Blockchain & Digital Assets

July 8, 2022 @ 9:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Konvoy, an early-stage investment firm that invests at the frontier of gaming, has announced a new $150 million fund as it continues on its mission to be “the best-performing investment firm within the $200 billion video gaming industry, while a recent report from Gamesone has… Read More

July 8, 2022 @ 9:31 am By JD Alois  |  

Celsius Network, a once-prominent crypto lending and yield platform that bashed traditional banks, has been sued in the State of New York, blasted with allegations of operating a “classic Ponzi scheme.” Last month, Celsius effectively shut down operations. On June 13th, Celsius tweeted: [we] are… Read More

July 8, 2022 @ 8:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Algorand Foundation, whose mission is to grow the ecosystem of the “carbon-negative” Layer 1 blockchain invented by Turing Award winner and MIT professor Silvio Micali, Algorand, recently announced the appointment of Eric Wragge as Global Head of Business Development and Capital Markets. Wragge joins… Read More

July 7, 2022 @ 10:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Oasys, a blockchain developed specifically for the gaming community, announced that it has completed a private token sale round of $20 million “led by blockchain financing and investment platform, Republic Capital, with participation from Jump Crypto, Crypto.com, Huobi, Kucoin, Gate.io, bitbank and Mirana Ventures.’ Oasys… Read More

July 7, 2022 @ 7:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

qiibee, the blockchain-based B2B rewards marketplace, announced it has raised $4.8 million following the close of a seed funding round led by Z5 Capital. The raise also saw participation from other investors including: digital advertising group Meet The People; Ben Davey, former CEO of Barclays… Read More

July 7, 2022 @ 5:04 pm By JD Alois  |  

Security Token Market (STM) has launched a Reg CF securities offering with a unique spin. The company is issuing the forthcoming security as a digital asset leveraging the Avalanche blockchain. STM is labeling the offering the “first Web3” tokenized crowdfunding campaign. The securities offering will… Read More

July 7, 2022 @ 3:45 pm By JD Alois  |  

Rialto Markets has added over $1.2 billion in signed contracts from private company issuers. As the cost of going public has risen, fewer companies have pursued the option of raising capital in an IPO and trading on an exchange. This cost of compliance is predicted… Read More

July 7, 2022 @ 1:33 pm By JD Alois  |  

  It has been a tough few weeks for crypto assets. Fears of contagion ripped through the sector when several firms shut down withdrawals. This week, Voyager Digital filed for bankruptcy protection the in the US under Chapter 11. This was predicated by the pending… Read More

July 7, 2022 @ 9:47 am By JD Alois  |  

Even while Bitcoin is topping $20K and Ethereum is moving higher, Coinshares is out with a depressing report predicting there is more pain to come in the digital asset markets. Coinshares states that crypto assets are now firmly in bear market territory. The collapse of… Read More

July 7, 2022 @ 9:28 am By JD Alois  |  

Blockchain investment platform Blockchain Coinvestors has distributed a report covering sector unicorns – firms with a valuation of over one billion dollars. Blockchain Coinvestors reports assets under management of over $450 million. The firm investors in funds of funds, tokens and operates a direct investment… Read More

July 6, 2022 @ 8:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CoinShares International Limited (Nasdaq First North Growth Market: CS; US OTCQX: CNSRF), which claims to be one of Europe’s largest and “longest standing” digital asset investment firms is pleased to announce that, following receipt of approval from the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF), it has… Read More

July 6, 2022 @ 6:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cellebrite DI Ltd. (NASDAQ: CLBT), which claims to be a leader in Digital Intelligence (DI) solutions for the public and private sectors, and Chainalysis, the blockchain data platform, have launched a partnership to “enable customers to easily identify and assess criminal activity involving cryptocurrency during… Read More

July 6, 2022 @ 3:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Amber Group, a global digital asset platform, has announced the appointment of Benjamin Bai as its Chief Legal Officer. An industry veteran, Benjamin joins from Ant Group where he “served as its Vice President and Chief Intellectual Property (IP) and International Litigation Counsel.” Benjamin joins… Read More

July 6, 2022 @ 10:27 am By JD Alois  |  

Raul Malmstein, the Former head of Estonia’s financial regulator, will open a new office in Estonia for SG Veteris, a crypto firm.  He is the former chairman of the Management Board of the Estonian Financial Supervision Authority (EFSA), a position he held for eight years…. Read More

July 6, 2022 @ 9:58 am By JD Alois  |  

Voyager Digital (TSX: VOYG) (OTCQX: VYGVF), a digital asset trading platform, has filed for bankruptcy following a difficult couple of weeks for the company. Voyager is emblematic of crypto contagion fears as counter-party risk has caused several firms to pause operations or, in this case,… Read More

July 6, 2022 @ 8:36 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital asset firm Kraken is pleased to announce that their crypto trading platform now supports Interlay (INTR). You can add INTR to your Kraken account “by navigating to Funding, selecting the asset, and hitting Deposit.” Trading will “begin June 30th.” Here’s what you need to… Read More

July 5, 2022 @ 11:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CACEIS is a major player in the fast-evolving asset servicing sector and “aims to broaden its offering on digital assets with services that meet clients’ growing demand.” Accordingly, CACEIS signed an agreement with Taurus, a Swiss company that claims to be a European market leader… Read More

July 5, 2022 @ 7:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

This summer, Gemini is making it easier for users to participate in the Solana ecosystem with Gemini’s Solana Summer fee promotion. Starting on July 1, 2022, the digital asset firm is “offering free USD trades to ActiveTrader and API (FIX and REST) users on the… Read More

July 5, 2022 @ 6:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance Labs, the VC division and accelerator of Binance, and Republic co-led the seed funding round of Magic Square, the first “community-driven” Web3 multi-chain crypto app store. Magic Square provides Web3 solutions “to make crypto more accessible for all.” Users can discover and experience various… Read More

July 5, 2022 @ 4:57 pm By JD Alois  |  

MiCA, Markets in Crypto Assets legislation, is still being digested by industry insiders. The goal is to provide a regulated path for digital asset innovation – sufficient protections to guard against abuse but still empowering industry participants to create new products and services within a… Read More