Tagged: digital assets

October 9, 2021 @ 10:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

CoinShares International Limited (Nasdaq First North Growth Market: CS) is pleased to confirm a strategic investment of $11,845,790 in FlowBank, an online bank based in Geneva, Switzerland. Following the investment, CoinShares “holds 110,000 shares in FlowBank, representing 9.02% of its enlarged share capital,” according to… Read More

October 9, 2021 @ 9:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital asset hedge fund ARK36 has updated its management structure in order to better accommodate its growing client base and provide support for future operational development. The firm’s Chief Operating Officer Anto Paroian will now be responsible for overseeing the fund’s business operations and routine… Read More

October 6, 2021 @ 10:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

METACO, the provider of security-critical software and infrastructure to the digital asset ecosystem, reveals that it has established its Asia Pacific headquarters in Singapore, “with a strong team managed by newly appointed Managing Director APAC, Patrick Enjalbal.” As mentioned in a release shared with Crowdfund… Read More

October 6, 2021 @ 9:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis reveals that it’s acquiring Excygent, a specialized professional services company that helps government agencies with cybercrime investigations, data processing, and lead generation. Chainalysis has collaborated with the Excygent team in order to support government agencies in investigating various high-profile cyber cases,… Read More

October 6, 2021 @ 8:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Coin Metrics, including researchers Nate Maddrey and Kyle Waters have released their State of the Network Q3 2021 wrap-up report. In the latest edition of the State of the Network report, the Coin Metrics team has taken a data-driven look at what… Read More

October 6, 2021 @ 3:30 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Bosonic, a clearing and settlement platform for digital assets, today added three senior advisors and seven staff, bringing its team total to 35. The hires are across technology, product and business development, and sales. “As we begin to engage in our largest capital raise to… Read More

October 6, 2021 @ 7:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

James Butterfill, Investment Strategist at London-based CoinShares, a digital asset manager focused on expanding access to the cryptocurrency ecosystem while serving as a “trusted partner” for its clients, notes in a blog post published on Monday (October 4) that for the week ending  October 1,… Read More

October 5, 2021 @ 9:08 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

New research from Nickel Digital Asset Management, a European regulated digital assets investment manager, reveals 25 per cent of professional investors see the appetite for risk from pension funds and other institutional investors increasing dramatically over the next two years. A further 47 per cent… Read More

October 5, 2021 @ 1:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Hats.Finance, a decentralized cybersecurity incentive network that’s governed by its community stakeholders of hackers, projects, and token holders, says that the future of cybersecurity is “incentivized” security. The Hats.Finance team has published a blog post in which it has introduced PPM (Protocol Protection Mining), as… Read More

October 4, 2021 @ 9:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are perhaps the “most exciting” development in crypto in 2021, according to the team at Kraken. The digital assets firm writes in a blog post that many people might believe the future of NFTs is “bright.” However, relatively few understand their true… Read More

October 3, 2021 @ 8:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital assets firm Binance is pleased to confirm that they’ve hired Tigran Gambaryan, a former special agent of the Internal Revenue Service—Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) Cyber Crimes Unit in Washington, D.C. Tigran joins Binance as Vice President of Global Intelligence and Investigations after working for around… Read More

October 3, 2021 @ 5:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

IHS Markit, a leader in critical information, reveals that it’s teaming up with digital assets firm Coinbase (COIN: NASDAQ), in order to offer tax reporting information and related infrastructure. Through this partnership, IHS Markit will be creating and providing Forms 1099-MISC for Coinbase clients, with… Read More

October 3, 2021 @ 11:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Gro, the “protected” stablecoin yield farming protocol, is pleased to confirm that Jake Chervinsky, General Counsel at Compound Labs, will be joining the Gro team as a “strategic” advisor. As mentioned in a release shared with CI, Jake brings “a wealth of experience in the… Read More

October 1, 2021 @ 8:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

XDEFI Wallet, a next-gen browser wallet, is pleased to confirm that it has completed a $6 million round that was led by Mechanism Capital along with contributions from DeFiance Capital, Alameda Research, Sino Global Capital, Animoca Brands, Morningstar Ventures, CoinGecko, and DeFi industry participants such… Read More

September 30, 2021 @ 10:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Matrixport, which claims to be Asia’s fastest-growing crypto-assets financial services platform, and MetaOpus, Non-Fungible Token (NFT) asset issuance and trading platform powered by BlockCreateArt (BCA) Network, have formed a partnership to provide NFT investors “best in class” custody solutions. As mentioned in an update shared… Read More

September 29, 2021 @ 9:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

BitPay, an established provider of cryptocurrency payment services, and Verifone, an international Fintech platform and payment solution provider to major retail brands, have announced the extension of BitPay’s blockchain payment tech to enable consumer crypto  payments on Verifone’s in-store and eCommerce Cloud Services platforms in… Read More

September 29, 2021 @ 9:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

YouHodler, a Fintech platform that assists consumers with accessing the benefits of the crypto economy, has reportedly added support for Polkadot (DOT), Tezos (XTZ), TRON (TRX) and Aave (AAVE) tokens. YouHolder also noted in a release shared with Crowdfund Insider that they’ve established a 100%… Read More

September 29, 2021 @ 7:49 am By Omar Faridi  |  

One of the “longest-running” crypto exchanges, CoinJar UK Limited has been “officially registered” by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) as “a Cryptoasset Exchange Provider and Custodian Wallet Provider.” As mentioned in an update shared with CI: “In January 2020, new regulatory powers were introduced to… Read More

September 28, 2021 @ 9:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Acala, the decentralized finance (DeFi) network and liquidity hub of Polkadot, reveals that it has formed a partnership with Blockdaemon, a blockchain or DLT  infrastructure provider, in order to support its newly-developed staking derivatives for Polkadot (DOT) and Kusama (KSM). As noted in an update… Read More

September 28, 2021 @ 7:54 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Fintech firm Coinrule, which offers individual and retail crypto investors an automated digital currency trading platform for their assets, reveals that it has completed a $2.2 million seed round. As mentioned in the announcement, several technology company founders and investors took part in the firm’s… Read More