Blockchain & Digital Assets

May 2, 2021 @ 8:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Balancer Labs has teamed up with the TokenEngineering (TE) Academy in order to launch Balancer Simulations for open “crypto-economic” research. As noted in an update dated April 29, 2021: “With the launch of Balancer V2, Balancer Labs brings programmable liquidity to a new level by… Read More

May 2, 2021 @ 7:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

China’s virtual yuan has been in development for the past 7 years (since 2014). Recently, Chinese officials had noted that Bitcoin (BTC) was not really a currency but they do think it’s a form of investment. Regulators in China are also eager to explore the… Read More

May 2, 2021 @ 4:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Turkey has reportedly decided to add digital currency trading platforms to its list of companies that will come under the nation’s anti-money laundering (AML) and terrorism financing regulations. This, according to a presidential decree that was released on Saturday (May 1, 2021). The Official Gazette… Read More

May 2, 2021 @ 3:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Peter Mallouk, President and CEO at Creative Planning, a nationally recognized “leader” in the wealth management community, recently noted that if you purchase a hundred stocks, “odds are most go up.” Mallouk also mentioned that if you buy a hundred cryptocurrencies, “most will go to… Read More

May 2, 2021 @ 1:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Tether (USDT), the world’s largest stablecoin (or digital asset that’s supposed to be backed 1-to-1 with major fiat currencies like USD and cash equivalents) now claims a market cap of over $51.7 billion at the time of writing (according to available data). Notably, Tether (USDT)… Read More

May 1, 2021 @ 10:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

  The developers at Ocean Protocol (OCEAN), which allows software engineers to build marketplaces and other apps to privately and securely publish, exchange, and consume data, have revealed that Compute-to-Data has landed in the Ocean Market. According to the Ocean Protocol team, Compute-to-Data “enables buying… Read More

May 1, 2021 @ 12:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Arash Ghaemi, Director of Strategy at Two Prime Digital Assets, a “trusted” investment partner to HNWIs, family offices, institutions, and corporate treasuries seeking “intelligent” exposure to Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH), notes that there are several potential reasons why ETH can be “a higher upside”… Read More

May 1, 2021 @ 11:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Andreessen Horowitz, one of Silicon Valley’s most high-profile VC companies that invests in “software eating the world,” is reportedly planning or looking into establishing a new fund of around $1 billion. According to a report from the FT, this new fund would make strategic investments… Read More

May 1, 2021 @ 9:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Grayscale, a global leader in digital currency asset management that provides single asset and diversified exposure via private and public funds, has provided updates (as of April 30, 2021) on its total assets under management (AUM), holdings per share, and market price per share for… Read More

April 30, 2021 @ 10:14 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN), the largest crypto exchange in the U.S., announced on Thursday  it is now allowing its customers to buy crypto on its platform using their debit cards and bank accounts linked to PayPal. The company revealed more details about the option by stating:… Read More

April 30, 2021 @ 2:02 pm By JD Alois  |  

This past week, the European Investment Bank (EIB) issued a €100 million digital bond offering on the Ethereum blockchain. The EIB worked with Goldman Sachs, Santander, and Societe Generale on the issuance along with the support of the Banque of France. Notably, the payment of… Read More

April 30, 2021 @ 1:50 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

      U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange PayBito announced on Thursday it has crossed $2 billion in its daily trading volume and is seeking to achieve $5 billion by the end of 2021. The latest milestone comes just a few months after PayBito announced it was experiencing record… Read More

April 30, 2021 @ 11:24 am By JD Alois  |  

DeFi firm Dispersion Holdings has commenced trading of its shares on the Aquis Stock Exchange Growth Market (AQSE). Aquis Exchange is authorised and regulated by the UK Financial Conduct Authority and France’s Autorité des Marchés Financiers to operate Multilateral Trading Facility businesses in the UK… Read More

April 30, 2021 @ 11:00 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Bittrex, a cryptocurrency exchange based in the U.S., announced on Friday its integration with the DigitalBits blockchain mainnet, as well as its support for the DigitalBits ERC-20 token swap. The launch comes just after Bittrex recently listed both the Zytara dollar (ZUSD) and DigitalBits (XDB)… Read More

April 30, 2021 @ 9:49 am By JD Alois  |  

Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN), the largest crypto exchange in the US, has acquired skew, a UK-based data analytics firm in the digital asset sector. Terms of the deal were not revealed and the transaction is expected to close next month following typical closing conditions. Founded in London… Read More

April 30, 2021 @ 7:57 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Blockdaemon, a U.S.-based blockchain infrastructure platform for node management, announced on Thursday it has teamed up with Voyager Digital (CSE: VYGR; OTCQB: VYGVF; FRA: UCD2), a publicly traded holding company whose subsidiaries operate licensed crypto-asset trading and investing brokerage. Blockdaemon reported that the partnership… Read More

April 30, 2021 @ 7:38 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Central bank digital currencies or CBDCs might offer new types of businesses improved access to cost-effective reserve bank funding while potentially reducing the role of large banking institutions when it comes to settling big transactions, according to recent statements from a senior Bank of France… Read More

April 29, 2021 @ 10:44 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

TrustSwap, a Canada-based full-service digital asset platform, announced on Thursday more than $1 billion in cryptocurrencies have been locked and vested by TrustSwap clients through their SmartLock service. Launched in the summer of 2020, TrustSwap describes itself as a distributed platform, cryptocurrency and protocol that… Read More

April 29, 2021 @ 10:11 pm By JD Alois  |  

Zipmex, a Singapore-based digital asset exchange that operates in multiple countries, says it has processed Asia’s first purchase of a Lamborghini using cryptocurrency. According to a release, Jo Chirawat used Zipmex’s mobile app to put a downpayment in Bitcoin on a 2021 Huracán EVO RWD… Read More

April 29, 2021 @ 7:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

California-based Fintech firm Wealthfront revealed on Wednesday (April 28, 2021) that it’s now offering new features for its investment portfolios that will allow its clients to make investments in a wider range of “carefully-vetted” exchange-traded-funds or ETFs and Socially Responsible Investing (SRI) options. According to… Read More