Blockchain & Digital Assets

December 6, 2021 @ 10:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Beginning on December 2, 2021, people may sign up to get first access to the Blockchain.com NFT marketplace. In the coming weeks, users may start purchasing, selling, and storing non-fungible tokens or NFTs right inside their Blockchain.com Wallet. As mentioned in an update from Blockchain.com… Read More

December 6, 2021 @ 5:49 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crypto 1 Acquisition Corp. a special purpose acquisition corporation (SPAC), is expected to trade on the Nasdaq this week. The securities of the SPAC were certified on Friday, and registration was approved on the same day. In fact, Nasdaq has them on their calendar to… Read More

December 6, 2021 @ 3:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In the Caribbean, a new neobanking platform has been introduced. It aims to offer all the features provided by digital banking platforms along with support for crypto-assets. As mentioned in an announcement, neobank Migom offers banking services to SMEs operating in emerging markets. Migom Bank‘s… Read More

December 6, 2021 @ 3:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently caught up with James Bayly, the Head Of Business Development at SubQuery & OnFinality. Bayly explained that SubQuery serves as a decentralized data aggregation, indexing, and querying layer between L-1 chains and dApps. He confirmed that his team is focused on Polkadot (DOT)… Read More

December 6, 2021 @ 2:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Matt Kaufman, Attorney/Partner at Hathaway & Kunz, LLP, noted on December 2, 2021, that it was a big day for Wyoming, due to the official launch of the Wyoming Chancery Court. As explained by Kaufman, it is a new home court for digital asset disputes… Read More

December 6, 2021 @ 9:39 am By JD Alois  |  

After hitting a new all-time high last month, Bitcoin has tanked dramatically.  In the past 30 days, Bitcoin has dropped over 20% – no fun for investors that purchased the world’s most popular crypto asset at a higher price. Yet, this type of volatility for… Read More

December 6, 2021 @ 8:55 am By JD Alois  |  

Bitmart, a crypto exchange that touts itself as “the most trusted cryptocurrency trading platform,” has lost $150 million in assets, according to a tweet by Bitmart CEO Sheldon Xia. Other reports have placed the value far higher at around $200 million. Bitmart operates in just… Read More

December 6, 2021 @ 7:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at CertiK recently revealed that they closed an $80M, Series B2 round of financial funding. As noted by CertiK in a blog post: “What makes this so interesting is that this round not only is the single largest round of fundraising for a… Read More

December 5, 2021 @ 7:02 pm By JD Alois  |  

24 Exchange, a trading platform that has a mission is to enable the “most cost-effective trades across a growing range of asset classes, 24 hours a day” has raised $14.25 million led by Point72 Ventures. Point72 Ventures is Steve Cohen’s VC firm. Cohen is a… Read More

December 5, 2021 @ 6:44 pm By JD Alois  |  

It was a tough couple of weeks for Celsius Network. Celsius is a neobank platform that touts its ability to generate returns on parked crypto. Currently, Celsius is promoting potential returns of over 17%. As was widely rumored, Celsius Network was impacted by the Badger… Read More

December 5, 2021 @ 5:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin-focused Fintech firm Blockstream has published its Markets Weekly report., Blockstream‘s report, dated December 3, 2021, notes that Fidelity has established a new BTC ETF in Canada, while GS is considering BTC lending. As mentioned in the report, VanEck has filed for a mining ETF,… Read More

December 5, 2021 @ 1:22 pm By Xu Gao  |  

The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Issues the “14th Five-Year Plan for Big Data industry development” On November 30th, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology released the “14th Five-Year Plan for the Development of Big Data Industry” (hereinafter referred to as the Plan)…. Read More

December 4, 2021 @ 2:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Uppsala Security, a provider of security tools and services for Crypto AML/CTF, Transaction Risk Management, Regulatory Compliance, Transaction Tracking, and Cyber Security, has announced a new joint cooperation with Matrix USA, a US based firm that focuses on “building and strengthening business relationships in the… Read More

December 4, 2021 @ 11:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Okcoin, a fast-growing crypto platform, has announced that it’s kicking off the next phase of its mission to make the digital asset industry more inclusive via the introduction of a $1 million commitment to bring “more women into crypto.” Okcoin also announced the inaugural member… Read More

December 3, 2021 @ 6:28 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Ritholtz Wealth Management and WisdomTree today announced the launch of the RWM WisdomTree Crypto Index designed to provide retail investors, via a financial advisor, access and diversified exposure to cryptoassets. The index has been licensed to Onramp Invest and is available for financial advisors using… Read More

December 3, 2021 @ 4:54 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Umbrella Network, a decentralized Layer-2 oracle solution, today announced its launch on Avalanche, providing the ecosystem access to high-scale and low-cost oracles. Avalanche is designed as a highly scalable ecosystem, with the aim of delivering near-instant transaction finality while levying low transaction fees. It has… Read More

December 3, 2021 @ 2:08 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

The State of Ohio this week passed five bills into law, including the Business Fairness Act, and one authorizing the state to use blockchain and distributed ledger technology. Governor Mike DeWine signed the bills into law including House Bill 177, sponsored by Representatives Rick Carfagna… Read More

December 3, 2021 @ 7:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Aaron Henshaw, Head of Coinbase Cloud Engineering, says that it’s no secret that crypto is gaining mainstream appeal, with the international cryptocurrency market cap reaching an all-time high of $3 trillion for the first time, the total value locked in DeFi reaching $250 billion, and… Read More

December 3, 2021 @ 7:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

SlowMist, which focuses on Blockchain Ecosystem Security and have served more than 1,000 customers, notes that on November 30, 2021, their team at SlowMist was “notified of an attack on the Defi protocol MonoX.” More than $18 million in WETH and $10.5 million in MATIC… Read More

December 2, 2021 @ 9:22 pm By JD Alois  |  

Last week, it was widely reported that Yaron Shalem, CFO of Celsius Network,  was allegedly arrested in Israel along with other individuals. Via Twitter, Celsius confirmed that an unnamed employee had been “suspended” while stating they have verified that no assets were misplaced or mishandled. … Read More