Blockchain & Digital Assets

November 30, 2021 @ 3:05 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Algofi, a lending market and stablecoin protocol built on the Algorand blockchain, today announced $2.8 million in seed funding during Decipher, Algorand’s annual community conference. Union Square Ventures, Arrington XRP Capital, and Pillar VC led the round, with participation from Y Combinator, Formulate Ventures, and… Read More

November 30, 2021 @ 10:37 am By JD Alois  |  

Grayscale has launched its Grayscale Solana Trust for investors. This is a single asset vehicle for investors (accredited) interested in the native digital asset issued by the Solana Network. Solana (SOL) is one of the most popular digital assets trading in the marketplace. SOL has… Read More

November 30, 2021 @ 9:55 am By JD Alois  |  

The Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen has provided responses to questions put forth by Senator Pat Toomey – the ranking Republican on the Senate Banking Committee. The questions are in follow-up to a recent hearing at the Committee. Yellen, along with Fed Chairman Jerome… Read More

November 30, 2021 @ 8:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Crypto.com Exchange has announced that it’s working with Silvergate, the provider of financial infrastructure solutions to the virtual currency industry, in order to introduce USD deposits and withdrawals to its institutional clients. As mentioned in an update shared with CI, this integration is “an additional… Read More

November 30, 2021 @ 8:19 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 in a blog post published on Monday (November 29) that for the week ending November 26,… Read More

November 29, 2021 @ 11:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Grayscale, a company focused on digital currency investing, notes that crypto Cloud economies are the next “emerging market investment frontier” and the Metaverse is at the forefront or center of this Web 3.0 Internet “evolution.” As explained by Grayscale, the Metaverse is a set of… Read More

November 29, 2021 @ 3:15 pm By Xu Gao  |  

Beijing Looks to Set Up Digital Asset Exchange in the Sub-Center Area On November 26th, the State Council released a circular on supporting Beijing’s sub-center in pursuing high-quality development. To achieve the goals of a green city, sponge city, and smart city, related authorities will… Read More

November 29, 2021 @ 9:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Artist-led production studio Accursed Share has announced a non-fungible toke (NFT) collection by celebrity photographer Frederic Auerbach that will give an “exclusive insight” into his work with five of Hollywood’s notable celebrities as well as 30 “never-before-seen” ‘process’ photos culled from the “working sessions with… Read More

November 29, 2021 @ 8:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

GIANT Protocol is pleased to make its public debut with the announcement that it is developing a Web 3.0 protocol to “decentralize and democratize access to the internet and financial services.” The tokenized bandwidth platform will “allow anyone with a mobile phone to access the… Read More

November 28, 2021 @ 8:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently caught up with Mattias Tengblad, the Co-founder and CEO at Corite, a platform that allows artists and their fans to join forces. Via the Corite platform, people can invest in music they really love and get paid when it’s streamed on Spotify and… Read More

November 28, 2021 @ 8:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Blockade Games, the blockchain video game studio, has announced that it has finalized its $5 million seed extension at a $23 million valuation that is being co-led by Animoca Brands and Digital. Other investors reportedly include Drew Austin from Redbeard Ventures, Flamingo DAO, Galaxy Interactive,… Read More

November 28, 2021 @ 2:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Robo.cash team has published an update that covers (what they claim to be) high-yield investments in the United Kingdom. Robo.cash aims to introduce people to different “safe, high yield investments, what they offer and how to go about them.” As mentioned in the update,… Read More

November 28, 2021 @ 10:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ontology Network, which claims to be a high-performance, open-source blockchain specializing in digital identity and data, has now been live for over fours years. The platform remains focused on its journey to Web 3.0 Infrastructure Status. Ontology confirms that it has a continued focus on… Read More

November 28, 2021 @ 10:39 am By Omar Faridi  |  

If you’re a blockchain developer or brand building your application on the Algorand blockchain, then you may be interested in knowing that Wyre’s integration with Algorand is now live. As mentioned in the announcement, this means that application developers on the Algorand blockchain are able… Read More

November 27, 2021 @ 2:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

SubQuery, the data indexing solution in Polkadot, is pleased to confirm that the launch of the SubQuery Network will take place on the Acala parachain. As mentioned in the announcement, SubQuery and the SQT token will also aim to be “the first external application and… Read More

November 27, 2021 @ 11:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital assets firm Gemini recently revealed that they’re pleased to confirm their support for Bitcoin Core Maintainer Michael Ford, also known as “Fanquake.” As mentioned in the update from Gemini, Michael’s sponsorship through the Gemini Opportunity Fund further supports the Fund’s mission or goal to… Read More

November 27, 2021 @ 11:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance Smart Chain, which claims to be the leading decentralized finance (DeFi), non-fungible token (NFT) and Infra platform, has reportedly completed the first community-voting mechanism pilot for its Most Valuable Builder Program that “selected top ten projects from a pool of industry-leading BSC projects.” As… Read More

November 26, 2021 @ 3:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The decentralized finance sector has truly achieved a lot in the past few years, but it has an exposed Achilles heel in security issues. To address this issue once and for all, we need a robust blockchain network and ecosystem built from scratch with security… Read More

November 26, 2021 @ 3:07 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Flurry Finance, which offers cross-chain yield farming, will deploy its utility token RHO and its governance token FLURRY on the Polygon network Dec. 1. A trio of RHO tokens – rhoUSDT, rhoUSDC and rhoBUSD will also be available on the same day…. Read More

November 26, 2021 @ 2:05 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Digital asset lending infrastructure developer Lendingblock this week released new requirements for their LND Boost tiers. They are effective Dec. 1. Boost tiers are staking devices that come with rewards, with greater benefits coming with the higher levels. They include higher earned interest rates and… Read More