Blockchain & Digital Assets

December 7, 2021 @ 11:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

CME Group, which claims to be the most diverse derivatives marketplace, has launched Micro Ether futures, further “expanding its suite of cryptocurrency derivatives offerings, and marking its second micro cryptocurrency product this year.” Tim McCourt, CME Group Global Head of Equity Index and Alternative Investment… Read More

December 7, 2021 @ 10:20 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Phase One of the NEVM launch is now officially complete, the Syscoin team announced in a recent update. Their Bitcoin-secured Layer 1 for EVM smart contracts “reached mainnet on block 1,317,500, December 6th, 2021,” according to an update shared with Crowdfund Insider. With this upgrade… Read More

December 7, 2021 @ 10:07 am By JD Alois  |  

Solana-based NFT platform Holaplex has raised $6 million in seed funding according to a public statement. The funding was led by CoinFund with participation by Social Capital, Valor, Collab+Currency, Blockchain Coinvestors, and Solana Capital. The funding is said to support the growth and development of the… Read More

December 7, 2021 @ 9:00 am By JD Alois  |  

The HBAR Foundation, the entity that aims to boost the development of the Hedera ecosystem, has announced a partnership with DECA4, a blockchain consultancy based in the UAE. The partnership is expected to help build and support decentralized projects in the Middle East on the… Read More

December 7, 2021 @ 7:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

SETL, a blockchain settlement and payment infrastructure provider, reveals that it has had one of those “breakthrough moments” after its Regulated Liability Network (RLN) was reportedly able to demonstrate that it successfully processed 1 million transactions per second (TPS). The RLN is described as a… Read More

December 6, 2021 @ 10:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

UniTeller, a global remittance payments processor with head offices in the US, has reportedly extended its remittance services to more clients residing in the Asia Pacific by teaming up with Malaysia’s cross-border payments Fintech Tranglo. UniTeller’s partnership with Tranglo will enable UniTeller to continue expanding… Read More

December 6, 2021 @ 10:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Beginning on December 2, 2021, people may sign up to get first access to the Blockchain.com NFT marketplace. In the coming weeks, users may start purchasing, selling, and storing non-fungible tokens or NFTs right inside their Blockchain.com Wallet. As mentioned in an update from Blockchain.com… Read More

December 6, 2021 @ 5:49 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crypto 1 Acquisition Corp. a special purpose acquisition corporation (SPAC), is expected to trade on the Nasdaq this week. The securities of the SPAC were certified on Friday, and registration was approved on the same day. In fact, Nasdaq has them on their calendar to… Read More

December 6, 2021 @ 3:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In the Caribbean, a new neobanking platform has been introduced. It aims to offer all the features provided by digital banking platforms along with support for crypto-assets. As mentioned in an announcement, neobank Migom offers banking services to SMEs operating in emerging markets. Migom Bank‘s… Read More

December 6, 2021 @ 3:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently caught up with James Bayly, the Head Of Business Development at SubQuery & OnFinality. Bayly explained that SubQuery serves as a decentralized data aggregation, indexing, and querying layer between L-1 chains and dApps. He confirmed that his team is focused on Polkadot (DOT)… Read More

December 6, 2021 @ 2:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Matt Kaufman, Attorney/Partner at Hathaway & Kunz, LLP, noted on December 2, 2021, that it was a big day for Wyoming, due to the official launch of the Wyoming Chancery Court. As explained by Kaufman, it is a new home court for digital asset disputes… Read More

December 6, 2021 @ 9:39 am By JD Alois  |  

After hitting a new all-time high last month, Bitcoin has tanked dramatically.  In the past 30 days, Bitcoin has dropped over 20% – no fun for investors that purchased the world’s most popular crypto asset at a higher price. Yet, this type of volatility for… Read More

December 6, 2021 @ 8:55 am By JD Alois  |  

Bitmart, a crypto exchange that touts itself as “the most trusted cryptocurrency trading platform,” has lost $150 million in assets, according to a tweet by Bitmart CEO Sheldon Xia. Other reports have placed the value far higher at around $200 million. Bitmart operates in just… Read More

December 6, 2021 @ 7:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at CertiK recently revealed that they closed an $80M, Series B2 round of financial funding. As noted by CertiK in a blog post: “What makes this so interesting is that this round not only is the single largest round of fundraising for a… Read More

December 5, 2021 @ 7:02 pm By JD Alois  |  

24 Exchange, a trading platform that has a mission is to enable the “most cost-effective trades across a growing range of asset classes, 24 hours a day” has raised $14.25 million led by Point72 Ventures. Point72 Ventures is Steve Cohen’s VC firm. Cohen is a… Read More

December 5, 2021 @ 6:44 pm By JD Alois  |  

It was a tough couple of weeks for Celsius Network. Celsius is a neobank platform that touts its ability to generate returns on parked crypto. Currently, Celsius is promoting potential returns of over 17%. As was widely rumored, Celsius Network was impacted by the Badger… Read More

December 5, 2021 @ 5:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin-focused Fintech firm Blockstream has published its Markets Weekly report., Blockstream‘s report, dated December 3, 2021, notes that Fidelity has established a new BTC ETF in Canada, while GS is considering BTC lending. As mentioned in the report, VanEck has filed for a mining ETF,… Read More

December 5, 2021 @ 1:22 pm By Xu Gao  |  

The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Issues the “14th Five-Year Plan for Big Data industry development” On November 30th, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology released the “14th Five-Year Plan for the Development of Big Data Industry” (hereinafter referred to as the Plan)…. Read More

December 4, 2021 @ 2:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Uppsala Security, a provider of security tools and services for Crypto AML/CTF, Transaction Risk Management, Regulatory Compliance, Transaction Tracking, and Cyber Security, has announced a new joint cooperation with Matrix USA, a US based firm that focuses on “building and strengthening business relationships in the… Read More

December 4, 2021 @ 11:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Okcoin, a fast-growing crypto platform, has announced that it’s kicking off the next phase of its mission to make the digital asset industry more inclusive via the introduction of a $1 million commitment to bring “more women into crypto.” Okcoin also announced the inaugural member… Read More