Tagged: crypto-assets

July 28, 2023 @ 7:41 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Concluding the first half of 2023, and the Stellar Development Foundation made significant strides on its roadmap to further its strategy: utility is the growth exponent. To that end, SDF delivered “on the three building blocks: make innovation easy and scalable, win over builders, and… Read More

July 27, 2023 @ 2:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Credix, with support from Clave, launched a “first-of-its-kind,” fully insured receivables pool. Inaugural investors include the Solana Foundation and Keyrock. The receivables pool offers an investment opportunity “to accredited investors seeking up to a double-digit yield while insuring credit risk.” More specifically, the pool, “which… Read More

July 26, 2023 @ 10:49 am By Omar Faridi  |  

FalconX, which claims to be the most reliable digital assets prime brokerage for the world’s leading institutions, is releasing the only crypto derivatives offered by a CFTC-regulated swaps dealer. These contracts are settled “against indices administered by CF Benchmarks, the FCA regulated cryptocurrency index provider.”… Read More

July 26, 2023 @ 9:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Paxos recently noted that it was founded in 2012 at the dawn of cryptocurrencies, digital assets and tokenization. Their “ItBit Exchange” catered to financial professionals and businesses. They also allowed retail customers to access their platform as there “were few venues where people could safely… Read More

July 24, 2023 @ 7:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Elliptic – which claims to be the global leader in cryptoasset risk management – is proud to announce that it has been selected by Current Consulting Group as the trusted blockchain analytics provider to fulfil its crypto compliance requirements. Current Consulting Group is “an independent… Read More

July 23, 2023 @ 4:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nomura announced the expansion of its International Wealth Management business with new premises in Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), the global financial hub in the MENA and South Asia region. Nomura announced last year that it would “open a branch of Nomura Singapore Limited in… Read More

July 23, 2023 @ 2:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin’s hash rate, which is an estimated measure of “how fast the aggregate computational resources supporting the network is guessing solutions to new blocks,” has been on an upward ascent for much of the year, the NYDIG Research team noted. Although that might make sense… Read More

July 21, 2023 @ 9:24 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Archax, the FCA-regulated digital asset exchange, broker, and custodian, today announced that it has successfully gained ISO27001 certification; a testament to its commitment to meeting strict security and compliance standards. This certification is backed by the International Standards Organization (ISO), “providing assurance for all Archax… Read More

July 21, 2023 @ 9:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Societe Generale – FORGE (SG-FORGE), a subsidiary of the Societe Generale Group dedicated to crypto assets activities, announces that it has obtained its regulatory license approval as Digital Asset Service Provider (‘DASP’, or ‘Prestataire de Service sur Actifs Numériques’ (PSAN)) with the French Financial Markets… Read More

July 20, 2023 @ 4:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In just over 6 months Bitpanda Technology Solutions, an Investing-as-a-Service (IaaS) solution, has reportedly secured 12 partnerships, “expanded into 28 countries and unlocked digital trading for over 20 million people.” As Europe‘s B2B trading product, the team says that it is ‘driving further forward to… Read More

July 20, 2023 @ 1:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fintech firm Ripple considers the recent court ruling (in the case Ripple v. US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ) to be a “landmark victory” for the company and the entire crypto industry. As noted in a blog post, the recent ruling finds that XRP… Read More

July 18, 2023 @ 10:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

On July 13, 2023, the crypto and blockchain industry got “good news” when Judge Analisa Torres of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled that Ripple did “not violate securities law in selling its token (XRP) via public exchanges,” the… Read More

July 18, 2023 @ 9:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Coin Metrics has taken a data-driven look at digital asset markets after a milestone ruling in the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) v. Ripple Kyle Waters and Matias Andrade Cabieses from Coin Metrics noted in a detailed report that we’ve witnessed a significant development… Read More

July 18, 2023 @ 8:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently connected with Dr. Shira Brezis, CEO & Co-founder of Redefine, the “first” end-to-end security tech for DeFi investors. Dr. Shira discussed major issues financial institutions are concerned about regarding safety and security for web3 investing. Redefine helps enable secure transactions, monitor in real-time,… Read More

July 17, 2023 @ 11:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Institutions face unique challenges when it comes to executing digital asset transactions efficiently, according to an update from Talos. The digital asset market is “highly fragmented” across numerous exchanges, platforms and dealers globally. At Talos, they are committed “to simplifying institutional adoption of digital assets,… Read More

July 17, 2023 @ 7:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitso, the crypto-powered financial services company in Latin America with more than 7 million customers, announced its business partnership with Mobile Streams plc (MOS), the intelligence company data specialist, next-gen content specialist, and creator of Heroes NFT CLUB . Thanks to this alliance, Bitso will… Read More

July 16, 2023 @ 1:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Hex Trust Group, an institutional-grade digital asset custodian licensed across global financial hubs, has announced Ether (ETH) staking services have now been relaunched following the Shapella upgrades on the Ethereum blockchain. Hex Trust has an Ethereum Validator Node and “plays a vital role in… Read More

July 15, 2023 @ 7:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

On June 6, 2023, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed a lawsuit against Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) primarily about a small number of assets listed on their platform, but also their retail staking services. The same day, state securities agencies in ten states – Alabama,… Read More

July 15, 2023 @ 6:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

BIT, a professional digital asset exchange, today announced an update to its existing integration with Copper ClearLoop, a digital asset settlement network. BIT’s integration upgrade with Copper will “allow Copper via ClearLoop to support BIT’s Unified Margin feature, which allows traders to use all of… Read More

July 14, 2023 @ 6:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance, which is being sued by US regulators for a wide range of issues, is pleased to announce the appointment of their own Eleanor Hughes as Binance’s General Counsel. In her new role, Eleanor will “oversee the company’s global legal affairs alongside a team of… Read More