Tagged: digital assets

January 1, 2026 @ 10:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

VivoPower International PLC (NASDAQ: VVPR), a B Corp-certified global sustainable energy solutions group, is pleased to announce the execution of an exclusive heads of agreement to acquire an energized and operational 40MW+ data center infrastructure facility in Norway powered by “100% renewable hydroelectric energy.” With… Read More

December 31, 2025 @ 11:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

tZERO Group, a firm focused on enabling blockchain-powered multi-asset infrastructure, announced that the alternative trading system (ATS) operated by its broker-dealer subsidiary can now facilitate the trading of crypto asset securities that are directly custodied on-chain by customers in their own self-hosted wallets. Transactions in those… Read More

December 31, 2025 @ 9:35 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Prenetics Global Limited (NASDAQ: PRE), a health sciences company whose wellness brand IM8 is co-founded with soccer icon David Beckham, has abandoned its Bitcoin accumulation strategy just months after raising significant capital partly for that purpose. In a December 30, 2025, announcement, the Nasdaq-listed firm… Read More

December 31, 2025 @ 9:03 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ownera and LayerZero announced a partnership to connect their platforms to enable cross-chain solutions for institutional tokenization. The collaboration integrates LayerZero’s interoperability protocol – which “connects 160+ blockchains and has facilitated over $200 billion in value transfer since inception” – with Ownera’s Router and SuperApps… Read More

December 31, 2025 @ 8:58 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Swisstronik is now a VQF member. The company has shared a key end of year update explaining what this means for Web3 compliance and its overall business operations heading into 2026. Swisstronik noted in a blog post that it has now officially joined the VQF,… Read More

December 31, 2025 @ 8:53 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In a move to capitalize on the growing interest in digital assets, cryptocurrency investment firm Bitwise has submitted proposals to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for 11 different exchange-traded funds (ETFs). The filings, made via an N-1A form on Tuesday, aim to introduce… Read More

December 30, 2025 @ 1:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CoinList claims that 2025 was the year ICOs or so-called initial coin offerings returned in force. As more players entered the ICO market and the ecosystem grew noisier, CoinList says that it remained at the forefront, setting the standard for how token sales should be… Read More

December 30, 2025 @ 8:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Anchorage Digital noted that some years can pass without actually leaving a trace. And then certain years seemingly shift the center of gravity—years that force an entire industry to rethink and perhaps re-evaluate what’s possible, what’s probably coming next, and who’s leading the movement. For… Read More

December 29, 2025 @ 2:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Samar Sen, SVP, Head of APAC at digital assets firm Talos, has provided an APAC year-end note. Sen has shared his reflections on what he considers to be  an impactful 2025 in the Asia-Pacific region for Talos. Sen pointed out that it has been just… Read More

December 27, 2025 @ 5:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Chainalysis noted that AI and blockchain technologies are now converging to create autonomous financial systems where AI provides the “decision-making layer and blockchain provides the transparent execution and data layer.” Chainalysis also mentioned that this convergence “powers major fronts: AI-driven analytics for monitoring, compliance, security,… Read More

December 26, 2025 @ 3:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Russia’s financial platforms, the Moscow Exchange (MOEX) and the St. Petersburg Exchange, are poised to introduce cryptocurrency trading services as soon as the necessary regulations are approved. This development follows a recent outline from the Bank of Russia proposing controlled access to digital assets for… Read More

December 25, 2025 @ 10:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Evernorth Holdings, a digital asset treasury entity that is focused on XRP and supported by executives from Ripple, is currently dealing with substantial unrealized losses exceeding $220 million (at the time of writing) amid the cryptocurrency’s recent price decline. CryptoQuant data indicates that Evernorth holds… Read More

December 25, 2025 @ 7:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

BNB Coin (BNB) is now supported for trading and custody on digital assets platform Gemini (NASDAQ:GEMI). BNB Coin (BNB) is the native crypto token of the BNB Chain ecosystem. It had originally been issued by Binance back in 2017 and is commonly used for digital currency… Read More

December 24, 2025 @ 1:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Chainalysis noted that the policy agenda for 2026 is full of deadlines and developments. In the United States, market structure legislation will remain on the policy agenda, even though it is somewhat uncertain at this time just how quickly Congress will be able to resume… Read More

December 24, 2025 @ 10:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Klarna (NYSE:KLAR), the global digital bank and flexible payments provider, has partnered with Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) to add stablecoin funding to its broad range of traditional sources of funding, which include consumer deposits, long-term loans and short-dated commercial paper. The digital bank intends to raise short-term funding… Read More

December 24, 2025 @ 9:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Gemini Predictions, which is part of Gemini Spacestation (NASDAQ:GEMI), has recently announced that it listed several new contracts featuring various key events in the Sports and Politics categories, expanding the number of offerings on their prediction markets platform after they had just launched last week…. Read More

December 23, 2025 @ 1:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

TRM Labs policy team’s Ari Redbord and Angela Ang were joined by TRM’s EMEA Compliance Advisor Luke Dufour for a review of what mattered most in global crypto policy in Q4 2025. As jurisdictions across the globe move from rule‑setting to execution, the crypto and… Read More

December 23, 2025 @ 8:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

NYDIG noted that DATs or digital asset treasuries are now making billion-dollar financing moves based on rather “inconsistent, loosely defined metrics, risking major strategic missteps.” NYDIG pointed out recently in a blog post that with several companies trading right around “1x mNAV,” small changes in… Read More

December 23, 2025 @ 4:36 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Hana Securities announced it gained exposure to a Digitally Native Note (DNN) through a Total Return Swap (TRS) structure, marking their entry into the digital bond market. The investment aligns with their strategy to participate in tech-driven capital-market innovation. Standard Chartered acted as the TRS… Read More

December 22, 2025 @ 3:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Hyperliquid (HYPE) is currently available to purchase, sell, and store on digital assets platform Gemini via HyperEVM. As explained in the update from Gemini, Hyperliquid (HYPE) is an EVM native L1 blockchain and decentralized “everything exchange” launched back in 2023. It was reportedly designed for… Read More