Blockchain & Digital Assets

October 28, 2020 @ 11:38 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Gemini Trust Company, LLC (Gemini), a cryptocurrency exchange and custodian, announced on Wednesday it is now supporting the Euro (EUR) for deposits and trading on its platform. According to Gemini, the platform’s users may now purchase all available cryptos with EUR on mobile app and… Read More

October 28, 2020 @ 11:20 am By JD Alois  |  

Medici Ventures has invested $8 million into Bitt, a Barbados-based company. The equity investment into Bitt effectively gives Medici control of the company. Medici Ventures is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Overstock (NASDAQ:OSTK) that focuses on blockchain technology. Bitt was founded in 2013 as an infrastructure… Read More

October 28, 2020 @ 11:10 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Bitwise Asset Management, a provider of crypto-asset index and beta funds, announced on Wednesday it has recently surpassed $100 million in crypto-assets. Founded in 2017, Bitwise Asset Management claims it pioneered the first cryptocurrency index fund and is the leading provider of rules-based exposure to… Read More

October 28, 2020 @ 9:42 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Singapore-based privacy coin Zcoin (XZC) announced on Wednesday the rebranding to the new name and ticker Firo (Fee-Roh) (XFR). The rebranding is notably going into effect on November 30th, when the mainnet binaries for Lelantus:, which is a next-generation privacy protocol offers high practical anonymity similar… Read More

October 28, 2020 @ 9:09 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Blockchain technology firm Fineqia International Inc. announced on Wednesday it has participated in the $21 million IDEO CoLab Ventures fund, which notably invests in early-stage blockchain and cryptocurrency startups. According to Fineqia, the fund is backed by global design company IDEO, which is known for… Read More

October 28, 2020 @ 7:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

As Bitcoin (BTC) approaches the $14,000 mark, the “institutional wave” continues and the global financial markets experience uncertainty around US fiscal stimulus, according to a report from OKCoin. The San Francisco-based crypto exchange notes that Bitcoin price has surged during the past week as “a… Read More

October 27, 2020 @ 11:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bloq has launched support for managed Avalanche nodes. Users will now be able to set up a cluster of Avalanche nodes (or transaction validators) in a few minutes through the Bloq platform. Avalanche is a blockchain-enabled platform for creating “an open, simple, and democratic Internet… Read More

October 27, 2020 @ 10:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Indorse (IND) is now available on Kyber Network, a protocol that facilitates automated, “decentralized,” instant, and low-cost exchanges of Ethereum-based digital assets. As noted in the announcement, Indorse will be running an Automated Price Reserve for the IND token on Kyber Network. As confirmed by… Read More

October 27, 2020 @ 5:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Dr. Joshua Ellul, the Chairman of Malta Digital Innovation Authority and Director of Centre for DLTs, University of Malta, and his colleagues have authored a new paper, titled “Towards Configurable and Efficient Runtime Verification of Blockchain Based Smart Contracts at the Virtual Machine Level.” The… Read More

October 27, 2020 @ 1:58 pm By JD Alois  |  

William (Bill) Hinman, Director of the Security and Exchange Commission’s Division of Corporation Finance, plans to leave the SEC later this year, according to a notice posted by the agency. Hinman joined the SEC in 2017 and was soon engulfed in the initial coin offering… Read More

October 27, 2020 @ 12:37 pm By JD Alois  |  

    Recently, Kik settled a long legal battle with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). In the end, Kik must pay a $5 million settlement pertaining to an initial coin offering (ICO) that was deemed to be an unregistered security offering. Additionally, for the… Read More

October 27, 2020 @ 11:33 am By JD Alois  |  

Openfinance has been acquired by INX Limited, a company that is seeking to build a digital asset issuance and trading platform that is in the midst of a registered token offering. INX filed a form F-1 registration statement with SEC in 2019 which was subsequently… Read More

October 27, 2020 @ 9:43 am By JD Alois  |  

JPMorgan’s (NYSE:JPM) JPM Coin is being used live today by a “large international technology company that is using it for round-the-clock cross-border payments,” according to a report. JPM Coin was revealed back in early 2019. More of a stablecoin, the digital currency is viewed as… Read More

October 27, 2020 @ 8:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A report published by Global Digital Finance notes that during the past 18 months, the developments related to central bank digital currencies (CBDC) have “accelerated dramatically.” CBDC projects have gone from the research stage to formulating key policy requirements. Countries like China have even introduced… Read More

October 26, 2020 @ 11:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Blockchain platform Ontology (ONT) is building on Polkadot (DOT) so that it can accelerate the adoption of decentralized identity solutions. The Ontology team noted that they will be developing applications on Polkadot, which is a sharded blockchain that can seamlessly connect several different chains together… Read More

October 26, 2020 @ 10:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

SignKeys, a Singapore-based digital asset solutions provider, notes that recent positive news for Bitcoin (PayPal adding support for BTC and other cryptos) may have led to a 15% increase in its price (around $13,000 at the time of writing). SignKeys points out that Bitcoin still… Read More

October 26, 2020 @ 6:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fuse.io, a Tel Aviv based Fintech firm that aims to leverage (decentralized finance) DeFi infrastructure to create a platform for entrepreneurs that allows them to turn “communities into economies,” notes that they’re proud to confirm that after Fuse Studio was shared on Product Hunt this… Read More

October 26, 2020 @ 6:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

VeChain, the developer of blockchain-based solutions for enhancing supply chain management processes (among other use cases), will be involved in the launch of the first blockchain-based “intelligent” tumor treatment center. VeChain will be working cooperatively with Renji Hospital and DNV GL in order to introduce… Read More

October 26, 2020 @ 12:19 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) and the US Federal Reserve Board has invited comment on a proposed rule that would amend the recordkeeping and travel rule regulations under the Bank Secrecy Act. The travel rule is affiliated with the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF)… Read More

October 26, 2020 @ 9:43 am By JD Alois  |  

Trading in both equities and cryptoassets is dominated by institutional money with automated trading platforms. Sophisticated algorithms analyze data rapidly to make trading decisions and hopefully generate gains. Coinrule, a cryptocurrency trading startup, wants to offer a similar service to retail investors and the company… Read More