Tagged: digital assets

July 2, 2022 @ 11:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

BEQUANT, the digital asset prime brokerage and exchange, is pleased to announce DeFi access for institutional clients, “realized through its recent integration with Fireblocks.” Clients will be able “to cross-margin between centralized and decentralized exchanges, making arbitrage trading more efficient.” DeFi marketplaces will be “fully… Read More

July 2, 2022 @ 7:46 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Aver, a Web3 betting and prediction exchange, recently launched its public beta on Solana. The public launch follows the project’s $7.5 million seed round earlier this year and “a successful closed-beta period in June.” The project is backed by “heavyweights” in the sports betting and… Read More

July 1, 2022 @ 8:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Societe Generale – FORGE, a “fully” integrated subsidiary of Societe Generale, providing issuers and investors with end-to-end services to issue, invest and manage digital-native security tokens registered on public blockchains, has selected METACO, a provider of digital asset management technology and infrastructure, “to orchestrate its… Read More

June 29, 2022 @ 4:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

ARK36, the CySec-regulated crypto hedge fund, announced that it has established a Fintech advisory board comprised of global fintech leaders, investment veterans and senior government advisors, and it has “appointed its first fintech advisory board consultants Frank Thorwald, Dr. Mark Moore, Wayne Christian and Lord… Read More

June 28, 2022 @ 7:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Hamilton Lane (NASDAQ: HLNE) recently announced that Victor Jung is joining the firm as Head of Digital Assets. In this role, Jung will be “responsible for developing and overseeing the execution of the firm’s digital asset strategy.” He will oversee this strategy globally and “report… Read More

June 28, 2022 @ 1:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Liminal, a wallet operations infrastructure that secures digital assets, has reportedly surpassed $3 billion in transactions via its platform. Established in 2021, this milestone comes “as a reflection of the company’s capacity to scale in a relatively short amount of time,” according to an update… Read More

June 27, 2022 @ 11:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) recently announced a faster, easier, and “less expensive” way of sending and receiving cryptocurrency via multiple networks, starting with Polygon, Coinbase’s first L2 integration, and Solana. With the ongoing surge in blockchain usage and increase in gas fees, “the process of sending crypto… Read More

June 25, 2022 @ 4:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Recognizing the growth of digital markets alongside the continued “evolution” of the traditional securities services marketplace, Northern Trust (Nasdaq: NTRS) recently announced the formation of its Digital Assets and Financial Markets group, which will be led by Justin Chapman who “currently is global head of… Read More

June 25, 2022 @ 12:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

TS Imagine, which claims to be a global leader in trading, portfolio and risk management solutions for capital markets, has successfully connected with Coinbase Prime, the prime broker for digital assets, in order “to offer institutional clients a fully regulated path to trade cryptocurrencies.” TS… Read More

June 24, 2022 @ 10:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

SDX Web3 Services,  the new service portfolio from SIX Digital Exchange (SDX),  is a range of offerings for institutional clients. SDX Web3 Services will aim to support the secure adoption by financial institutions of the next iteration of the World Wide Web, one that’s based… Read More

June 24, 2022 @ 4:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CoinLoan, which claims to be the only EU-licensed provider of crypto-loan products, has announced a partnership with Elliptic, the global “leader” in crypto-asset risk management. As adoption and investment into crypto continues to increase, “so does the risk of cybercrime.” The range of crypto-assets and… Read More

June 23, 2022 @ 8:02 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Citi (NYSE: C) announced that it has selected METACO to develop and pilot digital asset custody capabilities. This collaboration “brings together METACO’s technology and digital solutions with Citi’s expansive custody network to develop a platform to enable clients to store and settle digital assets seamlessly… Read More

June 20, 2022 @ 10:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance Custody recently announced official support for deposits and withdrawals for IOST, “among other tokens.” With this, IOST joins the list of supported digital tokens in the secure, “regulated,” and insured custody service for the safekeeping of virtual assets services for institutional clients “provided by… Read More

June 19, 2022 @ 5:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Dina Sam’an, the Founder and Managing Director of CoinMENA, notes that she’s very excited to share that CoinMENA has obtained a provisional license from Dubai’s Virtual Asset Regulatory Authority (VARA). Sam’an adds that regulatory compliance has been a “top priority” for CoinMENA from day one…. Read More

June 19, 2022 @ 3:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Momentum in Alberta’s Fintech sector continues to build as crypto exchange company FTX revealed plans to establish its first Canadian location in Calgary after the acquisition of Calgary-based Bitvo — a trading platform “offering Canadians a secure and easy way to buy, sell and trade… Read More

June 19, 2022 @ 12:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital asset firm Okcoin notes that even when the crypto markets are down, they are still  focused on hiring “top” talent and building for the long term. Okcoin confirmed that they are hiring globally “for over 100 roles across all teams.” They’re also “doubling down… Read More

June 15, 2022 @ 10:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital asset firm Gemini is pleased to add support for a new set of crypto tokens. The following digital tokens are currently available for deposits and custody on Gemini: Alethea AI (ALI) TrueFi (TRU) Trading for these tokens will follow, “opening first on the firm’s… Read More

June 15, 2022 @ 6:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bit.com, a crypto exchange that supports spot, contract, options, and other trading products meeting the diversified needs of its global clients, has “listed Staked Ether (STETH) on its spot and futures markets.” By listing STETH, Bit.com claims that it “becomes the first cryptocurrency exchange to… Read More

June 15, 2022 @ 8:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Last September, CoinList had announced CoinList Karma, a point system that “recognizes user contribution to token networks on CoinList through value-add activities.” A high Karma score “helps users qualify for the Priority Queue — an invite-only queue for CoinList token sales that is significantly shorter… Read More

June 12, 2022 @ 2:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mastercard (NYSE: MA) recently noted that they believe the process of purchasing an NFT needs to be made a lot easier and safer. When that happens, customers get the things they want “with less stress and uncertainty,” according to Mastercard. For NFT creators, these changes… Read More