Blockchain & Digital Assets

November 4, 2021 @ 10:47 am By JD Alois  |  

CryptoCompare has received the approval of the UK Financial Conduct  Authority (FCA) to act as a Benchmark Administrator. The company notes that it is only the second crypto-based firm to garner this approval. A Benchmark Administrator is an entity that has the authorization to carry… Read More

November 4, 2021 @ 7:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

On November 3, 2021 (at 15:00 UTC), Stellar validators had reportedly voted to upgrade the network to Protocol 18, which adds Automated Market Maker (AMM) functionality to the Stellar protocol. As mentioned in an update shared with CI, this makes Stellar one of the earliest… Read More

November 3, 2021 @ 7:59 pm By JD Alois  |  

Acting Comptroller of the Currency Michael Hsu delivered a compelling speech today during a presentation at the American Fintech Council, Fintech Policy Summit. The AFC largely represents digital and neo-banks as well as non-bank lenders. Hsu recently spoke at a Blockchain Association event where he… Read More

November 3, 2021 @ 6:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

International provider of Cloud-enabled data automation and reconciliation services, Duco, confirms that digital currency platform, Coinhako, has adopted Duco’s services in order to automate and control its data management, supporting the firm’s growth objectives. Established in 2014, Coinhako is a platform for access to digital… Read More

November 3, 2021 @ 5:27 pm By JD Alois  |  

ADDX (formerly operating as iStox), a digital securities exchange backed by the Singapore Exchange (SGX), has launched its very first product, according to a note from the company. ADDX has listed a crypto fund managed by Trovio Capital Management (TCM). The fund aims to a… Read More

November 3, 2021 @ 11:54 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Alkami Technology Inc. (Nasdaq: ALKT), a Cloud-powered virtual banking solutions provider for U.S. banks and credit unions, has announced STAR Financial Bank as its first client to empower customers with trading systems that “allow the purchase, sale, and secure storage of Bitcoin, powered by NYDIG.”… Read More

November 3, 2021 @ 10:34 am By JD Alois  |  

Last May, Bitmex published a commitment to become a carbon-neutral crypto exchange. As many people know, crypto transactions can utilize a lot of energy due to the need for computing power. At that time, Bitmex said carbon offsetting was its path to mitigating its carbon… Read More

November 3, 2021 @ 8:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The OLB Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: OLB), a provider of Cloud-powered omnicommerce and payment acceptance solutions for small- and mid-sized merchants and Bitcoin mining firm, announced that it is ready to process Mastercard Bitcoin payments. Merchants utilizing OLB’s OmniSoft business management platform and the firm’s SecurePay… Read More

November 2, 2021 @ 11:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Singapore-headquartered payments platform FOMO Pay has entered into a partnership with Merkle Science, a predictive blockchain monitoring and investigative platform, in order to improve its compliance, risk management and threat detection processes. Last month, FOMO Pay had been issued the Digital Payment Token (DPT) Service… Read More

November 2, 2021 @ 11:18 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

NFT-focused investment firm Sfermion this week announced the close of Fund II, a $100 million venture fund with participation from Alan Howard, Chris Dixon, Marc Andreessen, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, Matthew Roszak, Digital Currency Group, CMT Digital, and Animoca Brands. Sfermion’s mission is to accelerate… Read More

November 2, 2021 @ 7:25 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

The founder of deVere Group predicts pending central bank interest rate announcements could cause a rise in the price of major cryptocurrencies this week. Nigel Green said the U.S. Federal Reserve, the Bank of England, the Central Bank of Norway, and the Reserve Bank of Australia,… Read More

November 2, 2021 @ 4:12 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Facebook’s recent rebranding to Meta (NASD:FB) provides some interesting lessons for cryptocurrency investors, an industry analyst suggests. Genesis’ head of markets Noelle Acheson said Facebook’s pivot to acting as a metaverse company produced an immediate spike in the value of some metaverse platform tokens. MANA,… Read More

November 2, 2021 @ 4:02 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Singapore Exchange (SGX) today announced it is licensing its iEdge Bitcoin Index to Propine, a digital asset custodian and a Bitcoin ETF service provider licensed by the Monetary Authority of Singapore.. SGX launched the iEdge Bitcoin Index amidst strong market demand for indices that track… Read More

November 2, 2021 @ 10:52 am By JD Alois  |  

This is a first. Jeremy Allaire, CEO and co-founder of Circle, the issuer of the USDC stablecoin, has joined with his teammates to do a crypto rap. The performance available on YouTube, was done in celebration of USDC topping $20 billion in market cap. While… Read More

November 2, 2021 @ 10:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Polygen, the “truly decentralized” launchpad without gatekeepers, has secured $2.3 million via an investment round. As mentioned in a release shared with CI, Polygen differentiates itself from the other launchpads active in the industry by allowing “anyone launch a project.” A permissionless launchpad to fund… Read More

November 2, 2021 @ 9:33 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

As the DeFi revolution continues, we’re first going to see the introduction of tools like those in more mature markets, then we’ll watch as those tools adapt to the specific needs of DeFi. One of the DeFi tools still in its infancy are volatility measures,… Read More

November 2, 2021 @ 8:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Celsius Network, the international cryptocurrency earning and borrowing platform, announced it has paid over $1 billion in digital assets to its community of 1.2 million users – “marking the most yield paid out to users by any crypto platform.” The announcement also mentioned that Celsius… Read More

November 1, 2021 @ 8:22 pm By JD Alois  |  

Congressman Patrick McHenry, the ranking member on the House Financial Services Committee, has issued a statement regarding President’s Working Group on Financial Markets (PWG) report on stablecoins. McHenry has long been supportive of innovation in financial services and recently he, along with Congressmen Tom Emmer… Read More

November 1, 2021 @ 3:41 pm By JD Alois  |  

The President’s Working Group on Financial Markets (PWG) has published its report on stablecoins as was anticipated. The report, available here and below, said that if stablecoins are appropriately regulated they could emerge as a more efficient and “more inclusive” payment option. Simultaneously, stablecoins and… Read More

November 1, 2021 @ 10:24 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The inherent transparency of blockchains or distributed ledger tech (DLT) networks makes crypto-related investigations a lot easier for law enforcement agencies, when compared to financial investigations involving fiat currency. Blockchains or DLT networks serve as a permanent, publicly viewable ledger of almost all crypto transfers,… Read More