Blockchain & Digital Assets

May 18, 2023 @ 4:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Horizon Blockchain Games, a web3 infrastructure and gaming company, and Polygon Labs, a growth and development team for the Polygon protocols, announced a strategic alliance aimed at enhancing web3 infrastructure. Horizon’s Sequence product is described as “a leading web3 developer platform: its modular all-in-one web3… Read More

May 18, 2023 @ 8:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Flipside, a “pioneer” in blockchain marketplace design and analytics, announced the launch of its on-demand blockchain data offering specifically for the enterprise. Flipside Shares is “available on Snowflake Marketplace and provides joint customers – of all sizes – with access to expertly modeled and curated… Read More

May 18, 2023 @ 8:08 am By JD Alois  |  

Top dollar based stablecoin issuer Tether says it will take its operating profits and purchase Bitcoin. Tether said that it first manages reserves but the purchase of Bitcoin, the worlds most popular crypto, will further strengthen reserves. The purchases of Bitcoin will commence this month… Read More

May 18, 2023 @ 7:23 am By JD Alois  |  

Digital asset industry participants are pushing back against the Parliament Treasury Committee’s report on crypto that declared the asset class should be treated like gambling. The statement was predicated on the opinion that many cryptocurrencies hold no intrinsic value – except for speculation. The Chair… Read More

May 18, 2023 @ 7:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

With this key acquisition, Ripple takes on the growing institutional crypto custody market, expected to reach $10T by 2030 Ripple, the Fintech focused on enterprise blockchain and crypto solutions, announced it has acquired Metaco, a Swiss-based provider of digital asset custody and tokenization technology. Diversifying… Read More

May 17, 2023 @ 11:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital wealth platform Yield App has partnered with Volt, the global real-time payments gateway, in order “to offer additional GBP and EUR on-ramps via FPS and SEPA Instant.” Yield App customers “can now buy cryptocurrency in real time directly with their bank, thanks to the… Read More

May 17, 2023 @ 10:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CoinShares International Limited (Nasdaq Stockholm: CS), the European digital asset manager, has published its results for the quarter ending 31st March 2023. Jean-Marie Mognetti, Chief Executive Officer of CoinShares said: “I’m pleased to announce that Q1 2023 has underscored CoinShares’ robust resilience and adaptability. The… Read More

May 17, 2023 @ 10:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

River, a Bitcoin technology and financial services startup, announced a $35 million equity round. This series B funding was led by Kingsway Capital. Other contributors to the investment round “included Peter Thiel, Goldcrest, Cygni, M13, Valor Equity Partners, Esas Ventures, and Alarko Ventures.” River is… Read More

May 17, 2023 @ 10:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Matrixport, which claims to be one of the world’s largest and trusted digital assets financial services ecosystems, announced a partnership with Copper.co, an institutional digital asset custody provider, “integrating its pioneering off-exchange collateral management and settlement solution, ClearLoop.” This collaboration “enhances Matrixport’s prime brokerage offerings… Read More

May 17, 2023 @ 5:19 pm By JD Alois  |  

This morning, a Parliament Treasury Committee issued a report that was highly critical of crypto, announcing that it believes this sector should be regulated similarly to gambling. The Committee said many digital assets have no intrinsic value, creating unecessary risk for UK investors. Today, Innovate… Read More

May 17, 2023 @ 4:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CertiK, the New York-based blockchain security company, and Alibaba Cloud, the digital technology and intelligence backbone of Alibaba Group, announced the signing of a partnership to provide blockchain security services to cloud-based Web3 projects. Web3 developers can now “accelerate their development process and secure their… Read More

May 17, 2023 @ 9:22 am By JD Alois  |  

On Monday, Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) revealed that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has finally responded to its request for rulemaking on digital assets. That answer was as anticipated as the Commission declined to pursue new rules. Last month, Paul Grewal, the Chief Legal Officer of… Read More

May 16, 2023 @ 11:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

CryptoUK, a UK-based advocacy group supporting digital asset innovation, has slammed comments made by the UK Treasury Committee that has been reviewing the crypto industry in the country. CryptoUK criticized the statement that denigrated digital asset markets, with the Committee describing crypto as follows: “Unbacked… Read More

May 16, 2023 @ 10:31 pm By JD Alois  |  

A UK Parliament Treasury Committee is calling for crypto to be regulated like gambling. This is due to significant risks to consumers as well as the heightened volatility of digital assets. Currently, around 10% of the UK population holds crypto. The Committee, which includes members… Read More

May 16, 2023 @ 4:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Users will be able to create dApps with wallet-based authentication and equip digital assets with DIDs. Apillon claims that it “marks a new important milestone by introducing a next-gen Web3 authentication service, powered by KILT Protocol, to the Apillon platform.” As devs will be able… Read More

May 16, 2023 @ 3:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The European Union (EU) brings crypto-assets, crypto-assets issuers, and crypto-asset service providers under a regulatory framework. Last month after several delays, the European Parliament adopted MiCA or Markets in Crypto-Assets regulation. This legislative development aims to allow all EU member states to provide digital asset… Read More

May 16, 2023 @ 11:57 am By JD Alois  |  

A digital campaign is ongoing targeting Senator Sherrod Brown, Chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, on the issue of digital assets. On Twitter, the promotion states: “Ohio, it’s time for Sen. Brown to support digital assets. Digital assets help sustain job growth for the American… Read More

May 16, 2023 @ 7:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Austrian digital asset firm Bitpanda is reportedly planning to invest $10 million in order establish a dedicated AI unit. Bitpanda explained that the new unit will aim to provide a suite of AI-enhanced products and investing solutions, including personalized investment ideas, automated portfolio strategies, as… Read More

May 16, 2023 @ 7:58 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Across Protocol and ShapeShift are now using oSnap for optimistic governance execution. After successfully passing through Snapshot governance voting rounds, the two projects “have integrated the UMA-powered solution.” With oSnap, the Across and ShapeShift DAOs can now “execute on-chain governance decisions optimistically based on off-chain… Read More

May 16, 2023 @ 12:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Hyphe, the digital asset liquidity provider for financial institutions, has received a certificate of compliance to ISO 27001 Information Security Management by internationally-recognized certification body, BSI Group. The certification “reinforces Hyphe’s commitment to the highest security standards ahead of Europe’s new Markets in Crypto Assets… Read More