Blockchain & Digital Assets

October 26, 2021 @ 8:49 am By JD Alois  |  

Bakkt (NYSE: BKKT) is moving higher once again – currently up by over 60% in pre-market trading. Yesterday, Bakkt announced a deal with Mastercard to power crypto transactions. The news was soon followed by a partnership with Fiserv (NASDAQ: FISV) to enable clients to move… Read More

October 25, 2021 @ 11:25 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crypterium, a crypto wallet app that reports more than 400,000 clients in over 170 countries, has been registered with the UK Financial Conduct Authority  (FCA) to provide services to UK customers. According to a release, this registration ensures that Crypterium can continue to provide its… Read More

October 25, 2021 @ 11:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at digital assets firm Gemini are pleased to announce the launch of Gemini Earn in Hong Kong, enabling users to earn as much as 8.05% APY on their crypto-assets. With Gemini Earn, interest is earned and compounded on a daily basis, and you… Read More

October 25, 2021 @ 10:21 pm By JD Alois  |  

The President’s Working Group on Financial Markets (PWG) is expected to soon publish its anticipated report on the burgeoning stablecoin market. In addition to the US Secretary of the Treasury, the PWG includes the Chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System,… Read More

October 25, 2021 @ 10:05 pm By JD Alois  |  

Arca Labs, part of digital asset firm Arca, has partnered with Oasis Pro Inc. (OPI) on a joint venture to create tokenized assets under the Investment Company Act of 1940. The partnership seeks to bring more regulated, tokenized financial products to investors. The “4o Act”… Read More

October 25, 2021 @ 6:36 pm By JD Alois  |  

WallStreetBets founder Jaime Rogozinski told Money 20/20 attendees that he is launching the WSBDApp to facilitate securities trading by working with Digital Markets (DIGTL), Liquid and MERJ Exchange (MERJ) alliance to “provide access to exchange-traded portfolios, tokenized stocks of major global companies and other assets… Read More

October 25, 2021 @ 4:31 pm By JD Alois  |  

Prime Trust, an infrastructure platform for Fintechs as well as digital asset service providers says it is growing its liquidity pool to “ensure scalability and reliability for customers.” Simultaneously, Prime Trust has announced a new white-label debit card program accessible to all integrators who use… Read More

October 25, 2021 @ 4:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Assemble Protocol (ASM) is now available on Coinbase and in the Coinbase Android and iOS apps for trading. Coinbase clients are able to trade, send, receive, or store ASM tokens in “most Coinbase-supported regions, with certain exceptions indicated in each asset page here.” Trading for these… Read More

October 25, 2021 @ 2:59 pm By JD Alois  |  

Bakkt (NYSE:BKKT), a digital asset exchange that became a publicly-traded company in a recent SPAC deal, is rocketing higher today following important news. As was previously reported, Mastercard will soon allow, banks and Fintechs to offer a broad set of cryptocurrency solutions and services by… Read More

October 25, 2021 @ 1:11 pm By JD Alois  |  

If you are a Bitcoin maximalist, times are good. Reports keep rolling in regarding the acceptance and utilization of crypto and more specifically Bitcoin thus helping to drive the price of BTC higher. Today, CNBC is reporting that Mastercard will soon allow banks and merchants… Read More

October 25, 2021 @ 10:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital assets firm Kraken is pleased to confirm that it now supports staking for holders of Algorand’s native token, ALGO. You may head into the Earn section of your account to “put your ALGO to work today.” What is Algorand? Algorand is a Proof-of-Stake (PoS)… Read More

October 25, 2021 @ 10:08 am By JD Alois  |  

FTX US (West Realm Shire Services Inc.), a digital asset marketplace affiliated with fast-growing crypto exchange FTX Trading, says it has finalized its acquisition of Ledger Holdings Inc., the parent company of LedgerX LLC. The FTX said it has also rebranded LedgerX to FTX US… Read More

October 24, 2021 @ 6:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Kava 9 mainnet upgrade is coming, and it’s bringing several key changes aimed at further expanding the Kava Ecosystem by adding more ways for users and projects to bring their assets to Kava. As mentioned in a blog post by the team at Kava… Read More

October 24, 2021 @ 5:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Security Token Market (STM) has released their first-ever tokenized stock report. STM notes that most industry participants or observers are familiar with security tokens, or digitized assets in equity, fixed income, real estate, investment fund shares, commodities, and structured products “traded and… Read More

October 24, 2021 @ 4:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at digital assets firm Binance notes that the crypto and blockchain industry has grown considerably during the past few years, both from a technology adoption and “new user perspective.” When they launched Binance, they decided that it would be their “unwavering” commitment to… Read More

October 24, 2021 @ 3:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

OSL, a provider of digital asset trading and software-as-a-service (SaaS), and member of BC Technology Group, has announced that it has enabled access to its secure, compliant, global, OSL Exchange “to professional and institutional customers in Latin America, with zero trading fees until the end… Read More

October 23, 2021 @ 3:57 pm By JD Alois  |  

Real estate tokenization platform RedSwan CRE is raising preferred equity capital on SeedInvest seeking up to $5 million in funding. The securities are being issued under both Reg CF and Reg D so it is open to both accredited and non-accredited investors. The “tiered preferred… Read More

October 23, 2021 @ 11:38 am By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently connected with Sergey Gorbunov, Co-founder and CEO of Axelar, the decentralized interoperability network that connects blockchain ecosystems, applications and users. In August, Axelar had entered into a strategic partnership with Keplr, the largest Cosmos interchain wallet. The partnership had aimed to integrate the… Read More

October 23, 2021 @ 9:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Over 70 financial institutions have reportedly worked with Valk‘s digital transaction and tokenization platform this year. Private market digital platform VALK says that it is “building for expansion after achieving over $4 billion in assets and deals managed on its platform in a year” as… Read More

October 23, 2021 @ 7:44 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Rally, a cryptocurrency platform for creators, announced that it is committing around $12 million in $RLY tokens from its “community-approved” budget to third-party developer grants in order to expand the functionality of social tokens and NFTs “purchased by fans from their favorite creators on the… Read More