Blockchain & Digital Assets

April 24, 2022 @ 4:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at digital assets firm Binance recently noted that they are pleased to announce the appointment of Seth Levy, formerly from Citadel LLC and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), “as Binance’s Head of Market Surveillance.” Seth will be responsible for overseeing efforts “to… Read More

April 24, 2022 @ 4:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ETC Group has reportedly added an XRP backed investment product to its expanding digital assets portfolio of Exchange Traded Cryptocurrencies (ETCs) in Europe “which include BTCE, the world’s most traded crypto Exchange Traded Product (ETP).” ETC Group, which claims to be one of Europe’s leading… Read More

April 24, 2022 @ 11:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

DART (Digital Asset Registration Technologies, Inc.), a combined lien and eNote registry system developed by Figure Technologies, Inc. using blockchain technology, recently announced integrations with Blue Sage, a Cloud-based digital lending platform “for retail, wholesale and correspondent lenders, and Docutech, the … provider of document,… Read More

April 23, 2022 @ 4:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

MetaLend, the bank for the new digital economy, recently announced the closing of a $5 million seed round of financing, “led by Pantera Capital.” MetaLend’s investment round also included contributions from Collab+Currency, investor and board member of Sky Mavis; Ancient8, Vietnam’s largest gaming guild, and… Read More

April 21, 2022 @ 9:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Notifi, a messaging layer for Web3, has announced the launch of its SDK “to enable Web3 projects to drive communications at scale.” Solana’s SPL governance protocol is reportedly “the first to integrate and go live with the Notifi SDK, enabling DAO administrators to send real-time… Read More

April 21, 2022 @ 8:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

21Shares AG, a Swiss-based issuer of crypto Exchange Traded Products (ETPs), and the leading ETF provider, ETF Securities have “launched two funds that offer simple, cost-effective and direct access to cryptocurrency investments.” ETFS 21Shares Bitcoin ETF is “the first Australian ETF to invest directly in… Read More

April 21, 2022 @ 4:50 pm By JD Alois  |  

  Anchorage Digital Bank, the first-ever charted digital asset bank, has been hit with a consent order from the Office of the Currency of the Comptroller (OCC), the lead federal bank regulator. According to a statement by the OCC, that action was taken due to… Read More

April 21, 2022 @ 4:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Rainmaker Games recently announced the launch of a Discovery Platform for blockchain games “soon after a $6.5 million raise in December backed by CoinFund.” Each game on the platform “is rated and reviewed by a team of 50 players and analysts, providing much-needed gaming data… Read More

April 21, 2022 @ 3:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Blank-check company Global Blockchain Acquisition Corp. has reportedly filed for a $150M initial public offering (IPO) on Wednesday (April 20, 2022). The firm’s management noted that they plan to focus its search for an initial business combination on blockchain or DLT-related technology, economy, industries and… Read More

April 20, 2022 @ 6:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

In late January, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed amendments to the Exchange Act and the definition of an Exchange as well as Regulation ATS (Alternative Trading System). The proposal was opened to comments with a deadline of this week (April 18). The SEC… Read More

April 20, 2022 @ 4:39 pm By JD Alois  |  

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has moved once again to take action against Russian entities as part of the growing sanctions against the rogue nation and its unprovoked war against Ukraine. In the first action of its kind,… Read More

April 20, 2022 @ 11:28 am By JD Alois  |  

BlockApps, an enterprise blockchain provider, has raised $41 million in funding in a round led by Liberty City Ventures. BlockApps has its own blockchain platform – STRATO, which is in use as some large firms like Bayer, as well as the US government. Other new… Read More

April 20, 2022 @ 11:09 am By JD Alois  |  

ADDX, a full-service capital markets platform with Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) licenses for the issuance, custody, and secondary trading of digital securities, along with Singtel and UOB have priced Singapore’s largest foreign currency digital bond, to date. Digital bonds, or tokenised bonds, are issued… Read More

April 19, 2022 @ 11:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Impervious Technologies Inc. is pleased to confirm the close of their seed financing round, with participation from Bitcoin and privacy-focused investors including CoinShares, NYDIG, Trammell Venture Partners, Fundamental Labs, Strategic Cyber Ventures, TEN-31 and others “to scale the Peer-to-Peer (P2P) internet standard.” As noted in… Read More

April 19, 2022 @ 11:14 pm By JD Alois  |  

Robinhood (NASDAQ:HOOD) has agreed to acquire UK Fintech Ziglu. In a blog post today, Robinhood said the acquisition is part of its goal to expand internationally in the UK as well as continental Europe. Ziglu is a regulated e-Money institution that operates as a neobank… Read More

April 19, 2022 @ 4:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CoinDCX, which is among India’s leading players in the cryptocurrency sector, has finalized an oversubscribed round, over $135 million, in their Series D funding. The investment round was led by Pantera and Steadview along with contributions from investors such as Kingsway, DraperDragon, Republic, and Kindred…. Read More

April 19, 2022 @ 2:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Crypto exchange OKcoin recently announced that clients may now deposit, withdraw, and trade ENS, ZIL, ASTR, and ICX against USD via Okcoin. According to the digital asset exchange, here’s what you need to know about these four crypto tokens. This offer is for all Okcoin… Read More

April 19, 2022 @ 10:40 am By JD Alois  |  

Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS), the words most prominent investment bank and aspiring global Fintech, announced Q1 earnings today that topped estimates. Goldman reported net revenues of $12.93 billion and earnings of $3.94 billion or an EPS of $10.76. Estimates had pegged EPS at $8.89. During the… Read More

April 19, 2022 @ 9:25 am By JD Alois  |  

NFT creation platform Mintbase has announced a $7.5 million Seris A round backed by Coinbase Ventures, Libertus Capital, Sino Global Capital, Animoca Brands, Woodstock Fund, Fundamental Labs, and more. Mintbase said it will use some of the funding to offer grants to NFT projects and… Read More

April 19, 2022 @ 8:34 am By Omar Faridi  |  

CipherTrace, a Mastercard Company, has reported a significant increase in the number of payments “made to ransomware groups in 2021.” The growth in this criminal enterprise “is so large that the first six months of 2021 saw payments that matched the whole of 2020.” With… Read More