Blockchain & Digital Assets

April 29, 2022 @ 12:38 pm By JD Alois  |  

Genesis, a crypto asset spot and derivatives trading platform, has distributed a report on Q1 performance. According to Genesis, it was a record quarter in crypto derivatives trading in contrast to the lower crypto trading volumes and volatile market exacerbated by the war in Ukraine,… Read More

April 29, 2022 @ 11:01 am By JD Alois  |  

CoinFLEX, a crypto futures exchange and yield platform, has announced the launch of a US-facing marketplace CoinFLEX.US. CoinFLEX is ostensibly based in Seychelles. Based in Miami – a burgeoning Fintech hub, the US subsidiary will offer zero-fee trading and interest-earning stablecoin flexUSD. CoinFLEX is backed… Read More

April 28, 2022 @ 11:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Evvio Inc., a Fintech firm focused on next-gen digital commerce, has announced its collaboration with Vite Labs, a “zero-fee” fast blockchain company. Evvio and Vite’s collaboration is “grounded in a shared vision that next generation e-commerce will eliminate the need for credit cards, bank accounts… Read More

April 28, 2022 @ 10:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Liminal, an “enterprise-grade” platform for digital asset custody, has announced a partner program with Avalanche, which claims to be the “fastest” smart contracts platform in the blockchain industry, “to secure projects built on their platform.” As noted in an update shared with CI, the collaboration… Read More

April 28, 2022 @ 10:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The XYO Network (Coinbase: $XYO), which claims to be the “first” blockchain geospatial oracle network backed with cryptography, has reported “record” financial results for the full fiscal year “ending December 31, 2021.” Among its 2021 achievements, the company “doubled in revenue for the full fiscal… Read More

April 28, 2022 @ 9:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

OneOf, which claims to be the premier “green” NFT platform for music, sports and bands, is partnering with international crypto payments provider MoonPay “to integrate NFT technology into users’ everyday lives, making the process of purchasing NFTs easier than ever.” As mentioned in an update… Read More

April 28, 2022 @ 9:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Blackhawk Network, an international branded payments provider, recently announced that it is teaming up with NFT and blockchain wallet provider, Bitski, in order to distribute the “first” promotion for an NFT with the purchase of a gift card, “offering both real and virtual (Web3) world… Read More

April 28, 2022 @ 2:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ondo Finance has finalized a $20 million Series A to accelerate the adoption of DeFi “among mainstream investors.” This latest investment round was led by Founders Fund, the venture capital firm founded by Peter Thiel, and Pantera Capital. The funding will “allow Ondo to build… Read More

April 28, 2022 @ 12:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Propy, which claims to be the “premier” blockchain powered, real estate transaction and offer platform, and Abra, a digital asset wealth management platform, have announced a partnership that will “enable Propy customers to buy real estate by securing a loan using their digital assets as… Read More

April 28, 2022 @ 10:38 am By JD Alois  |  

Oddity, an early-stage beauty and health startup that has captured significant traction, has posted the information on its security token offering which is being powered by Securitize. As was reported yesterday, Oddity CEO and co-founder Oran Holtzman said they are democratizing investor opportunity by offering… Read More

April 28, 2022 @ 9:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Venly, a “major” blockchain tech provider from Belgium, announced that it has secured over €21 million (appr. $23 million) in Series A funding, led by Courtside Ventures along with contributions from Transcend Fund, Coinbase Ventures, Tioga Capital, High-Tech Gründerfonds, Fortino, Plug and Play, Leadblock Partners,… Read More

April 28, 2022 @ 9:35 am By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission has issued charges against Block Bits Capital, LLC, Block Bits Capital GP I, LLC, and the co-founders Japheth Dillman and David Mata, alleging fraudulent offering of unregistered securities. Block Bits along with Dillman and Mata, apparently raised about $1 million… Read More

April 28, 2022 @ 9:17 am By JD Alois  |  

French biotech firm HCS Pharma, will be offering pre-IPO securities via a security token offering on the European Digital Assets Exchange or EDSX. EDSX entered the digital security space earlier this month announcing that it had completed all of the necessary requirements to operate as an… Read More

April 28, 2022 @ 8:51 am By JD Alois  |  

The House Committee on Financial Services has a busy day planned. Frist, a full Committee hearing is scheduled to address “Oversight of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network”  or FinCEN. FinCEN is the enforcement arm of the US Department of Treasury. Himamauli “Him” Das, Acting Director… Read More

April 28, 2022 @ 8:29 am By Omar Faridi  |  

21Shares AG, which claims to be the largest issuer of cryptocurrency exchange traded products (ETPs), has announced the listing of the 21Shares ByteTree BOLD ETP (BOLD) on the SIX Swiss Exchange, the “world’s first” ETP that combines Bitcoin and Gold. BOLD has been developed “in… Read More

April 27, 2022 @ 11:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Celer Network, a multi-chain operating system, recently announced the mainnet launch of its inter-chain messaging (IM) framework. The mainnet launch is the culmination of years of collaboration and refinement that “brings to the market a bespoke, user-friendly framework that fundamentally changes how multi-blockchain decentralized applications… Read More

April 27, 2022 @ 10:25 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) will hold a public roundtable on May 25, 2022, to discuss issues related to intermediation in derivatives trading and clearing. Non-intermediation and the discussion on this topic will probably address distributed ledger technology and the advent of DeFi or… Read More

April 27, 2022 @ 10:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

FT Partners recently shared their Q1 2022 Fintech Insights Report. As noted in the update from FT Partners, it has been a record year for financing in Fintech. The firm is internationally known for its expertise in the Fintech industry. FT Partners has associations with… Read More

April 27, 2022 @ 7:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Eventus, which claims to be a leading international provider of multi-asset class trade surveillance and market risk solutions, and FTX.COM, a global cryptocurrency exchange, announced that FTX has contracted with Eventus “to deploy the firm’s Validus platform for trade surveillance and risk monitoring on all… Read More

April 27, 2022 @ 6:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Maple (MPL), an institutional crypto-capital marketplace powered by blockchain tech, recently announced its launch on the Solana blockchain. As mentioned in an update shared with CI, this launch reportedly makes Maple one of the first undercollateralized lending protocols on the Solana blockchain, “and the first… Read More