Tagged: digital assets

September 21, 2022 @ 2:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nasdaq Inc is reportedly placing a major bet on the crypto market, with the introduction of a digital assets unit that’s aimed at attracting institutional investors. The new division, called Nasdaq Digital Assets, will aim to provide custody services for crypto-assets, such as Bitcoin (BTC)… Read More

September 19, 2022 @ 8:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Chainalysis has shared their 2022 Global Crypto Adoption Index Report. For the third consecutive year, Chainalysis ranked all countries “by grassroots cryptocurrency adoption. While commenting on what is grassroots adoption of cryptocurrency, Chainalysis explained that they could easily rank countries by “raw” cryptocurrency transaction volume,… Read More

September 18, 2022 @ 3:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Now that Ethereum (ETH), the world’s largest smart contract platform, has completed the Merge, it’s time to get ready for the next set of Ethereum upgrades – “the Surge, Verge, Purge, and Splurge.” As noted in an update released via an OKX – Okcoin research… Read More

September 18, 2022 @ 1:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital asset firm Kraken is pleased to announce that their platform now supports EthereumPoW (ETHW). As mentioned in an update posted on September 16 by Kraken, ETHW trading “is live and the ETHW token has been distributed to eligible clients.” A further announcement will be… Read More

September 15, 2022 @ 7:46 am By Omar Faridi  |  

We’re quickly approaching (or have already followed through with) The Merge, the most notable upgrade in Ethereum’s history and “a crucial turning point for the wider crypto industry,” according to an update from digital asset firm Kraken. As the Ethereum blockchain transitions from proof-of-work (PoW)… Read More

September 13, 2022 @ 6:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently connected with Serhii Zhdanov, CEO at EXMO, a compliant cryptocurrency exchange, registered in the Republic of Lithuania as a “provider of activities of a virtual currency exchange operator and a deposit virtual currency operator” that promotes itself as making investing in crypto easy… Read More

September 13, 2022 @ 2:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Anchorage Digital is pleased to announce the expansion of their institutional crypto custody platform to include AXL, the digital token that will “play a central role on the Axelar blockchain, which is expected to be live at the end of September 2022.” Axelar is a… Read More

September 12, 2022 @ 8:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Apifiny, the global cross-exchange digital asset trading network, announced its integration with the Fireblocks network, a digital asset transfer network for institutions. This integration now enables Apifiny users to “have access to a simple and secure solution for settlements, by connecting with the Fireblocks Network.”… Read More

September 11, 2022 @ 10:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ETC Group, which claims to be one of Europe’s leading specialist providers of institutional-grade digital asset-backed securities, has announced that it will “list a new exchange traded product on XETRA based on the imminent hard fork of Ethereum and ETHW (the native asset to the… Read More

September 10, 2022 @ 3:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

As Dubai seeks to support crypto and blockchain innovation, Blockchain.com has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Dubai Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA). That means that soon both retail and institutional clients will be able “to access the financial system of the future… Read More

September 8, 2022 @ 10:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

After July’s green candles, August 2022 resumed a downward trend for crypto-assets across the board, the team at Kraken noted in a new report. Bitcoin, Ethereum and the rest of the crypto market “saw negative returns for the month.” Prices of BTC (-14%) and ETH… Read More

September 8, 2022 @ 7:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at digital asset firm Gemini notes that they’re pleased to announce support for Binance USD (BUSD). BUSD is now “available for deposits and custody on Gemini.” Trading for BUSD will follow, “opening first on [their] API/FIX and ActiveTrader applications for the USD trading… Read More

September 7, 2022 @ 7:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Economic uncertainty, which peaked in the first half of 2022, “challenged investors to reconsider finance instruments in terms of risk-reward ratio,” according to an update from Robo.cash. The analysts at Robo.cash recently commented on “popular” assets and how they have been performing since the beginning… Read More

September 4, 2022 @ 11:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance Australia, the fiat-to-crypto platform for trading cryptocurrencies in Australian Dollars(AUD), announced the appointment of Leigh Travers, former DigitalX CEO and Director, as Chief Executive Officer. Travers has spent the last seven years “playing a pivotal role in building products and growing networks for DigitalX… Read More

September 4, 2022 @ 10:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bosonic, a decentralized Financial Market Infrastructure (dFMI) business, announces that Onramp Invest, a crypto management solution providing access to crypto assets for registered investment advisors, will join the Bosonic Network™. This latest addition to Bosonic’s growing institutional client base “supports the Wealth segment, providing safety… Read More

September 2, 2022 @ 5:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

On September 1, a beta group of 50 art curators will start “launching drops through their own NFT storefronts on Nifty Gateway.” With Publishers, Nifty Gateway “handles the complexity of creating an NFT storefront so that curators can focus on what they do best —… Read More

September 2, 2022 @ 8:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

BIGG Digital Assets Inc. (CSE: BIGG), owner of Netcoins, the online cryptocurrency brokerage that claims to make it easy for Canadians to buy, sell, and understand cryptocurrency, and Blockchain Intelligence Group, a developer of blockchain technology solutions, is reporting Q2 2022 financial results. All figures… Read More

September 1, 2022 @ 7:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital Asset, a software provider that helps enterprises build economic value through interconnected networks, announced another solid quarter of growth in Q2 2022. The firm continues “to expand its footprint among financial institutions and market infrastructures exploring and investing in next generation blockchain technology.” The… Read More

September 1, 2022 @ 10:01 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Fireblocks, the provider of digital asset and crypto custody technology, and Tokeny, the tokenization solution provider, announced their partnership “to provide a turnkey and enterprise-grade solution for tokenization using the ERC-3643 market standard on Polygon.” Institutions seeking to mint and manage permissioned tokens such as… Read More

August 31, 2022 @ 1:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

dAMM Finance is building a decentralized borrowing and lending protocol for crypto assets that is “highly capital efficient” and accessible for many token projects. Credora is partnering with dAMM “to conduct privacy-preserving credit evaluations and real-time risk monitoring on eligible dAMM borrowers.” The partnership will… Read More