Blockchain & Digital Assets

September 29, 2021 @ 7:36 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Blockchain-based app technology provider Algorand today announced the availability of the Algorand Virtual Machine (AVM). This upgrade to Algorand’s Layer-1 protocol, now available on MainNet, provides tools for developers and organizations looking to build applications of the future on fast, scalable, low cost and stable… Read More

September 29, 2021 @ 7:27 pm By JD Alois  |  

The North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA), the entity that represents state and provincial securities regulators, has distributed its annual Enforcement Report. In a public statement, NASAA said there have been a growing number of investigations and enforcement actions involving, precious metals, self directed IRAs,… Read More

September 29, 2021 @ 7:05 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has filed charges against 14 entities for either failing to register as futures commission merchants (FCMs) or else making false and misleading claims of having CFTC registration and National Futures Association (NFA) membership. The CFTC is pursuing cease and… Read More

September 29, 2021 @ 6:52 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Genesis Global Capital, a part of Genesis, a digital asset industry participant and provider of digital currency prime brokerage services, this week announced it has executed the first-ever OTC block trade of a BTIC (Basis Trade at Index Close) transaction on CME Bitcoin futures with Akuna… Read More

September 29, 2021 @ 4:44 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Global NFT distribution and viewing platform VUELE announced it grossed nearly six figures, bringing in 32.86267 ETH ($93,435) with the release of 11 total NFT drops of feature film thriller Zero Contact starring Oscar-winning Best Actor Anthony Hopkins.  The flick, which also stars Aleks Paunovic,… Read More

September 29, 2021 @ 4:00 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Bitcoin Latinum (LTNM) will list on cryptocurrency exchange DigiFinex in the third week of October. Monsoon Blockchain, Bitcoin Latinum’s lead developer, also plans for the token to list on a number of other global exchanges in the upcoming months. Headquartered in Singapore, DigiFinex says it… Read More

September 29, 2021 @ 3:26 pm By JD Alois  |  

FINMA, the Swiss financial regulatory, has approved Crypto Finance to become the first regulated crypto asset fund. Crypto Finance’s fund will be administered by PvB Pernet von Ballmoos AG with custody handled by SEBA Bank AG. As was previously reported, SEBA has just received approval… Read More

September 29, 2021 @ 3:11 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

While at the beginning NFTs were predominantly used by artists to claim the ownership and novelty of their digital creative work, the uses for the digital tokens are growing, a new report from Global Data suggests. Companies are now filing NFT-related patents to secure their… Read More

September 29, 2021 @ 12:48 pm By JD Alois  |  

SEBA Bank, a FINMA licensed Swiss Bank that works with both digital and traditional assets, has been granted a license to act as a custodian bank for Swiss collective investment schemes. SEBA states that it is the first entity to be granted this type of… Read More

September 29, 2021 @ 11:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Partisia Blockchain, the Web 3.0 public (or permissionless) blockchain developed for trust, transparency, and privacy, recently confirmed the appointment of experienced cryptographer Christian Cachin to their team. Dr. Christian Cachin, a former computer scientist working at IBM, has joined the team as a Consensus and… Read More

September 29, 2021 @ 11:09 am By JD Alois  |  

The Bank of England and HM Treasury have joined the central bank digital currency (CBDC) Engagement and Technology Forums. The Forums were created earlier this year alongside a task force exploring a digital pound sterling. CBDCs have emerged as a hot policy issue in the… Read More

September 29, 2021 @ 10:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Earlier this year, the Central Bank of Spain (BdE), the Monetary Authority of Spain (Comisión Nacional de Mercados y Valores – CNMV), and Directorate-General for Insurance and Pension Funds (DGSFP) had revealed that that Spanish firm Vottun had been chosen to take part in the… Read More

September 29, 2021 @ 9:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

YouHodler, a Fintech platform that assists consumers with accessing the benefits of the crypto economy, has reportedly added support for Polkadot (DOT), Tezos (XTZ), TRON (TRX) and Aave (AAVE) tokens. YouHolder also noted in a release shared with Crowdfund Insider that they’ve established a 100%… Read More

September 29, 2021 @ 9:00 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Atom Foundation, which focuses on liquidity solutions on the blockchain, this week announced it is launching the Central Bank Distributed Secure Coin (CBDSC). CBDSC aims to improve current central bank digital currency (CBDC) projects that claims to remove volatility while adding flexibility to governments in… Read More

September 29, 2021 @ 9:00 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Compute North, a provider of large-scale computing and cryptocurrency mining infrastructure, has agreed with PowerFund One, a leading Clean Energy Tax Equity Fund, to immediately begin delivering more than $100 million of green energy and tax credits to mining operations seeking to invest in and… Read More

September 29, 2021 @ 7:49 am By Omar Faridi  |  

One of the “longest-running” crypto exchanges, CoinJar UK Limited has been “officially registered” by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) as “a Cryptoasset Exchange Provider and Custodian Wallet Provider.” As mentioned in an update shared with CI: “In January 2020, new regulatory powers were introduced to… Read More

September 28, 2021 @ 11:43 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Multi-chain, community-oriented launchpad Starter this week announced it will host the launch of the IDO for NASDEX, an independently owned and operated decentralized exchange that allows users to trade tokenized stocks on the blockchain through a minting and trading mechanism.  NASDEX, which is designed to… Read More

September 28, 2021 @ 10:42 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Yieldly.Finance, a DeFi platform built atop the Algorand blockchain, today launched four new partnerships and liquidity pools with ASA-based assets: Smile Coin Network (SMILE), the Asia Reserve Currency Coin (ARCC) from the International Blockchain Monetary Reserve, Opulous (OPUL) and Xfinite (XET). The launch of these… Read More

September 28, 2021 @ 10:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Tradeteq has teamed up with Singapore-headquartered eXchange inFinite (XinFin) to provide tokenized trade finance products to institutional investors and has carried out its very first transaction. This is reportedly the first complete end-to-end transaction “following a unique set of regulatory guidelines and trade finance standards,”… Read More

September 28, 2021 @ 9:33 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

NFT marketplace Bubblehouse today announced $4 million in pre-seed funding led by Third Kind VC with participation from SV Angel, Watertower Ventures, Soma Capital, and other angels. Bubblehouse describes itself as a social, accessible, and eco-friendly NFT marketplace where creators and collectors don’t need crypto… Read More