Blockchain & Digital Assets

March 17, 2022 @ 3:56 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Bank of Canada has announced a partnership with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on a project to investigate the potential of issuing a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC). Some time ago, the US Federal Reserve made a similar announcement of a project with… Read More

March 17, 2022 @ 3:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Japanese web app developer Omochi has announced its pre-registration of “tomonity” NFT marketplace on the IOST blockchain. Tomonity’s “unique” benefits for its users reportedly include “free” transactions and a built-in wallet that “eliminates the pain of creating and importing a crypto wallet for new users.”… Read More

March 17, 2022 @ 11:56 am By JD Alois  |  

EQONEX Limited (NASDAQ: EQOS) has selected Jonathan Farnell as its new CEO and Member of the Board of Directors. Farnell was previously the Head of Binance UK and CEO of Bifinity. The current interim CEO Andrew Eldon will revert back to his primary roles of… Read More

March 17, 2022 @ 8:51 am By JD Alois  |  

Arca has hired three new executives according to a company release. Arca is a digital asset platform that is compliance first, aiming to enable sophisticated investors access to the fast growing digital asset industry.  Arca reports that it has been building “institutional-inspired” processes as financial… Read More

March 17, 2022 @ 1:37 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

NOYACK Logistics Income (NLI), a REIT investing in supply chain real estate sponsored by NOYACK Capital, is now accepting cryptocurrency payments for shares via a partnership with BitPay, the companies announced this week. Investors can pay their tabs with Bitcoin (BTC), Bitcoin Cash (BCH), Dogecoin (DOGE), Ethereum (ETH),… Read More

March 16, 2022 @ 7:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT) has announced that State Street Digital, the company’s dedicated digital unit, has now added three veteran digital executives to its leadership team. Katie Richards joins “as global head of operations” and Marcus Grubb as the “global head of product.” Both… Read More

March 16, 2022 @ 5:32 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Treehouse, a data and analytics company, today announced a US$18 million seed round raise. An undisclosed fintech investor led the round with participation from a group including Mirana Ventures, Lightspeed, MassMutual Ventures, Binance, Global Founders Capital, Jump Capital, Moonvault Capital, Wintermute, GSR, K3 Ventures, LeadBlock… Read More

March 16, 2022 @ 2:28 pm By JD Alois  |  

Exodus, a multi-asset software wallet that aims to make crypto and digital assets easy for everyone, has commenced trading its security on Securitize Markets. Securitize is a digital asset securities firm that operates an Alternative Trading System (ATS). Exodus is a unique digital security. It… Read More

March 16, 2022 @ 1:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

American Express (NYSE: AXP) has reportedly filed trademark applications in order to register its official name, logo, as well as its slogans for a range of banking services in the Metaverse. In an applications submitted this month, reviewed by Metaverse trademark attorney Michael Kondoudis, Amex… Read More

March 16, 2022 @ 11:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Telos Blockchain (Tlos) has reportedly become a virtual tenant of Bloktopia and is currently organizing to “put that space to good work.” Telos (TLOS) tokens are trading at $0.774674 and they have a market cap of just over $200 million at the time of writing… Read More

March 16, 2022 @ 9:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the United Kingdom’s financial services industry regulator, is reportedly looking for a professional to head the digital assets unit and build up a new team. This, according to a job posting via LinkedIn. The department head will be required to… Read More

March 16, 2022 @ 9:25 am By JD Alois  |  

BNP Paribas Securitizaties Services, part of BNP Paribas the bank – the largest bank in France and one of the largest banks in the world, has issued a statement explaining their point of view as to how blockchain (or distributed ledger technology – DLT) and… Read More

March 16, 2022 @ 1:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Konvi, which claims to be first pan-European Crowd-Investment Platform for alternative asset classes, is confirming its $900,000 pre-seed round. Investors reportedly include APX and “value-adding” angel investors including former executives from tech giants like Snap Inc and Shopify. Konvi’s management noted that they are on… Read More

March 15, 2022 @ 11:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Eizper Chain, the blockchain action-based multiplayer ARPG, has reportedly acquired $2 million in capital via a seed round and private NFT sale. Overall demand for exposure to this blockchain project – the first game in the Eizper gaming franchise – is “accelerating,” according to a… Read More

March 15, 2022 @ 10:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Kaddex, the “first gas-free DEX” (decentralized exchange) built on the Kadena blockchain, has finalized a second sale “completing a total of $8M raised pre-launch.” As confirmed in an update shared with CI, “100% of KDX available in the second round was sold.” The second public… Read More

March 15, 2022 @ 6:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

SCB 10X, a holding company under the Siam Commercial Bank (SCB) Group (BKK: SCB), recently revealed that it would be tapping into the Metaverse. As mentioned in the update, SCB 10X will be introducing its first headquarters in The Sandbox. SCB 10X has also reportedly… Read More

March 15, 2022 @ 4:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Huobi Research Institute, the blockchain research organization, recently shared a detailed report on Ethereum rollup solutions, titled “How Far is Rollup from Maturity: A Dive into Rollup’s Development Path.” In the extensive report, Huobi Research Institute analyst Barry Jiang points out some of the “drawbacks”… Read More

March 15, 2022 @ 11:29 am By JD Alois  |  

Consensys has announced a Series D funding round that values the firm at over $7 billion – more than double its Series C round last November. According to a statement by Consensys, the firm raised $450 million in a round led by ParaFi Capital joined… Read More

March 15, 2022 @ 11:08 am By JD Alois  |  

Last week, the White House issued an Executive Order on digital assets that outline an approach to regulating the emerging industry. While many details remain to be disclosed, and multiple agencies will be involved in building a regulatory strategy, the crypto industry was relieved that… Read More

March 15, 2022 @ 9:57 am By JD Alois  |  

Michele Korver has joined a16z Crypto as its new Head of Regulatory. According to a note from a16z, Korver has a reputation as the DOJ [Department of Justice] “crypto czar” having spent more than 25 years in government and law enforcement. Korver started her career… Read More