Tagged: crypto-assets

December 17, 2021 @ 7:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Deutsche Börse has completed the acquisition of a majority stake in Crypto Finance, a FINMA-regulated provider of trading, custody, and investment services for digital assets. The agreement was “signed in June, and closing was on 15 December 2021,” the announcement confirmed. The acquisition lays the… Read More

December 16, 2021 @ 7:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Balancer Labs has announced the launch of Boosted Pools. Boosted Pools aim to “solve for decreased capital efficiency with yields on tokens deposited into Automated Market Maker Pools.” The first iteration of this product will be with Balancer’s “close collaborator, lending protocol Aave.” Fernando Martinelli,… Read More

December 16, 2021 @ 7:49 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Ramp is pleased to confirm that they have secured $10.1 million in funding to take the platform to the next level and “continue pushing the frontier of what’s possible in the crypto space.” Ramp’s management noted that their seed round was led… Read More

December 15, 2021 @ 7:41 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Trulioo, the global identity verification service provider, has announced six new customers in the crypto industry: Centbee, GMO Trust, Omni Matrix, Skilling, Strike Protocols and Vintech Capital. GlobalGateway is one of the largest marketplaces for digital identity data and services, enabling organizations to “deploy identity… Read More

December 14, 2021 @ 1:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In an attempt to improve the movie industry, NFT Community Arabian Camels and Swapp Protocol have introduced the “Antara Movie NFT,” which allows buyers to hold as much as 50% Intellectual Property rights to “Antara,” a $50M feature film based on the life of Arabian… Read More

December 14, 2021 @ 12:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nuvei Corporation (Nasdaq: NVEI) (TSX: NVEI), via its subsidiary Simplex, is introducing branded Visa debit cards for its partners across the European Economic Area and United Kingdom, “following a partnership with Visa.” Having provided crypto-friendly debit cards to blockchain finance ecosystem COTI in recent months,… Read More

December 14, 2021 @ 8:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Deel has announced the addition of USDC and Solana as withdrawal currencies via Coinbase (COIN: Nasdaq). Deel first teamed up with Coinbase in November 2020 to “enable users to withdraw their paychecks in cryptocurrency,” according to an update shared with Crowdfund Insider. Deel currently supports five… Read More

December 14, 2021 @ 7:54 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Beginning on Monday December 13, 2021, clients may transfer DESO tokens into their Coinbase Pro accounts ahead of trading. As noted in the announcement, support for DESO will “generally be available in Coinbase’s supported jurisdictions with certain exceptions as indicated in each asset page here.”… Read More

December 13, 2021 @ 7:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Gala Games, the blockchain gaming firm that’s focused on the play-to-earn space, has announced a partnership with Huobi Global in order to help with better serving the distributed ledger tech (DLT) gaming sector, as Gala continues to expand its developer ecosystem. Chosen as the “preferred”… Read More

December 12, 2021 @ 3:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Beginning on December 9, 2021, API3 (API3), Bluzelle (BLZ), Circuits of Value (COVAL), Gods Unchained (GODS), Immutable X (IMX), Measurable Data Token (MDT), mStable USD (MUSD) and Ribbon Finance (RBN) are available on Coinbase.com and via the Coinbase Android and iOS apps. Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) clients… Read More

December 12, 2021 @ 12:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital asset platform CoinList is pleased to confirm that registrations for the pSTAKE Token Sale are currently open. pSTAKE is the protocol that “unlocks liquidity for your staked assets,” the update from CoinList explained. The company also mentioned that with pSTAKE, you can “stake your… Read More

December 10, 2021 @ 6:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

BitPay, a provider of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency payment services, has announced that due to significant demand, merchants may immediately accept Shiba Inu (SHIB) for payments and consumers may purchase, store and swap SHIB in the BitPay Wallet app. Even though it began as a meme,… Read More

December 10, 2021 @ 7:46 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Domination Finance, a non-custodial, decentralized exchange for dominance trading, has announced the launch of its liquidity vault “as part of the industry’s broader move towards DeFi 2.0.” As mentioned in an update shared with Crowdfund Insider, the vault represents “the first of its kind, allowing… Read More

December 9, 2021 @ 9:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Pontoro, the financial tech firm focused on creating the first institutional-grade digital asset securitization and liquidity platform to address “the $15 trillion shortfall in infrastructure debt finance by enabling broader investor participation,” has announced a $6 million preferred seed round that was led by Ulu… Read More

December 8, 2021 @ 11:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bob Lee, ex- Chief Technical Officer at Square (now doing business as Block), has reportedly joined MobileCoin as its Chief Product Officer. As an early investor in and advisor to the crypto and virtual payments startup, Bob helped “shape product and technology strategy.” He now… Read More

December 8, 2021 @ 10:10 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Play-and-Earn game MonkeyBall is confirming that they have beefed up their list of backers. MonkeyBall, a Solana-based gaming platform, stated that it’s pleased their partners wanted to join the MonkeyBall journey and were able to hand-pick backers with a solid reputation and… Read More

December 7, 2021 @ 3:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Following a seed round, the Gaia EverWorld team has announced an NFT sale via a collaboration with the Binance NFT marketplace, as well as securing a grant from the Polygon Foundation, and “completed a successful IDO.” The land sale will “allow Gaia EverWorld to claim… Read More

December 7, 2021 @ 11:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

CME Group, which claims to be the most diverse derivatives marketplace, has launched Micro Ether futures, further “expanding its suite of cryptocurrency derivatives offerings, and marking its second micro cryptocurrency product this year.” Tim McCourt, CME Group Global Head of Equity Index and Alternative Investment… Read More

December 7, 2021 @ 10:20 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Phase One of the NEVM launch is now officially complete, the Syscoin team announced in a recent update. Their Bitcoin-secured Layer 1 for EVM smart contracts “reached mainnet on block 1,317,500, December 6th, 2021,” according to an update shared with Crowdfund Insider. With this upgrade… Read More

December 6, 2021 @ 10:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Beginning on December 2, 2021, people may sign up to get first access to the Blockchain.com NFT marketplace. In the coming weeks, users may start purchasing, selling, and storing non-fungible tokens or NFTs right inside their Blockchain.com Wallet. As mentioned in an update from Blockchain.com… Read More