Global

April 28, 2021 @ 8:01 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Helvetia Venture Fund is reportedly making an investment in Germany’s Baufi24, a property finance firm, by acquiring its shares as part of a Series A round. btov, a VC company, has also taken part in the investment round along with Helvetia Venture Fund. The… Read More

April 28, 2021 @ 12:47 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 Tuesday (April 26, 2021) that “poor sentiment” for Bitcoin led… Read More

April 27, 2021 @ 11:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin (BTC) price dropped 4.2% week on week (WoW), but then managed to recover from a dip on April 26, 2021, to ~$47,000 back to $53,450, the BitOoda team noted in their latest market report. Bitcoin is trading at just over $54,500 at the time… Read More

April 27, 2021 @ 10:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

SQA Consulting, the business and technology transformation and financial crime prevention (AML) software firm, working cooperatively with ABC TECH Group has launched a joint venture, called SQA Consulting SEE in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The new firm aims to create 75 UK-based jobs. The organization aims… Read More

April 27, 2021 @ 10:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Dogecoin is now available for trading on crypto-asset exchange OKCoin, according to a blog post update from the company on April 26, 2021. Beginning on Tuesday (April 26), OKCoin users may purchase and sell Dogecoin (DOGE) via the  platform. DOGE will be “available to everyone”… Read More

April 27, 2021 @ 1:56 pm By JD Alois  |  

Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, announced a forthcoming NFT market to launch this coming June. NFTs or non-fungible tokens have boomed in recent months. While in existence for years, the advent of the sale of a work of digital art by Beeple for over… Read More

April 27, 2021 @ 10:38 am By JD Alois  |  

Payments Fintech Paysend has partnered with open banking platform Plaid to speed up bank authentication and money transfer process for international money transfer customers. Paysend’s money transfer service allows users to pay and send using bank or card details. About 90% of transfers arrive in… Read More

April 27, 2021 @ 9:39 am By JD Alois  |  

ikigai, a banking and Wealthtech company, is now overfunding on Crowdcube after topping its £1.2 million funding target. As of today, ikigai has raised £1.33 million backed by 455 individual investors. ikigai is raising capital at a pre-money valuation of £10.95 million. The Fintech has… Read More

April 27, 2021 @ 9:08 am By JD Alois  |  

Artificial intelligence (AI) firm iKVA, founded at the University of Cambridge, has raised £1.5 million in seed funding to help roll out their technology. The new funding is in addition to pre-seed funding of £175,000 raised in 2018. The funding has been secured from  Cambridge… Read More

April 27, 2021 @ 8:42 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Global accelerator program Plug and Play announced on Tuesday the launch of its new office in Seoul, Korea. Plug and Play reported its Korea division will primarily focus on corporate innovation in the areas of Financial Services (Fintech, Insurtech, and Health) and Smart Cities (Mobility &… Read More

April 27, 2021 @ 8:19 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

    Paxful, a leading peer-to-peer (P2P) Bitcoin (BTC) marketplace, announced on Tuesday its platform now has more than $5 billion has been traded to date on its platform and that it now has over six million users. Founded in 2015, Paxful describes itself as a… Read More

April 27, 2021 @ 7:05 am By Omar Faridi  |  

European peer-to-peer lending platform Bondora recently shared details regarding its 2020 portfolio performance. The Bondora team notes that after remaining quite steady at 17.4% for two straight months, the 2020 return rate for originations increased “ever so slightly to 17.5% in March.” The P2P lender… Read More

April 27, 2021 @ 6:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK-based Blend Network, an online P2P lender, reveals that the average UK house prices “grew by 5.7% year-on-year in March.” Blend Network added in its latest property market report that activity has slowed down from December 2020’s 6-year high growth of 7.3% year-on-year. But price… Read More

April 26, 2021 @ 12:30 pm By Lee Schneider  |  

When you work in the blockchain and cryptoasset space for a while, you hear four particular questions asked over and over by people new to the space and particularly by skeptical people.  These are good and important questions and they deserve simple, straightforward answers, so… Read More

April 26, 2021 @ 12:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

PlasmaFinance has shared the details of SpacePort, its IDO launchpad for emerging crypto-related initiatives. Unlike other token launchpads, SpacePort claims it’s “fully decentralized” with “no central points of control.” As mentioned in a release shared with CI: “A flexible token launch platform, SpacePort empowers startups… Read More

April 26, 2021 @ 11:32 am By JD Alois  |  

Curve, a smart card and Fintech app, has added a series of “Autopilot” features designed to help customers better their money management. Based in the UK, Curve is currently live in 31 markets across the UK and Europe and plans to launch in the US… Read More

April 26, 2021 @ 10:46 am By JD Alois  |  

The UK Jurisdiction Taskforce of LawtechUK (UKJTL), chaired by Sir Geoffrey Vos, Master of the Rolls, has published its Digital Dispute Resolution Rules addressing legal disputes relating to digital technology such as crypto assets, smart contracts, and blockchain applications. The document was drafted following a… Read More

April 26, 2021 @ 10:22 am By JD Alois  |  

Draper Esprit (LSE:GROW), a publicly-traded venture capital firm that has invested in multiple Fintechs, has distributed a full year update for the year ending March 31, 2021. Draper Esprit states that the “fair value growth in the period reflects strong performance across the breadth of… Read More

April 26, 2021 @ 7:59 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Digital payments platform Wirex announced on Monday it has teamed up with Snowdrop Solutions to introduce location-enriched transaction services. According to Wirex, the service enables cardholders to readily see exactly where their transactions take place and provide a “greater level of transparency” for those transactions…. Read More

April 26, 2021 @ 7:32 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Multi-asset investment platform eToro revealed on April 26, 2021 that it has launched a new thematic portfolio, called BitcoinWorldWide. Based on the firms in the value chain behind Bitcoin, the portfolio is meant to further promote adoption of the leading cryptocurrency. Dani Brinker, eToro’s head… Read More