Tagged: crypto-assets

November 10, 2021 @ 12:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Wing, which is Ontology’s cross-chain DeFi lending platform, has officially gone live on Binance Smart Chain (BSC). Following the integration, millions of decentralized finance users should be able to access modern financial services. As mentioned in an update shared with CI: “Showcasing its status as… Read More

November 10, 2021 @ 11:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Nexo, one of the regulated institutions for crypto-assets, has reportedly acquired a stake in Texture Capital Holdings Corp., which is the parent firm of Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) member and SEC-registered broker-dealer Texture Capital. As mentioned in an update shared with CI, this investment… Read More

November 10, 2021 @ 8:44 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The developers of Sovryn, a Bitcoin-native app supporting decentralized lending, notes in a blog post that we are all in the middle of a truly historic transition from a global economy largely based on fiat money to an economic system based on crypto-assets and dominated… Read More

November 9, 2021 @ 3:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Clearpool, a decentralized capital markets ecosystem, is teaming up with X-Margin, the platform facilitating credit to trading companies, in order to enable institutions to borrow from their “own dedicated and transparent lending pool.” As mentioned in an update shared with Crowdfund Insider, Clearpool will be… Read More

November 9, 2021 @ 10:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

After a lot of hard work, rigorous testing, and steady support from their partners and the developer community, Crypto.com is pleased to confirm the introduction of the Cronos mainnet beta (on November 8, 2021). Cronos is reportedly the first Cosmos Ethereum Virtual Machine or EVM… Read More

November 9, 2021 @ 7:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance Smart Chain (BSC), the decentralized finance (DeFi) and non-fungible token (NFT) infrastructure, has confirmed its plans of working with information technology universities internationally via the $100 million Talent Development (TD) program that is “focused on advancing research, education, and career opportunities in crypto and… Read More

November 8, 2021 @ 10:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital banking platform innovator Technisys recently formed a partnership with OkCoin, a globally-accessible crypto exchange serving 190 countries, in order to help traditional banks with supporting Bitcoin (BTC) and other virtual currency services — “enabling banks to elevate the customer experience and uncover new revenue… Read More

November 8, 2021 @ 9:09 am By Omar Faridi  |  

DODO, the decentralized or non-custodial exchange platform that’s being powered by the Proactive Market Maker (PMM) algorithm, has introduced the Stable DODO token. The new stable token, worth “exactly $1 USD,” has been developed to serve as a new base asset for the DODO community… Read More

November 8, 2021 @ 8:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Crypterium is set to launch a physical US Visa card in Q1 2022, according to an update shared with CI. Crypterium, the crypto wallet app with more than 400,000 customers in 170+ countries, has been a part of the Visa Fast Track program for more… Read More

November 7, 2021 @ 7:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

IPC, a provider of secure, compliant communications and multi-Cloud connectivity solutions for the international financial markets, has announced the launch of Connexus Crypto, an arbitrage enabling solution for cryptocurrency trading that is being powered by the Connexus Cloud platform. According to an update shared with… Read More

November 7, 2021 @ 6:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

On October 31, 2008, an “obscure” whitepaper was released, outlining a virtual currency that was able to operate in a fully decentralized, trustless manner enabling users to send and receive monetary value. The pseudonymous author (or authors) of the whitepaper, Satoshi Nakamoto, called the “revolutionary”… Read More

November 7, 2021 @ 1:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at digital assets firm Kraken notes that the month of October 2021 has been dubbed “UPtober” by many in the cryptocurrency markets as the Bitcoin (BTC) price and that of Ethereum (ETH), as well as other major altcoins surged to new all-time highs…. Read More

November 6, 2021 @ 12:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

FTX US, a US-regulated crypto exchange, announced it has implemented a comprehensive suite of anti-financial crime compliance and risk management tools created by TRM Labs, a blockchain intelligence provider. FTX US, the US division of FTX, has reportedly integrated TRM’s Transaction Monitoring and Forensics tools… Read More

November 5, 2021 @ 12:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

PDX Coin has announced that it is developing an international virtual banking platform for the crypto-economy that will provide retail crypto-to-fiat payment capability. As mentioned in a release, the high-speed, bank-friendly payment platform aims to offer “a modern alternative to the traditional 70-year-old bank payments… Read More

November 3, 2021 @ 6:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

International provider of Cloud-enabled data automation and reconciliation services, Duco, confirms that digital currency platform, Coinhako, has adopted Duco’s services in order to automate and control its data management, supporting the firm’s growth objectives. Established in 2014, Coinhako is a platform for access to digital… Read More

November 3, 2021 @ 11:54 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Alkami Technology Inc. (Nasdaq: ALKT), a Cloud-powered virtual banking solutions provider for U.S. banks and credit unions, has announced STAR Financial Bank as its first client to empower customers with trading systems that “allow the purchase, sale, and secure storage of Bitcoin, powered by NYDIG.”… Read More

November 3, 2021 @ 8:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The OLB Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: OLB), a provider of Cloud-powered omnicommerce and payment acceptance solutions for small- and mid-sized merchants and Bitcoin mining firm, announced that it is ready to process Mastercard Bitcoin payments. Merchants utilizing OLB’s OmniSoft business management platform and the firm’s SecurePay… Read More

November 2, 2021 @ 8:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Celsius Network, the international cryptocurrency earning and borrowing platform, announced it has paid over $1 billion in digital assets to its community of 1.2 million users – “marking the most yield paid out to users by any crypto platform.” The announcement also mentioned that Celsius… Read More

October 31, 2021 @ 7:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Shiba Inu (SHIB) is now available for trading on digital asset exchange OkCoin – with some of “the lowest fees around.” OkCoin users are able to deposit, withdraw, and trade SHIB against USD via the exchange. All OkCoin clients including those in the US, except… Read More

October 31, 2021 @ 6:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Hong Kong-headquartered crypto-asset custody service provider Hex Trust confirmed earlier this week that James Fok has joined the firm’s advisory board. James brings more than 2 decades of professional experience in capital markets and the financial services sector across high-profile management roles, and also as… Read More