Blockchain & Digital Assets

February 12, 2021 @ 10:39 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  XTM, a Canada-based fintech that provides mobile banking and payment card solutions, announced on Friday its plans of expansion of crypto trading within the Today Mobile wallet allowing holders to purchase and transact in cryptocurrency. XTM reported that as previously announced this past summer… Read More

February 12, 2021 @ 10:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

It’s been over a year since the COVID-19 outbreak brought the world to a halt, and we’re now may be just beginning to see a light at the end of the tunnel, due to the increasing availability of testing facilities and the vaccine rollout. However,… Read More

February 12, 2021 @ 9:37 am By JD Alois  |  

Miami Mayor Francis Suarez is going all-in on Bitcoin as he announced via Twitter that he has requested the city manager to research a vendor to facilitate Bitcoin payments as well as paying employees in Bitcoin. Crypto insiders quickly embraced the move with Anthony Pompliano… Read More

February 12, 2021 @ 8:13 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Compute North, a U.S.-based large-scale computing infrastructure and cryptocurrency mining firm, announced on Thursday it raised $25 million in debt financing and equity to expand capacity and enable further growth. Founded in 2017, Compute North states it delivers high-performance cryptocurrency mining and infrastructure solutions to… Read More

February 12, 2021 @ 8:03 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Kraken, a U.S.-based digital asset exchange, announced on Thursday it is backing the newly launched Kraken Ventures, an independent investment fund targeting early stage companies and protocols across the crypto and fintech ecosystem. According to Kraken, the fund will invest in the technologies powering… Read More

February 11, 2021 @ 11:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The developers of the Kyber Network (KNC), which provides a tool that allows traders to exchange tokens instantly without having to use exchanges, have published their Ecosystem Report for January 2021. As confirmed in the update, Kyber 3.0, the “most ambitious and important change” to… Read More

February 11, 2021 @ 10:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

DeFi architect Andre Cronje notes that Yearn.Finance has “blazed the path for community run and developer first open collectives that acted as Badgers blueprint.” Badger is a Bitcoin-on-Ethereum yield vault initiative. As explained on its website, users are able to deposit tokenized Bitcoin in Sett… Read More

February 11, 2021 @ 9:53 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Uhive, a UK-based cryptocurrency-powered social network, is set to close its equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs with £700,000 in funding from 450 Seedrs investors. As previously reported,  Uhive describes itself as a new free advanced social network that is divided into two “contrasting worlds,” which are Civilized… Read More

February 11, 2021 @ 8:43 pm By JD Alois  |  

BNY Mellon (NYSE:BK),  a bank with $2.2 trillion in assets under management, has announced the creation of a new Digital Assets unit that seeks to accelerate the development of solutions to help clients address growing and evolving needs related to the growth of digital assets,… Read More

February 11, 2021 @ 6:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Ocean Protocol (OCEAN), which allows software engineers to build marketplaces and other apps to privately and securely publish, exchange, and consume data, has announced the second round of OceanDAO (distributed autonomous organization or DAO) grant results. The developers at Ocean Protocol, who… Read More

February 11, 2021 @ 3:14 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Mastercard announced on Wednesday it is set to bring cryptocurrency to its network. The financial giant reported that this is a big change that will require a lot of work and it will be very thoughtful about which assets we support based on its principles… Read More

February 11, 2021 @ 9:51 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Blue Ridge Bank has announced on Wednesday it is providing access to Bitcoin at its branch locations. Cardholders can purchase and redeem Bitcoin at nearly 20 Blue Ridge Bank ATM locations, consisting of both branch and off-site ATMs. The banking group reported that it has… Read More

February 11, 2021 @ 8:02 am By Omar Faridi  |  

John Smith, who has been regularly keeping up with computer science, quantum computing, and cryptocurrency-related developments, claims that the “future of crypto” is quantum-resistant, meaning we must build systems that can protect themselves against the potential attack from quantum computers (QCs) when they become powerful… Read More

February 10, 2021 @ 11:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

SCB 10X, a subsidiary of Thailand’s Siam Commercial Bank or SCB (BKK: SCB), has launched a $50 million VC fund that will make strategic investments in early and growth stage startups globally. SCB is looking for initiatives that are focused on blockchain, decentralized finance (DeFi),… Read More

February 10, 2021 @ 11:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A new United Nations inquiry into the reported theft of $281 million in crypto-assets from  KuCoin, a major digital currency exchange, in September 2020 “strongly suggests” links to North Korea. Industry participants claim that Seychelles-headquartered KuCoin could be the victim of one of the largest… Read More

February 10, 2021 @ 9:10 pm By JD Alois  |  

The US Department of Treasury hosted the U.S. Financial Sector Innovation Policy Roundtable the past two days. Policymakers and regulators, as well as members of the private sector, participated in the meeting to discuss policy issues surrounding Fintech and innovation “fostering economic recovery, competitiveness, and financial… Read More

February 10, 2021 @ 8:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Crypto-asset savings platform ICONFi has introduced its mobile app on Android and iOS. As confirmed in a release shared with CI, available globally, ICONFi aims to offer simple, flexible, and fixed earning products that allow investors to grow and diversify their digital asset holdings. The… Read More

February 10, 2021 @ 8:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

China’s Nervos, a major public blockchain network, has introduced a $5 million fund that will provide cash grants to blockchain and Fintech entrepreneurs developing new solutions for “the future” of decentralized finance (DeFi). As mentioned in a release shared with CI, the pledge “comes amid… Read More

February 10, 2021 @ 4:03 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

    Digital asset marketplace OKEx announced on Tuesday its wallet integration with blockchain domain provider Unstoppable Domains.  According to OKEx, Unstoppable Domains has already launched thousands of websites in the decentralized web, registering more than 250,000 domains to date. The integration with OKEx wallet will help… Read More

February 10, 2021 @ 2:50 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Hong Kong-based Crypto.com announced on Wednesday its Exchange Lending users may now secure a BTC loan by borrowing against their crypto and access a loan-to-value (LTV) ratio of up to 50%. According to Crypto.com, Lending allows users to monetize their cryptocurrency assets without any need of… Read More