Blockchain & Digital Assets

January 7, 2022 @ 6:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

The UK Parliament has created a cross-party group of MPs and Lords for “Crypto and Digital Assets.” The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) aims to act as a forum for parliamentarians, policymakers and the UK crypto sector to discuss policy and regulation of the industry. According… Read More

January 7, 2022 @ 3:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has appointed Raphael Auer as the Head of Innovation Hub Eurosystem Centre. Auer is presently a principal economist in the Innovation and the Digital Economy division of the BIS’s Monetary and Economic Department. He has “contributed extensively to BIS… Read More

January 6, 2022 @ 9:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitrefill, a Fintech company that’s supporting digital currency adoption by helping consumers “live on crypto” with gift cards, phone refills, and Lightning Network access, claims that you can now live on crypto in Saudi Arabia. Bitrefill has reportedly added 73 new and popular gift cards… Read More

January 6, 2022 @ 6:47 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

MoneyGram International this week announced it has completed a strategic minority investment in Coinme, an American cryptocurrency cash exchange. The deal, which gives MoneyGram an approximate four per cent ownership stake in Coinme, closes out Coinme’s Series A financing round. “At MoneyGram, we continue to… Read More

January 6, 2022 @ 6:42 pm By JD Alois  |  

CoinSmart (NEO: SMRT) (FSE: IIR), one of the first approved crypto exchanges in Canada, says revenue hit a record amount of $1.94 million in November. CoinSmart Financial Inc., a publicly-traded firm, said preliminary unaudited monthly revenue in November 2021 represents a 7% increase compared to… Read More

January 6, 2022 @ 5:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Starting now (on January 5, 2021), wallets are open via Poloniex and you can begin depositing Biconomy (BICO) into your Poloniex account. Clients may access full trading for BICO with a USDT pair: BICO/USDT will be “enabled at 06:00 AM UTC” on January 5. As… Read More

January 6, 2022 @ 5:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed charges regarding allegations of a fraudulent initial coin offering (ICO). According to the SEC, Crowd Machine, Inc. and Metavine, Inc., allegedly sold unregistered digital asset securities. The SEC also charged Craig Spoule, an Australian citizen, as orchestrating… Read More

January 6, 2022 @ 4:42 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

While cryptocurrency-based crime reached historical highs in 2021, it pales in comparison to overall adoption increases, a draft of Chainalysis’ 2022 Crypto Crime Report shows. Addresses identified as illicit by Chainalysis received $14 billion in 2021, nearly double the $7.8 billion seen in 2020. There… Read More

January 6, 2022 @ 2:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

DeFi protocol Exotic Markets has reportedly secured $5 million in capital from various prominent VCs and investors. In addition, the private token sale round attracted a lot of attention, as demand for structured products in decentralized finance has picked up, according to an update shared… Read More

January 6, 2022 @ 2:08 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Superalgos, an open-source community-owned trading intelligence project, this week announced its partnership with AscendEX, a global cryptocurrency platform. Through the partnership, Superalgos will bring the exchange’s users new trading automation tools, enabling them to deploy sophisticated automated trading systems. The Superalgos community, for its part, will… Read More

January 6, 2022 @ 11:36 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Mastercard writes in an update that the future of physical retail is “slowly making its way into your daily life.” As noted by Mastercard (NYSE: MA), you may find an example of that trend “near Section 244 at TIAA Bank Field in Jacksonville, Florida.” There,… Read More

January 6, 2022 @ 9:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at DFINITY writes in an extensive update that in 2021, it was another solid year of developer and community growth on the Internet Computer. As noted in a blog post by DFINITY, 2021 marked the Internet Computer’s public launch, which “catalyzed an explosion… Read More

January 6, 2022 @ 9:29 am By JD Alois  |  

Payments Fintech Wirex has added another stablecoin to its platform. According to Wirex, XSDG, a Singapore dollar backed stablecoin is now available alongside other popular stablecoins. Currently, Wirex offers six stablecoins; STASIS EURO (EURS), True (TUSD), USD Coin, (USDC), Tether (USDT), USDP, and now XSGD…. Read More

January 6, 2022 @ 8:47 am By JD Alois  |  

BitMEX, a crypto derivatives exchange, has enlisted the help of Tokeny to support its forthcoming BMEX token launch. BitMEX is using the BMEX airdrop to incentivize new users and recently announced adding over 50,000 new users to its platform. Alexander Höptner, CEO of BitMEX, said… Read More

January 6, 2022 @ 8:03 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Bitcoin-focused firm Casa recently shared some notable privacy and security stories from last year. Casa wrote in a blog post that as technology continues to make advances, the world of privacy and security changes along with it. The end of 2021 saw… Read More

January 6, 2022 @ 7:00 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

The HBAR Foundation today announced a partnership with Indian composer, producer and musician A.R. Rahman, to create content for a new NFT music platform focused on India’s independent music community. It is providing a grant and organizational support for development and growth of the NFT… Read More

January 5, 2022 @ 10:10 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Alto, a self-directed IRA platform for individuals seeking to invest in alternative assets using tax-advantaged retirement funds, today announced the successful close of a $40 million Series B funding round. Advance Venture Partners was the lead on this round of funding, with additional participation from… Read More

January 5, 2022 @ 3:15 pm By JD Alois  |  

BTCS (NASDAQ:BTCS) says it will pay a dividend in Bitcoin calling it a “Bividend.” The company has created a website called Bividend to explain the distribution. BTCS’s market cap currently stands around $47 million. BTCS states that it intends to pay $0.05 per share in… Read More

January 5, 2022 @ 2:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance Labs has reportedly invested $12 million in WOO Network as the two parties focus on further expanding their long-standing relationship. As mentioned in an update from Binance Labs, the investment will aim to “support WOO Network’s rapid expansion through talent acquisition, research and development,… Read More

January 5, 2022 @ 2:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The VeChain Foundation, a non-profit entity established in Singapore, recently revealed that they’re pleased to confirm that following months of development, the contract for VeUSD, VeChain’s first native stablecoin, will “soon go live on mainnet, ushering in a new era for VeChainThor.” With their international… Read More