Blockchain & Digital Assets

January 25, 2022 @ 3:14 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Digital currency investment firm Grayscale has updated its list of assets under consideration, and some of the new entrants are Bancor, BitTorrent, Decred, Elrond, and Oasis Network. Such assets are not currently included in a Grayscale investment product, bit could be in the future, the… Read More

January 25, 2022 @ 11:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ocean Protocol, the “decentralized” data exchange protocol for unlocking data for AI and business innovation, has entered into a partnership with Dimitra, an agricultural technology firm guided by the goal to provide tech to help farmers across the globe with enhancing  operations while delivering greater… Read More

January 25, 2022 @ 10:44 am By JD Alois  |  

The Biden administration is planning to roll out a proposal for crypto regulation as soon as next month, according to reports. The White House’s policy push is expected to be accompanied by legislative proposals emerging from Congress as the Executive and Legislative branches work to… Read More

January 25, 2022 @ 10:16 am By JD Alois  |  

Last week, BitMEX announced its intent to acquire Bankhaus von der Heydt. The deal is actually structured so that BXM Operations AG, founded by BitMEX CEO  Alexander Höptner and CFO Stephan Lutz, will acquire the bank located in Munich, Germany. While the purchase is subject… Read More

January 25, 2022 @ 9:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at digital asset firm Gemini is pleased to welcome Pravjit Tiwana as their new  Chief Technology Officer. Pravjit reportedly joins Gemini from Amazon Web Services (AWS), where he was working as the GM of Edge Services, which includes Amazon CloudFront, AWS Edge Computing,… Read More

January 25, 2022 @ 8:47 am By JD Alois  |  

Digital Asset has appointed J. Christopher Giancarlo to its board of directors. Giancarlo is the former Chairman of the Commodities Futures Trading Commission and well known for his interest in crypto assets. Digital Asset stated that Giancarlo will provide counsel to Digital Asset’s leadership on… Read More

January 24, 2022 @ 11:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance, one of the leading blockchain and crypto infrastructure providers, is pleased to confirm that it has officially joined the National Cyber-Forensics and Training Alliance (NCFTA), a nonprofit corporation primarily focused on identifying, validating, mitigating, and neutralizing cybercrime threats. Binance reports that it’s the first… Read More

January 24, 2022 @ 10:37 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Digital currency Decred (DCR) has added post-quantum secure mixing to Stakeshuffle, its opt-in privacy system, the company said today. The release of Decred v1.7 provides protection for privacy of mixed coins against quantum computers, a move it claims is an industry first. Decred v1.7 also… Read More

January 24, 2022 @ 6:02 pm By JD Alois  |  

Congressman Patrick McHenry, the ranking member on the House Financial Services Committee, has sent a public letter to Congresswoman Maxine Waters, Chair of the House Financial Services Committee, requesting they work together to allow digital assets to “flourish.” Both Representatives have recently issued public statements… Read More

January 24, 2022 @ 5:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Bank of Russia has published a consultation paper on “Cryptocurrencies: Trends, Risks and Regulation.” The central bank has published an executive summary which is available in English. According to the bank, Russian citizens are currently transaction around $5 billion in crypto per year. Meanwhile,… Read More

January 24, 2022 @ 4:34 pm By JD Alois  |  

  As CI has recently covered, Jacksonville, Florida is an emerging Fintech hub in the US. While Florida has boomed in the past couple of years due to its good governance and business/startup-friendly policies, Jacksonville has managed to attract a good number of financial services… Read More

January 24, 2022 @ 2:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Paul Grewal, Chief Legal Officer at digital assets firm Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN), has shared an update titled, Proof of Alignment, which explains what the company has done to align themselves with their clients and what they’re planning to do next. As noted by Grewal, Coinbase… Read More

January 24, 2022 @ 1:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Nakji Foundation is launching a $200,000 Bug Bounty program for developers and security researchers in order to “help discover vulnerabilities and prevent security problems in the Nakji ecosystem.” Nakji Network is pleased to work cooperatively with Uppsala Security, which has built what they claim… Read More

January 24, 2022 @ 11:05 am By JD Alois  |  

Cosimo Ventures, a VC in the blockchain – digital asset sector, says that 2021 was a record-setting year. In a release, Cosimo reported its participation in 17 deals including rounds for Casper Labs, Hedera, Archax and Dusk Network. Cosimo enables investors access to their venture… Read More

January 24, 2022 @ 10:41 am By JD Alois  |  

Coinshares reports that digital asset investment inflows totaled $14.4 million last week. While breaking a 5-week downward trend, the amount was still pretty small. Coinshares states that total assets under management (AuM) are now $51 billion, the lowest since early August 2021, having fallen 41%… Read More

January 24, 2022 @ 10:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

NFT Investments, an incubator focused on the market for non-fungible tokens (NFTs), is pleased to confirm that it has entered into a non-binding letter of intent (LOI) for the acquisition of Pluto Digital PLC, a crypto tech and venture firm (for a “consideration” of £96… Read More

January 24, 2022 @ 10:05 am By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has once again denied an attempt to list a Bitcoin Exchange Traded Fund (ETF). In a filing last week, the SEC outlined its justification “disapproving a proposed rule change to list and trade shares of the First Trust SkyBridge… Read More

January 24, 2022 @ 8:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Solana (SOL), which has quickly emerged as one of the largest blockchain  or distributed ledger tech (DLT) networks, was recently impacted by instability during a highly volatile week for cryptocurrencies (which saw Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other digital asset prices fall sharply). some recent metrics on… Read More

January 23, 2022 @ 10:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bahrain-headquartered cryptocurrency exchange Rain Financial has secured $110 million in capital via a Series B round. Rain Financial reports that its investment round has been co-led by Paradigm and Kleiner Perkins along with contributions from Coinbase Ventures, Global Founders Capital, MEVP, Cadenza Ventures, and CMT… Read More

January 23, 2022 @ 5:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Pledge Finance, the platform for long-term, fixed-rate cryptocurrency-based loans, is pleased to confirm a partnership with zkLink, a provider of secure cross-chain token swaps “powered by zero-knowledge proofs.” As mentioned in an update shared with CI, the partnership will allow Pledge to “integrate with more… Read More