Blockchain & Digital Assets

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

March 25, 2020 @ 1:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Brave, the developer of a blockchain-powered Internet browser, has teamed up with leading crypto exchange Binance, in order to allow users to trade digital assets through its newly designed tab page. The Brave browser is an open-source project that’s based on Chromium, which is also… Read More

March 25, 2020 @ 12:40 pm By JD Alois  |  

Yesterday, in an Opinion and Order from Judge P. Kevin Castel, it was decided that Telegram has failed to establish an exemption from the registration requirement under existing securities law. Telegram is an app that is a highly popular messaging service utilized by more than… Read More

March 25, 2020 @ 10:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

CoinDCX, one of India’s largest digital asset exchanges, has secured $3 million in funding through a Series A investment round, which was led by Bitcoin Mercantile Exchange (BitMEX) operator, HDR Group. Polychain Capital, Bain Capital Ventures, and several other unnamed venture capitalists also took part… Read More

March 25, 2020 @ 9:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital asset exchange Bitfinex has introduced a new surveillance tool, called “Shimmer,” reportedly in order to combat cryptocurrency market manipulation and other types of abuse. The tool will also help promote “orderly trading” on the exchange, according to the company. Bitfinex has been the target… Read More

March 25, 2020 @ 7:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The People’s Bank of China (PBoC), the nation’s central bank, is reportedly inching closer to launching a national virtual currency. As noted in a report from the Global Times on March 24, 2020, which cited “industry insiders,” the PBoC seems to have finalized the development… Read More

March 24, 2020 @ 11:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Uniswap, a widely-used non-custodial digital asset exchange, has revealed that the decentralized protocol’s second iteration will launch during Q2 2020. It will add new features such as support for additional ERC-20 compliant pairs, more peer to peer price oracles, flash swaps and a new protocol… Read More

March 24, 2020 @ 4:12 pm By JD Alois  |  

Sygnum Bank, a licensed digital asset bank, has launched a stablecoin labeled Sygnum Digital CHF (DCHF) – a crypto tied to the Swiss Franc. This is a first stablecoin launched by a regulated Swiss bank. Sygnum also holds a capital markets services (CMS) license in… Read More

March 24, 2020 @ 3:53 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has “unanimously” approved final interpretive guidance concerning retail commodity transactions involving certain digital assets. Specifically, the guidance clarifies the CFTC’s views regarding the “actual delivery” exception to Section 2(c)(2)(D) of the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) in the context of… Read More

March 24, 2020 @ 3:30 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

XHUB, a cryptocurrency liquidity provider, announced on Monday it has formed a venture agreement with dual-chain blockchain protocol, ByteTrade. XHUB reputed that theoruhg the partnership, decentralized exchanges operating on the ByteTrade Open Network (BTON) blockchain and ByteBulls white label solution will have instant access to… Read More

March 24, 2020 @ 2:25 pm By JD Alois  |  

The alleged fraudsters involved in the BitClub $722 million crypto fraud are looking to be released from the county jail over fears of the COVID-19 pandemic. In December of 2019, the US Justice Department announced the indictment of three individuals. Matthew Brent Goettsche, 37, of… Read More

March 24, 2020 @ 1:16 pm By JD Alois  |  

Firm24, a company that reportedly provides corporate services to 25,000 companies in the Benelux region, is looking to “tokenize” the shareholder registry via a partnership with Dusk Network and LTO Network (formerly LegalThings One). LTO Network is also a crypto that currently trades on Binance…. Read More

March 24, 2020 @ 11:25 am By JD Alois  |  

This probably should come as no surprise. As the economy dives and the Coronavirus spreads across the US, elected officials in Washington, DC struggle to agree on a relief package. It has been reported that Republicans and Democrats had come to terms on a bailout… Read More

March 24, 2020 @ 7:58 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Chainalysis, a leading blockchain analytics and security company, has teamed up with Paxful, a major peer-to-peer (P2P) digital asset exchange. The partnership involves Chainalysis helping  Paxful with enhancing its compliance and KYC processes. Paxful will reportedly be using Chainalysis’ know your transaction (KYT) and “reactor”… Read More

March 23, 2020 @ 4:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cred, a cryptocurrency-based lending and borrowing service, is teaming up with professional NBA basketball player and businessman Spencer Dinwiddie. A special web page and service was launched on March 20, 2020 for Dinwiddie’s fans who may use the Cred platform. Cred allows users to earn… Read More

March 23, 2020 @ 3:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Tao Zhang, deputy managing director at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), has argued that issuing central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) may lower costs and enhance the overall efficiency of the financial system. Zhang, whose comments came during a keynote presentation, held at the London School… Read More

March 23, 2020 @ 11:15 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Indian authorities have arrested a woman who allegedly stole 64 Bitcoins (BTC), valued at around $380,000 (at time of writing), from a company where she had been working. Ayushi Jain, a 26-year-old woman, had reportedly been employed at Bitcipher Labs, a Bengaluru-headquartered firm. As confirmed… Read More