Blockchain & Digital Assets

December 7, 2022 @ 11:06 am By JD Alois  |  

This past Mondy, Silvergate (NYSE:SI) CEO Alan Lane took the extraordinary measure of posting a public letter defending his bank’s handling of the accounts of now bankrupt FTX and affiliated hedge fund Alameda Research. Silvergate is a regulated bank that has been a leader in working… Read More

December 7, 2022 @ 9:08 am By JD Alois  |  

ADDX has announced another digital security available for investors on its digital asset exchange. The most recent security is a venture debt offering by Innoven Capital – a JV between Seviora (a Temasek subsidiary) and UOB. The $50 million fund combines a fixed return as… Read More

December 7, 2022 @ 8:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Crypto exchange Gate.io, which claims to be one of the world’s “leading” trading platforms, says that it aims to position itself “as a key driver of the crypto industry during the bear market.” As companies restrategize to adapt to changing market conditions, Gate.io is spearheading… Read More

December 6, 2022 @ 10:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

BlocksBridge Consulting, the consulting and advisory firm for institutions in the bitcoin mining industry, launched TheMinerMag, a data and research resource “for journalists, analysts, industry executives and anyone interested in coherent and decisive information on Nasdaq-listed bitcoin mining companies.” Additionally, BlocksBridge announced “the appointment of… Read More

December 6, 2022 @ 10:19 am By JD Alois  |  

Former Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Commissioner Brian Quintenz has joined a16z Crypto in a full-time role as its new Head of Policy. a16z Crypto is a leading VC operation investing in blockchain-based platforms, including Web3. While at the CFTC, Quintenz led the Commission’s Technology… Read More

December 6, 2022 @ 10:01 am By JD Alois  |  

Representative Maxine Waters, Chair of the House Committee on Financial Services, returned to Twitter to prod Sam Bankman-Fried to testify in front of a Committee hearing next week on the FTX bankruptcy. Earlier this month, Chair Waters invited Bankman-Fried to testify via Twitter. Bankman-Fried responded,… Read More

December 6, 2022 @ 9:45 am By JD Alois  |  

Jamie Dimon, CEO of JP Morgan (NYSE:JPM) – the most respected CEO on Wall Street, visited with CNBC today in an extended interview that also involved a brief discussion on crypto. In the past, Dimon has been highly critical of cryptocurrencies, recently describing crypto as… Read More

December 5, 2022 @ 10:46 pm By JD Alois  |  

Silvergate (NYSE:SI), a west coast banking operation that has been a leader in supporting the digital asset sector, is not getting a lot of love these days. Its relationships with previously high-flying crypto platforms have come back to haunt the bank. Silvergate started 2022 with… Read More

December 5, 2022 @ 10:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Keyrock, digital asset market maker, raised $72 million in its Series B funding round from investors “including Ripple, SIX Fintech Ventures and Middlegame Ventures.” Keyrock plans to use the funding from its investment round “to invest further into infrastructure development, scalability tools, as well as… Read More

December 5, 2022 @ 8:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Uppsala Security, a provider of security tools and services for Crypto AML/CTF, Transaction Risk Management, Regulatory Compliance, Transaction Tracking, and Cyber Security announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) focused “on the cooperation with the AI Education Institute of Hankuk University of Foreign… Read More

December 5, 2022 @ 7:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In September 2022, cryptocurrency trading platform MEXC had ranked among the major liquidity providers. Recently, MEXC announced the growth of its contract business, and its average daily trading volume has increased substantially, the firm claims. “Users first, MEXC‘s Changing for you” has been the service… Read More

December 5, 2022 @ 4:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Ledger notes that NFTs are ushering in “an artistic renaissance that has barely begun to play itself out, changing how art, music and, more broadly, culture is digitally generated, owned and exchanged forever.” As the platform to secure and manage NFTs, Ledger… Read More

December 5, 2022 @ 2:49 pm By JD Alois  |  

The failure of FTX and the allegations of fraud pointed at founder and former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried continue to garner much coverage in both traditional media as well as more modern digital news providers. The speed of the collapse, and the amount of funds involved… Read More

December 5, 2022 @ 9:36 am By JD Alois  |  

Circle, the issuer of dollar-based stablecoin USDC, has terminated the SPAC deal, which would take the company public, according to a release. The SPAC was initially expected to close this month (December). According to the statement, the two parties – Circle and Concord Acquisition Corp… Read More

December 5, 2022 @ 9:10 am By JD Alois  |  

SEBA Bank and HashKey Group have formed a partnership that aims to boost digital asset adoption in Switzerland and Hong Kong. According to a corporate statement, a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) has been signed between the two firms. The agreement is for HashKey to become… Read More

December 5, 2022 @ 7:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

VeChain Foundation San Marino was pleased to debut as a silver partner of the Nitto ATP Finals, the grand finale of the ATP Tour, where the eight best tennis players in the world competed “for the final singles and double titles of the year, taking… Read More

December 4, 2022 @ 9:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Horizen Labs announced plans to make its Web3 advisory service “a standalone business.” The new entity, called ‘Horizen Labs Ventures’ or HLV, will “leverage its deep industry knowledge to provide Web3 advisory services while Horizen Labs doubles down on its pursuit of enterprise application development… Read More

December 4, 2022 @ 5:24 pm By JD Alois  |  

Last week, the Senate Agriculture Committee, which has oversight of commodities markets, held a hearing on the collapse of FTX, once an inside-the-beltway darling, today a virtual pariah as policymakers rush to react to the bankruptcy of the crypto exchange. Before the crypto exchange went bust,… Read More

December 4, 2022 @ 4:33 pm By JD Alois  |  

Sam Bankman-Fried, the former CEO of bankrupt crypto exchange FTX, has agreed to testify in front of the House Committee on Financial Services contingent upon what happens from now until December 13th – the day the hearing is scheduled. As was previously reported, the Chair… Read More

December 4, 2022 @ 4:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The DFINITY Foundation, the “not-for-profit” contributing to the development of the Internet Computer (IC) — the “world’s first” web-speed, internet-scale public blockchain — has announced the Internet Computer’s mainnet “integration with Bitcoin, bringing advanced smart contract functionality to the world’s largest cryptocurrency.” The Internet Computer… Read More