Tagged: crypto-assets

September 19, 2023 @ 9:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Stocktwits, the social platform for investors and traders across all asset classes including stocks, crypto, and other emerging investments, announced that they are launching options trading and increased sentiment data on the platform. These capabilities will expand the company’s existing suite of features “at a… Read More

September 19, 2023 @ 11:38 am By Omar Faridi  |  

James Butterfill from CoinShares notes that outflows over the last 9 weeks aggregate to almost $0.5 billion The CoinShares team also mentioned that digital asset investment products saw outflows totaling $54 million last week, “with outflows for 8 out of the last 9 weeks that… Read More

September 18, 2023 @ 12:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) is announcing the launch of the Coinbase Prime Web3 Wallet. As a digital asset management service provider, Coinbase developed institutional capabilities for their clients. They claim to have always kept security and utility top of mind, and today marks another step in that… Read More

September 17, 2023 @ 10:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ledger recently announced that the ‘Earn’ section is now available to all their users on Ledger Live Desktop. Ledger noted in a blog post that the mobile app will follow soon. As explained in the update from Ledger, the ‘Earn’ section of the Ledger Live… Read More

September 15, 2023 @ 12:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

US-headquartered crypto firm Ripple recently stated that it intends to keep fighting the current lawsuit with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The dustup with the regulator is emblematic of the broader challenges digital asset firms face in the US as the SEC has… Read More

September 15, 2023 @ 9:01 am By Omar Faridi  |  

CertiK and Safeheron, an enterprise key self-custody service provider, are joining forces to raise the standard of transparency in private key management. The result of this collaboration is “a new verification mechanism to help users ensure projects have adopted enhanced private key management solutions.” Directly… Read More

September 15, 2023 @ 8:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Certain executives working at the US division of Binance are reportedly leaving at a time when the crypto firm is struggling with heightened regulatory scrutiny, the WSJ reported this past Thursday, citing sources familiar with the issue. Krishna Juvvadi, head of legal, and Sidney Majalya,… Read More

September 12, 2023 @ 11:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Enterprise-grade staking platform Kiln announced that Coinbase Cloud has integrated Kiln’s On-Chain Platform into its product offering, “marking a significant milestone for Coinbase Cloud in streamlining and simplifying the Ethereum staking process.” Kiln On-Chain is a suite of smart contracts designed “to connect integrators and… Read More

September 12, 2023 @ 10:32 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In response to the devastation caused by the recent earthquake in Morocco, Binance Charity will airdrop up to $3 million in BNB to Binance users “identified as living in the areas affected by the tragedy.” Identification of the users will be “based on Proof of… Read More

September 12, 2023 @ 7:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitfinex and Tether Chief Technical Officer Paolo Ardoino will be deposed as part of a class-action lawsuit against both firms and their related executives. This past Monday, a New York judge reportedly made the decision to deny Ardoino’s request to further delay his deposition until… Read More

September 11, 2023 @ 10:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nansen, a provider of on-chain insights for crypto investors and teams, is pleased to announce a partnership with Sixdegree, a crypto-native onchain research firm that specializes in incentive optimization for protocols to enhance user growth. This collaboration aims to “bolster the crypto industry by granting… Read More

September 11, 2023 @ 5:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital asset firm Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) provided a clarification following a an update indicating that the exchange operator will be suspending business operations for consumers residing in India. As widely reported, Coinbase India clients will cautioned via an email message that crypto services will no longer… Read More

September 11, 2023 @ 11:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The FBI is issuing this update to caution the general public regarding the theft of approximately $41 million in virtual currency from Stake.com, an online casino and betting platform. The FBI has confirmed that this theft took place “on or about September 4, 2023, and… Read More

September 11, 2023 @ 9:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Finery Markets, an OTC multi-dealer electronic marketplace for crypto businesses and institutions, is pleased to announce a further appointment to the leadership team. Krish Chatterjee has joined Finery Markets as an advisory member for business development in APAC. Prior to joining Finery Markets, Krish held… Read More

September 11, 2023 @ 8:24 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Fineqia International, a digital asset and fintech investment business, announces that its analysis of global Exchange Traded Products (ETPs) with digital assets as underlying collateral revealed a 51% growth in total Assets Under Management (AUM) in the year-to-date (YTD) period amid renewed interest by investors…. Read More

September 11, 2023 @ 7:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Financial Stability Board (FSB) have advanced policy and regulatory recommendations “to identify and respond to macroeconomic and financial stability risks associated with crypto-assets.” Crypto-assets have been in existence “for more than a decade and have displayed significant volatility…. Read More

September 10, 2023 @ 5:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Jett Tang, the executive producer of The Next Crypto Gem, a Reality TV series that premieres September 7, 2023, has shared key insights with Crowdfund Insider. Jett Tang claims that he is focused on moving Web3 towards mainstream adoption. That’s why he has launched this… Read More

September 9, 2023 @ 3:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Faruk Fatih Özer, the former Chief Executive of collapsed Turkey-based cryptocurrency exchange Thodex, has reportedly been sentenced to 11,196 years in prison on Thursday (September 7, 2023). Stealing around $2 billion from his clients led to the CEO of one of Turkey’s biggest virtual currency… Read More

September 8, 2023 @ 4:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

HAYVN, a digital asset-focused financial institution delivering Payments, Trading, Custody, Asset Management and Research, announced a partnership with crypto hardware manufacturer, Ledger. The partnership will see HAYVN “provide safe and robust off-ramping rails to users of Ledger’s Ledger Live service.” Ledger Live allows users “to… Read More

September 6, 2023 @ 3:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Henley & Partners’ inaugural publication is intended for those following crypto-assets private wealth, and investment migration trends — whether global citizens, crypto investors, wealth managers, or private bankers. The update includes key statistics on crypto and Bitcoin millionaires, centi-millionaires, and billionaires provided by global wealth intelligence… Read More