Blockchain & Digital Assets

April 18, 2023 @ 6:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mantle, the “high-performance,” modular Ethereum Layer-2 network, announced the first of many ecosystem partners ahead of its impending mainnet launch in Q2 2023. Biconomy, a web3 developer and transaction infrastructure platform, is “the latest project to join the Mantle ecosystem and will be the first… Read More

April 18, 2023 @ 4:29 pm By JD Alois  |  

SEC Chair Gary Gensler spent most of the day on Capitol Hill testifying in front of the House Financial Services Committee. As the Committee is currently controlled by the Republicans – which tend to be more innovation-friendly and more supportive of small businesses, some of… Read More

April 18, 2023 @ 12:00 pm By Barry James  |  

As the USA House Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Fintech, and Inclusion, hold a hearing on stablecoins Wednesday, April 19, 2023, in the USA, in the UK, and around the world, attempts to shoe-horn digital money from central and private banks (CBDCs and Stablecoins) into existing… Read More

April 18, 2023 @ 9:32 am By JD Alois  |  

Later today, the House Financial Services Committee will hold an oversight hearing regarding the Securities and Exchange Commission with Chair Gary Gensler testifying on his leadership of the Commission. In the hours before the scheduled start of the hearing, Committee Republicans have posted a letter… Read More

April 18, 2023 @ 8:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Blockchain Association published a letter sent to Senator Laura Ellman and Representative Mark Walker of the Illinois Assembly stating industry opposition to HB 3479. The following statement is attributed to Kristin Smith, Blockchain Association CEO: “Illinois Assembly Bill HB 3479 would effectively outlaw crypto in… Read More

April 18, 2023 @ 8:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Marcus Sotiriou, Market Analyst at the publicly listed digital asset broker GlobalBlock (TSXV:BLOK) has shared a note on the recent moves and news focused on the Bitcoin and digital assets sector. As mentioned in the update shared with CI, Bitcoin’s (BTC) momentum has “slowed now… Read More

April 18, 2023 @ 7:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) notes that we should never doubt the importance of the UK and Europe to their business operations. Coinbase writes in a blog post that they may be a US-listed company but they know that “to succeed in their mission of increasing economic freedom,… Read More

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

Curve, the financial super app and digital wallet that empowers you to maximize rewards from your existing cards and gives you the ability to earn in cashback or in crypto, has announced the launch of a new function that “enables its customers to transfer their… Read More

April 17, 2023 @ 10:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Exactly Protocol has successfully integrated Chainlink Price Feeds, streamlining the process of connecting smart contracts to asset prices. This integration enables developers at Exactly “to provide a more secure and efficient user pricing mechanism.” At Exactly, they aim “to democratize a new generation of financial… Read More

April 17, 2023 @ 10:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Tomorrow (April 18, 20223), SEC Chairman Gary Gensler will testify in front of the House Financial Services Committee. The oversight hearing will “examine the regulatory developments, rulemakings, and activities that the SEC has undertaken in the period since the last hearing on October 5, 2021.”… Read More

April 17, 2023 @ 4:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance, the blockchain ecosystem and cryptocurrency infrastructure provider, has onboarded the international payment service ivendPay as “a global cryptocurrency payment gateway for Binance Pay – a contactless, borderless, and secure user-to-user cryptocurrency payment feature on the Binance App.” The partnership will contribute “to making cryptocurrencies… Read More

April 17, 2023 @ 4:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cynthia Del Pozo Garcia, Director, Strategy & Corporate Development at Gemini, notes that as one of the most important and developed markets in the Americas, Canada has “played an essential role in Gemini’s international expansion.” The team at Gemini are glad to show their continued… Read More

April 17, 2023 @ 2:46 pm By JD Alois  |  

  Multiple reports indicate that Shaquille O’Neal, a former NBA superstar, has finally been served after being hunted for weeks, at least according to the Moskowitz Law Firm. Shaq was one of a handful of celebrities that got caught up in the promotion of FTX… Read More

April 17, 2023 @ 12:42 pm By JD Alois  |  

Bittrex, a crypto exchange that announced it was ceasing operations at the end of last month, has been hit with an enforcement action by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The SEC has charged Bittrex and its former CEO William Shihara for operating an unregistered… Read More

April 17, 2023 @ 10:25 am By JD Alois  |  

At the end of March, US-based crypto exchange Bittrex announced that it was shuttering its operations. Bittrex stated that it would cease operations on April 30, 2023, while providing a series of timelines for its users, recommending that accounts are closed as soon as possible…. Read More

April 17, 2023 @ 9:49 am By JD Alois  |  

On Wednesday, April 19, 2023, the House Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Fintech, and Inclusion, will hold a hearing on stablecoins. The hearing is being joined by draft legislation that may end up providing a viable path to regulate this new form of payments and transfers…. Read More

April 16, 2023 @ 11:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

LondonLink, which claims to be an established Crypto brokerage focused on curating risk-adjusted returns for “smart-money,” has so far raised 92% (£324,390) of its £350,000 target from 96 investors, with 25 days left in the firm’s crowdfunding campaign, carried out via Seedrs. Located in London,… Read More

April 16, 2023 @ 10:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital Treasures Center updated its branding strategy whereby, it will be known as “dtcpay” going forward “reflecting its commitment towards digital payments.” Since 2019, dtcpay’s mission is “to bridge the gap between digital assets and traditional finance and help businesses grow quickly by accepting payment… Read More

April 15, 2023 @ 10:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ZA Bank has announced its latest plan to become the “go-to bank” for the Web3 ecosystem, providing essential banking services to Web3 enterprises. In an effort to support this goal, ZA Bank has “become a Title Sponsor of the inaugural Hong Kong Web 3 Festival… Read More

April 15, 2023 @ 8:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Alongside, a platform enabling broad based exposure to the crypto market in a single token (AMKT)—is using Chainlink Proof of Reserve on Polygon mainnet. Integrating the decentralized Oracle network “helps enable Alongside transparently verify the asset reserves underlying AMKT, which track the top 25 assets… Read More