Blockchain & Digital Assets

December 13, 2021 @ 11:26 am By JD Alois  |  

CoinShares reports that $88 million flowed into digital assets last week during a time of significant volatility as Bitcoin moves lower, well off of all-time highs. CoinShares adds that while some providers experienced inflows others experienced outflows representing as much as 11% of assets under… Read More

December 13, 2021 @ 10:38 am By JD Alois  |  

Genesis Custody Limited has been authorized by the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) as a Registered Cryptoasset Business. Genesis is a digital currency prime brokerage. Genesis Custody provides multi-asset cold storage for full custody of client assets. Genisis states that clients’ private keys are fully… Read More

December 13, 2021 @ 9:37 am By JD Alois  |  

Binance has shut down its Singapore-facing crypto exchange. The news follows a series of events that have eventually led to Binance exiting the top Asian Fintech market with a wholly owned trading platform. Binance Singapore was originally granted an exemption from holding a license under… Read More

December 12, 2021 @ 3:39 pm By JD Alois  |  

Alter, formerly doing business as Altermail, reports that it has raised USD$ 1 million in seed funding. The venture capital firms participating in the funding round include Sky Vision Capital, Iconium, Magnus Capital, Sienna Network, Secret Swap, R930 Capital, Xavier Venture Group and Crypto Jalal… Read More

December 12, 2021 @ 3:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Beginning on December 9, 2021, API3 (API3), Bluzelle (BLZ), Circuits of Value (COVAL), Gods Unchained (GODS), Immutable X (IMX), Measurable Data Token (MDT), mStable USD (MUSD) and Ribbon Finance (RBN) are available on Coinbase.com and via the Coinbase Android and iOS apps. Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) clients… Read More

December 12, 2021 @ 1:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis recently announced product support for the Lightning Network (LN), which is a Layer-2 protocol built on the Bitcoin (BTC) blockchain that enables “faster, cheaper transactions.” With Lightning, small, recurring transactions that wouldn’t be economical to carry out on the blockchain due… Read More

December 12, 2021 @ 12:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital asset platform CoinList is pleased to confirm that registrations for the pSTAKE Token Sale are currently open. pSTAKE is the protocol that “unlocks liquidity for your staked assets,” the update from CoinList explained. The company also mentioned that with pSTAKE, you can “stake your… Read More

December 12, 2021 @ 12:33 pm By JD Alois  |  

Empower Oversight Whistleblowers & Research (EMPOWR) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to enhancing independent oversight of government and corporate wrongdoing, has filed a lawsuit challenging the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to disclose conflicts of interest regarding the regulation of crypto. EMPOWR has filed… Read More

December 11, 2021 @ 12:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nervos will reportedly be integrating the Kava network with their cross-chain Force Bridge product to “enable the bridging of liquidity between Kava and Nervos.” As explained in a blog post, the integration will allow for “the movement of native assets between the chains, giving $CKB… Read More

December 10, 2021 @ 7:42 pm By JD Alois  |  

Ledger, a wallet solution for crypto, is enabling staking for the Internet Computer Protocol (ICP) token. According to a statement by Ledger, it is partnering with the Dfinity Foundation, a contributor to the Internet Computer, a blockchain that runs at web speed, serves the web,… Read More

December 10, 2021 @ 6:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

BitPay, a provider of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency payment services, has announced that due to significant demand, merchants may immediately accept Shiba Inu (SHIB) for payments and consumers may purchase, store and swap SHIB in the BitPay Wallet app. Even though it began as a meme,… Read More

December 10, 2021 @ 5:11 pm By JD Alois  |  

Meta, formerly known as Facebook (NASDAQ:FB), has enabled its digital wallet Novi to transfer funds using Paxos’ dollar-based stablecoin USDP via WhatsApp – another Meta company. Paxos is a top digital asset platform in the US that has pursued a compliance-first approach to providing crypto… Read More

December 10, 2021 @ 11:18 am By JD Alois  |  

Casper Association, a non-profit that oversees the Casper Network, has integrated its  native token, CSPR with the BitKeep wallet. Casper is a proof of stake blockchain designed to accelerate enterprise and developer adoption of blockchain technology today.  Casper boasts lower gas fees  and improved speeds… Read More

December 10, 2021 @ 7:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Parallel Finance, an institutional-grade lending protocol for decentralized finance (DeFi), has reportedly secured the fourth slot in the Polkadot parachain auctions. Over 30,000 contributors have “contributed a total of 10.75 million Polkadot (DOT) tokens during the fourth round of the auction, equivalent to $306 million,”… Read More

December 10, 2021 @ 7:46 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Domination Finance, a non-custodial, decentralized exchange for dominance trading, has announced the launch of its liquidity vault “as part of the industry’s broader move towards DeFi 2.0.” As mentioned in an update shared with Crowdfund Insider, the vault represents “the first of its kind, allowing… Read More

December 9, 2021 @ 5:48 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Polygon, Ethereum’s most used scaling platform, today announced a $400 million deal with zero-knowledge (ZK) startup Mir as part of the next step in scaling Ethereum and bringing millions of users to Web 3. With this acquisition, Polygon said it gains access to the world’s… Read More

December 9, 2021 @ 4:17 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Binance Asia Services, the blockchain ecosystem and cryptocurrency provider behind Binance.sg, today announced they have taken a post-money stake of 18 per cent in Hg Exchange (HGX), subject to regulatory requirements. HGX is a Southeast Asian member-driven private securities exchange, founded by financial institutions PhillipCapital,… Read More

December 9, 2021 @ 11:10 am By JD Alois  |  

Tokeny, a European tokenization platform, is enabling the Tokenchampion’s tokenization. Tokenchampion is said to be the first investment fund that tokenized debt for the “acquisition and management of international football players’ image rights.” Luc Falempin, Tokeny founder and CEO, commented on the news: “The Tokenchampions… Read More

December 9, 2021 @ 9:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Pontoro, the financial tech firm focused on creating the first institutional-grade digital asset securitization and liquidity platform to address “the $15 trillion shortfall in infrastructure debt finance by enabling broader investor participation,” has announced a $6 million preferred seed round that was led by Ulu… Read More

December 9, 2021 @ 9:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Zeta Markets, a decentralized finance (DeFi) futures and options exchange built on Solana, has announced that it finalized an $8.5M funding round that was led by Jump Capital. The investment round, carried out via private token sale, had participation from Race Capital, Electric Capital, DACM,… Read More