Tagged: crypto-assets

August 12, 2021 @ 8:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Poly Network attacker has been returning funds after managing to pull of the largest DeFi theft ever. On, August 10, 2021, an unidentified attacker had managed to steal around $612 million worth of virtual currency from cross-chain DeFi protocol Poly Network, making this the… Read More

August 11, 2021 @ 11:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis is pleased to confirm that they now cover the world’s “premiere” memecoin: Dogecoin (DOGE). Once considered “nothing more than a light-hearted joke,” Dogecoin has become one of the “world’s most popular crypto assets, thanks in part to cheerleaders like Elon Musk… Read More

August 11, 2021 @ 10:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

On Wednesday, August 4, 2021, Lattice Exchange, a decentralized finance (DeFi) platform that connects all blockchain or DLT networks and enables users to transfer cryptocurrency in a seamless manner between each other, introduced the Lattice Launchpad, which is described as a “one-stop” shop for blockchain… Read More

August 10, 2021 @ 10:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Liquality, which claims to be the first multi-chain browser extension wallet, has announced the completion of a $7 million funding round that was led by Hashed, Galaxy Digital, White Star Capital, Accomplice, Coinbase Ventures, among others. Founded in 2018, Liquality offers access to widely-used blockchain… Read More

August 10, 2021 @ 8:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The latest report from EthHub, the “essential” resource for Ethereum information, curated by Anthony Sassano (@sassal0x) and Eric Conner (@econoar), notes that Ethereum Improvement Proposal or EIP-1559 is now live on the Ethereum (ETH) network. Since the major upgrade went live this past week, the… Read More

August 8, 2021 @ 5:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bakkt Holdings, LLC, the digital asset marketplace that’s behind the Bakkt App, revealed earlier this week that it has partnered with Quiznos, a national quick-service restaurant (QSR), in order to offer its first physical location pilot “enabling Quiznos customers to pay with bitcoin at select… Read More

August 7, 2021 @ 10:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Blockchain.com, a leading crypto wallet provider, trading platform, and block explorer service, has shared their August Market Outlook report, titled, The Final Crypto Adoption Frontier. Bitcoin or BTC adoption as an investment asset began with what is “often characterized as ‘retail’ (smaller… Read More

August 6, 2021 @ 7:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

CoinShares International Ltd (Nasdaq First North Growth Market: CS) has shared its interim financial results for the 6 months ended 30 June 2021. The full report from European digital asset manager CoinShares, may be accessed via the firm’s Investor Relations site. As stated in the… Read More

August 5, 2021 @ 9:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ParaSwap announced that it will be integrating Chainlink Keepers in order to bring limit order functionality to its decentralized exchange or DEX aggregator. ParaSwap confirmed on August 2, 2021 in a blog post that it will integrate Chainlink Keepers on Ethereum (ETH) so it can… Read More

August 5, 2021 @ 9:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ethereum (ETH), the world’s second-largest crypto platform, behind only Bitcoin (BTC) in terms of market capitalization, is set to undergo one of the most significant upgrades in its history. The major Ethereum blockchain network upgrade is set to take place in a few hours (at… Read More

August 4, 2021 @ 10:41 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Brooklyn, New York based ConsenSys, a leading Ethereum (ETH) development studio, has published its latest report on the Current State of DeFi. The report from ConsenSys provides a detailed analysis of Ethereum’s decentralized finance ecosystem and its ongoing growth during Q2 2021…. Read More

August 4, 2021 @ 8:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Digital Asset Management reports that it is now live on Crowdcube as the first Gibraltar registered firm to crowdfund. The firm’s management told Crowdfund Insider: “During the first few days of being live in Dam’s community, the company has raised over 1,000,000… Read More

August 3, 2021 @ 11:09 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at BlockFi, a company that allows users to earn interest and offers services including purchasing Bitcoin (BTC), borrowing USD, while growing their wealth. notes that they’re pleased to confirm that the “world’s first” Bitcoin rewards credit card is now available to all “eligible… Read More

August 3, 2021 @ 9:35 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital currency exchange Independent Reserve revealed on Monday (August 2, 2021) that it had acquired an “in-principle approval” letter for a Major Payment Institution License in Singapore from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) under the Payment Services Act (PSA) “to operate as a regulated… Read More

August 2, 2021 @ 11:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Jake Chervinsky, the General Counsel at Compound Finance, recently shared insights and his take on the deal with the recently proposed US infrastructure bill. 1/ 🚨 Here's the deal with the US infrastructure bill: A new provision has been added that expands the Tax Code's… Read More

August 2, 2021 @ 8:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Matrixport, which claims to be one of Asia’s fastest-growing digital assets financial services platforms, has finalized its Series C funding round with a valuation of more than $1 billion — just two years after it launched. Matrixport‘s investment round has been led by partners of… Read More

August 2, 2021 @ 6:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitfinex Derivatives is offering a derivatives platform that is accessible via Bitfinex, a digital token trading platform. As mentioned in a release shared with CI, Bitfinex Derivatives has introduced a perpetual contract for Solana (SOLF0:USTF0). Solana (SOLF0:USTF0) “went live on 26/07/21 at 15:00 PM CET,”… Read More

July 31, 2021 @ 2:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) has announced new enforcement actions against digital assets firm Binance. The cryptocurrency exchange operator has been accused of illegally operating its trading platform in Malaysia. The SC has now ordered Binance to immediately disable access to its website as well… Read More

July 31, 2021 @ 2:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis has added advanced investigation and compliance support for six more widely-used ERC-20 tokens. All six crypto tokens are decentralized finance or DeFi related and five of them “specifically belong to top DeFi protocols,” the blockchain firm noted in a recent update…. Read More

July 30, 2021 @ 12:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at digital assets firm OKEx reveals that OKExChain (OEC) has hit over $1 billion in total value locked (TVL) in just the past 24 hours. As previously reported, OKExChain is a set of open-source blockchain projects developed by OKEx. They aim to support… Read More