Blockchain & Digital Assets

January 27, 2023 @ 8:08 am By Omar Faridi  |  

US securities regulators are looking into the operations of investment advisers over crypto-asset custody. The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is examining the activities of registered investment advisers over whether they’re following applicable guidelines around custody of customer digital assets. This, according to sources… Read More

January 26, 2023 @ 9:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

One of the oldest types of commercial financing is now on-chain. Managed by AQRU, a subsidiary of listed firm AQRU plc, the receivables financing pool launches with Intero Capital Solutions LLC as the sole borrower. Uncorrelated with crypto markets and secured by the underlying receivables,… Read More

January 26, 2023 @ 5:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In order to get a better understanding of the current state of the industry, the Ferrum Network team conducted a survey “to gather insights from participants about their involvement in and views on Web3.” In order to get a better understanding of the current state… Read More

January 26, 2023 @ 2:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Injective, a blockchain specifically designed for building financial applications, announced a new $150 million ecosystem initiative “to further accelerate the adoption of interoperable infrastructure and DeFi.” Injective claims  it is the first fully decentralized smart contracts platform “optimized for building finance applications.” Injective was “created… Read More

January 26, 2023 @ 1:05 pm By JD Alois  |  

Earlier this month, the House Financial Services Committee announced the chairs of each subcommittee. New to the mix is the Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology, and Inclusion.  Committee Chairman Patrick McHenry selected French Hill of Arkansas to Chair this newly minted subcommittee. In a… Read More

January 26, 2023 @ 12:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Milo, a financial technology company that is reimagining the way crypto and global consumers access financial solutions, announced the launch of its new crypto loan product. This launch means that digital asset-holders will now have the opportunity “to use their cryptocurrency as collateral to access… Read More

January 26, 2023 @ 11:10 am By JD Alois  |  

The DNB considers the non-compliance to be very severe. The Dutch Central Bank (De Nederlandsche Bank or DNB) has fined Coinbase Europe Limited €3,325,000. The administrative penalty was assessed as Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) had been providing digital asset services in the Netherlands without registration and thus… Read More

January 26, 2023 @ 8:19 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital asset exchange Luno will reportedly be cutting 35% of Its staff. Luno’s management stated that the upcoming job cuts will impact company workers in all supported regions. Luno is part of the Digital Currency Group (DCG) and reports having over ten million customers globally…. Read More

January 25, 2023 @ 7:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Decentralized finance (DeFi) builds on distributed ledger technologies (DLT) “to offer services such as trading, lending and investing without using a traditional centralized intermediary,” according to finding shared by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS). The fact that DeFi components can be programmed “may open… Read More

January 25, 2023 @ 5:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Eventus, a global provider of multi-asset class trade surveillance and market risk solutions, announced today that cryptocurrency derivatives exchange Deribit has “selected the firm’s Validus platform to provide market abuse monitoring on the exchange.” Headquartered in Panama City, Panama, Deribit claims it is among the… Read More

January 25, 2023 @ 10:42 am By JD Alois  |  

Ginman, a Germany-based Robo-advisor, is looking to expand into digital assets, according to a note from the firm. Ginman historically has focused on equities – more specifically, ETFs or exchange-traded funds. As it seeks to add digital assets as an investment option, Ginman has added… Read More

January 25, 2023 @ 9:29 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In a report titled, Monitoring the Currents of the Crypto Market, Matías Andrade and Kyle Waters from Coinmetrics noted that the digital asset market is “experiencing a surge in activity as we kick off the new year. The update from Coinmetrics points out that Bitcoin… Read More

January 25, 2023 @ 8:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

2022 was an impactful year in “the fight against ransomware,” according to an update from Chainalysis. Ransomware attackers extorted “at least $456.8 million from victims in 2022, down from $765.6 million the year before.” As always, they have to caveat these findings by noting “that… Read More

January 25, 2023 @ 8:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Criminals have always found efficient ways “to launder the proceeds of their crimes and avoid increasingly stringent anti-money laundering regulations,” according to an update from CertiK. One such technique, uncovered by CertiK, poses “a direct threat to Web3 projects.” Criminal organizations are using this scheme… Read More

January 25, 2023 @ 6:17 am By JD Alois  |  

QuickNode, a company that claims to provide the “most performant, scalable, reliable blockchain node infrastructure on earth,” has raised $60 million in a Series B round. Nontable Fintech VC QED Investors participated in funding the Miami-based firm, which was led by 10T. The firm was… Read More

January 24, 2023 @ 10:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance Pay, a cryptocurrency payment service powered by Binance, announced its partnership with DT One, a B2B micropayments platform. DT One is powering cross-border transfers of mobile top-ups, data bundles, gaming pins, and gift cards. This partnership will “enable more than 90 million Binance users… Read More

January 24, 2023 @ 10:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

The New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) has issued updated guidance for firms engaged in the crypt or “virtual asset” sector. NYDFS created a path for regulating digital asset firms fairly early on in the emergence of crypto. The announcement issued yesterday aims… Read More

January 24, 2023 @ 6:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

FV Bank, the U.S. licensed global digital bank that offers a vertically-integrated suite of traditional and digital asset banking and custody services to Fintech and blockchain firms, has announced “the launch of their cross-border foreign exchange (FX) payments service for its U.S. and international account… Read More

January 24, 2023 @ 10:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

BIGG Digital Assets Inc. (CSE: BIGG), owner of Netcoins, the online cryptocurrency brokerage that makes it easy for North Americans to buy, sell, and understand cryptocurrency, and Blockchain Intelligence Group, a developer of blockchain technology search, risk-scoring and data analytics solutions, is pleased “to report… Read More

January 24, 2023 @ 9:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

SCRYPT Digital, the Swiss-regulated company offering a single point of access into digital assets for institutions, has been chosen by Kiln, the tech provider behind the first enterprise-grade liquid staking protocol, in order “to provide a seamless on/off-ramping service for its treasury.” The partnership will… Read More