SEC Commissioner Peirce Disagrees with Portion of Wireline Settlement Regarding SAFT by JD Alois

January 15, 2021 @ 6:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Mayor of Miami says he wants to make his city more attractive or appealing to the technology sector by embracing Bitcoin (BTC), the flagship cryptocurrency, and even investing a certain amount of government funds in the digital asset. Mayor Francis Suarez noted that if… Read More

 Tagged bitcoin, bitcoin investments, btc, francis guarez, miami, Tech Firms, technology adoption, united states, us

January 15, 2021 @ 1:32 pm By JD Alois  |  

Figure Technologies, Inc., founded by prominent Fintech entrepreneur Mike Cagney, has received $100 million from JPMorgan (NYSE:JPM) to finance jumbo mortgages, according to a release. Figure uses blockchain technology to reduce friction and cost to the loan origination process. Figure notes that this is the… Read More

 Tagged figure, jpmorgan, mike cagney, mortgages

January 15, 2021 @ 10:30 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Hyland, a content services provider for organizations across the globe, announced earlier this week it has joined forces with Hedera Hashgraph, an enterprise-grade public ledger, to presented a proof of concept to the Texas Secretary of State to evaluate blockchain technology for the purpose… Read More

 Tagged blockchain, hedera hashgraph, hyland, secretary of state, texas

January 15, 2021 @ 10:28 am By JD Alois  |  

Pires Investments plc (AIM: PIRI) has completed an investment in DeTech Studios Limited that was announced in December. DeTech is a DeFi platform that will be issuing “YOP” tokens ( Yield Optimization Platform & Protocol). Pires receives 1,765 new ordinary shares in DeTech representing a… Read More

 Tagged defi, detech, pires, uk, united kingdom, yop

January 15, 2021 @ 8:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The United Kingdom’s national standards organization, the British Standards Institute (BSI), had recently released the Security Token Specification, which is one of the industry’s very first cross-chain standards. The specification is referred to as “PAS 19668” and has been supported or sponsored by blockchain advisory… Read More

 Tagged alexandre kech, distributed ledger technology, dlt, luc falempin, onchain custodian, shogo-ishida, tokeny, wef, world economic forum

January 14, 2021 @ 9:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Earlier this week, the Bitcoin (BTC) price fell sharply by around 30% (to about $31,000) as Wall Street bulls called for a technical correction, OKCoin reports. However, the Bitcoin (BTC) price has already recovered significantly. The digital asset is trading at nearly $38,000 at the… Read More

 Tagged altcoins, bitcoin, btc, crypto market report, crypto-assets, digital assets, ethereum, guggenheim investments, scott minerd

January 14, 2021 @ 8:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital asset exchange Kraken has issued an update on cryptocurrency staking options for Ethereum 2.0, a major (and very gradual) system-wide update of the Ethereum blockchain from its current proof-of-work (PoW) based consensus algorithm to a proof-of-stake (PoS) consensus mechanism. In December 2020, Kraken introduced… Read More

 Tagged crypto staking, crypto trading, crypto-assets, digital assets, digital assets staking, eth, ethereum, ethereum 2.0, ethereum 2.0 staking, staking, united states, us

January 14, 2021 @ 3:54 pm By JD Alois  |  

The European Central Bank (ECB) reports that it has received 8221 comments regarding its consultation on a digital euro or central bank digital currency (CBDC).  Chief among the comments are privacy concerns as government ledgers for a digital currency raises serious questions about data control…. Read More

 Tagged cbdc, consultation, digital euro, ecb, european central bank, fabio panetta

January 14, 2021 @ 11:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Gemini Trust Company, LLC (Gemini), a cryptocurrency exchange and custodian, revealed on January 12, 2020 that it has now surpassed $10 billion in digital assets under custody. The Gemini team confirmed in a blog post that they’re pleased to announce that the crypto firm now… Read More

 Tagged crypto custodian, crypto-assets, digital asset custodian, digital assets, gemini, gemini trust company, new york, nydfs, united states, us

January 14, 2021 @ 10:28 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Bitstocks, a UK-based bitcoin market advisory and cryptocurrency investment firm, has successfully secured its initial £500,000 through its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube. Founded in 2014, the company stated that while it serves as an investment house for retail bitcoin investors, its core purpose and… Read More

 Tagged bitstocks, crowdcube, public ledger, uk, united kingdom