Blockchain & Digital Assets

October 30, 2021 @ 4:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently connected with Nick Agar, Founder of AXIA, the organization that is focused on creating a digital ecosystem around the world’s “first” hyper-deflationary virtual currency, called AXIA Coin (AXC). The digital currency‘s developers note that AXIA presents a “unique” economic system, with its breakthrough… Read More

October 30, 2021 @ 4:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Good Games Guild, the Play-to-Earn game hub, has completes its seed round, which was valued at $1.7 million, and includes investments from a list of well-known investors. As mentioned in an update shared with CI, NGC has led the investment round along with contributions from… Read More

October 29, 2021 @ 3:38 pm By JD Alois  |  

CoinSmart Financial Inc., a digital asset trading platform has announced that its wholly-owned operating subsidiary Simply Digital Technologies Inc. is now registered as a restricted dealer under securities laws across Canada. CoinSmart notes that it is one of a few platforms that trade crypto to… Read More

October 29, 2021 @ 11:55 am By JD Alois  |  

Republic, a top online investment platform, has listed its first litigation funding offer or “Initial Litigation Offering” (ILO) a tokenized security for a court case initiated by Apothio. Litigation funding is a method to crowdfund a legal case that is expected to be brought to… Read More

October 29, 2021 @ 8:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at digital asset platform Bitpanda notes that they’re pleased to welcome Joshua Barraclough on board, as Chief Executive Officer of Bitpanda Pro. As mentioned in the update, Josh joins Bitpanda from J.P. Morgan with “the ambitious goal of turning Pro into the number… Read More

October 29, 2021 @ 7:58 am By Omar Faridi  |  

FV Bank, the fast-growing U.S. licensed international challenger bank and digital asset custodian, has confirmed that it has been approved as a Principal Member of Visa. As mentioned in the announcement, this is an important milestone in further solidifying FV Bank as a key market… Read More

October 29, 2021 @ 7:54 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Mogo Inc. (NASDAQ:MOGO) (TSX:MOGO), a virtual payments and financial tech firm, has introduced ‘green’ Bitcoin, an initiative which “makes all Bitcoin purchased on the Mogo platform climate positive.” For every Bitcoin bought via its platform, Mogo will plant “enough trees to completely offset the CO2… Read More

October 28, 2021 @ 10:47 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

AlphaFin, a Fintech company that helps customers transition to blockchain-based financial systems, today announced the successful onboarding of a blockchain-powered microfinance institution in concert with Dhosa Chandaneswar Bratyajan Samit headquartered in Kolkata, India. “The significance of this achievement is that for the very first time,… Read More

October 28, 2021 @ 10:15 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

ModelManagement.com, the digital marketplace for models, talents, and influencers built on the principles of transparency, trust, and safety, has announced a strategic partnership with Deel, a global payroll and compliance service provider. The partnership is geared towards bringing on-time payments to models around the world,… Read More

October 28, 2021 @ 11:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Umbrella Network , a decentralized Layer-2 oracle solution, has announced its launch on Polygon. At the time of launch, more than 2000 data pairs will be made available “across the ecosystem, including price data from cryptocurrencies, cryptocurrency options and derivatives, US equities, commodities markets, and… Read More

October 28, 2021 @ 10:49 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Guild of Guardians, a non-fungible token (NFT)-enabled mobile role-playing game (RPG) released by Immutable and created by Stepico Games, has shared details of an in-game currency token that has been “made available in an exclusive CoinList sale.” The token sale, which is issued and operated… Read More

October 28, 2021 @ 8:39 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

MoonPay, a global cryptocurrency payments solution, and the HBAR Foundation today announced US customers in most states can now purchase the Hedera network’s native token, HBAR, through MoonPay’s platform. The Hedera network is an increasingly popular, sustainable enterprise-grade public network for the decentralized economy. The… Read More

October 28, 2021 @ 8:20 am By Omar Faridi  |  

nameless, the developer of API software for the issuance, testing, and sale of non-fungible tokens (NFTs), has finalized a $15 million seed investment round that was led by Mechanism Capital, a key player in the crypto and blockchain investing space with “a focus on NFTs… Read More

October 27, 2021 @ 11:15 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

  Bosonic’s layer 2 blockchain infrastructure will be a clear player in digital asset markets because it addresses the key issues of counterparty credit and settlement risk, founder and CEO Rosario Ingargiola said. The company draws from Ingargiola’s two decades of experience with building algorithmic,… Read More

October 27, 2021 @ 4:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

XDEFI Wallet introduced its utility token $XDEFI, which is reportedly the latest token to be created by Delphi Digital ($AXS, $YGG, $PERP). The $XDEFI utility token will aim to support the larger XDEFI Wallet ecosystem including funding various decentralized finance (DeFi) and NFT projects. Token… Read More

October 27, 2021 @ 4:30 pm By JD Alois  |  

Hedera Hashgraph reports that DBS, an international bank based in Singapore, has joined its Governing Council. This is the first Asian bank to join Hedera on its mission to expand the utilization of its enterprise blockchain ecosystem. DBS is expected to be integral in guiding… Read More

October 27, 2021 @ 4:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Decred (DCR), a virtual currency that prioritizes security and scalability, has announced a new governance milestone. As mentioned in an update shared with Crowdfund Insider, voter participation reached 77% for a proposal, which reportedly took place on the initiaitve’s off-chain proposal system, Politeia. This development… Read More

October 27, 2021 @ 4:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitfinex, a digital token trading platform, has teamed up with Nuvei, via its subsidiary Simplex, a fiat-crypto gateway provider, allowing clients to introduce its suite of crypto on-ramp services. Bitfinex clients with an intermediate verification level will get access to the Simplex funding options. Users… Read More

October 27, 2021 @ 1:13 pm By JD Alois  |  

Shari Noonan, CEO of Rialto Markets, has issued a positive statement on investment crowdfunding while warning of “choppier waters” in the crypto sector and labeling NFTs [Non-Fungible Tokens] ” unregulated securities.” Rialto Markets is a FINRA regulated broker-dealer that offers securities under Reg CF (Regulation… Read More

October 27, 2021 @ 12:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Cream Finance, a decentralized lending protocol, has experienced a hack that may have caused a $117 million theft.   We are investigating an exploit on C.R.E.A.M. v1 on Ethereum and will share updates as soon as they are available. — Cream Finance 🍦 (@CreamdotFinance) October… Read More