Blockchain & Digital Assets

September 7, 2021 @ 7:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Matrixport, one of the fastest-growing digital assets financial services platforms in Asia, reveals that it has introduced “BTC-U Range Sniper,” which is described as an innovative “first-mover” product, which enables traders and investors to earn greater returns when the Bitcoin price “moves within a specified… Read More

September 7, 2021 @ 5:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitfinex Securities Ltd., a provider of blockchain or distributed ledger tech (DLT)-enabled investment products, has introduced its regulated investment platform in the AIFC Fintech Lab, with the goal of improving accessibility for a wide range of financial products for qualified members interested in diversifying their… Read More

September 7, 2021 @ 1:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Solana-enabled venture platform SolRazr has introduced a decentralized developer ecosystem for the Solana blockchain, “comprising Launchpad, Accelerator, and Developer Tools,” according to an update shared with CI. As mentioned in a release, SolRazr is specifically designed to serve as the “de-facto” fundraising and developer platform… Read More

September 7, 2021 @ 10:47 am By JD Alois  |  

IOTA, a scalable, feeless, and decentralized distributed ledger technology, has been selected for the European Blockchain Services Infrastructure (EBSI), a project organized the by the European Union. Dominik Schiener, co-founder and Chairman of the IOTA Foundation, said they are very excited about the selection in… Read More

September 7, 2021 @ 7:56 am By Paul H. Jossey  |  

Progressives should love cryptocurrency, the latest innovation that brings power to the people. Turns out, they don’t. Perhaps surprisingly, it is precisely because crypto circumvents the corporate, permissioned, speech-controlled online world that angers progressives. Crypto threatens to nix not just the corporation but also the… Read More

September 6, 2021 @ 11:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

SlowMist, which focuses on blockchain ecosystem security and has reportedly served Huobi, OKEx, Binance, imToken (nearly “a thousand commercial customers in total”), reveals that DAO Maker‘s vesting system was recently hacked. SlowMist confirmed in an incident report that DeRace Token (DERC), Coinspaid (CPD), Capsule Coin… Read More

September 6, 2021 @ 11:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Metis, a Layer-2 Ethereum (ETH)-powered scaling protocol offering quick and economical transactions, as well as IPFS-based storage, announced that it will be conducting a METIS HACKATHON, which is an event that is scheduled to start on October 2, 2021 at 3pm UTC (the Opening Ceremony)… Read More

September 6, 2021 @ 12:38 pm By JD Alois  |  

In a speech delivered at the Cambridge International Symposium on Economic Crime, FCA and PSR Chair Charles Randall discussed some hot topics in the financial services sector – fraud and scams. More specifically, crypto scams and the regulation of digital assets or tokens. Currently, the… Read More

September 6, 2021 @ 9:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Cyclos, a newly developed Solana-powered DeFi project, has secured $2.1 million in capital (combined from a private and a public round). The proceeds will be directed towards developing the “first” concentrated liquidity AMM  (automated market maker) on Solana, which will enable several features “never seen… Read More

September 6, 2021 @ 6:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Australia’s neobank Volt has teamed up with virtual currency exchange BTC Markets (BTCM) in order to offer BTCM and its clients with improved speed, stability, and confidence when investing in crypto-assets, facilitated by Volt’s banking-as-a-service (BaaS) platform. The partnership will offer integrated banking capabilities to… Read More

September 4, 2021 @ 7:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Last month Coinberry became the first “pure-play registered crypto trading platform” in Canada. At that time, Coinberry CEO Andrei Poliakov commented: “Canadians have been seeking a safe, trustworthy, and regulated platform to acquire crypto assets for far too long. We are finally thrilled to offer them… Read More

September 4, 2021 @ 2:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

TokenSociety.io, a platform for minting non-fungible tokens (NFTs) for the entertainment industry, reveals that they’ve completed their first NFT Drop for the pilot episode of “Men of the House,” a situation comedy TV series “written and directed by Levelle G. Benson starring Kareem Grimes, Erica… Read More

September 3, 2021 @ 10:46 am By JD Alois  |  

Uniswap is under investigation by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), according to a report by Reuters. Uniswap is a DeFi leader and is said to be the largest decentralized digital asset exchange in operation. The Uniswap protocol facilitates crypto trading by utilizing smart… Read More

September 3, 2021 @ 10:19 am By JD Alois  |  

Cabital, a crypto exchange, wallet, and yield platform, has raised $4 million in seed funding according to a note from the company. Investors include SIG, Dragonfly, and GSR. The post-money valuation was pegged at $40 million. Cabital reports that it previously raised $3 million in… Read More

September 3, 2021 @ 9:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

YouHodler, a Fintech platform that assists consumers with accessing the benefits of the fast-evolving crypto economy, has reportedly integrated with Fireblocks, a digital asset custody, transfer and settlement platform. Through the partnership, YouHodler will be leveraging Fireblocks for cryptocurrency transactions management and integrations with several… Read More

September 3, 2021 @ 8:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ontology (ONT), a high-performance blockchain platform focused on digital identity solutions, is teaming up with 4EVERLAND, a Web 3.0 Cloud computing platform supporting global acceleration of digital tech, privacy protection, distributed storage and various other technical features to enable the transition to Web 3.0. As… Read More

September 2, 2021 @ 11:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Roxe, a next-gen international payment network, reveals that it will offer qualifying reserve banks with free access to its global Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) Plus Program. The new program will aim to enable countries to issue “new secondary or primary sovereign, fiat currencies backed… Read More

September 2, 2021 @ 9:52 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Blockchain company dcSpark, which builds critical products and solutions on top of crypto projects, this week announced a sidechain project named Milkomeda. It is focused on helping non-Ethereum Virtual Machine cryptocurrencies gain wider adoption. Milkomeda said it addresses scaling issues seen in several new blockchains… Read More

September 2, 2021 @ 8:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently connected with Sameep Singhania, Founder and Director at Ginete Technologies and also the founding member at QuickSwap, which is described as a next-generation, layer-2 DEX (or non-custodial or decentralized exchange). Sameep told us that layer-2 blockchain solutions have gained massive popularity in recent… Read More

September 2, 2021 @ 7:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital securities exchange ADDX – previously doing business as iSTOX – expects to “enlarge its business in China significantly, after concluding a $200-million agreement tied to a government-granted quota for Chinese offshore investments,” according to an update shared with Crowdfund Insider. The Qualified Domestic Limited… Read More