Tagged: digital asset

December 23, 2020 @ 12:19 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  SEBA Bank, a Switzerland-headquartered digital asset bank that holds regulatory licensing, announced on Tuesday approved at its Extraordinary General Meeting the completion of its Series B capital increase. Founded in 2018, SEBA claims it is a licensed and supervised Swiss bank providing a seamless,… Read More

December 18, 2020 @ 10:57 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Hong Kong-based Crypto.com announced on Friday Crossfire, the platform’s chain, is preparing for its Mainnet launch with a final dry run. According to Crypto.com, Crossfire marks an important milestone and final step in preparation for mainnet. “Participating Validators have the opportunity to compete with each… Read More

November 18, 2020 @ 11:03 am By JD Alois  |  

VMware Blockchain, an enterprise-grade blockchain platform, is now commercially available.  VMWare has partnered with Digital Asset to incorporate DAML smart contracts on version 1.0. In a blog post, VMWare explains that current enterprise workflows remain complex and fragmented adding unnecessary friction and cost to processes…. Read More

November 17, 2020 @ 6:32 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Curv, a U.S.-based digital asset security infrastructure provider, announced on Tuesday it has formed a new partnership with Solarisbank subsidiary Solaris Digital Assets. Curv reported that the collaboration will extend its reach into Europe while supporting the delivery of Solarisbank’s new custody solution. While sharing… Read More

November 1, 2020 @ 10:31 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Blockchange, a U.S.-based digital asset investing platform for professional wealth managers, recently announced the addition of fourteen new digital assets to its BITRIA Digital Turnkey Asset Management platform for registered investment advisors. According to Blockchange, the additions will include ten Decentralize Finance (DeFi) tokens and… Read More

October 22, 2020 @ 4:01 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Digital asset exchange Bitfinex announced on Thursday it is set to list the HUMAN Token (HMT), which is notably a medium of exchange that will be used to power the decentralized labor markets built on the HUMAN Protocol. The HUMAN Protocol notably provides a hybrid… Read More

October 14, 2020 @ 9:00 am By Emma Channing  |  

Back in December, I wrote a piece for Coindesk’s Year in Review 2019 entitled “Security Token Offerings Are (Finally) Set for Takeoff in 2020”.  This was before word of COVID-19 became widespread and before many of the cataclysmic events of 2020 were even imaginable.  Thus… Read More

October 8, 2020 @ 3:31 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Ripple, a provider of enterprise blockchain solutions for payments, announced on Thursday the launched Line of Credit, a new beta service on RippleNet that allows customers using On-Demand Liquidity (ODL) to source capital on-demand to initiate cross-border payments at scale using the digital asset XRP…. Read More

September 14, 2020 @ 7:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Red Date Technology and Digital Asset (the company) have reportedly entered an agreement that involves integrating DAML smart contract tech with China’s Blockchain Services Network (BSN). DAML, which is a blockchain “agnostic” smart contract programming language created by the company Digital Asset, will serve as… Read More

September 1, 2020 @ 5:44 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Singapore Exchange (SGX) has completed a digital bond issuance in partnership with Temasek and HSBC. The security was issued via SGX’s digital asset issuance, depository, and servicing platform and is the first type of offering completed by the exchange. According to a note posted… Read More

August 7, 2020 @ 1:53 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Global digital asset financial service company BCB Group announced on Thursday it has formed a partnership with U.S. fintech Circle. BCB reported that it will be implementing the full range of Circle platform functionality to improve the speed, efficiency, and cost of client payments as… Read More

July 31, 2020 @ 3:01 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Huobi Institution announced on Friday the launch of a digital asset management platform and custody services for institutions. According to Huobi, the platform matches qualified institutional investors and high-net-worth individuals with fully-vetted quantitative trading teams in a secure and reliable environment managed by Huobi. “Huobi’s new… Read More

July 15, 2020 @ 10:24 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Digital Asset, the creators of the open-source DAML smart contract language, announced on Tuesday VMware has joined its Series C funding round, which was announced in December 2019. VMware notably joins technology leaders Salesforce Ventures and Samsung Venture Investment Corp (Samsung) as investors in Digital Asset… Read More

July 14, 2020 @ 1:20 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Global digital asset exchange, Gate.io announced on Tuesday the official launch of its Options trading feature. According to Gate.io, the new feature allows BTC/USDT short-term Options trading and Simulation trading for “Call and Put” options that are expiring in the next one, four, and twenty-four… Read More

July 8, 2020 @ 9:22 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Cryptocurrency exchange Binance announced on Tuesday its new fiat gateway that provides deposit service for 15 fiat currencies through a partnership with Etana Custody. According to Binance, Etana Custody Ltd. is a secure, trusted, and high-performance third-party custodian of fiat and digital assets for institutional… Read More

June 19, 2020 @ 2:27 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Delta Exchange, a digital asset derivatives exchange that’s based in Singapore, announced on Thursday the launch of Options trading on leading altcoins Binance Coin, BNB, and Chainlink’s LINK token with XTZ, ATOM, XRP, LTC to follow soon. Delta Exchange reported that MOVE Options on LINK… Read More

June 5, 2020 @ 10:39 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ledger, a security and infrastructure solutions for critical digital assets and blockchain applications, announced on Friday it has integrated with DeversiFi, a decentralized exchange that offers traders an “edge in fast-moving” decentralized finance (DeFi) markets. According to Ledger, users will be able to connect their… Read More

May 18, 2020 @ 9:19 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Digital asset custody platform Koine announced on Monday it has received in-principle approval (IPA) to provide custody in relation to Virtual Assets in the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM). According to Koine, the IPA was granted by the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of ADGM…. Read More

May 13, 2020 @ 10:09 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Digital asset exchange Bitfinex announced on Wednesday it has joined forces with digital asset custody provider Koine to launch an institutionally oriented post-trade service, enabling investors to mitigate counterparty risk and the use of private keys in the clearing and settlement of cryptocurrencies.  Through the… Read More

April 16, 2020 @ 8:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

WeBank, one of China’s first all-digital challenger banks, has revealed that it will begin exploring  the potential integration of DAML, which is an open-source smart contract programming language developed by Digital Asset (the company). The DAML software has been developed in order to help software… Read More