a new option to invest in private investments.  The Draper Round Table will launch this January that aims to enable family offices, venture capitalists, angel investors, and other “solo-capitalists” to access a syndication… Read More

January 18, 2023 @ 10:49 am By Omar Faridi  |  

HashKey Capital, a global asset manager specializing in crypto and blockchain, has announced the final closing of its third fund, HashKey FinTech Investment Fund III  with a total commitment of US$500 million. Fund III received strong support “from institutional investors namely sovereign wealth funds, renowned… Read More