Blockchain & Digital Assets

April 4, 2022 @ 8:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance’s Chief Technology Officer, Rohit Wad recently shared why he decided to make the leap to crypto and blockchain, and the projects that “excite” him. Rohit noted that before the COVID-19 pandemic, his mother “didn’t even use credit cards.” He added that now, she knows… Read More

April 3, 2022 @ 5:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

  vEmpire DDAO, which claims to be the largest decentralized Metaverse, GameFi and NFT investment organization, has announced the launch of a staking pool for ApeCoin. ApeCoin is an ERC-20 governance and utility token used “within the wider Ape ecosystem, which has itself experienced [steady]… Read More

April 3, 2022 @ 3:57 pm By JD Alois  |  

Published last month, Steven L. Schwarcz, Duke University School of Law, has authored a paper on NFTs, Tokenization, and the Monetization of “Things”. The emergence of digital assets has empowered digital securities as well as other digital assets that may, or may not, have value. First,… Read More

April 3, 2022 @ 3:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at digital asset firm Gemini has added support for a new set of digital tokens. The following crypto tokens are available for trading on their API/FIX and ActiveTrader applications “for USD trading pairs, and on the Gemini Mobile App and website for USD,… Read More

April 3, 2022 @ 2:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently caught up with Markus Levin, Co-founder at XYO, a platform focused on developing a trustless system of Oracles that may enhance the existing location data systems. Levin talked about how the XYO platform is leveraging distributed ledger tech (DLT), smart contracts, and decentralized… Read More

April 3, 2022 @ 11:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

  OKX, a cryptocurrency exchange and ecosystem, has announced a partnership with Ethereum’s Layer 2 scaling solution for non-fungible tokens (NFTs), Immutable X. As mentioned in an update shared with CI, the partnership should “accelerate OKX’s strategy to make MetaX the DeFi portal of choice… Read More

April 2, 2022 @ 8:07 pm By JD Alois  |  

John Reed Stark, a former Securities and Exchange Commission official who at one point ran the SEC Office of Internet Enforcement, has posted a series of tweets sharing his belief that Web3 is little more than a “scourge and a scam.” Stark is currently a… Read More

April 2, 2022 @ 7:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The UK’s Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) has reportedly put the card schemes on notice that it is looking into their fees and how to assist merchants with entering better deals, including by promoting the alternative of account-to-account payments. While sharing its plans for 2022/23, the… Read More

April 2, 2022 @ 7:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ADGM will offer participants access to its Digital Lab, which is a “neutral” and “secure” digital environment where Fintech products and services may be tested The Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), an international financial center, has teamed up with financial software firm Finastra for its… Read More

April 2, 2022 @ 1:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

  Elastos, the provider of open-source solutions and developer of the first decentralized infrastructure for the Modern Internet (Web3), is pleased to confirm that its ecosystem DAO, Cyber Republic (CR), has now been incorporated into “a legal entity in the state of Delaware.” The filing… Read More

April 1, 2022 @ 6:52 pm By JD Alois  |  

AQRU plc (AQSE: AQRU), a DeFi incubator, has issued a statement that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Accru Finance Ltd., has signed up over 10,000 customer accounts and reached £16.5 million in assets under management (AUM) on its cryptocurrency yield-generating platform, AQRU.io. According to the website, users… Read More

April 1, 2022 @ 6:17 pm By JD Alois  |  

Acting Comptroller of the Currency, Michael J. Hsu, addressed the American Bankers this week speaking about “tail risks” – or low probability, high impact risk events. In a world pummelled by geopolitical challenges like Russia’s war with Ukraine, and the ever-present concern of cyberattacks, Hsu… Read More

April 1, 2022 @ 6:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Financial Stability Board (FSB) has released its work program for 2022. Priority areas of work and new initiatives, “including key deliverables to the G20 Indonesian Presidency,” are as follows: Supporting international cooperation and coordination on current financial stability issues. Against the backdrop of the… Read More

April 1, 2022 @ 1:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

TRM Labs, the provider of cryptocurrency anti-money laundering (AML) and investigations software, announced that former IRS-Criminal Investigations (IRS-CI) Special Agent Chris Janczewski has joined TRM “as Head of Global Investigations, bringing extraordinary investigative expertise to the next generation blockchain intelligence company.” While at IRS-CI, in… Read More

April 1, 2022 @ 9:34 am By JD Alois  |  

Christian Faes is one of the leading voices in the UK advocating on behalf of the Fintech ecosystem. He is a founder and Executive Chairman of LendInvest – a successful property financing platform that is now traded on the LSE, and the Chairman of Fintech… Read More

April 1, 2022 @ 8:27 am By JD Alois  |  

BitMEX, a crypto derivatives exchange and aspiring spot marketplace, has signed up Mercuryo, a  crypto payments company, for fiat-to-crypto purchases. According to a corporate statement, the integration means 21 more fiat currencies can be used to purchase Bitcoin, Ether, and Tether (ERC-20) on BitMEX. The… Read More

March 31, 2022 @ 6:49 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Centre, a consortium founded by Circle Internet Financial and Coinbase to serve as a network governing and standard-setting body for blockchain-based financial services, has added Polygon, a leading full-stack scaling solution for the Ethereum blockchain, and Credix, the institutional private credit marketplace on Solana, to its list… Read More

March 31, 2022 @ 6:25 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Visa is launching a new venture designed to help creators produce their own NFTs. The Visa Creator Program aims to help digital-first artists, musicians, fashion designers, and filmmakers generate revenue with NFTs. Each cycle of the program will support a selected group of entrepreneurs looking to… Read More

March 31, 2022 @ 4:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Crypto Raiders, a dungeon crawler role-playing game built on the blockchain that rewards players with NFTs, has announced $6 million in funding from DeFiance Capital and Delphi Digital which co-lead the round. GuildFi, Merit Circle, Three Arrows Capital, Yield Guild Games and others participated in… Read More

March 31, 2022 @ 3:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Polygon Network, a decentralized app (dApp) layer for Ethereum, has announced that “Polygon ID”, one of the first identity platforms powered by zero-knowledge (ZK) cryptography — privacy, and blockchain scaling technology, will be “ready before the year ends.” The blockchain-enabled ID for decentralized and… Read More