Blockchain & Digital Assets

November 13, 2021 @ 9:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

BEQUANT, the digital asset prime brokerage and exchange, has reportedly appointed Huong Hauduc as General Counsel. As mentioned in an update shared with CI, Huong will be helping BEQUANT to “expedite the growth of the business across new jurisdictions and products.” Huong has almost 2… Read More

November 12, 2021 @ 4:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Akt.io, the platform bridging decentralized finance (DeFi), wealth management and payment services, has announced its partnership with the HBAR Foundation in order to support their launch of the first DeFi app on the carbon-negative Hedera Network, which claims to be “the most used, sustainable and… Read More

November 12, 2021 @ 3:28 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission has filed an action against Terraform Labs PTE, Ltd., and its co-founder and CEO, Do Kwon. The SEC said in a statement that it is seeking an order directing the company to comply with investigative subpoenas for documents and testimony…. Read More

November 12, 2021 @ 3:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

AMC Entertainment (NYSE: AMC) is now accepting Bitcoin, Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash and Litecoin. These four popular cryptos are joined by Apple Pay , Google Pay and PayPal as the theater chain goes digital for payments. The news was revealed by AMC CEO Adam Aron in… Read More

November 12, 2021 @ 11:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Following testing of the network infrastructure and staking dynamics by more than 100 validators, Agoric, a JavaScript-native smart contract platform, has confirmed the introduction of its public chain (after the completion of a private token sale). As mentioned in an update shared with CI: “Committing… Read More

November 12, 2021 @ 9:22 am By JD Alois  |  

FINMA licensed digital asset bank SEBA Bank has won the “Best ETP of the Year” Award in the Swiss ETF Awards 2022, according to a note from the company. The ETP in question is the SEBA Crypto Asset Select Index (SEBAX), which trades on the… Read More

November 11, 2021 @ 2:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Zebec Protocol has officially launched on Solana mainnet in order to “redefine finance.” As the first programmable cashflow protocol deployed on Solana, Zebec has been created to support real-time and continuous streams of payments and financial transactions “for payroll, investments and more.” The automatic money… Read More

November 11, 2021 @ 1:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently connected with Ian LeWinter, an experienced producer and President at Film.io. LeWinter told us that he’s looking to challenge the existing order by providing new paths for filmmakers to build, fund, and distribute movies and TV shows. Film.io is a blockchain or distributed… Read More

November 11, 2021 @ 12:40 pm By JD Alois  |  

Last week, CI reported that a damaging clause included in pending legislation had been pulled from the language of the bill. The portion of the legislation was ostensibly designed to halt IRA investors (investment retirement accounts) from holding private securities in these tax-sheltered, retirement vehicles…. Read More

November 11, 2021 @ 11:48 am By JD Alois  |  

Saddle, an open-source automated market maker (AMM) has closed on a $7.5 million funding round led by Polychain and Electric Capital, according to a release. The funding also included the participation of eGirl Capital, Nascent, and others. Saddle reports that to date it has raised… Read More

November 11, 2021 @ 11:37 am By JD Alois  |  

Singapore and Abu Dhabi (UAE), have completed a pilot of a “world’s first” cross-border digital trade financing pilot. The pilot was completed in partnership with the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), Singapore’s Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA),  the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of Abu… Read More

November 11, 2021 @ 8:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

CryptoUK, the “trusted” voice of the United Kingdom’s crypto-assets industry, revealed on November 11, 2021, that it has appointed Rob McWilliam as its new non-executive director (NED). McWilliam has held key executive roles at two of the “most customer-centric” companies in the world, as finance… Read More

November 10, 2021 @ 10:37 pm By JD Alois  |  

ADDX and Tokai Tokyo will provde access to digital securities in Japan following the receipt of a security token license by the Japanese Financial Services Agency. ADDX, formerly known as iSTOX, is an online marketplace for digital securities including fractional shares. ADDX  has been approved… Read More

November 10, 2021 @ 10:23 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Smart contract platform RSK’s expansion throughout the Philippines will result in more access to stablecoins for investors living in the country. Given their peg to existing assets such as fiat currencies, precious metals and, on occasion, other cryptocurrencies, stablecoins are less vulnerable to the wild… Read More

November 10, 2021 @ 6:48 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

True Global Ventures 4 Plus (TGV4 Plus) has confirmed  $1,250,000 USD funding with Forza Ikonia to bring NFTs to the mass market on Polygon blockchain technology. The investment coincides with the release of MAUER (mauer.digital) – an NFT collection memorializing the Berlin Wall. MAUER consists… Read More

November 10, 2021 @ 6:36 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has halted two token offerings by American CryptoFed DAO LLC, a Wyoming-based organization. According to the SEC, the Division of Enforcement alleges that in September American CryptoFed filed a “materially deficient and misleading registration form known as a Form… Read More

November 10, 2021 @ 3:51 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has announced a new platform for the issuance, transfer, and servicing of private market securities. DTCC is a service provider that processes the clearing and settlement for over $2 quadrillion of securities transactions every year.  The private securities… Read More

November 10, 2021 @ 3:36 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Fraxtor, a Singapore-based real estate tokenization investment platform, has raised $1.25 million in a pre-Series A funding round, the company announced this week. The event saw participation from family offices such as Baksh Capital and Andes Fund Management. The funds raised will be utilized to… Read More

November 10, 2021 @ 3:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nansen, the blockchain data analytics platform, has announced an upcoming integration with Solana, a high-performance blockchain supporting builders with developing crypto apps that scale. Scheduled to go live in Q1 2022, the Solana dashboards on Nansen should give users the option to carefully explore some… Read More

November 10, 2021 @ 12:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Wing, which is Ontology’s cross-chain DeFi lending platform, has officially gone live on Binance Smart Chain (BSC). Following the integration, millions of decentralized finance users should be able to access modern financial services. As mentioned in an update shared with CI: “Showcasing its status as… Read More