Blockchain & Digital Assets

August 29, 2022 @ 8:10 pm By JD Alois  |  

Leading Latin American crypto platform Bitso says it has added ETH to Bitso+, a yield platform that allows users to generate income on parked funds. Previously, Bitso allowed Bitcoin holders and dollar stablecoin holders to generate income but Bitso has now added ETH. Bitso+ was… Read More

August 29, 2022 @ 7:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Cboe: CBOE), a provider of global market infrastructure and tradable products, announced the initial group of firms that intend “to become equity investors in the Cboe Digital business.” Cboe’s advanced discussions with potential equity partners “involve a broad and diverse range… Read More

August 29, 2022 @ 6:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Security Token Market, a global oracle for all security token financial data, media, and research is pleased to announce a new investment from SPiCE VC, a venture capital firm focused on the growth and development of the blockchain and tokenization ecosystem. SPiCE is considered to… Read More

August 29, 2022 @ 12:47 pm By JD Alois  |  

MAS Supports Digital Asset Innovation, No Ban on Crypto Trading but Seeks to Limit Retail Access Singapore is a top global Fintech hub and the leading Asian center for innovation in financial services. The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has long aided the digitization of… Read More

August 29, 2022 @ 10:59 am By JD Alois  |  

Crypto Insurance Firm Breach Offers Investment Opportunity to Republic Community Demand meet supply.  The frequency of crypto thefts and other malfeasance has become so mundane people tend to accept that some digital assets will just go bad. Hacks, ransomware etc., have led to billions of… Read More

August 29, 2022 @ 10:12 am By JD Alois  |  

As Bitcoin struggles to hold onto $20K and Ethereum wobbles in advance of the Merge, Coinshares most recent report indicates that investors continue to de-risk from crypto – albeit with small aggregate amounts. According to the weekly report, digital asset fund flows delivered a net… Read More

August 29, 2022 @ 8:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

SolanaFM, a Solana blockchain explorer offering indexing and analytical services, recently announced that it has “secured $4.5 million in a seed funding round led by SBI Group’s Digital Asset Opportunity Fund.” The seed funding round that was led by SBI Group’s Digital Asset Opportunity Fund… Read More

August 28, 2022 @ 11:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Boris Ilyevsky, Head of Coinbase Derivatives Exchange (at Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN)) notes that the platform will be launching a Nano Ether futures contract (ET) on August 29, 2022 as they continue “to build an accessible futures market for the retail trader.” Sized at 1/10th of an… Read More

August 28, 2022 @ 10:48 pm By JD Alois  |  

ADDX, facilitating private digital securities, now offers a cash management option in collaboration with OCBC Group’s Lion Global Investors. Parked cash loses value and now ADDX users to sweep funds into a digital wallet with an interest-generating account. ADDX, a company backed by SGX, leverages… Read More

August 28, 2022 @ 7:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

On August 17, 2022, Binance and the Securities and Exchange Regulator of Cambodia (SERC) held a workshop designed “to deepen SERC officials’ understanding of the digital asset space.” Binance has once again “reaffirmed its commitment to establishing productive collaborations with SERC and sharing its vast… Read More

August 28, 2022 @ 4:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital asset firm Kraken is pleased to announce that their crypto trading platform now supports Alpha Venture DAO (ALPHA), Bluzelle (BLZ), Boba Network (BOBA), Celer Network (CELR), Nodle (NODL), Polkastarter (POLS), Marlin (POND), TrueFi (TRU) and Chain (XCN). Funding is now live, and trading was… Read More

August 28, 2022 @ 9:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

NearPay, a crypto finance protocol, has officially launched virtual crypto cards and its Wallet for iOS and Android “to bring the modern digital banking experience to the world of crypto.” NearPay Wallet is now “available on all platforms, including Web, iOS and Android. With NearPay… Read More

August 27, 2022 @ 5:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Abu Dhabi Blockchain and Virtual Assets Committee (ADBVAC) held its first meeting, “under the chairmanship of H.E Mohamed Ali Al Shorafa, Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development (ADDED) and Chairman Securities and Commodities Authority (SCA), to discuss strategy for blockchain and… Read More

August 27, 2022 @ 4:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Liminal, a wallet operations infrastructure, extended its existing partnership with Polygon to offer staking “within the digital wallet platform.” Digital asset holders may now “benefit from the security of Liminal’s self-custody wallets along with the earnings potential of staking on Polygon.” Furthermore, with this announcement… Read More

August 27, 2022 @ 4:23 pm By JD Alois  |  

OKX, a top crypto exchange with over 20 million customers, has issued a statement in advance of the upcoming Merge – when Ethereum will finally migrate from Proof of Work (PoW) to Proof of Stake (PoS). The announcement by OKX is to “ensure that users… Read More

August 27, 2022 @ 2:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Gate.io Group has announced the launch of its over-the-counter trading platform Gate OTC, which will “provide fully-licensed OTC crypto trading services catered to institutions and high-net-worth individuals.” Services are “offered in various countries around the world, supporting several mainstream cryptocurrencies.” The launch of Gate OTC… Read More

August 26, 2022 @ 5:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cowen Digital LLC, the digital asset division of Cowen Inc., has announced “a series of new appointments drawn from leading digital asset businesses to expand the firm’s Institutional sales team.” Among the executives reportedly “joining the team is Director of Institutional Sales, Jackie Rose, formerly… Read More

August 26, 2022 @ 4:20 pm By JD Alois  |  

Fiat-based stablecoins are only as good as what is backing the value. As we saw with TerraUSD, a dollar-based algorithmic stablecoin, little was there except hope and mirrors. Circle, the issuer of USDC – the second largest dollar-based stablecoin in circulation, posted an update yesterday… Read More

August 26, 2022 @ 12:09 pm By JD Alois  |  

Overstock (NASDAQ:OSTK), an e-commerce company, has announced an investment in tZERO, a digital asset issuance and trading platform. tZERO was once a wholly owned subsidiary of Overstock. In a corporate release, Overstock announced that it had completed the second tranche of a previously announced investment… Read More

August 25, 2022 @ 9:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

MEW (MyEtherWallet), the platform to access the Ethereum ecosystem, announced the launch of its mobile NFT Manager “within the MEW wallet app, a user-focused way to access non-fungible tokens (NFTs) on the go with an iOS or Android device.” App users “can now browse, purchase,… Read More