Blockchain & Digital Assets

October 3, 2022 @ 11:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Regtech Coinfirm has been integrated into Shyft Network’s Veriscope, a Travel Rule product. Shyft Network is “a public protocol designed to power data discoverability and compliance into blockchain while preserving privacy and sovereignty.” Facilitating the transfer of verifiable data between centralized and decentralized ecosystems, Shyft… Read More

October 3, 2022 @ 10:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at NEO are pleased to announce the launch of NeoNS — which is described as  the first Neo name service provider on Neo N3. NeoNS reportedly offers “a more streamlined, efficient and functional experience within the Neo ecosystem and beyond.” You can visit NeoNS… Read More

October 3, 2022 @ 10:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

PwC Hong Kong announces the signing of a collaboration agreement with TerraZero Technologies, Inc. With offices in Vancouver and Los Angeles, TerraZero brings together specialists and entrepreneurs “from blockchain, web3, design, programming, entertainment, marketing and finance backgrounds.” PwC and TerraZero are “devising a go-to-market strategy… Read More

October 3, 2022 @ 9:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

With Solana’s repeated run-ins with bots and outages, it affects not just traders but projects “building on top of Solana,” according to an update shared with CI. Zebec claims it is “becoming the largest business-facing protocol on Solana, with over 200 Solana projects utilizing Zebec.”… Read More

October 3, 2022 @ 9:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The government in Australia has noted that it would be issuing a formal response to a report advising banking institutions in the country of their duty to keep offering banking services to Fintechs, virtual currency trading platforms as well as remittance service providers. This, after… Read More

October 3, 2022 @ 8:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

NEFT Brands, a global conglomerate that owns a portfolio of premium alcohol brands, TV productions, live entertainment promotions, celebrity podcasts, apps, and media companies will partner with the decentralized community of Hourglass “to facilitate growth and offer in-house resources.” NEFT Brands and its subsidiary NEFT… Read More

October 3, 2022 @ 7:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Directorate of Enforcement (ED) in India has reportedly frozen the cryptocurrencies WRX (utility token of WazirX) and USDT (Tether, an Ethereum token that is pegged to the value of a U.S. dollar) equivalent to Rs 47.64 Lakhs (appr. $58,000) “under the provisions ofthe Prevention of… Read More

October 3, 2022 @ 7:20 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Financial Stability Oversight Council has published the expected Report on Digital Asset Financial Stability Risks and Regulation. According to the US Department of Treasury, the Council voted unanimously to approve the report in response to President Biden’s Executive Order 14067, “Ensuring Responsible Development of… Read More

October 3, 2022 @ 2:17 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has filed a complaint against Adam Todd and four companies he controlled – Digitex LLC, Digitex Limited, Digitex Software Limited, and Blockster Holdings Limited Corporation. Filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, the CFTC… Read More

October 3, 2022 @ 8:45 am By JD Alois  |  

Tether, the leading stablecoin based on the US dollar, has provided an update on the assets backing the digital currency. According to a Tweet distributed by Paolo Ardoino, Tether’s CTO, as of September 30, 2022, Tether held approximately 58.1% of assets in US Treasuries up… Read More

October 3, 2022 @ 8:24 am By JD Alois  |  

Global influencer, celebrity, and entrepreneur Kim Kardashian has settled charges with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regarding allegations of promoting a “crypto asset security” without revealing she was paid for touting the digital asset on social media. The promotion took place in June of… Read More

October 3, 2022 @ 8:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

MEXC, a global digital asset trading platform, has entered into a partnership to support the launch of “a rollup solution that is secured by the Bitcoin network.” Rollux OPv1 is Syscoin’s first in “a series of planned rollup implementations secured by Bitcoin’s own PoW network.”… Read More

October 2, 2022 @ 11:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and the central banks of Israel, Norway and Sweden are launching Project Icebreaker, a joint exploration of how central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) can be “used for international retail and remittance payments.” Cross-border payments “continue to be plagued by… Read More

October 2, 2022 @ 10:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ChainUp, which claims to be one of the leading blockchain technology service providers, celebrated its fifth anniversary on September 25, 2022 at the SKAI – Swissotel the Stamford, with an evening of announcements of new initiatives and partnerships. ChainUp reportedly “introduced its newly appointed Board… Read More

October 1, 2022 @ 2:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

On stage at Converge22, Circle announced an accelerated crypto payments roadmap enhanced by the recent acquisition of Elements, a merchant and developer-first payments orchestration platform. The announcement “includes plans to quickly scale payment offerings to unlock utility value for crypto and lower the barrier of… Read More

October 1, 2022 @ 12:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitwage has announced a new partnership with their third UFC ambassador, and they officially launched their preferred wallet feature. On August 1st, 2022, news broke that Bitwage were collaborating with Casa and Edge as preferred wallet partners. Simply put, this means that users “can now… Read More

October 1, 2022 @ 12:15 pm By JD Alois  |  

Celsius Network, a crypto yield and lending platform that is going through bankruptcy proceedings, has filed a document with the courts reminding borrowers they should repay outstanding loans but these outstanding debts and repayments are not currently being enforced. Celsius tweeted yesterday that the filed… Read More

October 1, 2022 @ 11:49 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Li Jun, the Founder of Ontology, the project bringing trust, privacy, and security to Web3 through decentralized identity and data solutions, recently shared his views and insights with Crowdfund Insider. Li Jun talked about how Ontology has evolved over the years and achieved significant milestones…. Read More

September 30, 2022 @ 6:18 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed charges today in regard to an alleged crypto pump and dump scheme involving a digital asset DIG (Dignity). The SEC’s charges are against Arbitrade Ltd., a Bermudan company, and Cryptobontix Inc., a Canadian company, and their principals: Troy… Read More

September 30, 2022 @ 3:36 pm By JD Alois  |  

Upstream has announced another reporting company trading on the blockchain-enhanced marketplace following the news that ShiftPixy (NASDAQ: PIXY) added its shares to Upstream. Jupiter Wellness  (NASDAQ:JUPW) a company that offers over-the-counter health treatments, will trade as a digital security. Jupiter is a micro-cap with a… Read More