Blockchain & Digital Assets

October 1, 2020 @ 12:17 pm By JD Alois  |  

BitMEX, a top cryptocurrency exchange that is big in the crypto derivatives sector, is the target of an enforcement action filed by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). According to the CFTC, a civil enforcement action has been filed in the U.S. District Court for… Read More

October 1, 2020 @ 10:36 am By JD Alois  |  

Kik, a company that raised around $100 million in an initial coin offering (ICO), has lost a battle with the Securities and Exchange Commission as it fought a claim the offering was in fact an unregistered security. In a court filing yesterday, Judge Alvin K…. Read More

October 1, 2020 @ 9:54 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Triterras, a blockchain-based Fintech solution provider for trade finance, has released its financial results for the past six months (ending on August 31, 2020). Triterras generated $23.7 million in revenue during this time period. The company reported a net income of $14.2 million and its… Read More

October 1, 2020 @ 9:36 am By JD Alois  |  

HUB Security is an OurCrowd Portfolio Company Cybersecurity provider HUB Security has formed a partnership with Marsh to provide custody services for digital assets to financial services firms. Marsh, part of Marsh & McLennan (NYSE:MMC) is a top insurance broker and risk advisor that operates… Read More

September 30, 2020 @ 11:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ryan Flowers from OpenNode notes that the value of a single Bitcoin (BTC), the flagship cryptocurrency, keeps increasing and there will be more businesses that will accept BTC payments. Flowers points out that this has been the case in the past with larger corporations taking… Read More

September 30, 2020 @ 9:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The VeChain Foundation, an organization supporting the development of VeChain, a blockchain platform for supporting supply chain management (among other use cases), notes that non-fungible tokens (NFTs) represent unique assets that may be tracked on blockchain-based networks. The VeChain Foundation points out that NFTs have… Read More

September 30, 2020 @ 7:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

San Francisco-based crypto exchange Coinbase has introduced Cosmos (ATOM) staking rewards. The leading digital currency trading platform announced on September 29, 2020 that it will be allowing certain eligible customers to “easily start earning 5% APY” on their Cosmos (ATOM) held on Coinbase. The Coinbase… Read More

September 30, 2020 @ 3:16 pm By JD Alois  |  

A new study by RUSI and ACAMS tackles the emerging digital assets or cryptoassets ecosystem. According to the survey results, the perception of affiliated risk regarding cryptoassets is mixed with governments and financial institutions seeing cryptocurrency as a significant source of risk. Meanwhile, crypto industry… Read More

September 30, 2020 @ 11:51 am By JD Alois  |  

Blockchain focused VC firm Draper Goren Holm has invested in Tezos Stable Technologies (StableTech), the Foundation for DeFi on Tezos. Draper Goren Holm led the recently closed seed round. StableTech seeks to coordinate the development and deployment of open-source DeFi projects. Tezos Stablecoin Foundation (TSF) is… Read More

September 30, 2020 @ 11:36 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Bittrex, a cryptocurrency exchange based in the U.S., announced on Wednesday it received a full Class F Digital Assets Business Act license to operate its digital asset platform under the supervision of the Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA). Bittrex reported that the Bermuda-based entity will provide… Read More

September 30, 2020 @ 10:22 am By JD Alois  |  

ZUBR, a digital asset derivatives exchange, says more regulation is vital for institutional buy-in of Bitcoin derivatives. Launched in March (2020), ZUBR has received an in-principal approval for its DLT Provider licence in Gibraltar. ZUBR says it analyzed regulated exchanges such as CME and Bakkt,… Read More

September 30, 2020 @ 8:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem has reached new heights during the past few months, as many projects have launched and large amounts of capital has been invested into these so-called decentralized platforms. The Coin Metrics team confirms that most DeFi solutions have been launched on… Read More

September 30, 2020 @ 8:19 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Cryptocurrency exchange bitFlyer announced on Tuesday the launch of cross-border trading on its platform. bitFlyer reported that its users in Europe will be able to have access to bitcoin markets in Japan, while still using a European-regulated platform. Launched in 2018, bitFlyer describes itself as… Read More

September 30, 2020 @ 7:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK-based Fintech firm Fasset, a provider of blockchain-based solutions for the financing of sustainable infrastructure, has reportedly been approved or authorized to test out its software which tokenizes hard assets. The project is part of Bahrain’s Fintech regulatory sandbox program. The permit was issued by… Read More

September 29, 2020 @ 10:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Kadena, the first blockchain tech-focused firm to come out of J.P. Morgan’s Blockchain Center for Excellence, confirmed in August 2020 that they had performed major updates to their scalable layer-1 public blockchain network. Kadena’s developers claim that they have one of the fastest blockchain platforms… Read More

September 29, 2020 @ 4:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Stephen McKeon and Derek Schloss from Collab+Currency (Collaborative Fund) have noted that they’ve invested in LUNA, which is a digital token that backs the Terra ecosystem of stablecoins (virtual currencies pegged 1-to-1 with real-world assets like the US dollar or commodities like gold). McKeon and… Read More

September 29, 2020 @ 2:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

1inch.exchange, a decentralized or non-custodial crypto exchange (DEX) aggregator, notes that they’re always working on making improvements to the overall security of their service. The 1inch team confirmed that they’ve teamed up with Hacken, an established provider of cybersecurity solutions. The 1inch team stated: “We… Read More

September 29, 2020 @ 1:38 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Gibraltar Stock Exchange has announced the listing of 3iQ’s The Bitcoin Fund, debuting one of the world’s first regulated and exchange-traded Bitcoin funds on a European regulated exchange. 3iQ is a Canada based investment fund manager. The company has previously received approval from the… Read More

September 29, 2020 @ 1:17 pm By JD Alois  |  

Filecoin has entered a phased mainnet launch, according to a company release. Network participants can now set up systems and deployments before full mainnet launch. Filecoin is a decentralized network that allows users to store, request, and transfer data via a marketplace – kind of… Read More

September 29, 2020 @ 1:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance Launchpool, which is managed by Binance, the world’s largest digital asset exchange, has introduced the Venus Protocol (XVS), which is described as an algorithmic money market system developed “to bring a complete decentralized finance-based lending and credit system” onto Binance Smart Chain (a blockchain… Read More