Blockchain & Digital Assets

September 4, 2022 @ 11:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance Australia, the fiat-to-crypto platform for trading cryptocurrencies in Australian Dollars(AUD), announced the appointment of Leigh Travers, former DigitalX CEO and Director, as Chief Executive Officer. Travers has spent the last seven years “playing a pivotal role in building products and growing networks for DigitalX… Read More

September 4, 2022 @ 10:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bosonic, a decentralized Financial Market Infrastructure (dFMI) business, announces that Onramp Invest, a crypto management solution providing access to crypto assets for registered investment advisors, will join the Bosonic Network™. This latest addition to Bosonic’s growing institutional client base “supports the Wealth segment, providing safety… Read More

September 4, 2022 @ 9:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance Labs, the venture capital arm and accelerator of Binance, led SPACE ID’s seed round. SPACE ID is “a universal naming service network that connects people, assets, and dApps across different blockchain networks.” SPACE ID is “building decentralized, censorship-resistant, and open-sourced universal identifiers.” The naming… Read More

September 4, 2022 @ 2:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

So far in 2022, $2,338,910,183 billion has been “lost to various scams and exploits in the Web3 world and a total of ~377 attacks recorded this year,” according to an update shared by CertiK. Just like in July, August has “seen the same number of… Read More

September 3, 2022 @ 3:44 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Blockchain Association posted a series of tweets last week critizing pending legislation they believe will undermine the digital asset ecosystem in California. The Association claims that State Assembly Bill A.B. 2269 is “shortsighted” creating “unhelpful restrictions that would impede crypto innovators’ ability to operate.”… Read More

September 2, 2022 @ 5:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

On September 1, a beta group of 50 art curators will start “launching drops through their own NFT storefronts on Nifty Gateway.” With Publishers, Nifty Gateway “handles the complexity of creating an NFT storefront so that curators can focus on what they do best —… Read More

September 2, 2022 @ 3:32 pm By JD Alois  |  

Celsius Network has emerged as another emblematic platform reflecting the hubris of certain crypto firms in promising more than they can actually deliver. Celsius collapsed into Chapter 11 bankruptcy during a time of dramatic volatility, catalyzed by the collapse of TerraUSD, a stablecoin that ended… Read More

September 2, 2022 @ 2:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Neo Global Development (NGD) has accepted Metaisland into the EcoBoost program. The multiplayer metaverse GameFi project is “the fourth project to join the EcoBoost program in 2022.” Through EcoBoost, Neo will “provide support and incubation opportunities to help the project enter the market.” In 2021, NGD… Read More

September 2, 2022 @ 1:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

FTX US Derivatives has added former CFTC Commissioner Jill Sommers to the Company’s Board of Directors. FTX US Derivatives previously operated as LedgerX, which was acquired by the company in 2021. Regulated by the CFTC, the company provides a digital currency futures and options exchange… Read More

September 2, 2022 @ 10:52 am By JD Alois  |  

The province of Cuyo in Argentina is allowing citizens to pay their taxes using stablecoins, according to a report in Clarin. Quoting the General  Director of the tax authority (Mendoza Tax Administration or ATM), Nicolás Chávez, the service is enabled by new technology included with… Read More

September 2, 2022 @ 8:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

TrueLayer, which claims to be one of Europe’s leading open banking platforms, announces its collaboration with Bybit, the “third-most visited” cryptocurrency exchange in the world. Bybit was established in 2018 as a crypto derivatives trading platform “where retail investors and traders could benefit from an… Read More

September 2, 2022 @ 8:24 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Coinbase Cloud’s Solana Archival Nodes are able to “examine historical address balances, run complex queries, and simulate the blockchain state at any given point in the chain’s history.” Coinbase Cloud previously “launched secure, dedicated Solana infrastructure nodes via Query & Transact, allowing builders to access… Read More

September 2, 2022 @ 8:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

BIGG Digital Assets Inc. (CSE: BIGG), owner of Netcoins, the online cryptocurrency brokerage that claims to make it easy for Canadians to buy, sell, and understand cryptocurrency, and Blockchain Intelligence Group, a developer of blockchain technology solutions, is reporting Q2 2022 financial results. All figures… Read More

September 1, 2022 @ 9:57 pm By JD Alois  |  

This week, the Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, part of the House Oversight Committee, sent a letter addressing crypto scams and fraud to five crypto exchanges as well as several federal agencies. The crypto exchanges include: FTX, Binance.US, Coinbase, Kraken and KuCoin – some… Read More

September 1, 2022 @ 9:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ticketmaster announced that it will allow event organizers to issue NFTs (non-fungible tokens) that are reportedly tied to tickets on Flow, a blockchain/DLT network that’s run by a16z-backed Dapper Labs. Big news for live event fans! @Ticketmaster Event Organizers now can offer digital keepsakes, minted… Read More

September 1, 2022 @ 7:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital Asset, a software provider that helps enterprises build economic value through interconnected networks, announced another solid quarter of growth in Q2 2022. The firm continues “to expand its footprint among financial institutions and market infrastructures exploring and investing in next generation blockchain technology.” The… Read More

September 1, 2022 @ 10:01 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Fireblocks, the provider of digital asset and crypto custody technology, and Tokeny, the tokenization solution provider, announced their partnership “to provide a turnkey and enterprise-grade solution for tokenization using the ERC-3643 market standard on Polygon.” Institutions seeking to mint and manage permissioned tokens such as… Read More

September 1, 2022 @ 9:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital asset firm Gemini notes that the most consequential Ethereum network upgrade yet, called “The Merge,” is planned for mid-September this year. The upgrade will “codify Ethereum’s long-awaited move to Proof-of-Stake (PoS) from its existing Proof-of-Work (PoW) consensus mechanism.” Following years of planning, and numerous… Read More

September 1, 2022 @ 9:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Presearch, a heightened privacy search engine that rewards users with tokens, has gained a notable step up in the competitive world of search. Presearch is now integrated with Android in Europe as a default search engine option. According to a statement by Presearch, Android devices… Read More

August 31, 2022 @ 9:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Naoris Protocol, the blockchain and AI-based “decentralized” cybersecurity mesh that restores cybersecurity across all sectors of the economy, is partnering with Router Protocol, the cross-chain infrastructure layer that “enables communication between blockchains.” Router Protocol is “a modular layer and cross-chain bridge that connects different blockchains… Read More