June 5, 2022 @ 6:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Prices of digital assets crashed in early May 2020, when Bitcoin (BTC) fell almost 32% from $39,500 to $27,000 within only a week. The team at Kraken asks, “Could this be the beginning of a long crypto winter?” Or do the on-chain metrics “tell a… Read More

June 5, 2022 @ 6:16 pm By JD Alois  |  

A group of “technologists” has published an open letter addressed to Congressional leaders asking them to push back on the narrative that crypto and Web3 are good for financial services. The “26 computer scientists, software engineers, and technologists” state in the “Letter in Support of… Read More

June 5, 2022 @ 5:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Fintech Open Source Foundation (FINOS), the financial services umbrella of the Linux Foundation, recently confirmed the addition of new corporate members, “including Google Cloud, Société Générale, American Express, Point72, Mirantis, and The Digital Dollar Project.” Building upon its 19 new Members in 2021 and… Read More

June 5, 2022 @ 5:24 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has received final judgments against crowdfunding issuer, 420 Real Estate, LLC, and its CEO, Willard Jackson. The court case, SEC v. Shumake, has previously obtained judgments against Defendants TruCrowd, Vicent Petrescu, and Nicole Birch. According to FINRA, TruCrowd is… Read More

June 5, 2022 @ 4:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Unstoppable Domains, which claims to be the “leading” Web3 digital identity platform and NFT domain name provider, recently announced the launch of Profile Badges “verified by on-chain activity.” Profile Badges act as a way for users “to build and showcase their digital identity, such as… Read More

June 5, 2022 @ 4:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Alloy, which specializes in identity verification APIs that make KYC/AML “effective and simple,” has looked into how DeFi has evolved into a “major” sector of crypto without running KYC or AML checks on users. The Alloy team members have looked at “Permissioned… Read More

June 5, 2022 @ 3:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) has reportedly been compromised for the third time this year, with a hacker able “to steal and sell NFTs, making away with 142 ETH, equivalent to over $250,000.” The hacker conducted a phishing attack, “whereby they shared a fake phishing… Read More

June 5, 2022 @ 2:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitpanda recently confirmed that it will support the Luna (LUNA) Airdrop for Terra Classic (LUNC) holders. This means that Bitpanda is supporting the new Terra 2.0 blockchain and have listed LUNA. For Bitpanda users who held tokens of the Terra project (now LUNC tokens), Bitpanda… Read More

June 5, 2022 @ 2:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

AI and machine learning (ML) focused VC investment slumped in line or consistent with the market but retained “resilient valuations” as the market sorts through the fallout from the recent technology crash. As noted in an update shared by Pitchbook, funding “slumped 21.1% QoQ to… Read More

June 4, 2022 @ 9:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Green Link Digital Bank (GLDB) commences banking business. GLDB seeks to serve Micro-Small-Medium-Enterprises (MSMEs) with banking and financial services “through their supply chain financing and innovative, easy-to-use technological solutions.” GLDB seeks to leverage their experience in supply chain financing and innovative, easy-to-use technological solutions “to… Read More

June 4, 2022 @ 7:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Trade Republic, which claims to be Europe’s largest savings platform, announces a €250M Series C extension. The investment round is led by Ontario Teachers’, which is one of the world’s largest pension funds and institutional investors, “along with the participation of existing investors.” The extension… Read More

June 4, 2022 @ 7:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Norwegian financial services provider Bulder Bank has officially introduced new enriched data transaction services for their retail banking clients. Powered by Snowdrop’s Merchant Reconciliation System API, the new service transforms previously messy payment data and instead “returns enhanced and intuitive information that displays the clean… Read More

June 4, 2022 @ 2:53 pm By JD Alois  |  

This past week it was reported that the US Department of Justice had arrested and charged a former OpenSea employee with insider trading of NFTs or non-fungible tokens. The individual in question, Nathanial Chastain,  has been charged with wire fraud, and money laundering as he… Read More

June 4, 2022 @ 2:39 pm By JD Alois  |  

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) says that more than $1 billion has been lost to crypto scams since the beginning of 2021 impacting over 46,000 individuals. According to the FTC, the median individual reported loss stood at $2,600. The top cryptos involved in the… Read More

June 4, 2022 @ 1:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Stripe, an international financial infrastructure platform, recently announced that Stripe Terminal is currently available in Singapore, making it convenient for companies to create custom checkout experiences for accepting in-person payments, along with unifying client experience and data across online and in-person transfers. Although selling items… Read More

June 4, 2022 @ 1:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Pyth network, a specialized oracle solution for “latency-sensitive” financial data that is typically kept behind the “walled gardens” of centralized institutions, recently announced the deployment of its first-party financial data on BNB Chain, a “community-driven,” “decentralized” and “censorship-resistant” blockchain, and integration with BNB Application… Read More

June 4, 2022 @ 11:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

TIFIN, a Fintech platform using artificial intelligence and “investment-driven” personalization to shape the future of investor experiences, recently announced the launch of their Magnifi+ platform. As noted in an update shared with CI, Magnifi + features investment intelligence “from leading financial pros through proprietary and… Read More

June 4, 2022 @ 10:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Crypto exchange Bitstamp recently announced the launch of its Earn product in the United States. For the “first” time, Bitstamp is offering its U.S. retail and institutional customers the ability “to participate in staking through its secure, regulated platform, earning up to 5% yield compared… Read More

June 4, 2022 @ 10:58 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Alviere, which claims to be the “leading” provider of enterprise software solutions that easily enable any brand to deliver a “full suite” of financial products and services to customers, fans, and employees, recently announced that it has appointed Wes Schmidt as the firm’s Chief Revenue… Read More

June 3, 2022 @ 4:13 pm By JD Alois  |  

The New York state legislature has approved a bill that would commence a moratorium on crypto mining operations. The bill was designed as an attempt to mitigate emissions caused by crypto mining which tends to be an energy-intensive process as servers compete to create and… Read More