General News

March 24, 2022 @ 9:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Chainalysis, the blockchain data platform, has announced a partnership with Cross River, a tech-driven financial services organization that offers core infrastructure and embedded financial solutions. Cross River is well-known for offering financial services to the Fintech and crypto sectors and will utilize Chainalysis tools “to… Read More

March 24, 2022 @ 3:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Dave Inc. (Nasdaq: DAVE), a banking app on a mission to build products that level the financial playing field, has announced a partnership with West Realm Shires Services, Inc., which is the owner and operator of FTX US, “whereby the companies will work together to… Read More

March 24, 2022 @ 1:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

UBS (SWX: UBSG) has announced the launch of its Virtual Worker Framework, which is described as a new approach to “flexible” working that will offer US workers in eligible roles with the opportunity “to work 100% remotely.” UBS will begin “a phased implementation of the… Read More

March 24, 2022 @ 12:53 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced that Martha Legg Miller, Director of the Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation (OASB), is leaving the agency at the end of April. The SEC added that Sebastian Gomez Abero will serve as Acting… Read More

March 24, 2022 @ 10:38 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The digital asset and cryptocurrency trading platform MEXC Global has announced an ecosystem fund of $150 million, along with Bybit, in order to support the ecosystem growth of Fetch.ai, a Cambridge-based AI lab building an open-access “decentralized” machine learning network for smart infrastructure. Known as… Read More

March 24, 2022 @ 9:14 am By JD Alois  |  

Financement Participatif France (FPF), the French crowdfunding association, has announced the appointment of a new President. According to FPF, Damien Guermonprez has been selected as the new President of the organization. He is currently Executive Chairman of Lemonway. Mathilde Iclanzan has been appointed as Vice President… Read More

March 23, 2022 @ 11:51 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Around the world, 66% of major institutional investors are more worried now than two years ago about extreme events disrupting their investment strategies—and 64% believe investors need to completely re-think how they approach portfolio construction. Those are among the key findings of Nuveen’s second annual EQuilibrium… Read More

March 23, 2022 @ 11:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Coinbase Cloud currently offers Web 3.0 APIs, services, and infrastructure ‘to power the next generation of software builders.” As part of Coinbase‘s vision to empower developers building the future of web3, they are launching “a suite of blockchain infrastructure solutions and services for the growing… Read More

March 23, 2022 @ 8:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at digital assets firm Kraken is pleased to welcome Carrie Dolan, who is a recognized financial services veteran ‘in high-growth consumer Fintechs and Fortune 500 companies, as Kraken’s newly appointed Chief Financial Officer (CFO).” Carrie will be expected to serve a key role… Read More

March 23, 2022 @ 8:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Lemonade Foundation, the nonprofit founded by Lemonade to “effect exponential social and environmental impact” via technology, has announced the “formation of the Lemonade Crypto Climate Coalition.” The coalition is being “constituted as a Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO), dedicated to building and distributing at-cost, instantaneous,… Read More

March 22, 2022 @ 11:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Just when you thought their open-sourced ShapeShift V2 platform was sounding like a “one-stop-shop” solution for your cryptocurrency requirements, the team at ShapeShift claims that they have made further enhancements with the integration of the Gem on- and off-ramp embedded user interface. This will allow… Read More

March 22, 2022 @ 10:24 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Fintech firm Play2Pay has entered a 5,200-square-foot lease at Wynwood Annex, which is home to various other prominent technology firms. Established in 2014, the firm provides clients with ways to lower their bills by playing games, watching engaging videos and responding to surveys. The Fintech… Read More

March 22, 2022 @ 8:15 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Euroclear, a securities settlement house, has reportedly joined a consortium of banking institutions that are developing a payment solution for tokenized assets in the most recent indication of major institutions working with emerging players in crypto-related tech. Belgium- based Euroclear noted that it had acquired… Read More

March 21, 2022 @ 3:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Yesterday, it was reported that the government of Ukraine has created its own website to accept crypto donations. The site was built in partnership with FTX, Kuna, and everstake. The Ukraine government has now received over $60 million in crypto donations. Today, Merkle Science is… Read More

March 21, 2022 @ 12:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

FirstBlock Capital LLC, helmed by VC Peter Janssen, recently announced his new focus on investing in digital assets. Peter said his firm plans to deploy capital “across blockchain and digital asset start-ups and public tokens.” With the rise of virtual currencies, he believes this is… Read More

March 21, 2022 @ 9:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Surfshark, a VPN firm based in Lithuania, has reported “a 3500% surge in Russia sales since February 24 – the day Russia invaded Ukraine.” According to cybersecurity firm Surfshark’s analysis, the Russian telecoms regulator (Roskomnadzor) has forced Google to “delist more than 36,000 URLs that… Read More

March 20, 2022 @ 7:04 pm By JD Alois  |  

In the early days of the Russian invasion, the Ukrainian government, along with other charities and independent media, leveraged cryptocurrency to expedite transfers of money in the form of donations. By accepting crypto, Ukraine benefits from the speed of transfer – instantaneous – and the… Read More

March 19, 2022 @ 11:17 am By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission‘s (SEC)  41st Annual Government-Business Forum on Small Business Capital Formation will take place as a virtual gathering once again. Pre-covid, the event was held in person either in Washington, DC or at another venue around the US. For this year’s… Read More

March 18, 2022 @ 9:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The United Kingdom’s Open Banking Implementation Entity (OBIE) has reportedly appointed Theresa Casey as the General Counsel, after the departure of Selene Brett to Yapily. Casey, who had served as general counsel and company secretary at online retailer N Brown Group, will now be joining… Read More

March 18, 2022 @ 9:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Adam Zadikoff, Senior Product Manager at Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN), notes that making Web 3.0 more user-friendly “means more ways to interact and connect with dapps across a wide range of blockchains and networks.” Coinbase is now introducing their initial phase of support for Solana. SOL tokens… Read More