Blockchain & Digital Assets

March 27, 2020 @ 3:26 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

GrainChain, a U.S.-based agricultural transaction platform with blockchain and IoT-powered solutions, recently announced it plans to globally expand and scale its operations by moving to the enterprise blockchain platform, Assembly, which is operated by Symbiont, an enterprise fintech creating the next generation of financial markets… Read More

March 27, 2020 @ 1:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Block.one, a Cayman Islands-registered firm that developed EOS, a leading platform for creating decentralized applications (dApps), has been working on a new blockchain-enabled social media platform, called Voice, for more than a year. Block.one reports that it has invested $150 million in Voice, which was… Read More

March 27, 2020 @ 12:20 pm By JD Alois  |  

Mt Pelerin, in partnership with ID Quantique (IDQ), has started testing its digital asset custody solution in Switzerland, according to a release The “Quantum Vault” is described as being an ultra-secure digital asset custody solution. In October 2019, IDQ and Mt Pelerin received funding from… Read More

March 27, 2020 @ 11:02 am By Omar Faridi  |  

San Francisco-based Fintech Ripple has announced that it will be donating $200,000 to two different non-profit entities. The donations have been made to help combat and prevent the further spread of the deadly and highly contagious coronavirus (COVID-19). There are now over 532,000 reported coronavirus… Read More

March 27, 2020 @ 10:07 am By JD Alois  |  

IOHK has announced a “reboot” of Cardano blockchain, according to a release. IOHK was founded by Charles Hoskinson, well-known in the blockchain world as a founder of Ethereum among other things. IOHK describes the update as a transition from the “Byron-era codebase” to the “Shelley… Read More

March 27, 2020 @ 8:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Securitize, a platform for the issuance and management of compliant, blockchain-based digital securities, has noted that it wants to reassure the Securitize community that it is “well-positioned to weather these challenging conditions with nominal disruption.” Securitize’s statements have come in response to the deadly coronavirus… Read More

March 26, 2020 @ 6:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Delta Exchange, a crypto asset derivatives exchange, reports that it has maintained a stable monthly trading volume of $400-$500 million. Delta Exchange’s management revealed on March 3, 2020, that they’re introducing their options products, including BTC-MOVE and ETH-MOVE contracts. Delta Exchange is reportedly the first… Read More

March 26, 2020 @ 6:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

New York-based Citi, an American multinational investment bank and financial services corporation with over $1.9 trillion in total assets, has reportedly increased its equity stake in komgo, a company that’s developing an Ethereum (ETH)-powered enterprise blockchain platform for trade financing. Citi confirmed that it began… Read More

March 26, 2020 @ 6:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Maker Foundation, an organization that supports the ongoing development of MakerDAO, a decentralized autonomous organization that operates an Ethereum-based lending system, has decided to hand over governance (through a smart contract) to MKR token holders. The Maker Foundation said the decision was the initiative’s… Read More

March 26, 2020 @ 2:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Solana, a high-throughput distributed ledger technology (DLT)-based platform that’s reportedly handling between 50,000-65,000 transactions per second, has secured $1.76 million in funding through its launch auction on CoinList, a compliant platform for crypto asset firms to conduct their token sales. Solana has now raised a… Read More

March 26, 2020 @ 12:47 pm By JD Alois  |  

Billon Group has now raised over $16 million with a recent Series A funding round of $6 million. This newest capital investment was led by Billon CEO Wojtek Kostrzewa with participation from FIS, Rising Tide, Mencey Capital, VCF III, existing investors and more. Billon is… Read More

March 26, 2020 @ 12:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Coinbase Wallet has integrated its platform with decentralized finance (DeFi) apps in order to allow customers to issue loans in digital assets and keep track of the interest growth directly from their digital wallets. Coinbase Wallet users have been allocating millions of dollars into DeFi… Read More

March 26, 2020 @ 11:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital asset lender Nexo has introduced a PAX Gold (PAXG) credit line for retail clients. Nexo’s management noted that it will allow all investors to use the PAXG token as a collateral option. This offering was only available for the company’s institutional clients. PAXG is… Read More

March 25, 2020 @ 11:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Xalles, a Fintech holding firm that uses blockchain technology for payment auditing and financial reconciliation, has revealed that it has entered a share purchase agreement to acquire 100% of MinervaWorks, an Atlanta-based tech company. The transaction will be finalized on March 31, 2020. Following the… Read More

March 25, 2020 @ 8:50 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Metal Pay, a U.S.-based digital money transfer service, announced on Wednesday it has formed a partnership with TRON to make TRX tokens available to users through Meta Pay’s mobile app. Metal Pay reported that through the partnership TRON users can earn up to 5% cashback… Read More

March 25, 2020 @ 6:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Balancer Labs, a non-custodial asset manager, has secured $3 million in funding through a seed round led by Accomplice and Placeholder. Established in 2018, Balancer began operating as an initiative under BlockScience, a data analytics company. The project has been inspired by the development of… Read More

March 25, 2020 @ 5:40 pm By JD Alois  |  

Earlier today, the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) announced that its planned replacement for CHESS – the backbone system of the stock exchange has been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The exchange said the implementation timetable has been altered due to the uncertainty created by the unfolding… Read More

March 25, 2020 @ 3:23 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency platform Crypto.com announced on Tuesday the launch of the invoicing features for Crypto.com Pay merchants to generate and send invoices to customers who wish to pay with cryptocurrency. Crypto.com reported that merchants may generate crypto invoices free of charge using Crypto.com Pay…. Read More

March 25, 2020 @ 2:43 pm By JD Alois  |  

Bling Financial, a Bitcoin rewards platform, has partnered with PlayDay Studios, a developer of mobile apps and games.  In a world of social distancing, Bling said it is anticipating an increasing interest from game developers looking to attract more users. Bling has created mobile games… Read More

March 25, 2020 @ 2:20 pm By JD Alois  |  

A digital asset platform that tokenizes various investment offerings is crowdfunding on Seedrs. Smartlands, the first platform to tokenize a real estate offering in the UK, is looking to raise £400,003 at a pre-money valuation of £15.4 million representing a 2.53% stake in the firm…. Read More