Tagged: crypto-assets

June 8, 2021 @ 10:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV), a multinational provider of payments and financial services tech solutions, will allow customers to share data on their digital asset holdings with their Fintech app providers. Consumers will be able to share their data with various financial institutions, wealth management firms,… Read More

June 8, 2021 @ 2:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital asset firm Bitfinex, which offers a crypto-asset trading platform, recently added Solana (SOL) as collateral on Bitfinex Borrow, a peer-to-peer (P2P) digital token loan portal. Bitfinex clients will now be able to acquire loans of as much as 70% of the value of their… Read More

June 8, 2021 @ 10:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital asset firm Kraken notes in its latest Kraken Intelligence report that May was a rather “unpleasant” month for crypto. The Kraken Intelligence team points out that with such a “severe” price correction, some may now be wondering whether “the party that began last September… Read More

June 7, 2021 @ 9:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Zumo confirmed on Monday (June 7, 2021) its key Signatory status of the Crypto Climate Accord (CCA), an international initiative that has been launched to harness the collective efforts of the crypto and blockchain sector to support the industry’s gradual transition to 100% renewable energy… Read More

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

Leading European digital asset manager CoinShares (Nasdaq First North Growth Market: CS) announced Monday (June 7, 2021) that three of the firm’s recently introduced physically-backed exchange-traded products (ETPs) have now “cross-listed on Germany’s Börse Xetra exchange.” As noted in a release from the company: CoinShares… Read More

June 7, 2021 @ 8:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Canaan Inc. (NASDAQ: CAN), an established high-performance computing solutions provider, revealed on Monday (June 7, 2021) that it has launched its first international after-sales service center, based in Kazakhstan. According to a release shared with CI, the new Service Center will offer Canaan‘s domestic clients… Read More

June 7, 2021 @ 7:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital asset platform CoinList notes that they are pleased to confirm that the registrations for the Swarm Token Sale are now open (as of June 3, 2021). The CoinList team describes Swarm as a system of peer-to-peer (P2P) networked computing nodes that create a “decentralized”… Read More

June 7, 2021 @ 7:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

  We recently connected with Oliver Xie, the Founder at InsurAce, a DeFi insurance protocol, that is introducing multi-chain insurance services on its Ethereum dApp (app.insurace.io), in order to offer insurance coverage to protocols and blockchain platforms like Ethereum, Binance Smart Chain (BSC), Huobi Eco… Read More

June 5, 2021 @ 5:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Unchained Capital, Inc. recently revealed that it has completed the initial closing of a $25 million Series A round that was led by institutional Bitcoin tech and financial services provider, NYDIG and parent firm Stone Ridge Holdings Group. In addition to participating in the equity… Read More

June 5, 2021 @ 1:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital asset firm Gemini announced on June 3, 2021 that they are pleased to confirm the sponsorships of Bitcoin Core Developers Dhruv Mehta and Jarol Rodriguez. As mentioned in an update from the company, these sponsorships, made via the Gemini Opportunity Fund, will continue to… Read More

June 4, 2021 @ 2:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Diogo Mónica, Co-Founder and President at Anchorage Digital, a leading crypto platform for institutional investors, has revealed that they are offering institutional Ethereum-backed loans via Anchorage Financing. Mónica confirmed in a blog post, dated June 3, 2021, that institutional clients at Anchorage now have access… Read More

June 4, 2021 @ 8:08 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Beginning today (June 3, 2021), Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) has announced that it will be supporting Dogecoin (DOGE) on Coinbase.com and in the Coinbase Android and iOS applications. Coinbase clients may now purchase, sell, convert, send, receive, or store DOGE in “all Coinbase-supported regions,” the digital asset… Read More

June 4, 2021 @ 8:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Peter Smith, Co-founder and CEO at Blockchain.com, a leading crypto wallet provider, block explorer service, and digital asset trading platform, revealed on Thursday (June 3, 2021) that he joined Miami Mayor Francis Suarez in order to announce that Blockchain.com is “the first global crypto company… Read More

June 4, 2021 @ 2:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Cryptocurrency ownership is on the rise across the globe and in a recent survey of nearly 3000 US adults, Bitcoin remains the “overwhelming” favorite among the scores of virtual currencies that are currently available. According to data from TradingPlatforms.com, shared with Ci, 80.7% of US… Read More

June 3, 2021 @ 7:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Abra, a “fully compliant” platform for purchasing, selling, and trading more than 100 digital currencies and earning interest of “up to 10.5%” on “select digital assets,” revealed on Wednesday (June 2, 2021) that Abra Borrow, its in-app feature for using crypto “as collateral to borrow… Read More

June 3, 2021 @ 3:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital asset firm Kraken has launched a new, updated app. The company says that getting crypto just got “a whole lot easier.” The Kraken team notes in a blog post that they’ve “streamlined” the purchasing and selling process, added more “convenient” payment methods, and “wrapped… Read More

June 2, 2021 @ 9:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Perk Labs Inc. (CSE: PERK)(OTCQB:PKLBF)(FKT:PKLB), the parent company of Perk Hero, the mobile commerce platform with attractive deals on curated specialty products and digital gift cards, has teamed up with BitPay, a leading provider of Bitcoin and crypto payment services. Perk Labs plans to take… Read More

June 2, 2021 @ 4:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently caught up with Paul Barroso, Co-founder & CEO of Atani and Haydeé Barroso, Co-founder & COO at Atani. Paul and Haydeé explained how their platform allows users to access many different crypto exchanges such as Binance, Huobi, Coinbase Pro, among many others. Atani… Read More

June 2, 2021 @ 3:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

BSCstarter recently announced that it has rebranded to introduce a four-part ecosystem for initial DEX offerings (IDOs). As noted in a release shared with CI, BSCstarter is rebranding as Starter, which is a decentralized, cross-chain IDO Launchpad with four separate (or independent) components designed to… Read More

June 2, 2021 @ 2:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The cryptocurrency market has really been tested during the past few weeks following “a cascade of negative news,” the Coin Metrics team notes in its latest report. The resulting crypto market price crash has also been “a big test” for stablecoins, which are becoming a… Read More