Tagged: digital assets

June 14, 2021 @ 10:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Tyler Winklevoss, CEO at digital asset firm Gemini, recently noted that the company is pleased to confirm that they have completed the acquisition of Shard X, a developer of secure multi-party computation (MPC) cryptographic technology. As mentioned in the announcement, Gemini will be integrating Shard… Read More

June 14, 2021 @ 10:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital asset firm Kraken notes that customers looking to support their “favorite” Kusama projects can now, “for the first time,” take part in Parachain Slot Auctions (or “Parachain Auctions”) directly via the Kraken platform. Kusama is described as a “scalable” network of specialized or purpose-built… Read More

June 12, 2021 @ 11:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

2020 was a really important breakout year for Bitcoin (BTC), as an influx of institutional capital “spurred” the digital asset to set new all-time highs, Chainalysis notes while pointing out that many individuals and countries may have benefited from the booming prices in the crypto… Read More

June 12, 2021 @ 10:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Global Fintech Circle is now providing what it claims to be a “market-leading” Yield product developed on major stablecoin USDC. The new product is currently available for certain clients through an Early Access Program, the Circle team confirmed in a recent blog post. As mentioned… Read More

June 11, 2021 @ 4:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

OKEx, a leading digital currency spot and derivatives exchange, recently announced that it has completed the integration of Polygon, a full-stack scaling solution allowing more Ethereum (ETH)-compatible apps to be developed and connected. OKEx is reportedly one of the first crypto exchanges to integrate this… Read More

June 11, 2021 @ 2:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Singapore-based Zilliqa Research Pte. Ltd., the “high” security, high speed, and low fee Layer 1 blockchain protocol firm, and its sister company Zilliqa Capital Pte. Ltd, the tech firm whose goal is to become the “central business and investment hub” for Zilliqa, recently announced that… Read More

June 9, 2021 @ 9:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

During 2020, crypto-asset hedge funds almost doubled to reach an all-time record as the nascent industry continued to deliver a solid overall performance. As part of the recent Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), and wider digital currency market bull run, total assets under management (AUM) of… Read More

June 8, 2021 @ 10:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV), a multinational provider of payments and financial services tech solutions, will allow customers to share data on their digital asset holdings with their Fintech app providers. Consumers will be able to share their data with various financial institutions, wealth management firms,… Read More

June 8, 2021 @ 2:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital asset firm Bitfinex, which offers a crypto-asset trading platform, recently added Solana (SOL) as collateral on Bitfinex Borrow, a peer-to-peer (P2P) digital token loan portal. Bitfinex clients will now be able to acquire loans of as much as 70% of the value of their… Read More

June 8, 2021 @ 10:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital asset firm Kraken notes in its latest Kraken Intelligence report that May was a rather “unpleasant” month for crypto. The Kraken Intelligence team points out that with such a “severe” price correction, some may now be wondering whether “the party that began last September… Read More

June 7, 2021 @ 9:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Zumo confirmed on Monday (June 7, 2021) its key Signatory status of the Crypto Climate Accord (CCA), an international initiative that has been launched to harness the collective efforts of the crypto and blockchain sector to support the industry’s gradual transition to 100% renewable energy… Read More

June 7, 2021 @ 10:20 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Leading European digital asset manager CoinShares (Nasdaq First North Growth Market: CS) announced Monday (June 7, 2021) that three of the firm’s recently introduced physically-backed exchange-traded products (ETPs) have now “cross-listed on Germany’s Börse Xetra exchange.” As noted in a release from the company: CoinShares… Read More

June 7, 2021 @ 8:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Canaan Inc. (NASDAQ: CAN), an established high-performance computing solutions provider, revealed on Monday (June 7, 2021) that it has launched its first international after-sales service center, based in Kazakhstan. According to a release shared with CI, the new Service Center will offer Canaan‘s domestic clients… Read More

June 7, 2021 @ 7:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital asset platform CoinList notes that they are pleased to confirm that the registrations for the Swarm Token Sale are now open (as of June 3, 2021). The CoinList team describes Swarm as a system of peer-to-peer (P2P) networked computing nodes that create a “decentralized”… Read More

June 7, 2021 @ 7:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

  We recently connected with Oliver Xie, the Founder at InsurAce, a DeFi insurance protocol, that is introducing multi-chain insurance services on its Ethereum dApp (app.insurace.io), in order to offer insurance coverage to protocols and blockchain platforms like Ethereum, Binance Smart Chain (BSC), Huobi Eco… Read More

June 5, 2021 @ 5:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Unchained Capital, Inc. recently revealed that it has completed the initial closing of a $25 million Series A round that was led by institutional Bitcoin tech and financial services provider, NYDIG and parent firm Stone Ridge Holdings Group. In addition to participating in the equity… Read More

June 5, 2021 @ 1:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital asset firm Gemini announced on June 3, 2021 that they are pleased to confirm the sponsorships of Bitcoin Core Developers Dhruv Mehta and Jarol Rodriguez. As mentioned in an update from the company, these sponsorships, made via the Gemini Opportunity Fund, will continue to… Read More

June 4, 2021 @ 2:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Diogo Mónica, Co-Founder and President at Anchorage Digital, a leading crypto platform for institutional investors, has revealed that they are offering institutional Ethereum-backed loans via Anchorage Financing. Mónica confirmed in a blog post, dated June 3, 2021, that institutional clients at Anchorage now have access… Read More

June 4, 2021 @ 8:08 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Beginning today (June 3, 2021), Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) has announced that it will be supporting Dogecoin (DOGE) on Coinbase.com and in the Coinbase Android and iOS applications. Coinbase clients may now purchase, sell, convert, send, receive, or store DOGE in “all Coinbase-supported regions,” the digital asset… Read More

June 4, 2021 @ 8:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Peter Smith, Co-founder and CEO at Blockchain.com, a leading crypto wallet provider, block explorer service, and digital asset trading platform, revealed on Thursday (June 3, 2021) that he joined Miami Mayor Francis Suarez in order to announce that Blockchain.com is “the first global crypto company… Read More