Tagged: crypto-assets

December 29, 2021 @ 2:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In May 2021, the team at digital assets firm Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN) had announced the launch of Coinbase Giving. As explained in a blog post, Coinbase Giving is the operational “embodiment” of their ongoing commitment to Pledge 1%, which is the firm’s “promise to dedicate… Read More

December 28, 2021 @ 2:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

This week, crypto (again) reached “record levels” of investment while industry professionals gathered to predict the key trends for the sector in 2022, the team at Sygnum Bank wrote in a blog post. At the same time, Sygnum has introduced a structured product offering (what… Read More

December 27, 2021 @ 8:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Dr. Ben Livshits, CEO at Zilliqa, the high-performance, a high-security blockchain platform, notes in an end-of-year update that in a fast-paced industry, the crypto market lows and highs, and uncertainties around Covid-19 “continued to create a trifecta of challenges for all this year.” But the… Read More

December 27, 2021 @ 1:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The blockchain and crypto-assets space has grown tremendously during the past 18 months due in part to the acceleration of the ongoing digital transformation. Many more consumers and business organizations are completing tasks online instead of visiting physical locations to avoid the further spread of… Read More

December 26, 2021 @ 10:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin Depot is celebrating consistent growth this year as the firm looks ahead to 2022 in an update shared with Crowdfund Insider. Bitcoin Depot notes that consumers and retailers have increasingly been turning to their crypto ATM company for “secure, convenient, and fast transactions.” This… Read More

December 26, 2021 @ 8:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Decentralized applications store DappRadar recently published their annual Dapp Industry Report, highlighting records for the decentralized application (dApp) space. As noted in a release shared with CI, 2021 saw the blockchain or distributed ledger tech (DLT) industry expand “across verticals, with usage growing sevenfold as… Read More

December 26, 2021 @ 6:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

FTX US, a US-regulated crypto exchange, announced that it has entered into a partnership agreement with Stratos Jets Charters Inc, a private jet charter broker based in Orlando, Florida. Via this partnership, Stratos will be accepting payments in crypto and fiat via the FTX Pay… Read More

December 26, 2021 @ 11:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Zcash, a cryptocurrency focused on privacy and anonymity, is currently available to trade on Okcoin – “with some of the lowest fees around.” Customers are able to “deposit, withdraw, and trade ZEC against USD on Okcoin.” All Okcoin clients may perform transactions with Zcash including… Read More

December 26, 2021 @ 11:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at digital asset platform CoinList notes that they are pleased to announce that registrations for the Agoric Token Sale are currently open. Agoric is a proof-of-stake or PoS chain utilizing JavaScript smart contracts to quickly create and launch decentralized applications (dApps). The sale… Read More

December 26, 2021 @ 1:38 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Dropp, which claims to be a cost-effective, digital micropayment transaction platform enabling payments both in fiat currency and cryptocurrency, announced new appointments: Richard Re and Robert Flohr. The duo will join Dropp’s advisory board comprising top Cloud computing and Fintech professionals. Dropp CEO and Founder… Read More

December 23, 2021 @ 5:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

DeFinity, an institutional digital asset ECN and DeFi marketplace for fiat FX, cryptocurrencies and central bank digital currencies, has teamed up with Cobalt, a market infrastructure provider that’s focused on ‘re-engineering the institutional FX and digital asset markets to facilitate real-time clearing, settlement and dynamic… Read More

December 23, 2021 @ 10:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Working with Clearstream, Northern Trust, SETL and others, SWIFT plans experiments in Q1 2022 in order to “explore how it can support interoperability in the development of the tokenized asset market.” Relative to digital currencies and stablecoins, the current market cap of tokenized assets is… Read More

December 22, 2021 @ 12:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Kraken, which claims to be one of the largest digital asset platforms, announced it has acquired Staked for “an undisclosed sum.” Staked is described as a non-custodial staking platform that “enables investors in Proof-of-Stake networks to easily and securely compound their holdings.” According to an… Read More

December 22, 2021 @ 9:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bakkt Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: BKKT), a digital asset platform that enables consumers to purchase, sell, send and spend various cryptocurrencies, announced that Manasquan Bank, a NJ-headquartered mutual community bank with total consolidated assets of $2.7 billion, will be “participating in its early adopter program, which,… Read More

December 22, 2021 @ 9:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Berlin-headquartered Swarm Markets GmbH, which claims to be the first regulated “decentralized” financial infrastructure provider, announced that it will launch a peer-to-peer contract for “high value transactions in Q1 2022.” The so-called dOTC service “empowers institutions and professional investors to use the first regulated crypto… Read More

December 21, 2021 @ 9:12 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 Monday (December 20) that for the week ending December 17,… Read More

December 21, 2021 @ 8:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Coinbase (COIN: Nasdaq) is pleased to confirm the introduction of the Community Analyst Program (or the CAP Program). As explained in a blog post by Coinbase, this is a great way for students, professionals and community members who share their “core beliefs” to contribute to… Read More

December 20, 2021 @ 9:41 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital assets firm Kraken notes that they’re pleased to confirm that their cryptocurrency trading platform now supports the Avalanche (AVAX) C-Chain. Funding and Trading Funding is currently live, and trading is scheduled to start on Tuesday, December 21, 2021 — at which point Kraken will… Read More

December 18, 2021 @ 3:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

BitOoda, an international digital asset financial technology & services platform offering risk management solutions, best-execution brokerage & expert market analysis, notes that Bitcoin declined 3.3% week-on-week, settling at around $48,830 as of midnight UTC on December 15, but has now dropped further to about $46,300 at… Read More

December 18, 2021 @ 10:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

BitGo, the provider of digital asset financial services, now supports the Avalanche (AVAX) native token and assets launched natively on Avalanche’s C-Chain “across its custody and hot wallet products.” As mentioned in the update, this gives BitGo’s clients the “most secure and reliable way to… Read More