Blockchain & Digital Assets

July 1, 2020 @ 10:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Dr. Joshua Ellul, the Chairman of Malta Digital Innovation Authority and Director of Centre for DLTs, University of Malta, has noted that he has published a paper (with Jonathan Galea, Max Ganado, Stephen McCarthy and Gordon Pace) titled “Regulating Blockchain, DLT and Smart Contracts: a… Read More

July 1, 2020 @ 10:11 pm By JD Alois  |  

Digital asset investing company B21 has launched its B21 Invest app in India. According to a release, B21 Invest simplifies the purchase and management of cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin, Ethereum, and EOS. B21 Invest supports investment for as little as INR 2,000 ($25) per transaction. Users… Read More

July 1, 2020 @ 8:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ethereum based 0x (ZRX), a leading protocol for developing decentralized exchange services, has introduced a platform that aggregates liquidity from several different non-custodial digital asset trading platforms. When traders place orders using the new service, called Matcha, the software program splits the user’s trade across… Read More

July 1, 2020 @ 1:31 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Keevo, U.S.-based next-gen crypto hardware wallet provider, announced on Wednesday announced a strategic partnership with Iron Mountain (NYSE: IRM), the storage and information management services company enabling digital transformation, to deliver advanced backup and beneficiary services for users of its crypto wallet, the Keevo Model… Read More

July 1, 2020 @ 11:02 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Curv, a U.S.-based digital asset security infrastructure provider, announced on Wednesday it secured $23M in Series A funding with investment from CommerzVentures, Coinbase Ventures, Digital Currency Group, Team8, and Digital Garage Lab Fund. Founded in 2018, Curv states mitigates the blockchain’s irreversible single point… Read More

July 1, 2020 @ 10:41 am By JD Alois  |  

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) completed a meeting this week calling on members to “tackle new threats and vulnerabilities posed by criminals during the COVID-19 crisis.” The FATF is an international policy-making and standard-setting body, headquartered in Paris, dedicated to combating money laundering and… Read More

July 1, 2020 @ 9:11 am By Olivia Halsall  |  

China has indicated an interest in using blockchain technology to promote data sharing among medical institutions amid fears of pandemics becoming the norm. The People’s Republic were praised by the WHO for their Covid-19 response; Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus lauded Beijing’s ‘speed, scale and efficiency’. Despite… Read More

June 30, 2020 @ 8:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ethereum-based Augur, a decentralized prediction market, has confirmed that it’s planning to launch the second version (V2) of the software on July 28, 2020. After V2 goes live, Augur’s existing native REP tokens will be called “REPv1” and the new REP tokens issued on Augur’s… Read More

June 30, 2020 @ 4:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Feyyaz Alingan, the Founder of Blue Alpine Research, a Switzerland-based research firm focused on digital assets, has pointed out several “alternatives” to Bitcoin (BTC). Alingan, an electrical engineering graduate from ETH Zürich, says that Ethereum (ETH) may be considered a Bitcoin alternative. He notes that Ethereum’s… Read More

June 30, 2020 @ 2:59 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Financial services company for tokenization of assets LCX and real-time data analysis company LunarCRUSH announced on Monday they have signed a memorandum of understanding to form a long term partnership to provide advanced crypto market insights for security tokens and compliant digital assets According to… Read More

June 30, 2020 @ 2:05 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Singapore-based blockchain developer Pundi X announced on Tuesday its blockchain-based point-of-sale device, the XPOS, is now capable of supporting  PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL). According to Pundi X, the XPOS has been providing scores of brick-and-mortar stores with an alternative payment method to cash by allowing them to… Read More

June 30, 2020 @ 1:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance is reportedly preparing to enter a deal that involves acquiring a majority stake in Swipe.io, a platform for buying, selling and spending cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH), and others via the multi-asset Swipe Wallet and Swipe Visa Debit Card. If the deal goes… Read More

June 30, 2020 @ 10:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs) and other cryptographic techniques for enhancing privacy on blockchain networks are still in their early stages of development, according to the central bank of Canada. The reserve bank said that ZKPs may not be integrated into central bank digital currencies (CBDC) just… Read More

June 30, 2020 @ 10:15 am By JD Alois  |  

The UK is experiencing growing interest in cryptoassets, according to the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). The research by the FCA states that 2.6 million UK consumers have purchased digital assets showing a dramatic 1.1 million increase since research completed by the FCA last year…. Read More

June 30, 2020 @ 7:32 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Russia’s blockchain or distributed ledger technology (DLT)-enabled voting system for the constitutional amendments recently suffered an attack through an election observer’s node. State-owned news outlet TASS reported that the attack took place on June 27, 2020, at about 8 PM CET. A spokesperson from government… Read More

June 29, 2020 @ 10:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Building Cities Beyond (BCB) Blockchain has introduced its BCB Innovation Grant. The Singapore-headquartered distributed ledger technology (DLT) developers are focused on supporting various smart city solutions. As first reported by Singapore Fintech News, BCB Blockchain confirmed that it will be awarding $15 million in grant… Read More

June 29, 2020 @ 8:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin and distributed systems expert Andreas Antonopoulos recently acknowledged that decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms allow users to earn passively by using their cryptocurrency holdings. Antonopoulos, who mainly supports developments related to the Bitcoin (BTC) protocol, argued that DeFi is one of the few ways to… Read More

June 29, 2020 @ 1:52 pm By JD Alois  |  

  London Chelsea Limited says it has partnered with SolidBlock to offer a digital asset fund that invests in real estate. According to a release, London Chelsea Limited will sell a “London Digital Bond” described as a digital security backed by property. London Chelsea is… Read More

June 29, 2020 @ 1:51 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Public blockchain network Telos announced on Monday it has teamed up with hackathon management platform TAIKAI to replay transparent hackathon voting and token incentives on the blockchain. According to Telos, the Telos network will provide TAIKAI a blockchain-based voting mechanism that enables competition evaluation to be… Read More

June 29, 2020 @ 12:54 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

CoinFLEX, a physically delivered crypto futures exchange, announced on Monday the launch of its centrally traded repo market powered by deliverable perpetual futures. CoinFLEX claims it is the first exchange to develop and offer deliverable perpetual futures. According to CoinFLEX, the CoinFLEX Repo Market aims… Read More