Blockchain & Digital Assets

September 20, 2022 @ 1:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The “first” in-game NFTs have been minted on Efinity with the launch of the MetaHome NFT collection, immediately usable in MyMetaverse’s full suite of games. MyMetaverse, a game development company specializing in creator-led metaverses with play-and-earn economies, “ensured that on launch, the NFTs perform different… Read More

September 20, 2022 @ 11:06 am By JD Alois  |  

SEBA Bank, a Switzerland-based regulated “crypto-bank”, has been awarded the 2022 Digital Wealth Management Impact Award for “Digital Asset Offering’’ by global consultancy, Aite-Novarica Group. Mathias Schütz, Head of Client and Tech Solutions at SEBA Bank, commented on the award: “We are thrilled that our… Read More

September 20, 2022 @ 10:25 am By JD Alois  |  

Prime Trust, a longtime bulwark in the securities crowdfunding sector that has moved decisively into the digital asset industry, is exiting its Fund America business – an operation that started during the early days of crowdfunding in the US. The decision has been made due… Read More

September 20, 2022 @ 8:35 am By JD Alois  |  

The Merge was completed last week successfully migrating Ethereum from Proof of Work (PoW) to Proof of Stake (PoS). The transition was not a foregone conclusion and the success was greeted with plaudits as well as relief. But while the Merge addressed some of the… Read More

September 20, 2022 @ 1:05 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Likvidi, a regenerative finance (ReFi) company, has announced the launch of its Origins Collection; the “first-ever” carbon credit-yielding NFTs. Holders of Origins NFTs can “earn tokenized carbon credits which they can use to offset their carbon footprint.” This is the first of a line of… Read More

September 19, 2022 @ 11:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

As the first of several other planned announcements to come from the region, OpenNode intends to test a bitcoin payment processing and payouts solution via the Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB’s) Regulatory Sandbox. Bitcoin payments had “been non-existent in the island nation until now, which… Read More

September 19, 2022 @ 11:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Reltime AS, which claims to be “disruptive” global Web3 and Metaverse financial technology company, and Triskel Capital Ltd. have entered into a long-term strategic partnership “to change the way people and businesses in Latin America financially interact and transact.” Together with Reltime as its “next-generation”… Read More

September 19, 2022 @ 10:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

EMTECH, a central banking infrastructure provider, announced it will take part in the recently announced Technical Sandbox Program by The Digital Dollar Project in order “to explore the new possibilities of a U.S. CBDC ‘Digital Dollar’.” As one of the 4 announced technical vendors, EMTECH… Read More

September 19, 2022 @ 8:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Chainalysis has shared their 2022 Global Crypto Adoption Index Report. For the third consecutive year, Chainalysis ranked all countries “by grassroots cryptocurrency adoption. While commenting on what is grassroots adoption of cryptocurrency, Chainalysis explained that they could easily rank countries by “raw” cryptocurrency transaction volume,… Read More

September 19, 2022 @ 3:43 pm By JD Alois  |  

The House Financial Services Committee, Subcommittee on National Security, International Development and Monetary Policy will convene a hybrid hearing entitled, “Under the Radar: Alternative Payment Systems and the National Security Impacts of Their Growth.” According to the hearing memo, alternative payment systems can operate independently… Read More

September 19, 2022 @ 3:31 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) says it has issued a Cease & Desist against Sparkster Ltd., and its CEO Sajjad Daya for offering unregistered digital asset securities. According to the SEC’s complaint, the SPRK token offering took place from April 2018 through July 2018,… Read More

September 19, 2022 @ 12:04 pm By JD Alois  |  

Today, everything is down in crypo-land. Bitcoin is sinking. Ethereum is wobbling and little to nothing is going up. This is largely due to macroeconomic factors. Soaring inflation, rising interest rates, the war in Ukraine… There is no end in sight to the gloom and… Read More

September 19, 2022 @ 10:04 am By JD Alois  |  

It has been widely reported that the European Central Bank (ECB), has selected Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) alongside CaixaBank, Worldline AS, Nexi SpA, and EPI, to participate in a prototyping exercise as part of a review of a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) or digital Euro. The… Read More

September 19, 2022 @ 8:50 am By JD Alois  |  

Bitbond already offers a “no-code asset tokenization” service and today it is announcing a new tool – a Token Portfolio Tracker for user s to monitor tokens across various chains. The new service is a feature that comes at no additional cost and is free… Read More

September 19, 2022 @ 1:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Lago DAO recently voted to pass its first proposal, “putting in motion a series of events resulting in the birth of a new decentralized digital currency: USD2.” USD2 is implemented on the Kadena blockchain via smart contracts, which are “controlled by the Lago DAO.”… Read More

September 18, 2022 @ 7:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ocean Protocol, the Web3 platform to unlock data services for AI and business innovation, has teamed up with Chainstep, Datarella, Fetch.ai, peaq and 51nodes “to develop the system architecture for European mobility with the preservation of data autonomy as its core principle, within the Gaia-X… Read More

September 18, 2022 @ 5:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently connected with Tamas Kadar, CEO and co-founder at SEON., which aims to harness the power of AI to protect your business from fraud, get a 360° view of customers, and increase conversion rates. Kadar talked about the latest issues involving e-commerce fraud. His… Read More

September 18, 2022 @ 4:40 pm By JD Alois  |  

Consensys, an Ethereum-focused firm, says the successful Merge for Ethereum has reduced its carbon footprint by 99.99% – higher than initially anticipated. Last week, the Merge completed where Ethereum migrated from Proof of Work (PoW) to Proof of Stake (PoS) thus eliminating the high utilization… Read More

September 18, 2022 @ 4:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance Labs, the venture capital arm and accelerator of Binance, has made a strategic investment in Aptos Labs, a next-generation layer-1 blockchain “built with safety and user experience in mind.” This is “a follow-on investment that comes after the first round of funding announced in… Read More

September 18, 2022 @ 3:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Now that Ethereum (ETH), the world’s largest smart contract platform, has completed the Merge, it’s time to get ready for the next set of Ethereum upgrades – “the Surge, Verge, Purge, and Splurge.” As noted in an update released via an OKX – Okcoin research… Read More