Blockchain & Digital Assets

December 19, 2022 @ 8:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Blockchain Intelligence Group, a key player focused on blockchain investigations, owned by BIGG Digital Assets, Inc. (CSE: BIGG), announced the availability of the Cardano and Stacks blockchains on its platform, which “provides crypto firms, law enforcement, banks and government intelligence and security for cryptocurrency transactions.”… Read More

December 19, 2022 @ 2:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Umbria Network recently shared key updates, milestones from 2022 including new products, bridges and partnerships. The platform’s developers also provided updates on their expansion efforts within the Web3 ecosystem. In addition to the recently reported increase in transactions on its cross-chain bridge platform, Umbria Network… Read More

December 19, 2022 @ 10:45 am By JD Alois  |  

LumiShare (previously IllumiShare), a digital asset management ecosystem, has raised $3.2 million in a funding round led by the Abu Dhabi royal family. According to a company statement, the funds were part of the early stages of its Abu-Dhabi-licensed $SRG token presale.  The funding will… Read More

December 19, 2022 @ 10:24 am By JD Alois  |  

Bitbond has added support for Fantom Blockchain, according to a statement issued by the company. Fantom Blockchain is a high-performance distributed ledger technology that aims to provide a superior alternative to established blockchains. Fantom touts its “unparalleled speed, security, and reliability” along with instant transactions… Read More

December 19, 2022 @ 9:21 am By JD Alois  |  

CoinShares International Limited (Nasdaq Stockholm: CS)(OTCQX: CNSRF), a European digital asset platform, has listed its shares on Nasdaq Stockholm’s main market. CoinShares was approved to trade its shares earlier this month with a prospectus published on December 14th. There was no capital raise with the… Read More

December 19, 2022 @ 8:47 am By JD Alois  |  

Voyager Digital, a crypto firm working its way through bankruptcy, is selling its assets to Binance US – the US facing subsidiary of global crypto exchange Binance. Voyager fell prey to the various crypto failures as it found itself on the wrong end of a… Read More

December 19, 2022 @ 8:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Talos, the premier provider of institutional digital asset trading technology, released survey findings from Coalition Greenwich revealing that US Financial Advisors (FAs) are fielding significantly “increased demand from investors for digital assets despite the current crypto winter.” Conducted in partnership with Talos, the survey reported… Read More

December 19, 2022 @ 12:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

United Fintech, the end-to-end solution for banking technology, announced the 100 percent acquisition of Cobalt, the provider of critical risk and data services to the FX and digital asset markets. The acquisition elevates United Fintech’s position “as the leading end-to-end solution connecting financial institutions with… Read More

December 18, 2022 @ 11:18 pm By JD Alois  |  

Securities brokerage CGS-CIMB Singapore has enabled access to ADDX, a digital securities private market. Accredited investors may now access ADDX offerings on CGS-CIMB. Previously, CGS-CIMB mainly offered traditional securities. ADDX offers access to its listed deals via a plugin to simplify integration.  CGS-CIMB was one… Read More

December 18, 2022 @ 11:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fireblocks, an “easy-to-use” platform to create innovative products on the blockchain and manage day-to-day crypto operations, announced that it has become the first company to have its digital asset infrastructure system “certified by the CryptoCurrency Certification Consortium (C4) as a CryptoCurrency Security Standard (CCSS) Level… Read More

December 18, 2022 @ 10:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The EY organization announced an alliance between TaxBit, a tax and accounting technology provider for cryptocurrency and other digital assets (e.g., non-fungible tokens (NFTs)), and Ernst & Young LLP (EY US) “to help organizations meet tax reporting requirements for digital assets.” Regulators are starting “to… Read More

December 18, 2022 @ 10:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

THORChain, a non-custodial decentralized native asset protocol that enables wallets, decentralized exchanges (DEXs), and users to seamlessly transfer their digital assets across blockchains, has completed its integration with Trust Wallet, a self-custodial and multi-chain wallet provider. This integration “unlocks decentralized multichain swaps for the more… Read More

December 18, 2022 @ 5:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ConsenSys, a Web3 company, announced that U.S. MetaMask users will be able to purchase crypto (ETH) from “within the app” using PayPal. MetaMask will reportedly “be the first Web3 wallet to leverage PayPal to drive more successful on-ramp transactions.” Initially available to select PayPal users… Read More

December 18, 2022 @ 2:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital asset firm Gemini says it’s pleased to announce that individuals and institutions in Greece and Bulgaria can now “open a Gemini account to deposit, trade, and custody over 100 cryptocurrencies.” Consumers in these additional two markets “can securely access Gemini’s website or mobile app… Read More

December 18, 2022 @ 11:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Neo Global Development (NGD) has accepted Pink Paper, ‘a decentralized content publishing platform, into the EcoBoost program.” Through EcoBoost, Neo will “provide Pink Paper with support and incubation opportunities to help the project enter the market.” EcoBoost is “a business incubation program focused on building… Read More

December 17, 2022 @ 3:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital asset firm Okcoin reveals that users can can now buy 10 additional tokens via their crypto trading platform – Badger Finance (BADGER), DYDX Exchange (DYDX), Ampleforth (FORTH), Kusama (KSM), Immutable X (IMX), Mask Network (MASK), Mina Protocol (MINA), Numeraire (NMR), Storj (STORJ), and 0x… Read More

December 17, 2022 @ 2:19 pm By JD Alois  |  

  The trifecta of legal action against Sam Bankman-Fried and the failure of FTX blossomed this past week as the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York filed criminal charges against Bankman-Fried. These charges were joined by civil charges filed by both the… Read More

December 16, 2022 @ 8:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

MoneyGram (NASDAQ: MGI) is pleased to support our partners at the Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) on the launch of Stellar Aid Assist, which is described as “a first-of-its-kind blockchain-powered aid disbursement system that delivers relief funds quickly, affordably and efficiently to individuals in crisis.” As… Read More

December 16, 2022 @ 7:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Finterest, which claims to be the “first” crypto lending protocol available on the Internet Computer (ICP) built to support native Bitcoin borrowing and lending, announced the close of its $1.5 million seed round. Investors reportedly “include Polychain Capital via the Beacon Fund, an Internet Computer-focused… Read More

December 16, 2022 @ 4:27 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC)  has identified 14 specific financial vulnerabilities impacting the markets in its annual report. The Council incorporates the participation of all the major US financial regulators, including the Secretary of the Treasury, who acts as the Chair of the Council…. Read More