Blockchain & Digital Assets

April 2, 2021 @ 3:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Sasha Ivanov, the Founder of the Waves Platform, an open blockchain protocol and development toolset for Web 3.0 apps and decentralized finance (DeFi), notes that while facing the different challenges of mass adoption, Waves, as an ecosystem, “must step it up a notch, working on… Read More

April 2, 2021 @ 1:25 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Estonia-based aspiring “crypto-bank” Crypterium has now raised nearly €2 million through its equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs. The funding round originally sought to raise a minimum of €1 million and has attracted more than 1,600 Seedrs investors. As previously reported, Crypterium stated it is building a… Read More

April 2, 2021 @ 8:03 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital assets firm Coinbase has confirmed the effectiveness of its registration statement and also the anticipated listing date of its Class A Common Stock on the Nasdaq Global Select Market. Coinbase Global, Inc., revealed on April 1, 2021, that its registration statement on Form S-1,… Read More

April 2, 2021 @ 8:01 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Neptune, a U.S.-based fintech startup, announced on Thursday the launch of its non-custodial wallet for cryptocurrency holders. Neptune reported that the wallet offers users the ability to manage multiple currency sets tied to different mnemonic phrases, all in one stallion instance. “Wallets on the… Read More

April 2, 2021 @ 7:39 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Hong Kong-based Crypto.com announced on Thursday it has expanded its Crypto.com Tax service into the U.S. This expansion comes just after Crypto launched the service in Canada. According to Crypto.com, Crypto.com Tax enables users to generate accurate and organized tax reports, including transaction history and… Read More

April 1, 2021 @ 8:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Gro has acquired $7.1 million via a seed round in order to make DeFi more accessible The Gro team writes in a blog post that they’re pleased to confirm that some great business partners and investors have helped them with building their vision of “simple”… Read More

April 1, 2021 @ 6:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital assets firm Coinbase has hired Brett Redfearn as its Vice President of Capital Markets. Surojit Chatterjee, Chief Product Officer at Coinbase, noted in a blog post that during the last year, they’ve increased the performance of their exchange, rolled out support for new crypto-assets,… Read More

April 1, 2021 @ 2:37 pm By JD Alois  |  

Tezos has invested an undisclosed amount in venture firm Draper Goren Holm, an LA-based venture studio and fund that is a partnership between Tim Draper, Alon Goren, and Josef Holm. In 2017, Tezos raised a huge ICO that reportedly generated over $230 million in funding…. Read More

April 1, 2021 @ 11:35 am By JD Alois  |  

According to a release by Valdy (TSXV:VALDY), the company has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire all outstanding securities of INX Limited. Upon completion, INX will effectively become a publicly listed company. Valdy is a shell company based in Vancouver, Canada.  Valdy was incorporated… Read More

April 1, 2021 @ 9:22 am By JD Alois  |  

In a post on its site, Tether Holdings Limited said a recent assurance opinion by Moore Cayman confirms that “information in the company’s Consolidated Reserves Report is accurate.” The report, a snapshot document from February 28, 2021, indicates that at that time Tether effectively held… Read More

April 1, 2021 @ 9:19 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Nets Group, a European payment services provider, along with with Salamantex, an Austrian developer of software solutions for cryptocurrency payments, have announced that they’re bringing acceptance of virtual currencies like Bitcoin (BTC), Etherereum (ETH) and XRP to in-store points-of-sale in Austria. The partnership between Nets… Read More

April 1, 2021 @ 8:19 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Unifimoney Inc., a U.S.-based premium digital money management platform, announced on Wednesday it has joined forces with Gemini to bring cryptocurrency trading to its Unifimoney money management mobile app. According to Unifimoney, the partnership will enable Unifimoney users to access buy and sell Gemini’s full portfolio of… Read More

March 31, 2021 @ 11:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) is reportedly being accused of enabling or supporting a fraudulent app which allegedly stole $600,000 worth of Bitcoin from an unsuspecting user.  A man is claiming that Apple had listed the scam app in its App Store that was posing or pretending to… Read More

March 31, 2021 @ 11:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ConsenSys, HENI Group, and Heyday Films launched Palm NFT Studio on March 30, 2021. It’s described as an “innovation” lab that’s been set up to “collaborate with artists, marketplaces, and rights holders to bring projects and platforms into the Palm ecosystem.” As mentioned in a… Read More

March 31, 2021 @ 11:10 pm By JD Alois  |  

The United Kingdom is looking to regulate the fast emerging stablecoin market before it addresses the broader crypto-asset sector, according to a report by Reuters. Citing John Glen, MP, Economic Secretary to the Treasury, who was speaking at a conference, the report indicated concern about… Read More

March 31, 2021 @ 11:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

BNY Mellon (NYSE:BK), an American investment banking services holding company headquartered in New York City, notes that in the current environment, where the “intrinsic value of fiat currencies is increasingly being questioned,” it’s important to take into consideration the value of alternative currencies like Bitcoin… Read More

March 31, 2021 @ 10:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

HARD Protocol, a cross-chain (decentralized finance) DeFi money market developed on the Kava platform, has performed a Version 2 upgrade. In addition to enabling lending and borrowing of cross-chain assets, a number of other new enhancements will now be accessible to financial institutions seeking to… Read More

March 31, 2021 @ 10:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The developers of Clever DeFi (CLVA), a crypto token that claims to offer 307% returns during the first year and 445% during the second year, state that they’re the first “pure-DeFi” initiative  with “zero team tokens and complete decentralization.” Clever DeFi also claims that it’s… Read More

March 31, 2021 @ 2:18 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

ForumPay, a payment gateway solution for crypto consumers and traditional merchants, announced on Wednesday it has teamed up with connected and mobile commerce services for merchants, Sionic, to expand the reach of crypto-to-fiat interchangeable payments to merchants and consumers across the U.S. via mobile and… Read More

March 31, 2021 @ 12:57 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  imToken, a Singapore-based blockchain technology company, announced on Tuesday it raised $30 million through its Series B financing round, which was led by Qiming Venture Partners, with participation from its lead Series A investor IDG Capital and new investors including Breyer Capital, HashKey, Signum… Read More