Blockchain & Digital Assets

February 8, 2022 @ 11:16 am By JD Alois  |  

NFTGo.io, an NFT data analytics platform, has raised $6.75 million in a pre-Series A round, according to a statement from the company. The funding round was led by Qiming Venture Partners, with participation from SeaX Ventures, Youbi, Circle, Altonomy, Zonff Partners, Hash Global, and mask.io…. Read More

February 8, 2022 @ 10:38 am By Omar Faridi  |  

KPMG in Canada has reportedly completed an allocation of crypto-assets to its corporate treasury, the company’s first direct investment in digital assets. The allocation includes Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH), as well as carbon offsets to “maintain a net-zero carbon transaction to deliver on the… Read More

February 8, 2022 @ 9:29 am By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently connected with Harjyot Singh, Technology Director at Human Protocol, which has been specifically designed for tokenizing work. HUMAN Protocol connects projects with millions of international respondents, offering not only access to a global Q&A, but the blockchain or distributed ledger tech (DLT) infrastructure… Read More

February 8, 2022 @ 9:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently connected with Seira Yun, the Founder & CEO at Socious, a Fintech/Community App for social change. Seira Yun, a Japanese serial social entrepreneur, full-stack developer, and impact angel investor told Crowdfund Insider that he’s interested in getting more involved in the decentralized/distributed autonomous… Read More

February 8, 2022 @ 8:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Flow is pleased to announce that a FLOW/USD Chainlink Price Feed is currently available to decentralized applications (dApps) on the Ethereum blockchain. With a secure and reliable FLOW price feed, application developers and existing DeFi platforms on Ethereum may integrate FLOW into… Read More

February 7, 2022 @ 10:56 pm By JD Alois  |  

The House Committee on Financial Services will hold a virtual hearing tomorrow (February 8) with a single witness scheduled to testify. The hearing entitled, “Digital Assets and the Future of Finance: The President’s Working Group on Financial Markets’ Report on Stablecoins” will involve the testimony… Read More

February 7, 2022 @ 8:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Didi Taihuttu, who is a member of “Bitcoin Family,” is reportedly settling down in Portugal, which is one of Europe’s crypto tax havens, according to a report by CNBC. Settling down in Portugal is a huge deal for the family of five (originally from Netherlands),… Read More

February 7, 2022 @ 4:02 pm By JD Alois  |  

Blockchain platform Aleo has raised a huge $200 million Series B funding round that delivered a valuation of $1.45 billion. The funding was led by Kora Management LP and SoftBank Vision Fund 2, with participation from Tiger Global, Sea Capital, Slow Ventures, Samsung Next, and… Read More

February 7, 2022 @ 2:52 pm By JD Alois  |  

Curzio Equity Owners digital security has started trading on tZERO ATS, a digital marketplace for digital assets. The shares represent preferred equity in Curzio Research, a newsletter founded by Frank Curzio that aims to provide market analysis and investing advice. Alan Konevsky, tZERO Interim Chief… Read More

February 7, 2022 @ 10:38 am By JD Alois  |  

Wirex, a digital payments platform with over 4.5 million customers across 130 countries that incorporates crypto, has expanded its services into the United States, according to a company statement. Wirex states that after partnering with Zero Hash, Checkout.com, Visa, and Sutton Bank, it has begun… Read More

February 7, 2022 @ 10:24 am By JD Alois  |  

FTX, a fast-growing digital asset marketplace, has posted “key principles” to ensure investor protection. FTX operates globally but has a US-facing marketplace for crypto trading. Federal regulators are poised to add new regulations for platforms that engage in digital asset trading and SEC Chairman Gary… Read More

February 7, 2022 @ 10:08 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Decentralized applications store DappRadar recently shared its January 2022 Dapp Industry Report, noting relative stability for the blockchain or distributed ledger tech (DLT) ecosystem even though we are currently in a bearish cryptocurrency market. NFTs emerged, once again, as a record-breaking segment, “marking $16 billion… Read More

February 7, 2022 @ 9:06 am By JD Alois  |  

Chip, a savings and investment app that is authorised by the UK FCA as a payments provider, has added Crypto Companies Fund to its list of available funds for its users. While not offering direct crypto trading, Chip is providing a path for adding crypto… Read More

February 7, 2022 @ 8:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Cardano (ADA) initially gained attention back in 2017 as one of the more anticipated Initial Coin Offerings (ICO) of that year. Over the years, the initiative persisted through an extended crypto bear market to earn its place among the top crypto-assets by market cap. In… Read More

February 6, 2022 @ 6:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In order to help with protecting endangered animals, UK’s TV station, WildEarth, has introduced its own set of non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Notably, 40% of the main sale proceeds will be directed towards various custodians of the land on which the animals are currently living. Graham… Read More

February 6, 2022 @ 1:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Earlier this week, payments platform Modulr announced a partnership with Ripple, which claims to be the leader in enterprise blockchain and crypto solutions, in order to enable payments into the UK and Europe. Trust Payments, the international unified payments group, is reportedly the first customer… Read More

February 5, 2022 @ 12:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Liquid Group and all of its operating subsidiaries including Quoine Corporation (Cryptocurrency Exchange Business Kanto Finance Bureau Director No. 00002) and Quoine Pte. in Singapore are reportedly being acquired by FTX Trading Ltd. The acquisition is “expected to close in March 2022, subject to customary… Read More

February 5, 2022 @ 12:26 pm By JD Alois  |  

Yesterday, the US Department of Treasury issued a statement on illicit activity in the “high-value art market.” More specifically, activities that include money laundering and terrorist financing risks. The study found that while there is some evidence of money laundering risk in the high-value art… Read More

February 5, 2022 @ 1:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

London-headquartered Fintech Fiat Republic recently announced that it has acquired $3.5 million in seed funding from EU tech investors Speedinvest, Seedcamp, and Credo. The startup, which is building a compliance-first, e-money-regulated banking and payments API, is looking to “drastically reduce the time and cost of… Read More

February 4, 2022 @ 3:20 pm By Martin Cheek  |  

The role that cryptocurrency plays in money laundering is hotly debated. Some say that the anonymity afforded by currencies like Bitcoin makes it easier for criminals to shift funds undetected, while others argue that the blockchain and it’s unchangeable, publicly visible ledger actually provide far… Read More