Blockchain & Digital Assets

June 21, 2020 @ 4:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Big Four auditing firm Deloitte claims that Fintech industry professionals no longer think that blockchain or distributed ledger technology (DLT) is “groundbreaking and merely promising.” The professional services firm’s 2020 Global Blockchain Survey polled around 1,500 senior management professionals and found that: “Initial doubts about… Read More

June 21, 2020 @ 3:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The global stablecoins markets recently surpassed the $11 billion mark. Many blockchain and crypto firms are beginning to realize the potential of stablecoins in facilitating many different types of transactions including cross-border or remittance payments. Tether (USDT), the blockchain-powered platform that powers the world’s largest… Read More

June 21, 2020 @ 2:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Matrixport, a company that aims to serve as a gateway to the digital economy where users can trade, custody, invest, and borrow crypto-assets through a single, unified platform, recently compared the advantages and disadvantages of using centralized and decentralized finance (DeFi) solutions…. Read More

June 21, 2020 @ 1:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Technological advancements, money and payment systems have been closely linked from the earliest days of society and human civilization. However, technology is now transforming money and global payment platforms “to an extent and speed never before seen,” according to recent paper titled, “After Libra, Digital… Read More

June 21, 2020 @ 12:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

  Blockchain analysis is quite useful when conducting investigations into cryptocurrency-related transactions. It has also become essential when determining whether digital asset service providers are complying with application regulatory and compliance guidelines. Blockchain security and analysis firm Chainalysis says that it uses special software tools… Read More

June 20, 2020 @ 4:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Eight tech firms in developing and emerging world economies will reportedly receive investments from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), in order to “solve local and global challenges.” The fund now includes cryptocurrencies. In October 2019, UNICEF created a crypto-asset fund in order to receive,… Read More

June 20, 2020 @ 9:36 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Everipedia, a newly developed “decentralized” online encyclopedia, announced on June 19, 2020 that its native IQ tokens are now available for trading on Binance. As noted in a release, the listing of IQ tokens marks the first time that a token issued on EOS (one… Read More

June 19, 2020 @ 10:23 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Robinhood, a modern trading platform that offers both traditional securities as well as crypto, announced on Friday it was making a commitment to improving its Options offering. According to Vlad Tenev and Baiju Bhatt, Co-Founders and Co-CEOs, the improvements follow the recent news that Alex… Read More

June 19, 2020 @ 7:48 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed an emergency action to halt Pennsylvania-based brothers Sean Hvizdzak and Shane Hvizdzak and a digital asset fund. The Hvizdzaks operated several companies: Hvizdzak Capital Management LLC; High Street Capital LLC; High Street Capital Partners, LLC . Each… Read More

June 19, 2020 @ 5:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Telos, one of the “most active” blockchain platforms (according to Blocktivity), has launched an Ethereum Virtual Machine on an EOSIO blockchain. As noted in a release shared with CI: “With the launch of Telos EVM now in testnet, developers can use Solidity (programming language) to… Read More

June 19, 2020 @ 4:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

  HDR Global, the parent company of BitMEX, a leading cryptocurrency derivatives exchange, has awarded another $150,000 grant to Bitcoin (BTC) Core developer Amiti Uttarwar. Digital asset exchange OKCoin also made a 50% contribution to the Bitcoin development grant. Uttarwar previously worked as an engineer… Read More

June 19, 2020 @ 2:56 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency platform Crypto.com announced On Thursday it has rolled out significant infrastructure upgrades to its Exchange, including a revamped Matching Engine, OMS (Order Management System), and unified REST and Websocket API. According to Crypto.com, the update will lead to a ten times increase… Read More

June 19, 2020 @ 2:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) are a virtual form of money issued by a country’s reserve bank. A CBDC can easily be implemented using a traditional database management system operated by central bank in collaboration with approved private sector entities. Blockchain technology is not needed… Read More

June 19, 2020 @ 2:27 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Delta Exchange, a digital asset derivatives exchange that’s based in Singapore, announced on Thursday the launch of Options trading on leading altcoins Binance Coin, BNB, and Chainlink’s LINK token with XTZ, ATOM, XRP, LTC to follow soon. Delta Exchange reported that MOVE Options on LINK… Read More

June 19, 2020 @ 12:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The deVere Group, a global financial consultancy providing advice to expatriate clients and investors, has introduced a customer onboarding verification app. The company’s Ident Me app aims to offer a secure identity verification system, which could serve as an alternative to traditional customer onboarding solutions…. Read More

June 19, 2020 @ 10:50 am By JD Alois  |  

A new private securities exchange, Hg Exchange, has joined the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s (MAS) Fintech Sandbox. Hg Exchange’s tenure at the Fintech Sandbox begins on June 22, 2020, and is scheduled to last until December of this year. Hg Exchange will offer 24/7 trading… Read More

June 19, 2020 @ 10:47 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Fireblocks, an enterprise-grade platform providing the infrastructure for moving, storing, and issuing digital assets, announced on Thursday it will be supporting BlockQuake, a regulatory-driven digital asset exchange upon its upcoming launch. Fireblocks reported that BlockQuake will utilize its MPC-based wallet infrastructure to advance its exchange… Read More

June 18, 2020 @ 11:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange that has successfully branched out into digital assets lending, staking, and many other initiatives, has joined the crypto-asset exchange committee at the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI), which is the leading trade body of digital businesses based… Read More

June 18, 2020 @ 10:39 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ripple, a provider of enterprise blockchain solutions for payments, announced on Thursday it has joined more than 40 global companies and nonprofits as a member of the newly formed Open Payments Coalition launching PayID, the universal payment identifier. According to Ripple, PayID is a free and open… Read More

June 18, 2020 @ 10:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CoinShares, a crypto-asset management company that provides financial products and services for professional investors, Ledger, a digital assets firm, and Nomura have introduced Komainu, a digital asset custody business for institutional clients, under the leadership of Jean-Marie Mognetti, the company’s chief executive (and all three… Read More