February 26, 2021 @ 7:41 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Switzerland’s Flovtec Technologies AG, a technology firm focused on offering liquidity to digital token issuers and exchanges, stated that it will be giving the digital asset ecosystem greater (or full control) over market making activities. This move should provide a more seamless digital experience, transparent… Read More

 Tagged crypto-assets, digital assets, dr. daniel diemers, europe, flovtec, liquidity, manuel krieger, market making, switzerland

February 25, 2021 @ 11:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

BlockFi Inc., a financial services firm that’s focused on creating a bridge between digital currencies and traditional financial and wealth management products, has revealed that it has launched a Private Client Services offering for investors in the APAC region. BlockFi confirms that the new initiative… Read More

 Tagged apac, apac region, asia pacific, australia, blockfi, crypto-assets, david olsson, digital assets, hong kong, rishi ramchandani

February 25, 2021 @ 10:14 pm By JD Alois  |  

The US Department of Treasury has issued a statement on the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) second plenary meeting during the German Presidency of the global regulatory agency. According to Treasury, FATF advanced its work on several issues, including finalizing a non-public report on terrorist… Read More

 Tagged fatf, janet yellen, us department of treasury, vasps, virtual assets

February 25, 2021 @ 8:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Moneybees, which claims to be the very first over-the-counter (OTC) cryptocurrency service in the Philippines, has announced that it’s launching three new outlets this month. The outlets are being opened to accommodate the growing demand for OTC transactions among Filipino cryptocurrency traders and investors, according… Read More

 Tagged bitcoin, btc, crypto trading, crypto-assets, digital assets, moneybees, otc, over-the-counter, paulo del puerto, Philippines, southeast asia, tivoli money exchange

February 25, 2021 @ 6:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Jeremy Allaire, Co-founder and CEO of Circle, a global Fintech company focused on supporting open Internet platforms, Bitcoin, and other crypto-assets, has confirmed that there’s $8 billion worth of USDC in circulation. 8 Billion USDC in circulation. Dec 1st – 3B, Jan 1st – 4B,… Read More

 Tagged circle, digital assets, grant thornton llp, jeremy allaire, stablecoin, stablecoins, stellar, stellar blockchain, usd coin, usdc

February 25, 2021 @ 2:40 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Anchorage, a U.S.-based premier digital asset platform for institutions, announced on Thursday it secured $80 million through its Series C funding round, which was led by GIC with participation from a16z, Blockchain Capital, Lux, and Indico. Founded in 2017, Anchorage claims it was created… Read More

 Tagged anchorage, cryptocurrency, digital asset, digital banking, investment, online banking, series c

February 25, 2021 @ 2:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Tim Frost, CEO at YIELD App, which is a comprehensive Fintech app offering a wide range of DeFi services and new investment strategies, has shared his views and insights regarding the recent trading frenzy that was initiated by a group of armchair investors via Reddit… Read More

 Tagged bitcoin, btc, crypto-assets, dapps, Decentralized Applications, decentralized finance, defi, digital assets, eth, ethereum, financial inclusion, financial literacy, financially underserved, fintech apps, gamestop, interview, lending, robinhood, stablecoin, stablecoins, tim frost, Unbanked, usdc, usdt, wallstreetbets, wealth management, yield app, yld tokens

February 25, 2021 @ 11:12 am By JD Alois  |  

  According to multiple reports, Khurram Shroff, chairman of the IBC Group in Dubai, has pledged 100,000 Bitcoin for the Miami 2.0 Blockchain Strategy Foundation. At its current price point, 100,000 BTC is worth a whopping $5 billion. And if some prognosticators get it right,… Read More

 Tagged bitcoin, dubai, francis suarez, ibc group, khurram shroff, mena, miami

February 25, 2021 @ 9:07 am By JD Alois  |  

As anticipated, Coinbase has publicly filed an S-1 outlining its plans to complete an initial public offering (IPO) on the NASDAQ. Accrording to the filing, Coinbase intends to raise up to $1 billion and  trade under the ticker symbol of “COIN.” The filing shares that… Read More

 Tagged brian armstrong, coinbase, crypto exchange, initial public offering, ipo, nasdaq

February 25, 2021 @ 8:09 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Security Token Group (STG), which aims to reinvent capital markets with blockchain-based security tokens, has published its January’s edition of the Security Token Market Real Estate report. The report, which was released on February 22, 2021, notes that their security token market tracking site… Read More

 Tagged distributed ledger technology, dlt, Market Report, real estate, research, security token, security token group, security token market, security tokens, stg, stm