Blockchain & Digital Assets

November 25, 2020 @ 7:08 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Anchorage, a company that aims to help institutional investors with adopting digital assets, has partnered with Tokensoft to bring wrapped Filecoin (wFIL) to the Ethereum (ETH) blockchain. Diogo Mónica, Co-Founder and President at Anchorage, states that his organization is looking forward to welcoming wrapped Filecoin… Read More

November 24, 2020 @ 8:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ontology, the “high-performance,” open-source blockchain that’s focused on digital identity and data, will be working with the Polkadot Ecosystem Project, which is described as a “sharded” blockchain that connects multiple chains together in a single network. According to a release, the joint venture will see… Read More

November 24, 2020 @ 6:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Talos, a technology provider for the institutional trading of crypto-assets, revealed on November 23, 2020, that the order flow from six (over-the-counter) OTC liquidity providers has been successfully integrated into its “end-to-end” trading platform. According to a release shared with Crowdfund Insider, these Talos partners… Read More

November 24, 2020 @ 3:18 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

CertiK, a U.S.-based end-to-end cybersecurity solutions provider, announced on Tuesday the launch of CertiKShield, which is a decentralized, membership-based plan to provide reimbursements for lost of stolen cryptocurrency assets of any blockchain network. According to CertiK, CertiKShield membership enables claimants to be reimbursed if their… Read More

November 24, 2020 @ 2:14 pm By JD Alois  |  

The exempt securities marketplace can be arcane and challenging to manage for entrepreneurs seeking to raise capital. The advent of online capital formation has helped to democratize access to capital as well as streamline securities offerings but hurdles do remain. A new startup co-founded by… Read More

November 24, 2020 @ 12:13 pm By JD Alois  |  

Digital asset platform CoinList reports that it has facilitated the distribution of  Oasis Network’s Rose token tied to the ROSE Garden.  Coinlist states that it has added more than 6,700 new Oasis token holders to the network in just three weeks. Oasis Network is described… Read More

November 24, 2020 @ 9:50 am By JD Alois  |  

YRD Capital, a company that claims to offer the world’s first Fund of Funds (FoF) incorporating quantitative trading in crypto assets, is reporting over a 20% net return to its investors during the past three years that the fund has been in operation. YRD says… Read More

November 24, 2020 @ 8:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Securitize has received regulatory approval to acquire the FINRA regulated broker-dealer Distributed Technology Markets, LLC (DTM). The pending acquisition was announced last October and includes the Velocity Platform, LLC, a money services business with money transmitter licenses in several states. DTM also includes an alternative trading… Read More

November 24, 2020 @ 7:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Capgemini has released a new report titled, Payments – Top Trends 2021: Drivers, Opportunities, and Risks Shaping Financial Services. While highlighting key Fintech trends in the payments sector, the extensive report noted that Payments-as-a-Service has gained significant “traction” among small- and mid-tier institutions. It added… Read More

November 23, 2020 @ 8:22 pm By JD Alois  |  

China Construction Bank Corporation (CCB) has suspended its digital bond issuance on the FUSANG exchange. The digital bond was originally scheduled to go live on the Exchange on Friday, 13 November 2020. FUSANG said that just before the listing time, written communication was received from the… Read More

November 23, 2020 @ 7:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Reef Finance has reportedly integrated with Kava to provide “world-class” decentralized finance (DeFi) services to platform users. As noted in the announcement: “Kava [has] partnered with Reef Finance, the leading DeFi project in the Polkadot ecosystem. The cooperation will bring Kava’s collateralized loans, USDX stablecoins,… Read More

November 23, 2020 @ 5:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, notes that its decentralized gaming virtual world and Binance Launchpad alumnus The Sandbox has announced that 1,859 premium LANDS NFTs (non-fungible tokens) “adjacent to Binance estates will be available for purchase” during its LAND presale (which reportedly began on… Read More

November 23, 2020 @ 10:55 am By JD Alois  |  

Decentralized storage network Filecoin has announced that its community of miners has dedicated an exbibyte (EiB) of storage capacity (or 1024 Pebibytes) to the network less than 4 weeks since its launch. Filecoin provides several real-world examples of what this type of digital warehouse means…. Read More

November 23, 2020 @ 9:02 am By Lee A. Schneider  |  

MiCar: Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation. Everyone seems to forget that blockchain is a database software at its core; better database software to be sure because it makes digitally unique items (known as “crypto-assets” or “digital assets”) possible in a transparent, auditable, and secure system, but… Read More

November 23, 2020 @ 7:44 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Paypal (NASDAQ: PYPL) has reportedly acquired as much as 70% of all the newly mined Bitcoin (BTC) since the payments company began allowing users to purchase digital currencies. These estimates have been provided by Pantera Capital, a prominent hedge fund management firm. The company published… Read More

November 22, 2020 @ 7:11 pm By JD Alois  |  

This past week it was reported that UBS is looking to beef up its wealthy client business with its new “My Way” platform that is currently catering to customers in Switzerland with other European countries forthcoming as well as Asia.  According to Reuters, the wealth… Read More

November 22, 2020 @ 2:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Antminer S19 Pro price has surged around 30% since October 2020 after the Bitcoin (BTC) price began to rise. As confirmed by the HASHR8 team, the Bitcoin price increases have “widened profit margins for miners but capital expenditure costs are also rising.” John Lee… Read More

November 22, 2020 @ 11:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin (BTC), the world’s leading digital currency that’s trading at over $18,000, has become less volatile than many S&P 500 stocks. The team at VanEck, a New York-based investment management firm, has noted: “Historically, Bitcoin has been discussed in the news and among investors as… Read More

November 22, 2020 @ 11:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Global Fintech firm Circle has teamed up with the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and Airtm in order to provide aid to Venezuelan residents using the USDC stablecoin. According to a release, the initiative has been introduced with government support and notably marks “a global first”… Read More

November 21, 2020 @ 5:13 pm By JD Alois  |  

Chainalsysis, a top firm aiding both public and private entities monitor and track crypto transactions, is expected to raise $100 million at a $1 billion valuation according to a report by Forbes. The new funding is said to be led Lee Fixel’s VC firm, Addition,… Read More