Tagged: digital assets

May 23, 2021 @ 11:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Representative Mark Green, R-Tenn., recently became one of the first congressmen to profit on Dogecoin’s (DOGE) meteoric rise. Green reportedly made two purchases of DOGE of $1,000 and $15,000 each (as revealed in public disclosure forms). These digital asset investments added to Green’s extensive cryptocurrency… Read More

May 22, 2021 @ 8:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at BitOoda, a global digital asset financial technology and services platform offering risk management solutions, “best-execution” brokerage and market analysis, notes that in China, Vice Premier Liu He, in a meeting of the Financial Stability and Development Committee, had stated on Friday (May… Read More

May 21, 2021 @ 9:26 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  BitGo, a digital asset financial services provider, announced earlier this week it has appointed Cassandra Lentchner as the new Chief Operating Officer for BitGo Trust companies. According to BitGo, Lentchner has more than 20 years of experience in the financial services industry. She notably oversaw compliance and regulatory standards for… Read More

May 21, 2021 @ 2:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Chainalysis, the blockchain analysis firm, revealed on Thursday (May 20, 2021) that it has launched Chainalysis Business Data, which is described as a “first-of-its-kind” data offering to assist digital asset exchanges and other Fintechs that provide crypto-related services. Chainalysis Business Data should allow service providers… Read More

May 21, 2021 @ 8:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Norges Bank has released its Financial Infrastructure Report 2021 and Norges Bank Papers 2/2021, titled “Retail payment services 2020.” Norges Bank notes that there have been significantly fewer disruptions in the Norwegian financial infrastructure during the past few years, and the infrastructure has been working… Read More

May 20, 2021 @ 10:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Decentralized finance (DeFi) aggregator PlasmaFinance has introduced what it claims to be an “industry-first” Limit Order functionality for its native DeFi (decentralized or non-custodial) (DEX), PlasmaSwap, which lets users make swaps at “precise” price points, thus enabling “safer, stress-free DeFi trading.” As mentioned in a… Read More

May 19, 2021 @ 11:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin prices have come tumbling down after Tesla’s Elon Musk announced his decision to stop taking BTC payments for Tesla purchases due to environmental issues. Piplsay Research has delved into people’s opinions about digital currencies, especially given the rising levels of investment and “ever-increasing buzz”… Read More

May 19, 2021 @ 7:45 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 Tuesday (May 18) that for the week ending 17 May… Read More

May 18, 2021 @ 11:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at BitOoda, a global digital asset financial technology and services platform offering risk management solutions, “best-execution” brokerage and market analysis, has published their Weekly Hash Report (dated 5/17/2021). As mentioned in BitOoda‘s report, Bitcoin (BTC) “sold off 21% to $46,023 as of 5/16… Read More

May 18, 2021 @ 10:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Deutsche Bank’s Securities Services business in Singapore and Hashstacs (STACS) have reportedly finalized their proof-of-concept (PoC), called Project Benja, on the use of distributed ledger technology (DLT) for crypto-assets and sustainability-related digital bonds. Set in the context of the nascent tokenized securities in the securities… Read More

May 18, 2021 @ 4:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Telos, one of the most active blockchains or distributed ledger tech (DLT) platforms, has revealed that its TLOS token has been listed on digital asset exchange, Kucoin. After the recent traction on decentralized or non-custodial exchanges (DEXes), such as UniSwap and PancakeSwap, the latest TLOS… Read More

May 18, 2021 @ 2:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nate Maddrey and the Coin Metrics team have noted in their latest State of the Network Report that after Elon Musk helped drive the Bitcoin (BTC) price to around $60,000 (three months back), he’s now managed to send the volatile digital currency markets in the opposite… Read More

May 18, 2021 @ 12:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

James Wang, an experienced crypto analyst who says that Ethereum (ETH) could be the “last investment of your life,” points out that the world’s largest smart contract platform isn’t merely a cryptocurrency. Wang explains that Ethereum is a complete software platform with a rapidly increasing… Read More

May 18, 2021 @ 6:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK-headquartered money app provider Ziglu, which was developed by Mark Hipperson, a founder of Starling Bank, and enables clients to purchase, hold and sell various digital currencies, is reportedly expanding its list of supported crypto-assets it offers with Chainlink (LINK). The addition of LINK, which… Read More

May 17, 2021 @ 5:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC), which is one of two agencies that offers deposit insurance to depositors in US depository institutions (the other being the National Credit Union Administration, which regulates and insures credit unions based in the US), will reportedly be asking for details… Read More

May 17, 2021 @ 12:55 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

    US-based digital assets firm Gemini announced on Monday the waitlist of its highly anticipated crypto credit card has officially reached 250,000 signups. As previously reported, Gemini revealed it has teamed up with Mastercard as the exclusive card network to offer various features for the upcoming… Read More

May 17, 2021 @ 10:52 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Samsung Electronics recently announced blockchain users may now manage and trade virtual assets from third-party wallets on the Samsung Galaxy smartphones. According to Samsung, the new update makes it easier for blockchain users to access and process transactions by importing virtual assets stored on… Read More

May 16, 2021 @ 9:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Diogo Mónica, Co-Founder and President at Anchorage Digital, a leading crypto platform for institutional investors, has revealed that clients will now have the option to hold five additional decentralized finance (DeFi) tokens “in the security of the Anchorage platform.” The new DeFi tokens reportedly include… Read More

May 16, 2021 @ 11:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Tether, the world’s largest stablecoin issuer, recently published a detailed Breakdown of its Reserves. Tether Holdings Ltd has shared the breakdown of the different categories of assets that form “the basis” of Tether’s issued USDT token reserves (at March 31, 2021). Tether‘s management noted that… Read More

May 14, 2021 @ 9:35 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  BitcoinPoint, a UK-based Bitcoin buying platform, has quickly secured its initial £100,000 funding target through its equity crowdfunding on Crowdcube and is now nearing £200,000. The investment round has already attracted close to 400 Crowdcube investors. Founded in 2017, BitcoinPoint stated that its in-house software… Read More