Blockchain & Digital Assets

August 11, 2021 @ 11:07 am By JD Alois  |  

In a recent round of correspondences launched by Senator Elizabeth Warren, a noted crypto skeptic, SEC Chairman Gary Gensler responded with a request for additional authority to regulate digital asset exchanges. Gensler said that legislative priority should center on crypto trading, lending and DeFi platforms…. Read More

August 11, 2021 @ 10:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

On Wednesday, August 4, 2021, Lattice Exchange, a decentralized finance (DeFi) platform that connects all blockchain or DLT networks and enables users to transfer cryptocurrency in a seamless manner between each other, introduced the Lattice Launchpad, which is described as a “one-stop” shop for blockchain… Read More

August 11, 2021 @ 8:46 am By Omar Faridi  |  

BBVA and Ant Group (Alibaba affiliate) have entered an agreement to work on the integration of financial services in their platform, Trusple. Based on blockchain or distributed ledger technology (DLT), this network aims “to accelerate the digital transformation and facilitate the financing of international trade… Read More

August 10, 2021 @ 10:17 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Aventus Network,  a Layer-2 blockchain protocol that brings scalability, speed, and lower costs to Ethereum transactions – today announced a partnership with gamer social network fruitlab to enable creators and community members to earn revenue and compete for value. With more than 625,000 registered players… Read More

August 10, 2021 @ 10:08 pm By JD Alois  |  

Poly Network has lost some crypto in an apparent hack. In fact, Poly Network has lost over $600 million in what is said to be the largest DeFi attack ever. In a series of tweets, Poly Network named the locations of the missing crypto.  … Read More

August 10, 2021 @ 9:41 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Graph Blockchain has entered into a binding letter of intent to acquire Optimum Coin Analyzer, an AI-based crypto coin analytics tool company. Graph will acquire 100 per cent of all issued and outstanding shares of Optimum Coin Analyzer for $5 million in Canadian funds Optimum… Read More

August 10, 2021 @ 5:02 pm By JD Alois  |  

Earlier today the US Senate voted on a massive bill that, while labeled infrastructure, included a cornucopia of pet projects and unrelated policy goals. Squirreled away in the legislation was language designed to raise revenue by taxing crypto transactions as well as broadly defining the… Read More

August 10, 2021 @ 4:23 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), has announced a consent order against BitMEX and its affiliated entities. The order stems from a CFTC action filed on October 1, 2020, against BitMEX and its three individual founders, Arthur Hayes, Benjamin Delo, and Samuel Reed. The CFTC’s… Read More

August 10, 2021 @ 12:06 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Fintech software company Sagent, which modernizes mortgage and consumer loan servicing for American financial institutions, today announced two major strategic deals with digital lending and payments firm Figure. Sagent will power Figure’s mortgage servicing services, and the firms will partner to accelerate Figure’s blockchain vision…. Read More

August 10, 2021 @ 12:03 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has issued a notice that the US District Court, Southern District of Texas, has issued a consent order in regards to the Global Trading Club (GTC) and affiliated individual Mayco Alexis Maldonado Garcia, and a separate consent order against Cesar Castaneda and… Read More

August 10, 2021 @ 10:35 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 (August 9) that for the week ending Agusut 8,… Read More

August 10, 2021 @ 10:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Liquality, which claims to be the first multi-chain browser extension wallet, has announced the completion of a $7 million funding round that was led by Hashed, Galaxy Digital, White Star Capital, Accomplice, Coinbase Ventures, among others. Founded in 2018, Liquality offers access to widely-used blockchain… Read More

August 10, 2021 @ 8:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The latest report from EthHub, the “essential” resource for Ethereum information, curated by Anthony Sassano (@sassal0x) and Eric Conner (@econoar), notes that Ethereum Improvement Proposal or EIP-1559 is now live on the Ethereum (ETH) network. Since the major upgrade went live this past week, the… Read More

August 9, 2021 @ 9:55 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

EQIFI, a decentralized protocol for pooled lending, borrowing, and investing Ethereum-based cryptocurrencies, stablecoins, and select fiat currencies, has launched its DeFi platform, which includes fixed- and variable-rate lending products, as well as the advanced yield aggregator and interest rate swaps. “We are incredibly excited to… Read More

August 9, 2021 @ 8:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Carole House, Director of Cybersecurity with the White House National Security Council, recently discussed online security issues at the FinCrime Virtual Week. Blockchain security firm CipherTrace notes in a recent update that headlines such as the Colonial Pipeline Ransomware attack indicate that cybercrime is “on… Read More

August 9, 2021 @ 5:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Stablecoin creator and payments rails operator Circle says it intends on becoming “a full-reserve national commercial bank.” In a blog post, Circle founder and CEO Jeremy Allaire expanded on their mission to become a federally chartered bank. Allaire stated: “We are embarking on this journey alongside the… Read More

August 9, 2021 @ 4:10 pm By JD Alois  |  

Blocktrade SA, a Luxembourg-based digital asset exchange, says it has closed an over-subscribed €22 million series A funding round that garnered investors from 33 different countries. Blocktrade states that it has a vision of building an ecosystem around digital assets. Blocktrade recently hired a new… Read More

August 9, 2021 @ 3:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin’s (BTC) usage growth during the last 10 years has been “strong” and “steady,” and on this journey, from its “humble” beginnings, the flagship crypto has progressed through various phases of “differing usage,” according to a new report from CoinShares. Starting as a “worthless geeky… Read More

August 9, 2021 @ 12:23 pm By JD Alois  |  

A new amendment has been crafted by both sides regarding crypto and inclusion in the infrastructure legislation. As has been reported previously, the initial language in the legislation was deemed “unworkable” and hammered by the digital asset industry as “disastrous.” Soon a fix was in… Read More

August 9, 2021 @ 11:45 am By JD Alois  |  

SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce, long a supporter of Fintech innovation, has issued a statement in the wake of the enforcement action taken by the Commission against Poloniex, a crypto exchange. As was reported earlier today, Poloniex has settled the SEC’s allegations of operating an unlicensed… Read More