Blockchain & Digital Assets

July 15, 2021 @ 12:33 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Asian cryptocurrency exchange platform Liquid this week announced Stellar USDC is now available on Liquid. This will include multi-chain support for USDC by expanding into a Stellar-based version. Users will see fee-free USDC withdrawal capabilities, Liquid COO Seth Melamed said. “Liquid focuses on increasing cryptocurrency… Read More

July 15, 2021 @ 11:53 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Cryptocurrency, blockchain, and digital asset technology company Net Savings Link (OTC Pink: NSAV) this week announced its cryptocurrency exchange will launch Aug. 9 under the brand name NSAV. Net Savings Link will own 100 percent of the exchange. The NSAV management team includes director Yuen… Read More

July 15, 2021 @ 11:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Crypto financial services firm Matrixport reports that it has adopted Elliptic Lens in order to screen virtual currency wallets and offer a safer financial environment for their clients. As noted in a blog post by Elliptic, Matrixport aims to serve as a one-stop cryptocurrency financial… Read More

July 15, 2021 @ 10:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ledgermatic, the treasury, finance and custody solution, reveals that it’s now live and “compatible for the Algorand ecosystem.” Businesses that use the Algorand network, hold Algo’s and use native ASA tokens are able to “leverage Ledgermatic as their custodian and back-office finance solution with a… Read More

July 15, 2021 @ 9:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

CertiK reports that it has finalized a Series B funding round, raising more than $37 million in capital. The CertiK Family of investors continues to grow with backing from Coatue Management, Shunwei Capital, and Coinbase Ventures. As mentioned in an update shared with CI: “We… Read More

July 15, 2021 @ 1:00 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

One in nine adults in the United Kingdom could make their first cryptocurrency purchase over the next year, data from UK money app Ziglu suggests. Should they all take the plunge that would mean 21 percent of UK adults would own some digital currency. Of… Read More

July 14, 2021 @ 8:49 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Multi-chain DeFi products ecosystem Persistence today launched the mainnet for pSTAKE, its liquid staking solution. In the first phase Cosmos will be supported with such networks as Solana, Polkadot and Ethereum being added later on. pSTAKE is designed to unlock the liquidity of staked assets…. Read More

July 14, 2021 @ 6:54 pm By Priyanka Pani  |  

Phantom, a multi-chain crypto wallet, has raised $9 million in Series A funding led by Andreessen Horowitz  (A16z).  Variant Fund, Jump Capital, DeFi Alliance, and Solana Foundation also participated in the round along with Garry Tan, an early Coinbase investor and other angel investors from Compound, dYdX, Audius, Lolli, and Ethereum Foundation. Phantom plans to use… Read More

July 14, 2021 @ 5:30 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

BlueHelix Group has released a decentralized trading platform that supports deposits, withdrawals and trading of any asset across blockchains. HDEX went live July 8. HDEX is based on the patented BlueHelix decentralized private key generation technology known as BHEX Chain. It supports arbitrary linkage and… Read More

July 14, 2021 @ 3:04 pm By JD Alois  |  

SEC Commissioners Elad Roisman and Hester Peirce have joined together in issuing a public statement on Blotics, a firm formerly operating as Coinschedule, and the enforcement action by the SEC that was revealed today. As was previously reported, the SEC has settled charges against the… Read More

July 14, 2021 @ 2:27 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Blockchain venture fund and event producer Draper Goren Holm (DGH) has tapped Disney veteran Matthew Boseo as its director of events. He will lead global event production, sponsorship alliance agreements, attendee experience, and the venture fund’s community engagement platform. Produced by Draper Goren Holm, LA… Read More

July 14, 2021 @ 11:24 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Skrill, which is part of specialized payments firm Paysafe (NYSE: PSFE), reveals that it has  added 20 other virtual currencies to its digital wallet for its clients to purchase and sell. As mentioned in a release shared with Crowdfund Insider, the new additions bring the… Read More

July 14, 2021 @ 9:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Mettalex, a decentralized cryptocurrency and traditional commodities derivatives trading platform that is powered by Fetch.ai, reveals that it has launched DEX Yield Farming for commodities, adding new markets to the decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem. Liquidity providers are now able to generate a “highly-competitive” yield by… Read More

July 14, 2021 @ 1:42 am 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 12) that for the week ending July 12,… Read More

July 13, 2021 @ 10:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) is currently seeking regulatory approval to begin offering cryptocurrency trading, PSE President and CEO Ramon Monzon thinks that the bourse can offer an ideal platform for facilitating digital currency trading because of its robust trading infrastructure and established customer safeguard… Read More

July 13, 2021 @ 4:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The research analysts at BitOoda have published their Weekly Hash report, dated July 12, 2021. The report reveals that cryptocurrency miner economics have improved despite the range-bound Bitcoin (BTC) price. The BitOoda team writes in a blog post that China’s Bitcoin mining ban “continues to… Read More

July 13, 2021 @ 3:49 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Today, NFT minting technology provider CXIP announced a $1.7 million seed round with participation from several funds and angel investors including Courtside Ventures, Mechanism Capital, Wave Financial, Arca, GMoney NFT, and Larry Warsh. “Because each marketplace currently mints NFTs differently, with many out of compliance,… Read More

July 13, 2021 @ 3:03 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Digital asset marketplace Binance.US is adding mobile phone-based technology to its user verification and onboarding processes. The multi-year agreement is with Prove a company offering technology that proves identity with a phone number. Through its trademarked process Phone-Centric Identity Prove analyzes mobile, telecom, and other… Read More

July 13, 2021 @ 2:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at the Bitcoin Mercantile Exchange (BitMEX), a major cryptocurrency derivatives exchange whose senior management including its ex- CEO Arthur Hayes are facing criminal charges including large-scale money laundering, notes that they are pleased to announce that their Open Source Developer Grant program will… Read More

July 13, 2021 @ 10:16 am By JD Alois  |  

Just weeks after a record amount of crypto seized by authorities in the UK, the Metropolitan Police have topped that amount in taking possession of cryptocurrency said to amount to almost £180 million. According to Scotland Yard, the seizures were made by detective from the… Read More