April 21, 2021 @ 8:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital Asset, the developers of the Daml multi-party application platform, revealed on Wednesday (April 21, 2021) that they have secured more than $120 million in capital through a Series D funding round from 7RIDGE and Eldridge. As stated in a release shared with Crowdfund Insider:… Read More

 Tagged 7ridge, carsten kengeter, daml, digital asset, eldridge, emnet rios, investment round, michele trogni, veronica augustsson, yuval rooz

April 20, 2021 @ 9:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

On Tuesday, April 20, 2021, Coinbase Pro will be adding support for new order books for several major digital assets including the Basic Attention Token (BAT), Cardano (ADA), Decentraland (MANA) and USDC (USDC). As noted in a blog post by the digital assets firm, the… Read More

 Tagged ada, basic attention token, bat, cardano, coinbase, coinbase pro, crypto trading, crypto-assets, decentraland, digital assets, digital tokens, mana, new listings, stablecoins, usdc

April 20, 2021 @ 5:41 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Sheng-Wen Cheng with allegations of defrauding investors in the offering of equity and digital asset securities, according to a complaint filed by the regulator. According to the SEC’s complaint, from approximately August 2017 to June 2018, Cheng… Read More

 Tagged fraud, sec, sheng-wen cheng

April 20, 2021 @ 5:31 pm By JD Alois  |  

Binance.US, an offshoot of Binance – the largest crypto exchange in the world, has hired the former Comptroller of the Currency, Brian Brooks, as its new Chief Executive Officer. In a strategic coup, Brooks will now be leading Binance.US, a top ten crypto exchange, in… Read More

 Tagged binance, binance us, brian brooks, changpeng zhao

April 20, 2021 @ 2:59 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has settled charges against Jozef Gherman of Florida and J Squared LLC for making misleading statements or omitting material facts in connection with soliciting more than $300,000 from more than 40 individuals to invest in digital assets. According to… Read More

 Tagged cftc, enforcement, j squared, jozef gherman, vincent mcgonagle

April 20, 2021 @ 8:04 am By JD Alois  |  

Crypto on Venmo is launching today. PayPal’s peer-to-peer transfer platform will now allow Venmo’s 70+ million users to buy, hold, sell crypto within the app thus morphing Venmo into a crypto wallet. For retail uptake, this should be a boon for users as Venmo is… Read More

 Tagged darrell esch, paxos, paypal, venmo

April 20, 2021 @ 7:52 am By JD Alois  |  

Tokeny Solutions, a tech platform for issuers to tokenize assets, has partnered with Polygon to further streamline the process of tokenizing compliant securities. According to a note from the company, the partnership will allow asset issuers to create security tokens in a cost-effective and scalable… Read More

 Tagged arjun k\alsy, luc falempin, luxembourg, polygon, tokenization, tokeny solutions

April 20, 2021 @ 7:35 am By Omar Faridi  |  

James Butterfill, Investment Strategist at London-based CoinShares, a digital asset manager focused on expanding access to the cryptocurrency ecosystem while serving as a “trusted partner” for its clients, notes in a blog post published on Monday (April 19, 2021) that inflows into digital asset investment… Read More

 Tagged bitcoin, bitcoin cash, btc, coinshares, crypto-assets, digital asset inflows, digital assets, ethereum, europe, james butterfill, london, meltem demirors, uk, united kingdom, xrp

April 19, 2021 @ 10:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

China is reportedly expanding its virtual yuan experiments to more local cities, however, there’s no exact timetable for its official launch, central bank Vice Governor Li Bo stated during an annual meeting on Sunday (April 18, 2021) of both Chinese and foreign policymakers, senior executives… Read More

 Tagged cbdc, cbdc pilot, cbdc testing, cbdcs, central bank digital currencies, digital currencies, digital currency, li bo, mainland china, payments, virtual currencies, zhou xiaochuan

April 19, 2021 @ 9:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Pakistan is reportedly planning to carry out studies in order to potentially launch a State-backed virtual currency so that it can enhance its existing banking system, enable greater financial inclusion, and also ensure that illicit activtiies such as money laundering are not being carried out… Read More

 Tagged cbdc, cbdcs, central bank digital currencies, digital currencies, digital currency, financial inclusion, pakistan, SBP, virtual currencies