Tagged: crypto-assets

November 26, 2021 @ 8:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Archax, which claims to be the only UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) regulated digital securities platform, broker and custodian, has chosen Scila Surveillance and Scila AML for the effective monitoring of its markets, offered by the Stockholm-headquartered independent surveillance, risk and anti-money laundering tech provider,… Read More

November 26, 2021 @ 8:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Austrian Fintech firm Bitpanda and France’s mobile financial services Super-App provider, Lydia, are teaming up to provide Lydia’s 5.5 million clients with access to investing in crypto-assets. Lydia will reportedly be using Bitpanda’s white-label solution, which is an API-powered infrastructure that allows Fintech platforms and… Read More

November 25, 2021 @ 9:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Panther Protocol, an end-to-end privacy solution that creates privacy for decentralized finance (DeFi) and Web 3.0 users across public blockchains, has secured more than $22 million as part of their Public Sale. This brings the total amount secured by the project to $32 million. Panther… Read More

November 23, 2021 @ 10:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In Kraken’s last two Crypto On-Chain Digest reports (End of Summer Sale and SHOCKTOBER), they had pointed out that a supply shock, driven by long-term holders, might push Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) prices considerably higher than current levels. Well, price followed through and the… Read More

November 23, 2021 @ 10:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

EWO place, a “ReTech” company that provides a no-rent model based on its own properties worldwide, notes that consumers are feeling frustrated as they are being “priced out” of renting or not being able to afford a place to live. The housing crisis is increasingly… Read More

November 22, 2021 @ 8:39 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Blockchain or distributed ledger technology (DLT) has disrupted many industries since its launch and now it could be the turn for venture capital. We recently had the chance to connect with Hatu Sheikh, a founding member at DAO Maker — a platform opening up the… Read More

November 21, 2021 @ 6:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Blockchain-based solutions provider ConsenSys announced earlier this week that it had finalized a $200 million round, bringing its valuation to around $3.2 billion. New investors Marshall Wace, Third Point, ParaFi Capital, and Think Investments took part in ConsenSys‘ latest investments round. New partners that contributed… Read More

November 20, 2021 @ 9:32 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital assets firm Kraken notes that in the fast-paced world of virtual currencies, every second counts when you’re moving funds around. Kraken writes in a blog post that establishing the bridges that enable seamless transactions from legacy banking platforms to the “ever-growing” number of blockchain… Read More

November 20, 2021 @ 9:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at digital assets firm OKCoin notes that now you can access 20 different cryptocurrency staking and decentralized finance (DeFi) offers right via their mobile app. This week, OKCoin is introducing four new assets on Earn: Algorand (ALGO), Solana (SOL), Polygon (MATIC) and Tron… Read More

November 19, 2021 @ 10:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Beginning today (November 18, 2021), the Voyager Token (VGX) is available via Coinbase.com and in the Coinbase Android and iOS apps. Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) clients are now able to trade, send, receive, or store VGX “in most Coinbase-supported regions, with certain exceptions indicated in each asset… Read More

November 18, 2021 @ 11:35 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitstamp, which claims to be the longest-running crypto exchange, has announced Copper.co, the institutional gateway to crypto-asset investing, as an additional custody provider. Copper’s crypto custody solution should allow Bitstamp to provide a new set of crypto-assets to its clients across the globe, beginning with… Read More

November 18, 2021 @ 11:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

CoinSmart Financial Inc., which claims to be one of Canada’s leading digital asset trading platforms, has announced the launch of its mobile trading app for iOS and Android devices. The new mobile app aims to improve the onboarding, digital asset purchasing, selling, and trading process… Read More

November 16, 2021 @ 4:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Synonym Software Ltd, a firm founded with the goal of bringing self-ownership and control to the crypto-asset ecosystem by “creating an open and free web of trust” has officially launched today (on November 16, 2021). As mentioned in an update shared with CI, the preface… Read More

November 15, 2021 @ 5:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Sparrow, a crypto-assets trading platform with head offices in Singapore, recently acquired $4.4 million in capital via a Series A round that was led by Gain Loyal Pte Ltd. As mentioned in the announcement, Gain Loyal Pte Ltd is an established investment firm that focuses… Read More

November 15, 2021 @ 3:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital assets platform Gemini announced on November 12, 2021 that they are pleased to confirm support for Shiba Inu (SHIB), along with a wide range of decentralized finance (DeFi), Metaverse, infrastructure, and data management tokens. As mentioned in an update from Gemini, Shiba Inu (SHIB),… Read More

November 14, 2021 @ 7:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ShapeShift DAO, a decentralized, non-custodial crypto platform and community, reveals that it has formed a partnership with ICHI in order to launch a new stable token. As mentioned in an update shared with CI: “Through the provision of a Decentralized Monetary Authority (DMA), ICHI empowers… Read More

November 14, 2021 @ 2:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at UK-based digital bank Revolut notes that in December 2020, they had published a blog post to let clients know that if they were holding any XRP tokens in their Revolut accounts at midnight UTC on December 12, 2020, then they would qualify or… Read More

November 13, 2021 @ 6:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Alto Solutions, Inc., a self-directed IRA platform that makes it easier for people to make investments into alternative assets via tax-advantaged retirement funds, announced on November 11, 2021 that Alto CryptoIRA has managed to surpass 100 crypto coins and virtual tokens. As mentioned in an… Read More

November 13, 2021 @ 9:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

BEQUANT, the digital asset prime brokerage and exchange, has reportedly appointed Huong Hauduc as General Counsel. As mentioned in an update shared with CI, Huong will be helping BEQUANT to “expedite the growth of the business across new jurisdictions and products.” Huong has almost 2… Read More

November 12, 2021 @ 4:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Akt.io, the platform bridging decentralized finance (DeFi), wealth management and payment services, has announced its partnership with the HBAR Foundation in order to support their launch of the first DeFi app on the carbon-negative Hedera Network, which claims to be “the most used, sustainable and… Read More