Blockchain & Digital Assets

November 9, 2021 @ 1:39 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

While Bitcoin’s recent price gains have some clear reasons behind them, some analysts believe it’s a troublesome development. Genesis head of market insights Noelle Acheson said the increased valuations are due to more than increased inflows, it’s also because of a combination of recent tailwinds too…. Read More

November 9, 2021 @ 10:58 am By JD Alois  |  

A digital pound is taking another step forward, according to a statement by the UK government. HM Treasury and the Bank of England have announced a forthcoming consultation to set out their assessment of the case for a UK central bank digital currency or CBDC…. Read More

November 9, 2021 @ 10:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

After a lot of hard work, rigorous testing, and steady support from their partners and the developer community, Crypto.com is pleased to confirm the introduction of the Cronos mainnet beta (on November 8, 2021). Cronos is reportedly the first Cosmos Ethereum Virtual Machine or EVM… Read More

November 9, 2021 @ 10:25 am By JD Alois  |  

Tim Cook, the CEO of Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), says he is a crypto investor and that Apple is investigating crypto while adding that they have no immediate plans to utilize crypto. Cook was asked if he was a Bitcoin bull – a question he aptly dodged…. Read More

November 9, 2021 @ 10:15 am By JD Alois  |  

Roofstock, a real estate investment platform, has launched the ability for investors to participate in fractional shares of managed rental properties thus enabling a higher degree of diversification for property investors. Roofstock One is a turnkey vehicle where accredited investors can purchase shares in rental… Read More

November 9, 2021 @ 9:19 am By Omar Faridi  |  

izumi Finance, a protocol that’s focused on providing liquidity as a service through Uniswap Ver 3.0, has raised $2.1M in funding from established decentralized finance (DeFi) industry investors. Izumi’s round has was led by Mirana Ventures and includes participation from Everest Ventures Group, Youbi Capital,… Read More

November 9, 2021 @ 9:09 am By JD Alois  |  

Boosted by the rapid rise of Bitcoin and Ether, crypto markets are now valued at more than $3 trillion. It was only this past August when crypto markets surpassed $2 trillion in value so the gain has been pretty spectacular. Both Bitcoin and Ether have… Read More

November 9, 2021 @ 7:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance Smart Chain (BSC), the decentralized finance (DeFi) and non-fungible token (NFT) infrastructure, has confirmed its plans of working with information technology universities internationally via the $100 million Talent Development (TD) program that is “focused on advancing research, education, and career opportunities in crypto and… Read More

November 8, 2021 @ 4:38 pm By JD Alois  |  

PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) has announced its Q3 earnings results with an EPS beat of $1.11 (non-GAAP) and total payment volume of $310 billion and 416 million accounts. Net revenues were reported at $6.18 billion an increase of 13% versus year prior and net income arrived at… Read More

November 8, 2021 @ 3:37 pm By JD Alois  |  

Alleged perpetrators of the ransomware attack on, Kaseya – an IT firm that helped systems administrators manage large networks, have been charged by the US Department of Justice for the attack. This case is part of the Department of Justice’s Ransomware and Digital Extortion Task… Read More

November 8, 2021 @ 10:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital banking platform innovator Technisys recently formed a partnership with OkCoin, a globally-accessible crypto exchange serving 190 countries, in order to help traditional banks with supporting Bitcoin (BTC) and other virtual currency services — “enabling banks to elevate the customer experience and uncover new revenue… Read More

November 8, 2021 @ 9:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Security Token Market (STM), which focuses on supporting the blockchain-enabled security token ecosystem, has released the latest security tokens market report outlining the exchange/marketplace performance during the month of October 2021. According to data from stomarket.com, the key highlights from the security tokens… Read More

November 8, 2021 @ 9:09 am By Omar Faridi  |  

DODO, the decentralized or non-custodial exchange platform that’s being powered by the Proactive Market Maker (PMM) algorithm, has introduced the Stable DODO token. The new stable token, worth “exactly $1 USD,” has been developed to serve as a new base asset for the DODO community… Read More

November 8, 2021 @ 8:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Crypterium is set to launch a physical US Visa card in Q1 2022, according to an update shared with CI. Crypterium, the crypto wallet app with more than 400,000 customers in 170+ countries, has been a part of the Visa Fast Track program for more… Read More

November 8, 2021 @ 7:45 am By JD Alois  |  

Matter Labs, a company looking to provide an Ethereum Layer 2 scaling protocol, has raised $50 million in new funding. The investment was led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z). Additional investors included Placeholder, Dragonfly and 1kx. Matter Labs said that a second financing was closed with… Read More

November 8, 2021 @ 7:05 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Last month, Sygnum had reportedly closed the subscription to its first Art Security Tokens (ASTs), representing the ownership rights to Picasso’s Fillette au béret painting. As noted in the announcement, this landmark initiative “enables investors to purchase and trade tokens in this 20th century masterpiece… Read More

November 7, 2021 @ 8:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Minterest, a “value-capturing” lending and borrowing protocol developed to make decentralized finance (DeFi) fairer for end-users, has confirmed that it will be launched on Moonbeam, an Ethereum (ETH)-compatible smart contract parachain built on Polkadot. As mentioned in an update shared earlier this week with CI,… Read More

November 7, 2021 @ 7:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

IPC, a provider of secure, compliant communications and multi-Cloud connectivity solutions for the international financial markets, has announced the launch of Connexus Crypto, an arbitrage enabling solution for cryptocurrency trading that is being powered by the Connexus Cloud platform. According to an update shared with… Read More

November 7, 2021 @ 6:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

On October 31, 2008, an “obscure” whitepaper was released, outlining a virtual currency that was able to operate in a fully decentralized, trustless manner enabling users to send and receive monetary value. The pseudonymous author (or authors) of the whitepaper, Satoshi Nakamoto, called the “revolutionary”… Read More

November 7, 2021 @ 1:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at digital assets firm Kraken notes that the month of October 2021 has been dubbed “UPtober” by many in the cryptocurrency markets as the Bitcoin (BTC) price and that of Ethereum (ETH), as well as other major altcoins surged to new all-time highs…. Read More