Blockchain & Digital Assets

July 28, 2021 @ 8:10 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

While some testing remains on Umbria Network’s cross-chain Narni bridge, the initial results are promising, the company said this week. Narni’s goal is to enable users to move ERC-20 tokens securely from one blockchain network to another cheaply, quickly, and easily. In testing, USDT was… Read More

July 27, 2021 @ 11:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

William Callahan, Director of Government & Strategic Affairs at Blockchain Intelligence Group,  has noted that Tether CTO and General Counsel had made an appearance live on CNBC last week. William has asked us whether we think the U.S. Department of Justice was watching this “slow… Read More

July 27, 2021 @ 11:19 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Consumers are warming to the concept of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC), research from European deep tech company Guardtime shows. Guardtime surveyed people in 10 countries and found 64 per cent of people would likely use a CBDC launched in their country, with 33 per… Read More

July 27, 2021 @ 10:11 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Bitcoin’s recent movement around the $29,000 border could influence the cryptocurrency market through the end of the year EXANTE senior analyst Victor Argonov said. While the market drawdown has been going on for more than two months, but the June BTC low of $28,800 has… Read More

July 27, 2021 @ 3:50 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

CoinSwap Space, a decentralized exchange on the Binance Smart Chain, now allows investors to stake their native CSS token and earn rewards in ADA, ETH, and LINK. These coins’ long-term viability should shield them from the heaviest losses, the company believes. Launched on April 30,… Read More

July 27, 2021 @ 3:43 pm 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 (July 26) that for the week ending July 26,… Read More

July 27, 2021 @ 3:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bharat Mediratta has reportedly joined digital assets firm Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) as Fellow. The former Google Distinguished Engineer and Dropbox CTO and SVP aims to bring his deep technical expertise to Coinbase, according to the announcement. As noted by Coinbase: “Today, we’re excited to welcome Bharat… Read More

July 27, 2021 @ 3:09 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Bitcoin’s recent travails are a reminder to retail investors to watch the whales, GlobalBlock sales trader Alexandra Clark said in a recent research note. After dipping to $29,393, signs show Bitcoin is on the upswing, Clark said. A group of Bitcoin whales purchased a total… Read More

July 27, 2021 @ 12:44 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Senate Banking Committee held a hearing today on cryptocurrency aptly titled Cryptocurrencies: What are they good for? And as one may anticipate, the questions and support of digital asset innovation largely fell along party lines. For the witnesses, there were representatives from Coin Center, Filecoin,… Read More

July 27, 2021 @ 12:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently connected with Fernando Martinelli, the Co-founder and CEO at Balancer Labs, which supports the ongoing development of Balancer, an automated portfolio manager and digital asset liquidity provider. As covered in May 2021, Balancer Version 2.0, the “most flexible” and efficient automated market maker… Read More

July 27, 2021 @ 11:00 am By JD Alois  |  

BlockQuake has announced its long-anticipated official launch. The crypto exchange has taken a regulatory compliance first approach learning from the early innovators to create a “gold standard” digital asset trading platform. BlockQuake states that it seeks to differentiate its service by aiming to give users… Read More

July 27, 2021 @ 10:43 am By JD Alois  |  

Fireblocks, an enterprise-grade platform providing an infrastructure for digital assets, has raised a $310 million Series D funding round at a huge $2 billion valuation. The funding was led by Sequoia Capital, Stripes, Spark Capital, Coatue, DRW VC  and SCB 10X, Siam Commercial Bank, along… Read More

July 27, 2021 @ 8:24 am By JD Alois  |  

The US Senate Banking Committee will hold a hearing later this morning entitled Cryptocurrencies: What are they good for? The individuals testifying in front of the Committee include: Professor Angela Walch, Professor of Law, St. Mary’s University School of Law, Research Associate, UCL Centre for… Read More

July 27, 2021 @ 7:34 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Giant Wall Street investment bank Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) has reportedly submitted an application with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for an exchange-traded fund (ETF) that could provide exposure decentralized finance (DeFi) and blockchain initiatives to public firms. Although there are not too many… Read More

July 27, 2021 @ 12:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Blockstream, which claims to be the global leader in Bitcoin and blockchain tech, notes that they’re pleased to introduce Greenlight, which is their latest Lightning Network (LN) service. Blockstream, which aims to make financial markets more efficient by reducing reliance on trust… Read More

July 26, 2021 @ 8:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

C.R.E.A.M. Finance, a decentralized lending protocol, has revealed that it will be “the first” protocol in the decentralized finance (DeFi) space to provide a Euro-backed stablecoin in, “with the addition of Tether tokens pegged to the euro (EURt).” Paolo Ardoino, CTO at Tether Operations Limited,… Read More

July 26, 2021 @ 6:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cyprus-regulated digital assets hedge fund ARK36 announced that it is appointing Loukas Lagoudis to serve as Executive Director and Socrates Minas as Investor Relations Manager in order to strengthen its Cyprus investment division. According to a note shared with Crowdfund Insider, Loukas Lagoudis will be… Read More

July 26, 2021 @ 4:29 pm By JD Alois  |  

Bitcoin is once again surging after tumbling below $30,000 last week. Today, Bitcoin is bouncing around $40,000 – a pretty dramatic shift in price. At the beginning of 2021, Bitcoin traded at just shy of $30,000 so last week BTC retraced all of the years’… Read More

July 26, 2021 @ 3:52 pm By JD Alois  |  

Jeff Dorman, Chief Investment Officer at Arca, has distributed a statement criticizing the lack of transparency in digital asset offerings. Arca is a digital asset firm that offers institutional-grade financial services in the digital asset sector. In January, Dorman predicted that more attention would be… Read More

July 26, 2021 @ 11:50 am By JD Alois  |  

Securitize has announced two yield funds one for Bitcoin and the other for USDC. The funds are managed by Securitize’s subsidiary, Securitize Capital, LLC, and offered through Securitize Markets, LLC, which is an SEC-registered broker-dealer. According to a release, the fund is recorded on the… Read More