Blockchain & Digital Assets

May 12, 2020 @ 8:10 am By JD Alois  |  

According to a report in WSJ.com, JPMorgan is now offering banking services to two well known digital asset exchanges – Coinbase and Gemini. Typically, digital asset exchanges have been shunned by big banks as compliance officers have viewed the risk as too large fearing the… Read More

May 11, 2020 @ 10:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin (BTC), the flagship cryptocurrency’s third block reward halving was completed on May 11, 2020. The digital asset’s algorithm (and protocol) has reduced the per-block subsidy from the previous 12.5 BTC to 6.25 BTC, an amount valued at nearly $54,000 at the time of writing…. Read More

May 11, 2020 @ 10:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

  In March, it was reported that CoinDCX had secured $3 million in funding through a Series A investment round, led by Bitcoin Mercantile Exchange (BitMEX) operator, HDR Group. At that time, Sumit Gupta, co-founder and CEO at CoinDCX, said the crypto space in India was developing… Read More

May 11, 2020 @ 10:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

  While still relatively small, the global real estate token market continues to record substantial gains. Its value increased by around 4.27% during April 2020, meanwhile, the largest securities tokens experienced losses for the same time period. The total market cap of security tokens dropped… Read More

May 11, 2020 @ 4:43 pm By JD Alois  |  

OKCoin, a digital asset exchange operating in 184 countries, has hired a new CMO and former Blockchain.com Head of Growth, Haider Rafique. Additionally, OKCoin has appointed former compliance executive for Coinbase and HBUS, Megan Monroe-Coleman , as the new Global Chief Compliance Officer. OKCoin’s headquarters… Read More

May 11, 2020 @ 3:53 pm By JD Alois  |  

Last week, an amended bill hit the California Assembly. The legislation seeks to create an exemption for digital assets to be treated as securities. To quote AB 2150: “Existing law, the Corporate Securities Law of 1968, provides for the regulation of the issuance of corporate… Read More

May 11, 2020 @ 3:19 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

SEBA Bank, a Switzerland-headquartered digital asset bank that holds regulatory licensing, announced on Monday it has formed a new strategic partnership with technology platform Tokensoft International AG (Tokensoft) for asset tokenization. SEBA reported that it and Tokensoft have been working closely together on a range… Read More

May 11, 2020 @ 2:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The developers of the Loom Network, a platform-as-as-service blockchain initiative, seemed to have abandoned their project or become inactive. However, representatives from Loom reportedly told Cointelegraph that the project is not “dead,” as several social media users and community members had claimed. After CEO Matthew… Read More

May 11, 2020 @ 12:50 pm By JD Alois  |  

It has been widely reported that Paul Tudor Jones is buying Bitcoin as a hedge against inflation apparently picking crypto over the more plebian gold. Jones is a well-known investor and hedge fund manager Tudor Management Corporation that is worth a reported $5 billion or… Read More

May 11, 2020 @ 12:44 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency platform Crypto.com announced on Monday it has secured a $100 million direct insurance policy led by Arch Underwriting at Lloyd’s Syndicate 2012. The platform reported that this is the largest coverage that Crypto.com has secured for its cold storage assets on custodial… Read More

May 11, 2020 @ 12:12 pm By JD Alois  |  

Equisafe, a digital asset solution and tokenization platform based in France, has been selected by Koytcha Immo based in Reunion. The collaboration was conducted with the assistance of Tezos Réunion, the Indian Ocean branch of the Tezos project. Koytcha Conseil is a wealth management firm… Read More

May 11, 2020 @ 10:07 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Lolli, a U.S.-based bitcoin rewards platform, announced on Monday it secured $3 million through its Seed II funding round, which was led by Pathfinder, with participation from beauty entrepreneur Michelle Phan, Sound Ventures, Craft Ventures, Company Ventures, Adam Leber, Abe Burns, and Chapter One Ventures…. Read More

May 11, 2020 @ 8:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Search engine giant Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) has reportedly removed several Chrome browser extensions that were impersonating widely-used cryptocurrency wallet service providers, including popular hardware wallet maker Ledger and MetaMask. This update has come about a month after Google removed around 50 similar extensions, according to a recent… Read More

May 11, 2020 @ 7:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A potential $5 million online heist in Brazil had attempted to target Spanish financial giant, Banco Santander, however, it was reportedly stopped after the money was seized from local over-the-counter (OTC) digital currency exchanges. The alleged thieves had tried to convert the stolen money into… Read More

May 10, 2020 @ 6:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Qatar’s central bank (QCB) has proposed a second strategic plan which involves establishing clear policies that aim to support venture capital funding and the development of SMEs, according to Sheikh Abdulla bin Saoud al-Thani, the governor at QCB. The Qatar Development Bank (QDB), a local… Read More

May 10, 2020 @ 5:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A researcher from digital asset investment company, Paradigm, has co-published a whitepaper that describes a new type of decentralized finance (DeFi) lending protocol, which promises fixed-interest rates. Dan Robinson and Allan Niemberg, the authors of the Yield Protocol whitepaper, officially announced the initiative on May… Read More

May 10, 2020 @ 4:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Loom Network, a platform-as-as-service (PaaS) blockchain initiative, appears to have an extremely uncertain future. Based on investigations and comments from social media users, there’s no real proof of a live or active project being supported by the developers of the Loom Network. According to… Read More

May 10, 2020 @ 2:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

  US-headquartered cryptocurrency mining firm, Riot Blockchain (NASDAQ: RIOT), recently revealed that it has more than doubled the number of high-end Bitcoin (BTC) miners it operates – which should roughly double its hashrate (amount of computing power) at around the time of the BTC halving…. Read More

May 10, 2020 @ 12:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Encrypted messaging service provider Telegram says it will be handing over official communications, bank records and other relevant information to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). These details are reportedly being provided as part of an ongoing legal battle against Telegram. US authorities have… Read More

May 9, 2020 @ 4:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Bitcoin (BTC) halving event, when the pseudonymous cryptocurrency’s supply will be cut in half, is approaching. It should take place on May 11, 2020, which is when 210,000 blocks of BTC transactions will have been processed since the last halving event that took place… Read More