Blockchain & Digital Assets

May 10, 2021 @ 11:10 am By JD Alois  |  

Regtech ALT/AVE is leveraging Hedera Hashgraph to target paper waste within the financial services industry. According to a note from the company, their new service docStribute has been launched to distribute mandatory, regulated documents to customers, offering an alternative to sending documents to customers via… Read More

May 10, 2021 @ 11:06 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Covalent, a Canada-based blockchain data provider, announced on Monday it has sold $10 million worth of native token CQT through a CoinList token sale. Founded in 2018, Covalent describes itself as a technology company that is solving the huge infrastructure problems inhibiting blockchain adoption. The company reported that its… Read More

May 10, 2021 @ 10:20 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Quidax, an Africa-based cryptocurrency exchange, announced on Monday it has officially processed more than $3.2 million in transactions. Launched in 2018, Quidax reported that it is seeking to become home of BEP-20 is a token standard on Binance Smart Chain (BSC) that extends ERC-20, as well… Read More

May 10, 2021 @ 9:21 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Babel Finance, a Hong Kong-based crypto financial service provider, announced on Monday it secured $40 million through its Series A funding round, which was led by Zoo Capital, Sequoia Capital China, Dragonfly Capital, BAI Capital and Bertelsmann, with participation from Tiger Global Management. Founded in 2018, Babel… Read More

May 10, 2021 @ 9:08 am By JD Alois  |  

SIA, Cattolica University (CeTIF) and Reply have completed a test for surities, or “Fideiussioni digitali,” leveraging blockchain technology. The project included the participation of the Bank of Italy, the Institute for the Supervision of Insurance (IVASS) and the Italian Finance Police. The partners have announced… Read More

May 10, 2021 @ 7:57 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Nuvei, a global payment technology provider based in Canada, recently announced it has acquired Simplex, an EU-licensed financial institution that provides the fiat infrastructure for the cryptocurrency industry, for approximately $250 million. Nuvei reported that the acquisition will provide it with an electronic money… Read More

May 10, 2021 @ 7:03 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Suterusu, the first layer-2 privacy protection protocol that doesn’t need a trusted setup, has reportedly received a strategic investment from Dialectic. Dialectic’s management noted that they’ve been quite impressed by Suterusu’s ability to adapt and evolve the protocol “very quickly.” As a multi-chain “Maximalist,” Dialectic… Read More

May 9, 2021 @ 10:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Chinese banking institutions have introduced central bank digital currency (CBDC) hardware prototypes for several different use cases. The People’s Bank of China (PBoC), the nation’s central bank, and the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) have introduced prototype hardware devices that aim to offer support… Read More

May 9, 2021 @ 7:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ram Ahluwalia, CFA, Founder of PeerIQ and careful observer of the Fintech, Crypto, markets, and startups space, has posed what he claims to be “a $100 billion question” for Coinbase. So here’s the $100 Bn question for Coinbase…If digital currency ETFs are inevitable, consumers will… Read More

May 9, 2021 @ 6:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Stacked has reportedly added several strategic investors to let “everyone in Crypto” invest like hedge funds. Joel Birch, co-founder and CEO at Stacked, says he’s really excited to share that they’ve now added “extremely” strategic investors to their team. Birch added that this latest round… Read More

May 9, 2021 @ 2:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Derek Thompson, Writer at The Atlantic and Host of podcast CRAZY/GENIUS, recently commented on where he thinks the Dogecoin (DOGE) story stands. Where the dogecoin story stands: a parody of an online currency that some people treat as a form of digital gold, based on… Read More

May 9, 2021 @ 2:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital asset firm Gemini reveals that (starting on May 9, 2021) you can now earn as much as 2.25% APY on Dogecoin (DOGE) that’s held at the Gemini cryptocurrency exchange. Gemini clients are now “collectively” earning interest on over $2 billion in loans that have… Read More

May 8, 2021 @ 2:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Aventus Network, a layer-2 blockchain or distributed ledger tech (DLT) protocol that aims to provide scalability, speed and lower costs to Ethereum (ETH) transactions, has introduced its community governance platform, offering Aventus Token (AVT) holders with complete control over “major decisions” regarding the network and… Read More

May 8, 2021 @ 2:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Blockchain.com, a leading digital currency wallet provider, trading platform, and block explorer service, notes that as the crypto-asset space exceeds the $2 trillion market value level, many people might be wondering just how much longer and higher will these prices go in… Read More

May 7, 2021 @ 11:03 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Hong Kong-based Crypto.com announced on Thursday it is now enabling Cosmos’ Inter-Blockchain Communication (IBC) functionality for cross-chain transfers. According to Crypto.com, According to the duo, this integration creates new capabilities for future cross-chain implementations of the Crypto.org Chain and other IBC-enabled chains.  “The integration allows for… Read More

May 7, 2021 @ 10:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

IOST has teamed up with Moonstake in order to support staking functionality for IOST coin on Moonstake wallets. Moonstake began offering services in the staking business in 2020 with the goal to develop the biggest staking network in Asia. Since that time, Moonstake claims it… Read More

May 7, 2021 @ 8:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Li Jun, Founder of Ontology, recently commented on how Self Sovereign Identity solutions will reshape or transform how we share data via the Internet. Jun notes that each time you get on the internet, you’re adding your digital identity and are also creating a “virtual… Read More

May 7, 2021 @ 4:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at digital assets firm Kraken asks whether the current Bitcoin (BTC) rally could go straight up “forever.” Kraken points out in a recent report that for the first time since October 2020, we have seen a “brief pause” in the form of this… Read More

May 7, 2021 @ 3:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Senator Elizabeth Warren, a prominent progressive and member of the Senate Banking Committee, doesn’t like Bitcoin it appears. According to a report in Yahoo, Senator Warren took umbrage at the amount of energy Bitcoin consumes in completing transactions. “I also think with bitcoin, and with… Read More

May 7, 2021 @ 1:20 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Bakkt Holdings, LLC, a U.S.-based digital asset marketplace, announced on Thursday it has teamed up with Cantaloupe, Inc. (NASDAQ: CTLP), a digital payments and software services company, to provide cashless experience for consumers to spend digital assets at retail devices. Bakkt reported that through… Read More