Blockchain & Digital Assets

May 20, 2021 @ 6:52 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  iSTOX, a Singapore-based private capital platform, announced on Thursday it has rebranded to ADDX as it enters its next growth stage. As previously reported, ADDX describes itself as a future-ready capital markets platform that is set up usher in a new era for capital fundraising… Read More

May 20, 2021 @ 2:18 pm By JD Alois  |  

Earlier today, US Senator Sherrod Brown, Chairman of the Senate Banking Committee,  issued a statement challenging the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to review federal bank charters approved for digital asset firms. In the last year of the Trump Administration, the OCC… Read More

May 20, 2021 @ 10:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Figure Technologies, Inc., which aims to transform financial services by leveraging the power of blockchain tech, has finalized a $200 million Series D round at a $3.2 billion valuation. 10T Holdings and Morgan Creek Digital have reportedly co-led the investment round. They’ve been joined by… Read More

May 20, 2021 @ 8:49 am By JD Alois  |  

BlockFi, a top digital asset firm, made a significant distribution error yesterday when it transferred 700 Bitcoin to clients instead of sending GUSD (Gemini Dollar). In a series of Tweets, BlockFi outlined the mistake sharing that much of the crypto had been returned and they… Read More

May 20, 2021 @ 8:30 am By JD Alois  |  

Digital asset trading platform and crypto mining firm Apifiny has hired Jason Jiang as Chief Technology Officer. Prior to joining Apifiny, Jiang was a Vice President at Goldman Sachs where he led technical development efforts within the company’s Global Markets Division, overseeing Quantitative Trading, Electronic… Read More

May 19, 2021 @ 11:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin prices have come tumbling down after Tesla’s Elon Musk announced his decision to stop taking BTC payments for Tesla purchases due to environmental issues. Piplsay Research has delved into people’s opinions about digital currencies, especially given the rising levels of investment and “ever-increasing buzz”… Read More

May 19, 2021 @ 11:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CITCON, the payment gateway provider that offers in-store, online, and mobile payment solutions to over 6,000 brands across the globe, has partnered with Flexa, the “pure-digital” payments network, in order to enable merchants with accepting cryptocurrencies as a payment option. Merchants connected to Citcon will… Read More

May 19, 2021 @ 11:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The developers of decentralized insurance protocol, InsurAce have partnered with Dora Factory,  in order to offer one of the industry’s first IDO (Initial DEX Offering) insurance products on PentaLaunch, an IDO platform that’s reportedly owned by Dora Factory. As mentioned in a release shared with… Read More

May 19, 2021 @ 10:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ledger, a provider of security and infrastructure solutions for digital assets, has hired Iqbal V. Gandham, and Charles Hamel. As mentioned in a release shared with CI, the new hires have joined Ledger from eToro and Opera. They’ll be serving as executive leads at Ledger… Read More

May 19, 2021 @ 3:46 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Cryptocurrency payments platform BitPay announced on Wednesday it has teamed up with Jomashop, a luxury goods retailer. Through the collaboration, Jomashop will now be accepting cryptocurrency online as a way to attract new customers and sales, and expand payment options for its global clientele…. Read More

May 19, 2021 @ 3:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Global fintech Circle announced on Wednesday it has appointed Mandeep Walia as its new Chief Compliance and Risk Officer. Circle reported that Walia will work with its leadership in helping “harmonize compliance standards” as a part of the company’s broad commitment to ensuring that open… Read More

May 19, 2021 @ 2:23 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

    Singapore-based global cryptocurrency exchange KuCoin announced on Wednesday it has teamed up with Cashaa, a blockchain-based financial platform, to combat the COVID-19 crisis in India. KuCoin reported that as part of its charity initiative in India, the crypto platform has pledged ₹2 million worth… Read More

May 19, 2021 @ 8:43 am By JD Alois  |  

The Bolsa y Mercados Espanoles (BME), the Spanish stock exchange, has partnered with Switzerland-based Fintech accelerator F10 on a program to boost Wealthtech and Regtech startups. F10 is a global innovation ecosystem with offices in Zurich, Singapore, Madrid, and Barcelona. Its incubators and accelerators cover… Read More

May 19, 2021 @ 8:09 am By JD Alois  |  

Bitcoin, the world’s most popular cryptocurrency, is tanking. After hitting a an all-time high of over $64,000 earlier this year, Bitcoin is now trading around $38,000 in heavy volume. Just this past week, a top fund manager at Bank of America called going long Bitcoin… Read More

May 19, 2021 @ 7:45 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 Tuesday (May 18) that for the week ending 17 May… Read More

May 18, 2021 @ 11:10 pm 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, has published their Weekly Hash Report (dated 5/17/2021). As mentioned in BitOoda‘s report, Bitcoin (BTC) “sold off 21% to $46,023 as of 5/16… Read More

May 18, 2021 @ 10:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Deutsche Bank’s Securities Services business in Singapore and Hashstacs (STACS) have reportedly finalized their proof-of-concept (PoC), called Project Benja, on the use of distributed ledger technology (DLT) for crypto-assets and sustainability-related digital bonds. Set in the context of the nascent tokenized securities in the securities… Read More

May 18, 2021 @ 9:29 pm By JD Alois  |  

In a recent speech delivered by the Deputy Governor, Financial Stability, of the Bank of England, Sir Jon Cunliffe, the public official appeared to commit to the UK creating a central bank digital currency (CBDC). The Bank of England, like many other central banks, is… Read More

May 18, 2021 @ 4:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Telos, one of the most active blockchains or distributed ledger tech (DLT) platforms, has revealed that its TLOS token has been listed on digital asset exchange, Kucoin. After the recent traction on decentralized or non-custodial exchanges (DEXes), such as UniSwap and PancakeSwap, the latest TLOS… Read More

May 18, 2021 @ 2:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nate Maddrey and the Coin Metrics team have noted in their latest State of the Network Report that after Elon Musk helped drive the Bitcoin (BTC) price to around $60,000 (three months back), he’s now managed to send the volatile digital currency markets in the opposite… Read More