Blockchain & Digital Assets

May 31, 2021 @ 10:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Major banking institutions in the UK like Barclays have decided to block or prevent their clients from transferring money to virtual currency exchanges. Digital banking Fintechs such as Monzo and Starling Bank have also been cracking down on crypto-related entities and transactions they may be… Read More

May 31, 2021 @ 7:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Sweden’s reserve bank will reportedly be working cooperatively with commercial lender Handelsbanken in order to test out how the nation’s proposed digital currency, the e-krona,  may handle payments in the real world, the Riksbank revealed on Friday (May 28, 2021). Reserve banks across the globe… Read More

May 30, 2021 @ 11:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

ChainSafe has reportedly received a development grant to natively integrate Chainlink (LINK) into the Cosmos software development kit (SDK). As previously reported, the Chainlink Community Grant Program offers financial resources to the development teams and researchers creating a “more functional, accessible, and socially impactful” Chainlink… Read More

May 30, 2021 @ 10:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Australia-based COMIT Network, a research and development (R&D) workgroup, recently announced that “trustless” atomic swaps between Monero (XMR) and Bitcoin (BTC) are currently live on Mainnet. According to a release, this allows users to trade XMR for BTC without having to trust a third-party or… Read More

May 30, 2021 @ 10:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Shruti Appiah, Senior Product Manager at IOHK, an organization focused on the ongoing development of Cardano (ADA) and various other initiatives, notes that when she logs into her stock trading apps to acquire exchange-traded funds (ETFs), she may face issues like the platform not being… Read More

May 29, 2021 @ 5:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital asset firm Kraken says it’s pleased to confirm that deposits and withdrawals for Mina (MINA) are “now open” as of Friday (May 28, 2021). Kraken noted in a blog post that trading is scheduled to launch on June 1, 2021 at “approximately 00:00 UTC.”… Read More

May 29, 2021 @ 3:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CoinShares (Nasdaq First North Growth Market: CS), Europe’s largest digital asset investment firm with $3.7B in AUM, as of May 27, 2021, recently revealed that it has made an investment in Viridi Funds (Viridi), an “emerging” fund manager. CoinShares‘ management noted that it will be… Read More

May 29, 2021 @ 3:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Internet Computer’s source code is now available publicly. As noted in an update from its developers, the code “details the technical designs, novel protocol math, and cryptography behind the decentralized computing network.” Back in 2016, the DFINITY Foundation had started on its mission to… Read More

May 29, 2021 @ 2:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

UK’s JustUs, a peer to peer (P2P) lending platform, has announced that it will be launching operations in the US in 2022 (on a state-by-state basis). We're coming to America ! #GlobalP2P @JustUsCrowd #Moneybrain #BiPS https://t.co/Dk2U4YIvjq — Lee Birkett (@MrLeeBirkett) May 27, 2021 Lee Birkett,… Read More

May 29, 2021 @ 10:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at BitOoda, a global digital asset financial technology and services platform offering risk management solutions, “best-execution” brokerage and market analysis, notes that based on questions they’ve been getting from their clients and partners, they’re now sharing their latest analysis of “potential scenarios” resulting… Read More

May 28, 2021 @ 7:14 pm By JD Alois  |  

Digital asset exchange BitConnect is the most recent crypto marketplace to gain the scrutiny of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Division of Enforcement. In a public statement, the SEC announced an enforcement action against five individuals alleging the promotion of a global unregistered digital asset… Read More

May 28, 2021 @ 6:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bison Trails, a blockchain infrastructure platform-as-a-service company that was acquired by Coinbase, revealed on May 28, 2021 that it will be supporting the Helium Network’s blockchain upgrade to a proof-of-stake (PoS) consensus algorithm. This shift to PoS is being carried out to increase network reliability…. Read More

May 28, 2021 @ 5:29 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Apifiny, a digital asset marketplace that seeks to enable institutional trading across multiple regulated exchanges, announced on Thursday it has launched Apifiny Connect, which is a global digital asset trading execution platform that empowers professional traders to execute global strategies on over 20 connected exchanges with… Read More

May 28, 2021 @ 2:23 pm By JD Alois  |  

Sheetz a sizeable gas station and convenience store chain in the US will start accepting cryptocurrency as payment. The ability to accept crypto has been made feasible in a new partnership with Flexa. In a medium post, Linda Smith, Payments Manager for Sheetz, explained: “Above… Read More

May 28, 2021 @ 12:18 pm By JD Alois  |  

Lee A. Schneider has joined Ava Labs as the firm’s first General Counsel, according to a note from the company. Schneider is well known in the crypto/blockchain sector having previously been GC of Block.one/EOS. He is a regular suspect in Washington, DC where he is… Read More

May 28, 2021 @ 10:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital asset firm OKEx, which claims to be the world’s largest spot and futures trading platform for cryptos, has clarified that China has not actually banned or attempted to ban Bitcoin (BTC) again. While sharing what they know, the OKEx team noted in a blog… Read More

May 28, 2021 @ 9:09 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Celsius Network, a cryptocurrency lending and borrowing platform, announced on Thursday it has teamed up with Brooklyn Nets’ Spencer Dinwiddie for cryptocurrency education and advancing the Celsius mission of financial independence through the blockchain. According to Celsius, the collaboration is aiming to build “awareness around… Read More

May 28, 2021 @ 8:53 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Wave Financial Group, a diversified holding investment and asset management firm that is focused on digital assets and blockchain technology, announced on Thursday it has surpassed $500 million of AUM for the first time since its founding in 2018. Wave stated it provides institutional and… Read More

May 28, 2021 @ 8:32 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Vesper Finance, a U.S.-based DeFi ecosystem and growth engine for crypto assets, announced on Thursday it has teamed up with Gauntlet to maximize efficiency and minimize risk through automated collateral management. Vesper reported through the partnership Gauntlet will deliver optimization of Vesper strategies that use on-chain… Read More

May 27, 2021 @ 9:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis has published a report, titled The Crypto Maturity Model: How Traditional Finance Can Adopt Cryptocurrency in Stages. Chainalysis notes that during the past year, cryptocurrency has become a “more mainstream” asset class, with an inflow of institutional money driving Bitcoin (BTC)… Read More