Blockchain & Digital Assets

March 10, 2020 @ 12:56 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Celsius Network, a cryptocurrency lending, and borrowing platform, announced on Monday it has formed a new partnership with Prime Trust, a custody and escrow platform providing services to both traditional and digital assets, to offer its retail and institutional clients custodial services from several global… Read More

March 10, 2020 @ 7:29 am By Omar Faridi  |  

London-headquartered Argent, a digital asset wallet provider that integrates the services of several decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms, including Maker and Compound, has secured $12 million through a Series A investment round. Argent’s funding round was led by San Francisco-based Paradigm, a leading crypto asset investment… Read More

March 9, 2020 @ 11:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Boeing (NYSE:BA) has reportedly teamed up with Honeywell (NYSE:HON), a global aerospace conglomerate, in order to use its GoDirect platform to monitor and sell excess or unused airplane parts, worth around $1 billion, via blockchain or a distributed ledger technology (DLT)-enabled network. The partnership between… Read More

March 9, 2020 @ 3:02 pm By JD Alois  |  

Cleveland, Ohio based Blockland Solutions may call it quits on a short series of conferences that took place in 2018 and 2019. The blockchain-focused events, organized in part by Destination Cleveland, launched at the tail end of the initial coin offering induced blockchain hype cycle…. Read More

March 9, 2020 @ 10:25 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Argent, a UK-based crypto wallet platform, announced on Monday it secured $12 million through its Series A funding round, which was led by Paradigm with participation from Index Ventures, Creandum, and firstminute. Launched in 2018, Argent claims it built the first crypto wallet with the… Read More

March 9, 2020 @ 9:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has introduced the Digital Trade Standards Initiative (DSI), which is a collaborative cross-industry project that will aim to develop standards and best practices for conducting digital trade. The ICC Digital Trade Standards Initiative will continue to build on the… Read More

March 9, 2020 @ 8:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Three industry professionals, who are considered experts on monetary policies and cryptocurrency, recently talked about the current challenges and potential benefits of introducing central bank-issued digital currencies, or CBDCs.  The discussions took place on March 7, 2020, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Bitcoin… Read More

March 9, 2020 @ 7:58 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Bittrex, a cryptocurrency exchange based in the U.S., announced on Monday it is introducing new products that will offer its users with additional benefits, control, and flexibility when trading digital assets on its platform. Bittrex reported that features include credit card support, conditional orders on… Read More

March 8, 2020 @ 11:28 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency platform Crypto.com announced on Thursday the launch of its Crypto.com Soft Staking offering, which gives users a new way to earn rewards up to 5% p.a. on cryptocurrencies deposited to and held in the Exchange. Key features of Crypto.com Soft Staking include:… Read More

March 8, 2020 @ 8:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Tom Trowbridge, former president at Hedera Hashgraph and current president at Triterras, a blockchain-powered Fintech solution for the trade finance sector, recently shared his views and insights with Crowdfund Insider. Triterras was established in 2012 in order to meet the rising demand for commodities that… Read More

March 8, 2020 @ 2:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

GrainChain, a blockchain-powered agricultural solution developer, revealed on March 6, 2020, that it secured $8.2 million in funding from Medici Ventures, a subsidiary of retail firm Overstock (NASDAQ:OSTK).   GrainChain also received investments from Eden Block, a blockchain venture company, and several other investors.  GranChain’s investment… Read More

March 8, 2020 @ 10:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Mature global economies like Japan’s won’t need a virtual currency, according to the deputy governor at the Bank of Japan (BoJ). While attending the Bank for International Settlement’s Future of Payments Forum, deputy governor Masayoshi Amamiya said that a central bank digital currency, or CBDC,… Read More

March 7, 2020 @ 7:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the nation’s central bank, is getting ready to submit a review petition on the Supreme Court’s recent ruling regarding cryptocurrency transactions. According to the Economic Times, which cited sources familiar with the matter, the RBI is concerned the Court’s… Read More

March 7, 2020 @ 6:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority of Germany (BaFin), the nation’s financial regulator, is suspending the operations of a firm known as KKT UG from Berlin, which allowed users to purchase and sell digital currencies via ATMs. As BaFin noted on March 4, 2020, Adam Gramowski,… Read More

March 7, 2020 @ 6:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Zabo secured $2.5 million in funding via a round led by Moonshots Capital. Blockchange Ventures, Castle Island Ventures, Digital Currency Group, CoinShares, Tezos Foundation, and Capital Factory also took part in the round. The firm intends to use the funds raised to promote mainstream cryptocurrency… Read More

March 7, 2020 @ 4:21 pm By JD Alois  |  

The growth of Fintech has slowed in Switzerland but simultaneously, the sector is maturing and showing signs that Fintechs are “beginning to outpace the [traditidional[ financial companies,” according to the IFZ Fintech Study 2020 from the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Art. The report… Read More

March 6, 2020 @ 3:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Blockchain startup Arweave, a firm focused on enabling the permanent storage of Internet-based content, has secured $8.3 million in funding from giant VC firm Andreessen Horowitz, Coinbase Ventures, and Union Square Ventures.  Andreessen Horowitz and Union Square Ventures have also invested in the firm’s operations… Read More

March 6, 2020 @ 2:21 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Global digital asset exchange OKCoin, along with OK Group, announced on Friday its CEO Tim Byun has been appointed as Global Government Relations Officer (GGRO) of OKGroup. The OKCoin Board has appointed the company’s current Chairman, Hong Fang, to the position of CEO, effective March 31st. According to OKCoin,… Read More

March 6, 2020 @ 7:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The United Kingdom’s financial regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), recently warned local consumers about the operations of the Bitcoin Mercantile Exchange (BitMEX), a virtual currency derivatives exchange. According to a notice published by the FCA on March 3, 2020, the independent financial regulator noted… Read More

March 5, 2020 @ 11:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The South Korean National Assembly introduced an amendment on March 5, 2020 which will officially bring decentralized cryptocurrencies under the $1.5 trillion economy’s legal system.  The amendment, as drafted, makes changes to the established Act on Reporting and Use of Specific Financial Information, in order… Read More