Tagged: digital assets

April 6, 2022 @ 10:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

  CoinSmart Financial Inc., which claims to be one of Canada’s leading crypto-asset trading platforms, has announced its investment in NFT cross-bridge marketplace, Curate. The partnership agreement reportedly “includes an undisclosed investment from CoinSmart in Curate’s NFT Marketplace, with an option to acquire a majority… Read More

April 4, 2022 @ 10:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Although centralized crypto exchanges (CEXes) and decentralized crypto exchanges (DEXes) are often said to be in competition with each other, an executive from Huobi Ventures believes the opposite is true. During the annual Harvard Blockchain Conference held 27 March 2022, Huobi Ventures Investment Director HaiJing… Read More

April 4, 2022 @ 11:09 am By Omar Faridi  |  

This latest version of 1inch‘s mobile wallet will enable Android users “to take advantage of convenient token swaps at the most competitive rates, as well as other functionality.” The 1inch Wallet for iOS, launched last April, “turned out to be absolutely successful with users, and… Read More

April 4, 2022 @ 8:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

YouGov’s report The Future of Financial Services Report looks at the ongoing transformation of the US and international financial service industry as it “faces the headwinds of changing consumer expectations and wider industry fragmentation.” Recent data collected “paints a revealing picture of disruptions within the… Read More

April 3, 2022 @ 3:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at digital asset firm Gemini has added support for a new set of digital tokens. The following crypto tokens are available for trading on their API/FIX and ActiveTrader applications “for USD trading pairs, and on the Gemini Mobile App and website for USD,… Read More

April 3, 2022 @ 11:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

  OKX, a cryptocurrency exchange and ecosystem, has announced a partnership with Ethereum’s Layer 2 scaling solution for non-fungible tokens (NFTs), Immutable X. As mentioned in an update shared with CI, the partnership should “accelerate OKX’s strategy to make MetaX the DeFi portal of choice… Read More

March 30, 2022 @ 8:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Paystand, which claims to be the leader in blockchain-enabled B2B payments, has introduced the “first” corporate expense card with native crypto rewards. A technology-forward spend management platform, the DeFi Corporate Card provides instant provisioning of virtual and physical cards, as well as “advanced spend controls,… Read More

March 30, 2022 @ 6:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Private markets investment firm Hamilton Lane (NASDAQ: HLNE) has teamed up with digital securities exchange ADDX in order to tokenize a class of shares “issued by Hamilton Lane Global Private Assets Fund, to enable access to the private markets for a broader set of investors… Read More

March 30, 2022 @ 8:10 am By Omar Faridi  |  

FTX Europe recently announced the appointment “per October 1st, 2022” of Dr. Marcel Lötscher, LL.M. MBA, to the newly created position, Head of Regulatory Strategy. Lötscher is being hired to continue FTX’s global expansion into Europe and the Middle East, “giving users in European Economic… Read More

March 29, 2022 @ 8:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Jonah Schulman from Security Token Market, which is sharply focused on the blockchain-based security tokens sector, recently shared his views and insights exclusively with Crowdfund Insider. Jonah Schulman, the Head of Communications at Security Token Market, explained why blockchain or distributed ledger tech (DLT)-powered security… Read More

March 29, 2022 @ 7:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Steven L. Schwarcz, a Stanley A. Star Distinguished Professor of Law & Business at Duke University School of Law, notes that in the paper, titled Next-Generation Securitization: NFTs, Tokenization, and the Monetization of ‘Things’ (forthcoming in the Boston University Law Review), he has looked at the surge… Read More

March 28, 2022 @ 11:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Greenland Financial Technology Group (Shanghai), a core platform of Greenland Group, a Fortune 500 company and one of Shanghai’s biggest state-backed enterprises focusing on real estate, infrastructure and finance, and the MetaVerse Green Exchange (MVGX), a digital green exchange licensed and regulated by the Monetary… Read More

March 28, 2022 @ 4:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at digital asset firm Kraken is pleased to confirm that their crypto trading platform now supports Robonomics (XRT). As noted in a blog post by Kraken, funding “is live, and trading will begin on March 24 at approximately 19:30 UTC.” You may “keep… Read More

March 28, 2022 @ 3:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Uppsala Security, a provider of security tools and services for Crypto AML/CTF, Transaction Risk Management, Regulatory Compliance, Transaction Tracking, and Cyber Security, has announced the signing of a business agreement with CAMO LABEL, an NFT studio, “focused on strengthening the security of digital assets (including… Read More

March 28, 2022 @ 8:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

At the beginning of 2022, Gemini had welcomed their CTO, Pravjit Tiwana, who joined them from Amazon Web Services (AWS). Pravjit is responsible for leading Gemini’s Engineering, Product, and Information Security teams, with “a vision of building customer-centric innovative products that harness the opportunities of… Read More

March 27, 2022 @ 3:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

As the global crypto market keeps growing, stablecoins are playing “a more indispensable role, with TRC20-USDT becoming a mainstay.” On March 23, 2022, Tether’s (USDT) official data showed that “the supply of TRC20-USDT topped 40.7B, surpassing that of ERC20-USDT (39.8B).” This is another milestone for… Read More

March 25, 2022 @ 3:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

  Alviere, the international embedded Fintech that enables “any brand” to deliver a full suite of financial products and services to clients, fans and employees, has announced a partnership with Coinbase Prime, a service of Coinbase Global Inc. (NASDAQ: COIN), in order to offer cryptocurrency… Read More

March 24, 2022 @ 4:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cowen Inc. (NASDAQ:COWN) has announced the launch of its digital asset division, Cowen Digital LLC. Based in Stamford, Connecticut, the division offers full-service trade execution and custody solutions “on a platform that provides institutional clients with secure and compliant access to the digital asset ecosystem.”… Read More

March 23, 2022 @ 8:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at digital assets firm Kraken is pleased to welcome Carrie Dolan, who is a recognized financial services veteran ‘in high-growth consumer Fintechs and Fortune 500 companies, as Kraken’s newly appointed Chief Financial Officer (CFO).” Carrie will be expected to serve a key role… Read More

March 23, 2022 @ 8:03 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Katie Haun, a former federal prosecutor, is currently focused on cryptocurrency investing. Her VC company has acquired $1.5 billion in capital. Haun Ventures confirmed the launch of a $500 million early-stage fund and another $1 billion in funding for more established firms that are focused… Read More