Blockchain & Digital Assets

January 5, 2022 @ 11:15 am By JD Alois  |  

BitMEX, a crypto derivatives exchange that expects to launch a spot market later this year, says it has added 50,000 new users following the launch of the BMEX token on December 21, 2021. BitMEX is using the airdrop to incentivize new users following a challenging… Read More

January 5, 2022 @ 11:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Kyle Waters and Nate Maddrey from Coin Metrics have noted that after a “transformative” 2021 marked by all-time highs for most of the major digital assets and “key on-chain metrics,” expectations are now quite high for the crypto and blockchain space this year. In their… Read More

January 5, 2022 @ 9:56 am By JD Alois  |  

Baanx has received regulatory approval to provide crypto asset services by the UK Finacial Conduct Authority (FCA). Baanx is registered as a crypto asset business under the Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, and Transfer of Funds (Information of the Payer) Regulations 2017 (MLR 2017). Baanx is… Read More

January 5, 2022 @ 9:39 am By JD Alois  |  

INX Limited (INX ATS: INX) has acquired Tokensoft Transfer Agent LLC, an SEC-registered transfer agent owned by Tokensoft Inc. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. INX Limited is a digital asset trading platform that aims to bridge crypto and traditional assets. The regulatory-compliant… Read More

January 5, 2022 @ 8:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

James Butterfill, Investment Strategist at London-based CoinShares, a digital asset manager focused on expanding access to the cryptocurrency ecosystem while serving as a “trusted partner” for its clients, notes that for the week ending December 31, 2021, the firm saw yearly inflows of “US$9.3bn in… Read More

January 5, 2022 @ 7:49 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Blockchain.com, a leading crypto wallet provider, block explorer, and digital asset exchange, writes in an update that (following “proof of keys” day on January 3) a private key is like as a password to your cryptocurrency wallet. In the same way that giving anyone your… Read More

January 4, 2022 @ 10:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

As the number of digital wallet users across the globe continues to increase, Wyre and Rehive have teamed up to make it easier and quicker for companies or businesses to launch “fully” compliant and customized Fintech apps. Together, Wyre and Rehive will aim to offer… Read More

January 4, 2022 @ 9:47 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Nayib Bukele isn’t joking when he predicted two more countries will make Bitcoin legal tender in 2022, deVere Group CEO Nigel Green said this week. In fact, he may have underestimated the number. Over the weekend Bukele, the president of El Salvador, tweeted a series… Read More

January 4, 2022 @ 5:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at ARPA reveals that they’re partnering with Wintermute, a global algorithmic market maker in digital assets. As explained in the update, Wintermute will help ARPA for liquidity provision on centralized and decentralized exchanges. It will support ARPA fiat currency pairs like ARPA/EUR, ARPA/USD,… Read More

January 4, 2022 @ 4:35 pm By JD Alois  |  

2021 came and went without Bitcoin hitting $100,000 in value as certain pundits predicted. In fact, Bitcoin ended the year on a bit of a down note having topped at around $68,000 this past fall now trading at around $46,000. Bitcoin is, of course, the… Read More

January 4, 2022 @ 2:27 pm By JD Alois  |  

Zen.com, a licensed electronic money institution regulated by the Central Bank of Lithuania (but based in Poland), has announced fiat to digital asset conversions, along with the transfer of fiat to any digital wallet accepting BTC, ETH, or USDT (ERC-20). Zen states there are more… Read More

January 4, 2022 @ 11:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Nium, a company focused on payments and card issuance for businesses, notes that as they wrapped up 2021, they decided to take a look back at some of the key milestones.. 2021 was a year of many ‘firsts’ for Nium, the company wrote in a… Read More

January 4, 2022 @ 10:41 am By JD Alois  |  

Metaversal has announced a $50 million Series A funding round led by CoinFund and Foxhaven Asset. Metaversal states that round was oversubscribed and also includes participation from Collab+Currency, Dapper Labs, Digital Currency Group, Franklin Templeton, Galaxy Vision Hill, Narwhal Ventures, NGC Ventures, Rarible, Rockaway Blockchain… Read More

January 4, 2022 @ 10:01 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at IOST says that 2021 was a year of “highs and lows” for not only IOST but the entire blockchain and cryptocurrency ecosystem. They’ve noted that they’re thankful for IOSTIANS for staying with them through this “wild ride.” Now that they’ve got some… Read More

January 4, 2022 @ 8:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ontology Network, which claims to be a high performance, open-source blockchain specializing in digital identity and data, has celebrated their 4th anniversary. As mentioned in a blog post, Ontology launched the event “Cyberspace 4 Philosophers.” All 10,000 NFTs were fully sold out within 7 days,… Read More

January 4, 2022 @ 8:46 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital money transfer service ZEN.COM, which is reportedly powered by Mastercard (NYSE: MA), has introduced the conversion of fiat money into digital assets, as well as the “transfer of fiat currencies to any digital wallet servicing BTC, ETH or USD-T (ERC-20), with more currencies coming… Read More

January 4, 2022 @ 8:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Fintech Modulr, which supports a new digital payment account for businesses and is specifically building services for companies needing a faster, easier and more reliable way to move money, notes that when they analyzed the results from their Digital Now survey (looking at consumer “attitudes… Read More

January 4, 2022 @ 7:00 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Cion Digital, the turnkey blockchain interoperability platform provider, today announced it has closed a $12 million seed capital raise. The capital will be utilized to expand research and development resources. It will also help accelerate the rollout of crypto financing and payment solutions tailored for… Read More

January 3, 2022 @ 10:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Neoverse has entered into a “new chapter.” In order to celebrate the launch of the N3 MainNet, NGD (or NEO Global Development) launched Neoverse — which is described as an NFT mint and collection campaign carried out “with multiple developer communities, ecosystem projects, and… Read More

January 3, 2022 @ 4:45 pm By JD Alois  |  

This is an interesting factoid. FinancePR, a promotional firm in the financial services sector, has distributed a note stating that Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN) dominates Bitcoin trading. According to the missive, Coinbase took 53% market share of Bitcoin trading in the past 30 days or 520,000… Read More