Blockchain & Digital Assets

July 11, 2020 @ 9:46 am By Omar Faridi  |  

There are currently more than 13,000 Bitcoin addresses that are now holding at least $1 million worth of BTC, according to Glassnode data. You would have to own around 108 BTC, at current prices, to become a US dollar millionaire (in Bitcoin). The number of… Read More

July 10, 2020 @ 5:02 pm By JD Alois  |  

Zilliqa, an enterprise-level blockchain platform, says it will work with Binance to bring the BUSD stablecoin onto the Zilliqa network. The BUSD stablecoin, issued in partnership with the Paxos Trust Company, is regulated by the New York Department of Financial Services and audited on a… Read More

July 10, 2020 @ 2:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Tokyo-based digital currency exchange bitFlyer has teamed up with Brave International SEZC, a subsidiary of Brave Software, Inc., the developer of the Internet browser – which monetizes web browsing by using the Basic Attention Token (BAT). As mentioned in a release shared with CI, bitFlyer… Read More

July 10, 2020 @ 2:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Orchid, a peer-to-peer (P2P) bandwidth market, confirmed on July 9, 2020 that it has launched the Orchid VPN app in the Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) App Store. As mentioned in a release shared with Crowdfund Insider: “The app will allow users to buy bandwidth from trusted VPN… Read More

July 10, 2020 @ 8:53 am By JD Alois  |  

Coinbase is reportedly planning an initial public offering (IPO) at some point later this year or early next. First reported by Reuters, the news really comes as no surprise as its valuation has risen dramatically and the digital asset sector of Fintech continues to gain… Read More

July 10, 2020 @ 7:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A US state appeals court on July 9, 2020 confirmed that it will be siding with the New York Office of the Attorney General (NYAG) as it aims to obtain documents, involving an investigation, from Bitfinex, a major digital asset exchange, and its sister company… Read More

July 10, 2020 @ 7:42 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Broctagon Fintech Group, a multi-asset liquidity and technology provider headquartered in Singapore, recently announced it has enhanced cryptocurrency depositing systems for brokers with CRM upgrade. According to Broctagon, the update adds more than 40 new cryptocurrencies for brokers to accept deposits in. “Traders can now… Read More

July 9, 2020 @ 11:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitso, one of Latin America’s largest digital asset exchanges, has reportedly reached 1 million users before its planned launch in Brazil. Santiago Alvarado, director of international payments at Bitso, recently talked about how cryptocurrencies might help with settling cross-border transactions in Latin America. Alvarado, whose… Read More

July 9, 2020 @ 8:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Blockchain infrastructure developer Bison Trails is offering a new tool, called managed controllers, in order to automatically manage Polkadot participation for “large-scale” DOT token holders who are interested in optimizing their participation. DOTs are Polkadot’s native tokens that are used as part of transactions on… Read More

July 9, 2020 @ 3:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Chinese e-commerce platform Meituan, which has more than 240 million customers and works with 5 million local merchants, has reportedly begun working cooperatively with several banks in China that are involved in the development of the digital yuan. Bilibilibili, which is China’s largest video sharing… Read More

July 9, 2020 @ 2:50 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

BitTorrent announced on Thursday its customers may purchase BitTorrent and µTorrent Classic Pro with BUSD, Binance’s USD-backed stablecoin, as well as BNB (BEP2), the native asset on Binance Chain. BitTorrent reported that BUSD joins TRX, BNB, BTC, BTT, and OKB as the sixth cryptocurrency accepted on the… Read More

July 9, 2020 @ 9:24 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Klaytn, a global public blockchain platform developed by Ground X, the blockchain affiliate of the leading South Korean Internet company, Kakao, announced on Wednesday it has implemented a fee delegation policy for its partners operating blockchain applications on its platform. According to Klaytn, developers would… Read More

July 9, 2020 @ 8:55 am By JD Alois  |  

DEBTVISION GmbH, based in Stuttgart, Germany, has joined the Association of German Lending Platforms (Verband Deutscher Kreditplattformen (VdK)). The digital platform for promissory note loans brings companies together with institutional investors. This is the first time that the association has gained a new member in the… Read More

July 9, 2020 @ 8:32 am By Omar Faridi  |  

An Ethereum address, for the very first time, with 100,000 USDC stablecoin was recently blacklisted. The transaction, which may be viewed via Etherscan, an Ethereum (ETH) blockchain explorer, confirms that a “blacklist(address investor)” function was initiated on June 16, 2020, by 0x5dB0115f3B72d19cEa34dD697cf412Ff86dc7E1b, which is an… Read More

July 8, 2020 @ 11:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bluzelle, a “decentralized” data network, has reportedly found an “important” bug in Tendermint, the consensus mechanism for the Cosmos ecosystem, which aims to facilitate blockchain interoperability (communication between independent or separate blockchain networks). As mentioned in a release shared with Crowdfund Insider: “The bug was… Read More

July 8, 2020 @ 10:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Kyber Network, a protocol that aggregates on-chain liquidity (on blockchains) and facilitates “decentralized” token trading, has introduced the Katalyst protocol update to better fulfill the liquidity requirements of the decentralized blockchain ecosystem. As mentioned in a release shared with CI: “Katalyst [aims to] harmonize Kyber’s… Read More

July 8, 2020 @ 7:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

PARSIQ, a blockchain monitoring and workflow automation platform that provides tools for analyzing, detecting, and preventing cryptocurrency-related fraud, says it wants to become the “Zapier for blockchain.” As mentioned in a release shared with Crowdfund Insider, PARSIQ is working on a “multi-level” bridge between different… Read More

July 8, 2020 @ 3:35 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

European Crowdfunding Network (ECN) recently announced that it and Blockpool.eu, funded under the ECs Horizon 2020, have selected 25 SMEs for funding and participation of the Business and Technical Support Program for blockchain and distributed technology (BDLT) implementation. The program is set to run for… Read More

July 8, 2020 @ 9:37 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Wintermute, an algorithmic liquidity provider for digital assets, announced on Tuesday it secured $2.8 million through its Series A funding round, which was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners.  Founded in 2017, Wintermute claims to be a leading global market maker for digital assets. It… Read More

July 8, 2020 @ 9:22 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Cryptocurrency exchange Binance announced on Tuesday its new fiat gateway that provides deposit service for 15 fiat currencies through a partnership with Etana Custody. According to Binance, Etana Custody Ltd. is a secure, trusted, and high-performance third-party custodian of fiat and digital assets for institutional… Read More